Testing the Jabulani
Defending champs headline Day 4
6:07 p.m., Red Lobster, 5 Times Square, New York City I began writing this while watching the Group C brunch kickoff classic: Algeria against Sloveni…
America joins the world of overreaction
Parp! I am right there, bearing down on goal, a Jabulani at my feet. I look down, I look up: Hello, Rustenberg! I am Emile Heskey and Martin Tyler is…
No time to enjoy the spoils of victory
9:27 p.m., Pier 40, West Side Highway, New York City (Luke blows up his first TIE fighter) Luke Skywalker: Got 'im! I got 'im! Han Solo: Great, kid…
The World Cup of parity has arrived
Only a hardened cynic whose eyes have seen too much would fail to have been touched by the effervescent spectacle and welling emotion of the World C…
Full of caffeine, an England-USA preview
Friday, 7 a.m. The Embassy Row Studios in the crap part of Soho. About to interview Liam Neeson (Liverpool/Ireland) for the Off The Ball podcast. I…
Let the games begin!
Tasti D-Lite, 101 West 31st St., 11:20 p.m. Thank God the World Cup proper is set to begin in a matter of hours. For the last week, we have been pow…
No faith in England
Only Idiots Attempt To Predict A World Cup … the final countdown DAVIES Wednesday, 10 a.m., the Meatpacking District, New York City. Reading th…
More idiotic World Cup predictions
Roger Bennett is a journalist and author who has written about soccer and popular culture for the finest publications and websites in the known world.…
Podcast: Preview with Shep Messing
Michael Davies and Roger Bennett are joined by former New York Cosmos goalie and ESPN broadcaster Shep Messing to present their unique World Cup previ…
