Uncle Mike's Musings: A Yankees Blog and More

This is mostly about sports, and then mostly about baseball. It will favor the New York Yankees, the New Jersey Devils, Rutgers University football, and the London soccer club Arsenal. You got a problem with that? Make your own blog.

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Saturday, June 20, 2026

June 20, 1976: The Panenka Penalty

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June 20, 1976, 50 years ago: The Final of the 1976 UEFA European Football Championship is held at Red Star Stadium in Belgrade, Yugoslavia ...

Friday, February 16, 2018

How Long It's Been: Arsenal Saved a Penalty

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Yesterday, in the 1st leg of the UEFA Europa League Round of 32, Arsenal defeated Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, away to them at their 9,165-s...

Saturday, July 30, 2016

How Long It's Been: England Won a Major Soccer Tournament

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July 30, 1966, 50 years ago today: England wins the World Cup, beating West Germany 4-2 after extra time, on home soil, at the origin...

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Zinedine Zidane for France Losing the 2006 World Cup

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This Sunday, France will play Portugal in the Final of Euro 2016, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris. As France is th...

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Uncle Mike: Central New Jersey, where men are men, and the women also root for the Yankees., United States; Born in North Jersey. Raised in Central Jersey. Yankee Fan and Rutgers fan since 1977. Devils fan since they arrived in 1982. Arsenal fan since 2008. Former Nets fan, now an NBA free agent. No NFL team. Single, interested in changing that status. No children, but uncle to two teenage girl athletes and one in the making. Liberal Democrat and damn proud of it. Hopefully, in sports as well as politics, I can live up to the words of the late John Spencer on "The West Wing": "We are going to raise the level of debate in this country, and let that be our legacy."

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