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The World Cup Killed Online Poker
Comments (0) Everyone anticipated that the World Cup would be a distraction, but the size of the distraction was vastly underestimated, and as a result online poker sites have seen their profits plummet.
Can we not all agree that online poker is the "distraction" and not the other way 'round? Poker's nice and all, surely, but the World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the land - it deserves its due respect. Or else...
And maybe that's why it took online poker down for the month of June. [read more]
Les Bleus Get A Surprise New Call Up - Zinedine Zidane
Comments (2) Though he could probably walk into any international midfield in the world save for Spain, it seems the nature of Zizou's surprise showing at Clairefontaine was more training for his eventual political career - handshakes, photos, [read more]
UEFA Gives The Vuvuzela The Finger, Bans It Across The Board
Comments (1) It's been nice, football sans vuvuzelae, hasn't it? For most of us, anyway, and this surely goes double if you're the sound engineer for a broadcasting company which pumps out football. (Nightmares of ambient noise and so forth.)
UEFA feels similarly and has done away with the devil seed for UEFA-sanctioned competition. A large battle in the fight against the vuvuzela has been won. [read more]
Euro 2012 Schedule and Friday Night Lights - Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Comments (2) Euro 2012 qualifying gets underway in a few days, and - if you haven't noticed already - the scheduling may come as something of a surprise. In a break from tradition, games will no longer follow the familiar Saturday afternoon/Wednesday evening pattern, but will instead be played on Friday and Tuesday evenings. The Tuesday games maybe aren't so strange because we're all used to mid-week internationals, but seeing internationals played under Friday night lights is definitely new.
The obvious question: Why? And the inevitable answer: Clubs. [read more]
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That happens to be a extremely interesting and specific article. Even though my opinion is different ... [Read More]Les Bleus Get A Surprise New Call Up - Zinedine Zidane
I published a post on the France page that contains a video of an interview of him explaining why he ... [Read More]Les Bleus Get A Surprise New Call Up - Zinedine Zidane
Zizou on t'aime. I am moving back to France in 2 weeks, this makes me wish I was there already. ... [Read More]Euro 2012 Schedule and Friday Night Lights - Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
It probably heightens interest and accessibility in Europe while reducing it in N. America--and I su ... [Read More]Euro 2012 Schedule and Friday Night Lights - Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Seeing as they never show European internationals on tv here in Canada, it doesn't much matter. ... [Read More]
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