Sunday, June 3, 2012
When is it ok to quit an activity?
I love Olympic Summers! I'm not an athlete but there's nothing like watching the Opening Ceremonies, rooting for your country and just cheering on these amazing and dedicated young men and women. My first recollection on the Olympics was the summer of 1984. I was almost ten and had been taking Gymnastics for about two years. I really was God awful at it, but I went once a week and even took more classes during breaks and summer. But boy, do I remember the '84 Olympics! I watched, with awe, as did the rest of the world, how spunky Mary Lou Retton broke records and won our hearts as she vaulted and tumbled on TV. I decided at that very moment that I was going to be an Olympian. I wanted to be a gymnast and go to the next Olympics. I told my …
Monday, January 24, 2011
Looking forward to 2011 (and trying to forget 2010).
DC United reported Friday to RFK Stadium for the first day of workouts before the beginning of the 2011 season. The team returns trying to forget last season, where they finished dead last in the Eastern Conference–and the entire league for that matter–only mustering six wins out of 30 games, 22 points in total and a -26 goal differential. That’s just ugly. As DC United fans know, however, the team’s normal stomping groups are at the top of North-American soccer. Four-time Major League Soccer (MLS) champs, two US Open Cups and one CONCACAF title rightly make the team the franchise club of the MLS. Wallowing in the basement is not where they belong or where La Barra Brava wants them to be, and thankfully the front office appears to feel …
Barca fan
10:26 pm on Saturday, March 12, 2011
To begin with, couldn't get much worse than last year. Next, let's hope that Charlie Davies has recovered from his injuries and can help revamp the offense. And that Najar keeps improving (and eventually ends up playing for the USMNT, not Honduras). And last, let's all hope that United gets a real stadium SOMEWHERE IN DC rather than (a) continuing to play in the pit that is RFK or (b) moving to … more ›