Sport: June 2008 Archives

It was such a nasty injury that it's good his rehab is going well:

Arsenal striker Eduardo could be involved in pre-season training after making good progress in his recovery from a career-threatening injury.

The 25-year-old suffered a fractured left fibula and an open dislocation of his left ankle after a tackle by Birmingham's Martin Taylor in February.

Arsenal physiotherapist Gary Lewin said: "Hopefully, he will be back doing training during pre-season.

This was one of those tackles where just watching it hurt. Like back when Joe Theisman broke his leg playing for the Washington Redskins.

Go Gooners!

Listening to BBC Radio 5 Live's broadcast of the Romania-France match in the Euro Cup tournament. The match is being held in Zurich. During a break, the commentators were discussing some of the drama off the pitch that always occurs at an international tournament. Euro 08 is important to the players, but the big money is at the club competition level, of course. There's a bit of a flap currently over Real Madrid's pursuit of MUFC midfielder Christiano Ronaldo of Portugal.

In discussing the subject, one of the commentators recounted a conversation from the night before, petting the stage with, "So, we were in a bar, in Zurich..."

Can you imagine the fireworks if someone for CBS or FOX mentioned a barroom conversation during a NFL broadcast? We Americans are such Puritans.

While the commercials ran for the Austria-Croatia match (Euro 08 group round), Kev looks at the scheduling guide to see when the Germany-Poland match starts. He looks up at me and says, "Dad, wouldn't it be so wrong if Germany scored on Poland inside the first minute?"

What a geek.

:-)