United States 1-0 Algeria Slovenia 0-1 England Last night, a friend quoted the speech given by Herb Brooks (as portrayed by Kurt Russell) before the game against the Soviets in…
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Dave Lifton
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It’s tough to follow two games simultaneously. Over the years I’ve found that the best way for me to do this is to put the game I want to see…
Dave Lifton
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Portugal 7-0 North Korea Before North Korea’s opening game against Brazil, a friend retweeted something from someone he followed. The other person asked if it was OK to root for…
Dave Lifton
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Slovakia 0-2 Paraguay Yesterday’s Cameroon v. Denmark game showed that a fight for survival between teams of contrasting styles could lead to an exciting display of attacking soccer. This was…
Dave Lifton
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Netherlands 1-0 Japan Games like this are why I can never take the Dutch seriously as contenders, but also why I can’t count them out. Like their fellow underachievers Spain…
Dave Lifton
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Germany 0-1 Serbia I disagree with the conventional wisdom on the sending off of Miroslav Klose. Yes, it was harsh, but he was already on a yellow, and you don’t…
Dave Lifton
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Argentina 4-1 South Korea Questions about whether or not Maradona could mold this offense into a cohesive unit were answered with another thrilling display. It helps when you get an…
Dave Lifton
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Honduras 0-1 Chile After yesterday’s crapfests, it was a relief to see both teams flying around the field at a ridiculous pace, committed to playing attacking soccer (even if Honduras…
Dave Lifton
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Popdose’s daily recap of the action at the World Cup and a preview of tomorrow’s games.
Dave Lifton
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Popdose’s daily recap of the action at the World Cup and a preview of tomorrow’s games.
Dave Lifton
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Algeria 0-1 Slovenia The things I do for you people. When people talk about why they don’t like soccer, it’s because they’ve seen games like this – played between the…
Dave Lifton
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Every Friday throughout the World Cup, WNYC’s excellent Soundcheck program will focus on the music of the nations at the World Cup. Check out the first installment here. South Korea…
Dave Lifton
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I’ve created a special Twitter feed for my World Cup updates. You can follow my updates throughout the tournament at @dsliftonwc. South Africa 1-1 Mexico Usually in situations, the home…
Dave Lifton
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It’s World Cup time! Catch up with Dave Lifton’s coverage — and read his first round of previews — right here.
Dave Lifton
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This is my final preview of the eight groups. After the tournament begins on Friday, I’ll try to have daily recaps of the day’s events and my analysis here at…
Dave Lifton
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Before we get into the third part of my World Cup previews, don’t forget to join the Yahoo World Cup Fantasy Group for Popdose readers. The password is ”popdose.” Thanks…
Dave Lifton
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Remember that there’s still time to join the Yahoo Fantasy Group for Popdose readers. The password is “popdose.” Group C (world ranking in parentheses): Algeria (30): Alphabetically, they’re first in…
Dave Lifton
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It only happens for one month every four years. No, it’s not Jeff Giles’ mom slashing her rates (that happens much more frequently). I’m talking, of course, about the planet’s…
Zack Dennis
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There’s an ancient roulette scheme that’s probably about two hours older than the game itself. It’s a strategy known as the “martingale system” and was apparently popular in 18th century…
Zack Dennis
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Gamblor was correct in both of the games last week, going 2-0, but unfortunately it wasn’t confident enough in either pick to wager any money, so it’s take for the…
Zack Dennis
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Gamblor had a quiet week last week, going 2-2 for a small loss of $31. The computer, like many bettors, anticipated that Arizona would put up a much bigger fight…
Zack Dennis
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Gamblor finally scored a big victory against Green Bay last week and had an incredible week overall, going 3-1 with a truly amazing weighted win percentage of 97.0%. Sadly, its…
Zack Dennis
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Gamblor finished its season in style, making the second-largest number of weighted picks in its entire 14-year (theoretical) history and finishing with a weighted win percentage of 57.5% and a…
Zack Dennis
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The spread for the Buffalo game is -8.5. Yeah. A 5-10 team is an 8.5 point favorite over a 14-1 one. So of course Gamblor thinks this spread is about…
Zack Dennis
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The computer had a nice week last week, going 9-6-1 against the spread. Well, it was almost nice. If I hadn’t dropped $340 on Pittsburgh, I’d have been up $40. …
Zack Dennis
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Fucking hell. I need to keep reminding myself that in the long run this program has actually still made money for me. But another weekend like the last one and…
Zack Dennis
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UPDATE: Hooray! Gamblor got off to a great start this week, nailing its second-largest bet as Cleveland dropped Pittsburgh last night. The 10.5 points that Atlanta is getting against the…
Zack Dennis
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UPDATE: The line in the Arizona game finally got posted – the Vikings are favorites by 3 points. Whisenhunt says that who’s starting at quarterback will be a game-time decision,…
Zack Dennis
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UPDATE: Both Gamblor and I are off to a good start this week, as my own picks are 2-1 and Gamblor hit the bigger of its two bets (on Denver). …