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Dear China: Sorry About That Whole World Cup 1999 Thing – A YouTube Apology
TweetThe final game of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup filled the Rose Bowl to capacity – so much so, it still ranks as the most-watched women’s sporting event in human history. But, upon further...
View ArticleAll the Lies About the Already-Disappointing America’s Cup Boat Race in San...
TweetAll that fuss about the America’s Cup started with a grossly-distorted report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. Here’s the start of it: “Executive Summary: The America’s Cup is the...
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Is the America’s Cup Actually “the World’s Third-Largest Sporting...
TweetI understand that Mayor Ed Lee has a cheerleading function as a part of his job. Fine. But what’s this? What the Hell? “We expect to have some 500,000 people on a daily basis…” Take a look on the...
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The Simpsons had a Monorail, We have the America’s Cup: “Benefits” Slashed...
TweetOh, no no no no no. The original estimate of the “economic benefits” (whatever the Hell that amorphous amorphism means) of the 34th America’s Cup was $9.9 B-as-in-boy billion. Check it: So that...
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The 2013 America’s Cup 2013 is a Lie – This Empty “Village” Shows Why Mayor...
TweetI understand that Mayor Ed Lee has a cheerleading function as a part of his job. Fine. But what’s this? What the Hell? “We expect to have some 500,000 people on a daily basis…” Take a look on the...
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Another Kind of FIFA Corruption: Take a Look at the 1999 US-CHINA Women’s...
TweetAmericans will play soccer, particularly when we’re young,* but we don’t want to watch, ’cause we think it’s boring. Sorry, World. Now the reason we think watching televised soccer is boring is...
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