There’s only one match left in the 2014 World Cup with the final set for tomorrow, a bittersweet fact for football fans who have been enjoying one of the most dramatic and high-scoring competitions ever held. Which Team Did FIFA 14 Predict To Win The Third Place Match? An exciting and upset-filled group stage gave …
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When the World Watches the World Cup, What Does That Look Like?
We still don’t know how many people watched Sunday’s World Cup final, but the numbers from the last go-round provide a clue. In 2010, FIFA claimed that 900 million people watched at least one minute of that game. Nearly 12 percent of the world’s population, in other words, briefly focused on a bunch of dudes …
How To Beat 400 Games In 4.5 Years
In January of 2010, I decided to change my outlook on how I manage my gaming time, how I collect games, and how I contend with the nemesis that so many gamers share: the dreaded backlog. I got involved in a forum thread in an online gaming community called “Games Beaten 2010.” It encouraged members …
Comments for : Cortana’s World Cup streak ends at 14
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The Transgender Crucible
A dozen eggs, bacon, maybe some biscuits: CeCe McDonald had a modest shopping list in mind, just a few things for breakfast the next day. It was midnight, the ideal time for a supermarket run. Wearing a lavender My Little Pony T-shirt and denim cutoffs, CeCe grabbed her purse for the short walk to the …
World Cup Day 20: USA Goes to Battle
What is this wild World Cup ? It’s Brazil narrowly taking Chile to a penalty shootout — and even winning that just barely; Colombia running over Uruguay — giving rise to a soccer god in the making named James Rodriguez ; and Algeria putting Germany through the 120-minute ringer. It’s Greece taking the tournament dark …
Stats magic: the facts and figures to remember from World Cup 2014
Well that was fun. After a month of fierce competition, it all came down to Mario Götze’s brilliant winning goal as Germany claimed a fourth World Cup crown in Rio. But with the dust now begining to gather on the memories of Brazil 2014, here are a few reminders of some of the statistics that …
World Cup Final: Magical Lionel Messi for Argentina vs. Germany’s golden boys could be epic
The Germans are rock solid and explosive, front to back, a golden generation ripe on the vine. The Argentines are strong defensively, they have a remarkable holding midfielder in Javier Mascherano, and they have one of the five greatest players ever to lace up his cleats in Lionel Messi. That sounds like a pretty good …
World Cup final: Germany defeats Argentina in extra time
Never bet against Germany.In a world where so much can change so quickly, perhaps it is reassuring that there is one constant which remains. Argentina Sunday. (more…)
North Korea to send cheering squad to Asian Games
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea said Monday it will send a cheering squad to the coming Asian Games in rival South Korea that its athletes plan to attend.A North Korean statement said the dispatch of its cheering squad to the games, set for Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 in the South Korean city of …