TSG’s Brian Mechanick spoke with Jeff Carlisle as the ESPN reporter was about to hop a plan for South Africa. Mechanick follows up today with a debrief from Carlisle with a little more than a week left at World Cup 2010. To Brian & Jeff….. Q: How do you rate the U.S.’s performance in this [...]
Archive for June, 2010
30 Jun
TSG’s Refined World Cup Picks
Now that the brackets are reset, the TSG writers make their picks and commentary on how the rest of the tournament goes down. And some commentary: (Brian) I called that Paraguay and Uruguay would reach the quarters, and I’m sticking to my pick that CONMEBOL reps hard, as we have three South American teams in [...]
30 Jun
Best Of Those Left: Public Is On Target
Largely, I think ESPN–with the exception of little bit of challenges in pairing broadcasters and FIFA’s way too much use of the super zoomed-in slow motion shot (who’s producing, Jerry Bruckheimer?)–has done a really good job of presenting the World Cup in the United States. Well done, Mickey Mouse Sports! Even online in many cases. [...]
30 Jun
Initiating Coverage: USMNT In RSA
Now that time has passed since the Yanks–sniffle–exit from South Africa, time for TSG to take a look at which players raised, met, and, yes, failed to meet expectations at World Cup 2010. Which way did their individual stock go? TSG will also give you some very hypothetical–or dreamy if you prefer–club scenarios for the [...]
29 Jun
Bob Bradley Tunes In On Dan Patrick
Bob Bradley is getting his message out there now that Sunil Gulati has. Coach Sweatpants stopped by the Dan Patrick show. What’s more impressive? That Bradley said he’d be honored to continue as US Coach or that he used the word “gutted” DP: How long did it take to get over the loss to Ghana? [...]
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