tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post2113942489467908934..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: World Cup - Hand(not foot)ballOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-3791212633692365612011-02-16T18:29:31.614-05:002011-02-16T18:29:31.614-05:00Thank you all for your comments - unfortunately Ic...Thank you all for your comments - unfortunately Iceland made a mess of things after a good start and ended up in the seventh place. <br /><br />I was really happy to see that someone English speaking such as yourself Annie actually follows the sport - it is fun is it not?Yrsa Sigurdardottirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889410114439001207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-23775201295856286532011-02-09T15:59:58.339-05:002011-02-09T15:59:58.339-05:00I don't even know how I could miss this blog e...I don't even know how I could miss this blog entry of yours, Yrsa, but because of it, I shall cherish every word you write from now on. Although I think playing football is fun, watching it makes drilling holes through my own toes sound like a thrilling and thoroughly pleasurable experience. Handball is so much more exciting to watch than football, it defies comparison. I also agree with you on how much tougher handball players are - I have played and survived quite a few football matches, but I don't believe I would last ten minutes on a handball court. Especially when most players are a good 30 cm taller and at least 30 kg heavier than I am - and that's on the women's teams. Canada does not have a handball team worth mentioning (which is not surprising since the sport gets no exposure at all through the local media), but thanks to the miracle that is the Internet, I have still been able to enjoy the best handball has to offer on a semi-regular basis.Annie Taschereaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-81764480451307767352011-01-20T19:25:11.896-05:002011-01-20T19:25:11.896-05:00Bingo and champagne works for me every time. Whic...Bingo and champagne works for me every time. Which reminds me. Beth, you forgot the glue that ties together all those American sports: beer.<br /><br />I join Yrsa in extending warmest congrats and go kick Edgar's butt encouragement to our blogmate, Tim.Jeffrey Sigerhttp://www.jeffreysiger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-30684845223925284092011-01-20T09:40:30.345-05:002011-01-20T09:40:30.345-05:00In that it is only the last few minutes of the gam...In that it is only the last few minutes of the game that really matter, it is definitely like basketball. American football is somewhat the same although the ball does get moved around a lot, mostly when large men fall on it and refuse to get up. It is a game played in four 15-minute segments with about 10 minutes off after the second quarter. The games generally last more than two hours making a mockery of the fifteen minute business. Hockey is counted as successful not by the number of goals scored as by the number of fights a team wins. Until helmets and mouth-guards were required, really successful hockey players were the ones who didn't have front teeth.<br /><br />Baseball, alone among sports, has rules that are easy to follow: three men try to hit a ball out of reach of everyone on the opposing team. If they don't succeed, it gets to be the turn of the other side. Pretty much that is all anyone needs to know. Ideally, each side wants to run along the sides of a triangle more times than the other side and players do jump, slide, and bang into walls but their are rarely any fights.<br /><br />My kids are not athletically inclined. They all played soccer because that is a requirement of life as a child in the US even if they hate it.<br /><br />They all skated and they all skied until a near disaster. None of them own cars; they live in areas where there isn't any parking so they do a lot of walking, something they enjoy much more than chasing a ball.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-79394940561975159982011-01-20T09:15:00.406-05:002011-01-20T09:15:00.406-05:00As someone who played soccer competitively, I can ...As someone who played soccer competitively, I can attest to the absolute wonder that is teamwork and team achievement.<br /><br />CONGRATS to Timothy! I had just read the lists and was coming by here to say congrats to him. What an honor!<br /><br />Michele<br /><a href="http://southerncitymysteries.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">SouthernCityMysteries</a>JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4641162724720044742011-01-20T08:22:48.971-05:002011-01-20T08:22:48.971-05:00I saw some team Olympic team handball a while back...I saw some team Olympic team handball a while back (2004 or 2000) and enjoyed it. It strikes me as one of those sports I'd get into every couple of years (say for the World Cup and the Olympics), but there's absolutely no coverage of it here in the States.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.com