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2014 World Cup opens with Brazil winning amid controversy
We’re officially in Brazil! The biggest sporting event on the planet is finally underway and while there are plenty of off-the-field issues, the games must go on. Earlier today, things kicked off in...
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2014 FIFA World Cup: High scoring matches are the headlines
It’s been a tumultuous few days for myself. My brother recently got engaged and i’ve been in the middle of aquiring a new home. So while I have been able to watch the NBA Finals, the World Cup games...
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2014 FIFA World Cup: Groups A and B start to take shape
A couple of days that included mostly unexpected scores. We’ll get to Spain’s demise eventually but first, we’ll hit the first of yesterday’s games. Coming into the tournament, Belgium was the...
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2014 World Cup: Luis Suarez dashes England’s hopes and the rest of today’s...
Another day in the World Cup and another trio of exciting games that had huge implications heading into them. The biggest game of the day was between Uruguay and England, both teams in pretty much a...
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2014 World Cup: Groups A and B finish their play
We’re starting to get deeper into the World Cup, the end of group play, but despite how long the tournament has been going, the action has yet to slow down. Wait, that’s if we’re omitting Group F from...
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2014 World Cup: Groups C and D finish group play
Officially, we have locked in the top half of the brackets. That means that for the knock out stage, we’ve assembled eight teams out of the 16 possible. Uruguay had a close win over Italy, surrounded...
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2014 World Cup: transition to the quarterfinals
From an entertainment standpoint, it’s been the best World Cup that I’ve ever witnessed. The ’98 France World Cup was about as dramatic as we’re going to get, but I was only 11 years old when it...
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2014 FIFA World Cup: on to the semi-finals
Before the World Cup began, Brazil was the favorite to win it all, followed closely by Argentina, Germany and Spain. With the exception of Spain’s unorthodox early exit, the addition of Netherlands,...
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2014 FIFA World Cup: Germany destroys Brazil to reach final
Earlier today, I had moved some things about in my normal life to make some room for the match between Brazil and Germany. A part of me was hesitant to have such high aspirations for a game that would...
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2014 FIFA World Cup: Germany wins their 4th title
Today’s World Cup final between Germany and Argentina was not for the faint of heart. There was only one goal during the length of the match but it was still an exciting one, filled with plenty of...
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