I wrote last week about the vagaries of stoppage time at the World Cup. The referee decides how many minutes to add at the end of each half of play — ostensibly based on how much of each 45-minute half was lost to injury, bookings, goal celebrations and other major delays. The referee doesn’t have to explain […]
Africa’s last two hopes take the field Monday, but neither of them have much of a shot. Can one (or both) of them shock a European power? France vs. Nigeria: 12 p.m. EDT Germany vs. Algeria: 4 p.m. EDT IN BRIEF See our World Cup predictions for the latest probabilities. IN DEPTH Despite losing its final match of […]
Africa’s last two hopes take the field Monday, but neither of them have much of a shot. Can one (or both) of them shock a European power? France vs. Nigeria: 12 p.m. EDT Germany vs. Algeria: 4 p.m. EDT IN BRIEF See our World Cup predictions for the latest probabilities. IN DEPTH Despite losing its final match of […]
I passed a fellow Disney cast member in the hallway just after Thursday afternoon’s first set of World Cup matches concluded. He’d missed the U.S.-Germany game. “Did we win?” he asked. “Yes,” I said. “I mean, no, we lost. But we advanced.” He seemed to understand. After its loss to Germany, the U.S. finished tied […]
I passed a fellow Disney cast member in the hallway just after Thursday afternoon’s first set of World Cup matches concluded. He’d missed the U.S.-Germany game. “Did we win?” he asked. “Yes,” I said. “I mean, no, we lost. But we advanced.” He seemed to understand. After its loss to Germany, the U.S. finished tied […]
