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The Heart And Soul Of Heart And Soul – Iniesta’s Farewell Comments To Xavi At His Retirement

Posted on June 6, 2015 by jimsakeeper1

Longtime readers will note that the male players who most interest me in the pro game are Iniesta and Xavi at Barcelona. So when the club held a ceremony to mark Xavi’s decision to leave the club, and Andrés Iniesta … Continue reading →

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The Butcher, The Baker, the Quarterfinals maker?

Posted on June 15, 2014 by jimsakeeper1

On Thursday May 29th, Jurgen Klinsmann announced his 23 player roster for the World Cup and rocked the soccer world. The former is a normal duty of all national team coaches — all 32 teams must do likewise no later … Continue reading →

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Invisible Insanity

Posted on June 26, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

The story goes that during the cold war, the CIA had built a supercomputer to translate between English and Russian. To test the machine, the programmers decided to have it translate a phrase into Russian and then translate the result … Continue reading →

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Taking Giving One for the Team

Posted on April 11, 2011 by jimsakeeper1

I got to watch Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter in action this week. Turns out he wears a baseball uniform like anyone else. He has two arms, and two legs, and ten fingers, two eyes, a nose. And one … Continue reading →

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