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It’s been a weird day. First the U.S. eked out a victory in the World Cup match against Algeria in the 91st minute, promoting the team into the knockout rounds, then Burlington was hit by and earthquake and President Obama fired the commander of military forces in Afghanistan over a Rolling Stone article. Meanwhile, the [...]

Emily has turned me into a soccer fan. In particular, we’ve been watching the English Premiere League season for the last several months. We added the Fox Soccer Channel to our cable line up, which brought in a ton of soccer on the TiVo. Emily is more into it than I am, but I think [...]

For the first time in my life, I am canceling something nerdy in favor of a sporting event. There will be no Poli-Sci-Fi Radio this Sunday because Emily and I will be watching the US national soccer team take on Brazil in the Confederations Cup Tournament final that afternoon. The game actually ends before PSFR [...]