The official PowerPants team rankings
Tuesday, 7 a.m. Somewhere in the Hollywood Hills The final games of the preliminary round of the World Cup of WiffleSoccerParity are about to start. …
Whom will Don Fabio elect to start?
Note: Roger wrote this piece in the early hours of Sunday morning as his wife began showing signs of labor. Early reports say that Mr. Bennett found a…
Weekend preview: Brazil tilt tops action
Friday, 4:47 p.m. Mr. Dennehy's, Carmine Street, New York In the words of iconic American football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, "A tie is like kissing …
Reasons to be cheerful if you're American
10:15 a.m. Somewhere in the Hollywood Hills. The headlines will scream about the referee, others will call this draw another win, and the U.S. team …
Future of American footy again at stake
4:55 p.m., Au Bon Pain, E. 40th Street, New York Day 7. In which we quite possibly bid adieu to the feckless French and most definitely to my belov…
Day 7: Teams with something to prove
Wednesday, 4:37 p.m., Taco Bell, East Village Oh, how they will be going crazy in the bars of Lucerne and Lausanne tonight. The World Cup of Parity&…
Nine best moments so far
Wednesday, 8:10 a.m., somewhere in the Hollywood Hills. Oh my Dark Lord, Switzerland has just scored a phenomenally strange goal off what can only …
Pressure? Let's see if Spain is feeling it
4:07 p.m., Cozy Soup 'n' Burger, Astor Place, New York Portugal and Ivory Coast conspired to prove that the only risk of fatality in the much-hyped G…
Time to award the first Daily Pants
Monday, June 14, 9:15 p.m., 30,000 feet, American Airlines Flight 185, Seat 2A As my three regular readers will know, Rog, I believe I am prone to oc…
Call in sick and watch Day 5
Monday, June 14, 2:45 p.m. IHOP, Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard, New York City A single Beatles appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" transforme…
