Time to choose a new team
Thursday, 4:18 p.m., Pizza Hut, Midtown. I have spent a large chunk of the last four days scrubbing my face raw, desperate to remove the remnants o…
After the smoke has cleared
Tuesday, 1:15 p.m., Embassy Row Studios, crap part of SoHo. We lost two friends over the weekend. England, we always knew was on its way out. Don Fa…
A giant half glass of water
Sunday, 2:05 p.m. Hollywood Center Studios, Edit B. It is not easy to both edit a television show and watch 120 minutes plus of a World Cup game but…
What went wrong: The painful recap
Bennett: Davies, when did you get a feeling it was all about to go very wrong? For me, it was when I realized I am starting to warm up to the tactic…
One bad weekend
Germany 4. England 1. Seventieth minute. Martin Tyler: "Off comes [Jermain] Defoe. On comes [Emile] Heskey." Football's equivalent of throwing i…
England vs. Germany: the 'Big One'
Do believe the hype. England goalie du jour David James is as erudite as a footballer can possibly be, but his news-conference attempts to pass off …
Talent drought for NBA? Time for Maradona
Friday, 12:17 a.m., a West Village couch. As producer of Off the Ball, I've spent the past several weeks fully immersed in all things World Cup and h…
America's love affair grows
Thursday, 5 p.m., Subway, crap part of Soho America has fallen truly, madly, deeply in love with World Cup football. A frenzied love affair that w…
Time to start believing, U.S. fans
Wednesday, 5 p.m., Hard Rock Cafe, Times Square I could not sleep Tuesday night. The knowledge the two sides of my identity -- England, my birthpl…
Questions for Judgment Day
Tuesday, 9 a.m. ET: ESPN Zone, Times Square, New York My wife had a kid on Sunday. Day 10 of the World Cup. She thoughtfully waited until Brazil had…
