Category Archives: Recap

Weekend Roundup: 3/8

Another weekend, another solid performance by Edson Alvarez but what else happened?

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Weekend Roundup: 3/1

The weekend in Europe was marred by a couple of injuries but it wasn’t all bad news for our Europeos.

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Weekend Roundup: 2/22

Another weekend of ups and downs for our Mexicans Abroad. Let’s break it down with an episode of “The Good, The Bad, and The Meh.”

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The Last Dance, Episodes 3 & 4

The Worm

This week saw the release of Episodes 3 and 4 of The Last Dance AKA the Dennis Rodman and Phil Jackson Episodes. Anytime Dennis is involved, there is bound to be some shenanigans. His episode did not fail to deliver and I loved how the episode ended. While Phil’s episode gave you insight in how Phil managed players and why players loved playing for him.

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The Last Dance, Episodes 1 & 2

After a couple years of anticipation, ESPN’s 10 part series on the 1997-1998 Chicago Bulls has arrived. It was moved up to April after being originally set to air during the NBA Finals. All I have to say is: thank you. There has been no new sports content in weeks and what better way to end the drought than with the greatest NBA dynasty. Am I biased? Of course. Like Obama, I was also a resident of Chicago during this run. I remember watching MJ’s fadeaways, Pippen’s dunks, Phil whistling from the bench and of course, Rodman’s color changing cups from McDonalds. I had high hopes when this documentary series was announced. Did it deliver?

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WrestleMania 36: Skip or Watch? (Night 1)

This is as close to sports as we’ll get for a few months. Hopefully I am not throwing away the next 3 hours of my life watching this. Read along to see if any of the matches are worth watching.

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Monday Morning Centerback- 1/21

A couple of Mexican defenders found themselves on the scoresheet and another found himself back in LigaMX. Let’s see what else happened this weekend.

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Monday Morning Centerback- 1/14

Lainez arrives in Spain

Most of the European leagues return from winter break next weekend. Until then, we are light on actual games.

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Monday Morning Centerback

Hector Moreno and Real Sociedad beat Real Madrid 2-0

January soccer feels like the week between Christmas and New Year’s. No one is sure who is working or what day of the week it is. Here are a few things that happened over the weekend.

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Si Se Pudo

I’m writing this the day after the game and I still can’t believe Mexico pulled it off. They executed a perfect game plan and stuck to it for all 90 minutes. So how did Mexico pull off the upset and become the first CONCACAF nation to beat Germany at a World Cup? I try to dig a little deeper.

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