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Friday, August 7, 2009
Sporting News Today: Oklahoma, Florida, LSU, Virginia Tech start camp dreaming of Pasadena
Thursday, August 6, 2009
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| FIFA World Rankings: August 2009 (Or: FIFA Rankings vs Elo Ratings, Round 2) Posted: 05 Aug 2009 02:40 PM PDT
The way this usually works: We publish the rankings here on WCB, and then everyone complains in the comments about how inaccurate they are. And with good reason. Russia probably shouldn’t be two places above Argentina for example. But this month I want to repeat an experiment we did last year and compare the current FIFA rankings with the rival World Football Elo Ratings System. Rather than repeating information, please allow me the indulgence of quoting myself from when we first compared FIFA and Elo, back in September 2008:
On that occasion, we compared the rival system’s top 20s, and put it to a vote. The result was that 69% of people favoured Elo over FIFA. So, let’s do it again and see if anything has changed. Here’s the FIFA top 20 (published August 5th) followed by the Elo top 20 (published July 27th). And here’s the Poll. Which top 20 most accurately reflects reality: FIFA rankings or Elo Ratings?        |
The new FIFA World Rankings are out. Well, I say new, they’re actually very very similar to 
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Sporting News Today: Why the Red Sox have the upper hand in rivalry with Yankees
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Sporting News Today: Is Reggie Bush more draft bust than Canton bust?
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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| Russian Football Fans Told to Combat Swine Flu With Whisky Posted: 03 Aug 2009 07:41 AM PDT
The Russian supporters association is going against the advice of the Russian health ministry (which is telling fans not to travel to Wales because of the virus). “We urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whisky as a form of disinfection,” said Alexander Shprygin, president of the supporters association. “That should cure all symptoms of the disease.” For the record, Alexander Shprygin is not a doctor. But Shprygin is doing two things: First, he’s helping combat the vodka-only-diet Russian stereotype by adding a little whisky into the mix. Second, he’s giving a much needed boost to the Welsh whisky industry, which I didn’t know existed until this morning. Scotch whisky: yes. Irish whisky: yes. Welsh whisky: wha? But apparently Welsh whisky exists, and isn’s somthing Shyrygin invented. When Penderyn Distillery opened in 2004, it was the first Welsh whisky producer in over 100 years. Maybe someone should check Shyrygin’s passport and make sure he’s not a Penderyn Distillery double agent?   |
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Sporting News Today: Three reasons to expect the unexpected in the Big East
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Monday, August 3, 2009
SN Today: Orioles' latest arrival headlines MLB's week ahead
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Sporting News Today: Cowboys face a tough go in NFL's strongest division
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
Sporting News Today: Red Sox, Tigers, White Sox make biggest deals
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Sporting News Today: Guest author George Steinbrenner: Thirty years later, Munson remains a Yankee
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Sporting News Today: Sporting News' 50 greatest coaches: Wooden, Lombardi, Bryant ...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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| 500 Peruvian Footballers Resign From National Team Posted: 29 Jul 2009 05:40 AM PDT
The players will apparently refuse or ignore all callups to the Peruvian national team, in protest at the way Peruvian football is being run. And they’ve got a point. Peru is a two time Copa America winner, but now arguably (or maybe inarguably) the worst team in South America. They haven’t made it to a World Cup since 1982. The Peruvian Football Federation are apparently willing to talk and make some changes, but there’s a deadline for all involved. Peru’s next World Cup qualifier is at home to Uruguay on September 5th, which means the players will have to be appeased well before that date for the game to go ahead. However, looking at the current CONMEBOL qualifying table for World Cup 2010… …things really couldn’t be much worse. Maybe members of the Peruvian Football Federation could put together a staff XI to face Uruguay?   |
José del Solar’s job just got a lot lot harder. The Peru national team coach will be struggling to pick a first XI after 500 players 
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