Sporting Fixtures and Comments

September 2002


Repairing World Class Soccer
And thus ends another World Cup, Brazil against Germany, with the Samba side winning. No surprise there really. And yet, there were some surprises -- provided by a French side that played like Americans used to. And by Argentina that went nowhere. Yet the unpredictable first round gave way to a Group of 16 that gave us a foreordained final. Or did anyone really think that Mexico would play Senegal in the final? And so, there are a few changes that should be made. Click here to find out what they are.

Skating: The Fix Was In
News has just come out that the Ice Dancing and Pairs Skating at the Salt Lake Olympics were fixed. Like a rejected Sopranos script, a Russian mafiosky has been arrested in the case. Still, it points up the simple fact that, when judges can decide the scores, you don't really have a sport. To read why click here.

Tiger Owes Georgian Women Nothing
The British Open was something of a disappointment for young Tiger Woods, who blew a chance at the third leg of golf's Grand Slam with an 81 in the third round. It was also a disappointment for the professional whiners on the alleged left because it shifted attention away from the site of the Masters, where women are not allowed as members and where Mr. Woods did not protest stridently enough to suit them. Never mind that there are no poor people in the club either. Click here to read why.