Author Archives: John Boschini

ESPN’s torrential onslaught of World Cup coverage seems to have been vindicated as 24.3 million Americans tuned in to either ABC or Univision to watch the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands. According to overnight estimates from … Continue reading →

The most famous cephalopod in the world has made his prediction for Sunday’s World Cup Final clash between the Netherlands and Spain. Paul the octopus, who correctly predicted all six of Germany’s results during the World Cup, thinks Spain will … Continue reading →

Netherlands 3, Uruguay 2 Never ones for making it easy on themselves, the Netherlands secured their third birth into the World Cup final with their fifth-straight one-goal victory of the tournament. Uruguay, who were missing prolific striker Luis Suarez following … Continue reading →

Germany 4 , Argentina 0 Their legendary efficiency and scoring prowess on full display, Germany scored four goals for the third time at the expense of a porous Argentinean defense. Miroslav Kloser continued his resurgance by scoring twice to bring his total World … Continue reading →

The Netherlands 2, Brazil 1 For the second World Cup in a row Brazil is headed home after the quarterfinals while the Netherlands continues their run towards a first ever title. Brazil took the lead after 10 minutes when Robhino … Continue reading →

19 days and 56 matches later the field of 32 nations has been whittled down to eight. These last couple of days has been a nice reprieve from the constant World Cup action and is an appropriate time to look … Continue reading →

Spain 1, Portugal 0 David Villa scored for the third straight game as the European champions ended Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal’s World Cup dreams in the final round of 16 matchup. There wasn’t much action in the opening stages as … Continue reading →

The Netherlands 2, Slovakia 1 The return of Arjen Robben to the starting lineup kicked the Holland offense into high gear as they dismantled an outclassed Slovakian side. Robben made his presence known in the 18th minute with a cracking … Continue reading →

England, France, Italy. Proverbial heavyweights of Europe are going home in disgrace to devestated fans and more questions than answers, the most prominent of which is how this happened? Players like Ribery, Lampard, Rooney, Pirlo, De Rossi, Gerrard and Malouda shouldn’t be … Continue reading →

Ghana 2, USA 1 The United States couldn’t muster one last comeback as Ghana kept African hopes alive  with a 2-1 victory. The Black Stars continued America’s early-game woes when Kevin-Prince Boateng beat Tim Howard in the fifth minute with … Continue reading →