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Monday, May 30, 2011
“It’s a label that doesn’t discriminate, “says the designer who constantly travels the world in search of inspiration. “I design for all shapes and sizes – all personalities and walks of life - I just want to make women look and feel beautiful whether it’s in a figure-hugging micro mini or a lavishly bejeweled cocktail dress”.
Camilla Franks is a dynamic designer who has been transforming kaftans into chic wardrobe staples for fashionistas and celebrities across the globe. Oprah Winfrey, Fergie, Liz Hurley, Jennifer Hawkins, Paris Hilton, Tori Spelling and Paula Abdul have all been spotted wearing Camilla Kaftans.
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
The Netherlands and Spain will go at it Sunday afternoon in the final match of the 2010 World Cup from South Africa. Two of Europe’s best teams will face off on the World’s biggest stage for a trophy that neither country has ever been able to secure. Spain comes into this match as the favorite, but the Dutch are riding a hot streak and feeling good about their chances.
I am torn on this match because obviously both sides are talented or they wouldn’t have put their teams in this position to be in the World Cup Final. Outside of Spain’s 1-0 opening loss to Switzerland, they have been solid and have only lost two matches since 2006 but… the Oranje are on a streak of their own having gone unbeaten throughout qualifying and at the finals.
The Netherlands offense has been electric at times and they have the ability to score goals, but on the other side, goals against Spain have been far and few between. I am definitely rooting for Netherlands, but my gut is telling me that Spain will take care of business. La Furia Roja will take down the Flying Dutchmen 2-1 to win their first ever World Cup.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
One of the biggest controversies outside of refereeing in this World Cup has been the Adidas Jabulani ball. Before the World Cup even started players were complaining about the ball and saying it felt cheap. Well, NASA has gotten involved, and it looks like the players might have a legit beef…
NASA's aerodynamics people at the Ames Investigation Centre managed to get some MLS players to kick a very dusty Jabulani around to what sounds like a soundtrack from a 1970s instructional video. The tests confirm what everyone has been saying: Jabulani's scanty 440-gram weight, coupled with the high-altitude conditions in South Africa, means when at speeds of 44 mph or more the ball becomes susceptible to something called the "knuckle effect." That's aerodynamic shorthand for "it swerves all around like crazy at high speeds because of the air flow on the seams and stuff,"
I don’t know how much of a factor this really is, but for anyone who has watched a lot of the World Cup, you can tell that some players aren’t comfortable with the ball. There have been a lot of shots and free kicks that have sailed 10-15 feet over the goal.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
The World Cup semifinals get underway this afternoon with Uruguay vs. Netherlands starting the action followed by Germany vs. Spain tomorrow afternoon. I expect both games to be extremely entertaining and before things get going, I have to get my predictions in.
Let’s start with today’s game between Uruguay and the Netherlands. Both teams have obviously played good or they wouldn’t be here. Uruguay is coming off a controversial win over Ghana and will be missing key striker Luis Suarez after his red card in the last match for his hand ball. The Netherlands are coming off their 2-1 upset over Brazil and are feeling pretty good about themselves. The Uruguay defense has been great throughout the World Cup, but I don’t think it will be enough to slow down The Flying Dutchmen, give me Netherlands 1-0 over Uruguay.
The game I am excited for is Germany vs. Spain. The Germans didn’t go to South Africa to mess around, they came to win and outside of one slip up in the group stage, have been on an absolute war path in this World Cup. They have dismantled England and Argentina, and Spain looks to be the next victim. Although Spain isn’t a pushover and came into this tournament as one of the favorites, they haven’t been impressive. If David Villa isn’t scoring for the Spaniards it doesn’t look like anyone else will. I’ve got Germany over Spain 2-1.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
I dont have time to write a long posting, but I wanted to get my prediction in before game time. I am going with a 2-2 draw. Lets see...USA!!USA!!USAAAAA!!!!
Friday, June 11, 2010
The World Cup is finally here!! It’s been a long four years since the last go around, but all the built up anticipation can finally be freed!! At 8:30 AM central time South Africa and Mexico will officially kick off the 2010 World Cup from South Africa on ESPN. First though, before the action gets underway, I have to give my predictions.
Here are the teams that I think will advance out of the group stage:
Group A- 1. France, 2. Mexico
Group B- 1. Argentina, 2. Nigeria
Group C- 1. England, 2. United States
Group D- 1. Germany, 2. Serbia
Group E- 1. Netherlands, 2. Cameroon
Group F- 1. Italy, 2. Paraguay
Group G- 1. Brazil, 2. Ivory Coast
Group H- 1. Spain, 2. Switzerland
- France vs. England
- Argentina vs. United States
- Netherlands vs. Brazil
- Italy vs. Spain
- England vs. Netherlands
- Argentina vs. Spain
- England vs. Argentina
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
As I continue to try and get you hyped for the 2010 World Cup, I want to advise you that you are about to be engulfed by soccer whether you want to or not. ESPN is paying $100 million for the rights to two World Cups and two Women’s World Cups through 2014, so you can expect the coverage to be deep!
Among ESPN (44 games), ESPN2 (10 games) and ABC (10 games), all 64 games will be shown live; all will be available in high definition, and all will be streamed on ESPN3.com. Twenty-five games will be carried in 3-D.
That sentence basically sums it up, World Cup soccer is going to be all over the place and I can’t wait. According to EPLTalk.com, “ESPN has lined up 166 hours of re-aired World Cup matches that will be shown on ESPN Classic and ESPN2. All 64 games will be re-aired generally between 6pm to midnight ET each day. In addition to all of the World Cup games and re-aired games, expect to see a gigantic amount of World Cup features, news, documentaries and analysis on the ESPN family of networks.” It doesn’t mention it in the EPLTalk posting but I also know some of the SportsCenter’s and World Cup programming will originate live from South Africa.
If you are stuck at work and can’t catch the games on TV, you can watch all the games aired on ESPN and ESPN2 on ESPN3.com. The 10 games that will be aired on ABC won’t be available on ESPN3.com.
Wait, there’s more…TV and internet won’t be your only options. The World Cup games will also be available on the radio. All of the World Cup games will be broadcast on National ESPN Radio, and select games will be aired by your local ESPN Radio affiliate. I know the ESPN Radio station in Dallas will be broadcasting all of the United States and Mexico games along with a few select others.
If after reading all of that you don’t understand the magnitude or importance of the World Cup, I guess you will never get it. It is the world’s biggest sporting event and is important to so many countries around the world. It all gets started Friday morning with South Africa vs. Mexico on ESPN. If you would like to see the entire World Cup TV Schedule Go Here.
