June 16, 2015 • 0
Going into this season, the outlook for the Texas Rangers’ offense was anemic. Last year was so frustrating with so many guys going down with injuries and not a whole lot of moves made in the offseason, there wasn’t a whole lot to look forward to this season. But fast forward to today, 64 games … Continue reading “Rangers’ Lineup Could be the Most Dangerous in Baseball After Injuries”
The U.S. Women’s National team has amassed a grand total of four points and three goals. They were shut out in a poor offensive showing against Sweden and were lucky to get two goals against a stout Australian side. Despite the fact that they are in a good spot in the proverbial “Group of Death” … Continue reading “USWNT Needs to Find Offense For World Cup Success”
Yesterday I announced that I had submitted a breaking news banner plugin to the WordPress Plugin Directory. A few hours after that post went up, I got the news that JM Breaking News had been accepted into the plugin directory. The plugin uses a custom post type with three custom fields — link, target and time … Continue reading “JM Breaking News Plugin Added to WordPress Plugin Directory”
June 12, 2015 • 0
After succeeding in getting a theme into the WordPress Theme Directory, I’m trying my hand at doing the same with plugins. Actually the move to write and submit a plugin comes quicker than I would have liked, all thanks to my plans for Giornalismo. In my initial creation of the theme I realized that themes … Continue reading “Diving into the Realm of Plugins”
FC Dallas started off the season incredibly hot. Through the first three games, the Hoops scored three wins — the only team to pull off the feat this year — and after ten matches had secured 20 points. But the last four matches have not been nearly as kind to FC Dallas. In those matches, … Continue reading “Momentum Slipping for FC Dallas on Five-Match Road Trip”
Given all of the pressure of being the United States in the World Cup and the location of this year’s tournament, it’s easy to understand why the U.S. Women’s national team showed so many jitters early in the Group D opener against Australia Monday. The nerves, both of the players and supports, were quelled for … Continue reading “With Win in Opener, Path Clear for USWNT to Win ‘Group of Death’”
So I have to admit that I was wrong. A couple of days after American Pharoah dominated on a sloppy track at the Preakness, I made the statement that the horse would suffer the fate of the 13 horses in the past 37 years who have tried to complete the Triple Crown. It’s just too … Continue reading “American Pharoah Runs into History, but Does it Help Horse Racing?”
I don’t generally consider myself to be much of a racing fan. Sure, I’ll watch racing, whether it be NASCAR, Indy Car or Formula One, and I root for Dale Earnhardt Jr., but I don’t really watch it with the passion that some others have for it. That being said, I’ve always wanted to make … Continue reading “Live Racing is a Hidden Treasure”
