Articles tagged with "Brazil"
We have found 867 articles tagged with "Brazil".
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-04-28 23:47:26
God I love it when Brazilians have time to party. Ronaldo (The Phenomenal One then The Fat One then The Symptomatic Fat One and now ...
Posted on: The Friends Project | 2008-04-12 15:33:41
Thanks to our two latest donors to future Friends Project projects:Dawn Robinson in Springwater, NY and Harvey and Martha Rhody of Fairport, NY. Both attended the "Amazon: A Fragile Balance" exhibit and decided to contribute to future improvement projects
Posted on: The Brel Chronicles | 2008-04-11 17:14:08
Posted on: Stacey's 30th Birthday Extravaganza | 2008-03-29 09:40:54
Our first view of the falls...
Those of you who were with me way back at Mile 1755 for Niagara Falls may recall that I was less than impressed. In reality, it wasn't the falls that disappointed but rather the rampant commercialism that was impossib
Posted on: The Friends Project | 2008-03-27 09:06:16
"Amazon: A Fragile Balance" is on exhibition at Ock Hee's Gallery in upstate New York, in Honeoye Falls.The show includes images from my time living with colonists in the Brazilian Amazon who had a plague of mosquitoes on their land and were protesting
Posted on: Claire takes on the world.... | 2008-03-05 18:12:52
Scary harness, nice view.
Jenny, ready for the fall.
I finally got my elbows in the right position!
I was never really going to catch her...
Pardon the sideways-ness, but you can still see how close I was to the bottom when
Posted on: Claire takes on the world.... | 2008-03-05 18:01:19
According to just about every book and tourist, the Iguassu Falls have to be seen from the Argentinian side, and not the Brazilian. Apparently the Brazilian side is more expensive and doesn't get you as up close and personal with the 250 or so waterfalls.
Posted on: Claire takes on the world.... | 2008-02-29 20:17:31
I’ve decided Carnival is like a 5 years old’s birthday party, with expensive hallowe’en costumes, and a big dash of gay pride thrown in. All this is mixed together and marched down a runway for hours on end. Apparently somewhere along the way the st
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-12 08:00:13
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This is how famously troubled São Paolo loan star Adriano got himself sent off against Santos on Sunday. He goes nose to nose with Santos defender Domingo, but then can't resist giving ...
Posted on: Ireland World Cup Team Blog | 2008-02-06 12:05:03
Dia dhuit one and all, I haven\'t updated this for the better part of three weeks now, irrespective of the fact that it will probably ...
Posted on: Celtic | 2008-02-06 08:57:07
The US has so many sports to offer kids growing up, that the dreams youngsters have vary as much as the game they choose to pursue. My dream was to dismantle the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, and Washington Redskins on a weekly basis.
For ki ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-05 15:00:46
It seemed like the man would keep going forever, but today the legend that was, is and forever will be Romário finally set a date for his retirement. As of March 30th, 2008 the little Brazilian who (maybe) scored a thousand goals will officially han ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-05 10:30:55
Middlesbrough fans rejoice, for your goal-scoring messiah has received a work permit. Alfonso Afonso Alves - the £12 million Brazilian - had to sit out the Tyne-Tee derby this past weekend while papers were shuffled. But now the former Heerenveen ...
Posted on: Livorno Calcio | 2008-02-04 07:46:07
Mercato Round Up
My heart started pumping around noon on January 31st because a Livorno fan website falsely announced that Livorno picked up Brazilian Future Star Kerlon a.k.a. Foquinha for a measly 7 M$. I hate the Showboating Seal Boy ...
Posted on: Livorno Calcio | 2008-01-29 15:06:37
*Livorno - Juve review here
One of my favourite Soccer Subjects is crazy owners/presidents, Serie A is a a fertile ground for the eccentric President. Being a fan of a team owned by none other than the King of Bullshit himself, Aldo Spinelli, ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-14 09:00:47
We brought you news of Alexandre Pato's debut goal for Milan yesterday, and today we have the video to prove it. The young Brazilian's 76th minute goal is around the 3:00 mark on this video, but if you've got 3 minutes and 26 second to spare I re ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-13 13:30:28
Alexandre Pato's much talked about Milan debut is over and done with, and all concerned have to be pretty pleased. The eighteen year old Brazilian scored the last goal in a solid 5-2 win over Napoli at the San Siro, bringing down a long ball and calm ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 | 2008-01-11 13:59:46
... Dunga? According to German number-lovers IFFHS he is, topping their national team coach rankings with 148 points. Not bad going for his first ever ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog | 2008-01-11 09:16:31
Dunga was ranked the best National Coach in 2007 by the IFFHS - International Federation of Football History & Statistics. I didn\'t find the criteria ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 | 2008-01-06 11:53:05
Way back in the summer 2006 of the Selecao were the prohibitive favorites to take home one of sport’s most coveted mantle pieces. It was ...
Posted on: Italy | 2008-01-04 15:02:04
•As Roswitha pointed out in the comments, it's being reported that Inter are preparing to make Luis Jimenez's move to the club permanent by buying him from Ternana. Given Jimenez's performances since Mancini was forced to give him a chance this see ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 | 2008-01-03 17:07:18
As posted by my sister-in-blog Laurie over at The Offside, here\'s a nice little collection of the evil of modern football known as diving. ...
Posted on: Italy | 2007-12-31 09:00:01
Amauri's agent Mariano Grimaldi is, from all available evidence, an unrepentant sleazebag. In order to keep his client's name in the press, he has no compunction about telling bold-faced lies about other clubs and their interest, as well as Amauri's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 | 2007-12-26 15:59:17
Ronaldo\'s career-rejuvenating move to AC Milan isn\'t quite going as planned is it? Despite an encouraging end to last season the now afro-sporting striker has ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2007-12-21 10:00:13
Ronaldinho. Ronaldo. Kaká. Pele. Marta.
If you're a fan of Brazilian football, you've seen them. Those single names on the back of the jerseys that often have very little to do with the players' real, given names.
(Kaká is actu ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2007-12-21 05:00:05
I think anyone who has ever laced up any type of shoes for any sport will agree with the fact that altitude has an impact on performance. So while it's nothing new, an Oxford researcher actually has some cold, hard facts and statistics to back up thi ...
Posted on: Parma FC | 2007-12-18 08:37:15
When you see this video you'll see just how much of a wasted talent Adriano is. At Parma, this guy was awesome. Such power and strength, and a left foot that could break a brick wall. He really could've been one of the greatest, if not THE greate ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2007-12-17 09:00:52
You may have heard of a young Brazilian footballer named Pato. 18 years old, bright young hope of AC Milan, weight of the world on his shoulders -- does that ring any bells? Well the pressure just got worse: Despite the fact that he's done little but ...
Posted on: Livorno Calcio | 2007-12-15 11:58:19
As we all know, Milan is in Japan. The Rossoneri will try to prove they are the best Football Club in the World. This basically means that Livorno get the week off and can solely concentrate on the December 23rd pre Kwanza bash (or whatever hol ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2007-12-13 14:00:43
Something to read while you literally fill your car with petrol...
The Premier League table in Led Zeppelin songs (Odds and Sodds)
Don't mess with Dickson Etuhu, not if you like chewing food (Sunderland Offside)
The 54 college kids hoping to imp ...
