All good streaks must come to an end some day...

How about Emirates Team New Zealand. Dean Barker got the best of Brad Butterworth's Alinghi boys at the America's Cup earlier today. It's all square at 1-1. We have ourselves a contest.

The USA's streak is still going...after giving up the first goal by Mexico on American soil in a long while, those scrappy Nats rallied for a 2-1 win over El Tri to hoise the Gold Cup for the 4th time, tying their neighbors south of the border. And for the first time in my two years plus on BigSoccer, I got a warning from one of the mods for rubbing it in. I couldn't resist. Sour grapes is sour grapes. Hugo Sanchez, you should admit that the better team won. Hubris is poison.

Maybe Pat Casey should have been the USA Baseball coach this year. His Oregon State Beavers has just about set the stage for a dynasty, and are a few outs away from wrapping up another College World Series title (though I hope North Carolina makes things interesting and proves me wrong). I have to shake my head at that.

I wonder if we will even score a goal at the Copa America later this week. I start to wonder now, as I download a torrent of the match earlier today after having already recorded it on tape.