The "Cubs of International Soccer" have finally broken their curse. Despite consistently fielding among the most talented teams, and despite administering perhaps the world's strongest national league, the Spaniards have come home empty-handed in every major international tournament in 44 years. But today they broke the curse in the EuroCup finals against the team that not only boasts the ...

ESPANA WINS THE WORLD CUP 1-0 OVER GERMANY. At least there was no large scale thunderstorm in Europe knocking out the US feed. Personally I had hoped for a Turkish victory against Spain, and another victory with Turkey taking the Euro Cup. But alas all that we wish for could not occur. In other news, expect me and Loren to live blog another MLB game soon (possibly this week).

Welcome to Day 2 of the Euro 2008 Semifinals. Once again we've got an unlikely match-up as Spain goes up against the USSR Russia. Now while you may be saying to yourself, sure, Russia's a surprise, but why is Spain a surprise? Because they're the anti-Brazil of soccer. They never win big tournaments even though they always have talented teams. So the question now is: who wins? The ...

Spain earns much more than a victory over Italy. I wasn't going to discuss the Spain vs. Italy match up because, to be honest, I didn't see a story in it like Russia and Turkey. Italy wins enough and Spain, well, how many underachieving stories can one spin?Yesterday, it was a matchup of two great Latin soccer sides butting heads. One (Spain) was running on all cylinders, the other (Italy)... ...

Spain finally got by the Italians. In penalties, no less.