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.

Showing posts with label zinedine zidane. Show all posts

Thursday, July 9, 2026

July 9, 2006: Zinedine Zidane's "Coup de Boule"

›

July 9, 2006, 20 years ago: The World Cup Final is held at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. ABC broadcasts it in America. France play Italy. B...

Friday, July 25, 2025

July 25, 2000: Luís Figo's Defection Begins the "Galácticos" Era

›

July 25, 2000, 25 years ago: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol sign Luís Figo to a contract. This begins the team's "Galácticos...

Saturday, July 9, 2016

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

›

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...

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Bonne Chance, Armée de l'air

›

France has deployed a weapon against ISIS. No, not Zinedine Zidane. Though he is known for having launched a missile that beat Bayer Lev...

›

Home

View web version

About Me

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."

View my complete profile