• Red Card the Refs!

    OK, Sepp Blatter. Dust off your personal collection of Red Cards and start booking some of the bumbling blokes you assembled to referee in this year’s World Cup. Red Card all the refs responsible for their awful officiating in South Africa…which was about as predictable as the flight of a Jubalani soccer ball. [...]

    God’s Hand Returns to this Year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa

    The Hand of God has returned to this year’s World Cup.

    Not on the pitch – as in the famed 1986 England vs. Argentina World Cup quarter-final match in Mexico City – but rather on the sideline.

    Once again, God has freely handed soccer fans across the globe the eternally entertaining gift of Team [...]

    Italian Creative Expression at World Cup 2010

    For centuries, Italian creative expression has resonated throughout the world.

    In Art, the brilliance of Italian masters Michaelangelo and Bernini has enraptured art lovers around the globe.

    In Music, the virtuoso talents Andreas Botticelli and Enrico Caruso have serenaded millions of opera officianados.

    In Fashion, the avant-garde designs of Gianni Versace and Salvadore Ferragamo [...]

    It’s Time to Red Card the Vuvuzela

    The World Cup 2010 kicked off with a bang – or should I say – a curious, cacophonous chorus of South African vuvuzela.

    Vu-vu-ze-what you might you might be asking.

    No, vu-vu-ze-la, as in the Setswana name for a plastic three foot long noisemaking horn (emphasis on obnoxious noisemaking – like that of an [...]

    World Cup 2010′s Trans Atlantic Tussle

    Never before has the Atlantic Ocean been considered chic conversation.

    Typical chatter concerning the 4,000 mile expanse of chilly water separating the United States’ eastern shores from the rainy, cloudy British Isles generally generates genial jesting between long time friends and political allies.

    However, on June 12th this brisk, blustery body of water will [...]