Separated at birth?
Intrepid sportsman and Coppell/Valley Ranch editor Greg Tepper says yours truly looks a lot like Dallas Stars center Tom Wandell. My lineage does trace back to Scandinavia, so there's a chance we have common kin. Take a look at the picture and compare with my picture to the right of this post. Agree? Disagree. Comment below. And here's the tale of the tape:                           TOM WANDELL        ROBERT TRACY No.:             23                            13 Height         6’1                           6’1 Weight        195                          160 Shoots    

Meet the World Cup Field
Yesterday, the Qualifiers came to an official end as the final spots for the World Cup yesterday as the 4 European Playoffs, the Final Spot between CONCACAF and South America and a special playoff in Africa after Egypt and Algeria were tied in 6 different catorgeys. We had a couple of surprises and a very controversial call that one team wants voided. Lets start with Portugal as a pair of a 1-0 victories in both games to lift the Portuguese through the World Cup. Even without Christiano Rolando, Portugal proved that it will be dangerous again after a very impressive performance that took them to the Semifinals back in 2006. In Kiev, Ukraine, a loan goal by Salpingidis put the Greeks throug

Full World Cup Field to be set today
Well, today ends the 2 year journey to the FIFA World Cup as the Final Set of Qualifiers will be going on today in 6 nations on 3 continents. The 2nd leg of the European Playoffs will be taking place as Portugal, France and Russia each have one goal advantages as Portugal downed Bosnia-Herzegovina on a goal from Bruno Alves midway in the 1st half in Lisbon, however for Bosnia, the 2nd leg is in Bosnia and the fans of the long suffering nation as they will attempt to complete one of the biggest achlishopments since the break up of Yugoslavia. For France, a 1-0 advantage as they won in Ireland as a late goal gives them a slight advantage and a possible road goal from Ireland could send this

It's not how you play the game ...
It's how you look while playing the game!I love sports. I love design. So it should come as no surprise that I love Uni Watch, ESPN.com's regular Page 2 feature that addresses "the obsessive study of athletics aesthetics."The most recent post from the uniform geek, Paul Lukas, previews changes to men's NCAA basketball uniforms. I agree with him on most every point (Nike's System of Dress is a consistently good look, Illinois State=upgrade, Tulane looks much better).  Get more Uni Watch goodness right here.    (more)

This Weeks Minor League Games 11/2-8
A month into the AHL Season, the Texas Teams are looking very strong right now as the Texas Teams are in the top 3 spots in the West Division. The Expansion Texas Stars are on top with the San Antonio Rampage in 2nd with last years Conference Finalist in 3rd place. Elsewhere, the North Division is looking like it's going to be the strongest division with the Rochester Americans having a slight edge over the Hamilton Bulldogs, Manitoba Moose and the Abbotsford Heat as the top 4 in the north are just 2 points apart. In the Atlantic Division, Manchester is starting to put a gap on the competition as the lead is up to 4 points over Worcester. The Monarchs defense is also among the best in th