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The 2024 UEFA Euro Cup & Copa America: Predictions Are Correct
"The 2024 UEFA Euro Cup & Copa America: Predictions Are Correct" 2024 UEFA Euro Cup My prediction: Spain are champs! My UEFA Euro prediction came true. At the outset, it may look like I'm bragging. Absolutely not. It's just reflection. Reflection on yet another...
2024 Copa America United States vs. Uruguay
One might think that after writing a book like Why American Soccer Isn’t There Yet I’m gloating. No. Not at all. Are there predictions in that book as to why we keep following such a losing path? Sure. By losing, you might say, “It was just two games! Chill out, man!” Right. Look at the overall FIFA World Cup record. The United States, the most dominant sports-nation on earth, hasn’t even gotten to the final of a FIFA World Cup. Ever. As for the 2024 Copa America, we just lost in succession to Panama and Uruguay. Sure, it’s just two games. But it’s a pattern. A long pattern that goes back 40-plus years. (From way back when, here’s a simple rundown: Always good athletes that could theoretically win a World Cup but there’s a disconnect with results.)
2024 Copa America United States vs. Panama
The unique thing about CONCACAF is that we have teams that often do not play friendlies against Germany, England, Italy, and Brazil. Teams like Guatemala, Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Nicaragua, and Panama. We are stuck in a nice little section of the soccer world. Our cohorts, such as Panama (don’t forget Belize), tend to think they’re valid worldwide contenders.
2024 Copa America United States vs. Bolivia
The United States outdid Bolivia in strong fashion for its opening match in the 2024 Copa America that took place in Arlington, Texas (Dallas area). With a big crowd on hand, the USMNT predictably cruised by Bolivia without too much difficulty.
26letters at ABA in Cincinnati, Ohio
26letters is the publisher of the newly released, Sempé in New York. Today, publisher Albert Bisi, manned the table at the American Booksellers Association Midwinter Institute. Paying him a visit is none other than Cardinal Publishers Group president, Tom Doherty (not pictured), and Director of Operations, Adriane Doherty
Dystopian Series Continues in The Maze Cutter Trilogy
These are the first two books in James Dashner’s The Maze Cutter trilogy. Where The Maze Runner series leaves off, The Maze Cutter series begins…