I agree. She did play well, but as you said Thomis was a tough act to follow. Lavogez should have played, but not instead of Thomis. She certainly did not deserve her tragic end.

The French coach had some very questionable subs, namely LaVogez for Thomis. Thomis was one of the more creative players on the field for France, and she was taken out for no real reason and replaced with LaVogez. It felt to me like France lost some of its momentum after this, and it was not surprising that they ended…

Can you guess which years Lebron was on Spoelstra’s team?

He got the team to the finals, only to be undone by a very unlucky plague of injuries (depends if you fault him for Kyrie’s knee). Obviously, Lebron’s part in the run to the finals was key and instrumental, but Blatt certainly did his part (his defensive schemes deserve some credit).

I’ll tell you something about Klinsi. The man has gotten some pretty amazing and impressive results in friendlies, and he had a great showing in the previous Gold Cup (albeit by riding the coattails of Donovan), and in qualifying for the last World Cup (although Costa Rica probably should have finished first, due to…

Klinsmann has accomplished a lot of things that his predecessors have not. To name a few:

Seriously, you are posting these guys’ real names?

I know this. I meant to write: So Guzan may see the field again this season

I know this. I meant to write: So Guzan may see the field again this season

So Guzan may yet see the field this season.

Howard’s game has improved recently.

They deserve due process anyways.

Hey Mikey,

You have certainly decided to downplay the Islamic aspect of the Tsarnaevs’ case.

Words are helpful. Was this just a bombing by two lone individuals or was it an Islamist terrorist attack? There are implications one way or the other.

There is nothing in the letter that would lead a good detective to think that the writer is necessarily a homophobic racist christian (he might be, you just don’y have much to go on.

The issue is not whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did something good or bad (we all know the answer). Pretending that this is the issue is just a straw-man diversion. The real issue is whether the bad thing Tsarnaev did was merely an isolated event, or part of a larger phenomenon. The Deadspin staff seem to have decided the…

If she was really devoted she would have worn a full Burka.

Relegation is awful. Sure, it provides some needed drama where bottom feeder teams are concerned, but it also helps breed leagues with no parity in which the same three or four leaders can be easily predicted in the start of the season. Rarely does a newly promoted team achieve anything meaningful in its first season…

I have a theory that Klinsi is bringing all these kids in, so that he could eventually justify bringing his own son to the World Cup.