Scribbles and Ramblings

The first entry on this blog was on May 10, 2004. Safe to say, it was a very different world 20 years ago. It wasn't a simpler time or ...

The 2022 World Cup started with one game on Day 1 (Nov 20), then three games on Day 2, then 11 days of four games each. Then 4 days of 2 gam...

My past Movie World Cups were about finding films from the different countries taking part in the Soccer World Cup. The films themselves we...

Messi's Copa América win.  Buda Mendes/Getty Images It was a tournament that felt unnecessary. It was the 4th Copa América in just 6 yea...

The swift unraveling of the European Super League doesn’t mean that things will become better in the Champions League. It still appears that...

EFE   Back on October 11 2020, I predicted the following for the 2020/2021 season: "In Spain, either Real Madrid or Barcelona will win ...

 Take the Ball, Pass the Ball (2018, Spain, Duncan McMath)   Based on Graham Hunter’s book, Barça: The Making of the Greatest Team in the Wo...

European Super League (April 18, 2021 - April 20, 2021) It ended even before it began. On Sunday, April 18 news broke of a proposed 20 team ...