PODCAST: The Pump Fake (March 8, 2010)

The Pump Fake – The Weekly Podcast for The Sports Union with the biggest sports news, humor and whatever else is in the minds of the demented co-founders of The Sports Union. This week J.David and Kevin Patra salute Big Ben and Taylor Mays for their speed – one in the combine and the other between sexual assault accusations; talk about the NBA headlines that really matter – he did what in the shower?; talk college basketball – men’s and women’s; and hand out their version of an Oscar. Take a listen.

A YouTube Trip Down the Nostalgia Lane of Sports Classics

Pause.  Life should come with the “pause” feature, don’t you think?  Just the other day, a friend and I talked about how life seems to be running out of control without an regard to the things we want to accomplish.  Ever morning I get up and yet life never once asks me if I would [...]

PODCAST: The Pump Fake (November 24, 2009)

The Pump Fake – The Weekly Podcast for The Sports Union with the biggest sports news, humor and whatever else is in the minds of the demented co-founders of The Sports Union. This week the guys honor the Lions victory; discuss the greatness of the NFC and the not-so-great AFC; loathe the BCS and call for massive riots during “selection Sunday”; take a run-through of the top headlines around the different leagues; and pay tribute to Michael Scott by bashing others in Boom, Roasted. Take a listen.

Foreign Report: South African Soccer Star Heads to States

Byron Peters is leaving the family he loves to pursue the game he loves, as he was awarded a university scholarship to play soccer in the United States.

100 Days in Sports Fan Hell: Cape Town Has Done [it] Wrong.

The thing that has caught my ire and that Cape Town has done so wrong is found in the Cape Flats on the soccer pitch, but you must first understand a Wikipedia view of history in order to understand the problem and why it upsets me so much.

Proud to Be Relevant…I Mean American

These past few weeks got me thinking about how proud I am to be an American. For most people these sentiments are common this time of year. It’s impossible during July 4th weekend not to appreciate living in the land of opportunity, especially with a bombardment of red, white, and blue fireworks, scenic images of [...]

A Team in Disarrary

For those of you who agonized over the United States Soccer team’s crushing loss against powerhouse Brazil in the Confederations Cup Final, I have two words of advice for you: be thankful. As you watched Landon Donovan effortlessly dribble the ball up the pitch or Tim Howard gracefully yet controversially rob Kaka of a game-tying [...]

Long Live the Vuvuzela! At Least For Another Year

The buzz of the Confederations Cup is gently fading into the South African night and there are questions if the “buzz makers” will be present when the World Cup returns to South African soil in 2010.

“If they take away my vuvuzela then what is next, my Makarapa?” shouted Saturday Nelson, a long time Cape Town resident and lifelong soccer fan. “They can have my vuvuzela when they pry it from my cold dead hand.”

How Did U.S.A. Soccer Pull Off Shocking Victory?

On a cold South African night in Bloemfontein, in the coliseum of Free State Stadium, amidst the drones of plastic vuvuzelas, David slew Goliath.
The United States, having improbably made it to this point, faced the No. 1 ranked Spaniards in the first game of the Confederations Cup semifinal and prevailed, 2-0, from [...]