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Spain Pulls Off World Cup Crown; CFL News and More
Published on July 11, 2010 at 11:43PM
The world’s beautiful game, a moniker which is often used for soccer, saw its 2010 World Cup draw to a close with the Spaniards ousting the Dutch, 1-0 to win their first World Cup in their otherwise illustrious history Sunday at Johannesburg, South Africa. Spain used stifling defense and a huge goal from Andres Iniesta to win in the 115th minute over the scrappy Oranje. While the Spaniards have exorcised the demons of the past in finally winning a World Cup, the Dutch, who are still bereft of a World Cup championship have their work cut out for them in 2014.
In the CFL Sunday, the Montreal Alouettes, led by ex-Utah State quarterback Anthony Calvillo, who is often called the “Dan Marino of Canadian football,” (19 of 30, 237 yards, 2 TD’s, INT) and a crucial 22-yard interception return for a score by Jerald Brown earned a 33-23 win over the Edmonton Eskimos. The Eskimos, utilizing an awesome passing attack with strong-armed signal-caller, Ricky Ray (23 of 39, 340 yards, TD, 2 INT’s), took a 16-11 lead into the locker room at halftime. Nevertheless, Calvillo, ex-Brigham Young star Ben Cahoon (5 rec, 46 yards) and Brown proved too much to overcome for the Esks, who fell to 0-2 and now join Hamilton as the only CFL team yet to win a game in 2009. After two weeks, Calgary and Saskatchewan, with identical 2-0 records, are in command in the West, while in the East, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal are each 1-1 while aforementioned Hamilton is at the bottom of the barrel for now. While it’s still only mid-July, you never want to fall into an early tailspin, so Hamilton and Montreal quite literally have their seasons on the line in Game 3.
Finally, a legend in Major League Baseball has died. Bob Sheppard, the longtime PA voice of the New York Yankees, New York Giants and St. John’s university athletics, among other New York teams, is dead at the age of 99. Sheppard is best known for his work as the Yankees’ in-stadium voice as he served in that capacity from 1951-2009. All of New York mourns his loss tonight and I tip my hat to a man who remained insistent that public address announcers are reporters, not circus barkers. What a novel concept. Thanks for reading!