It was a game of two deflections. Fortunate for Jermaine Jones and the United States; not so much for Jermaine Taylor and Jamaica.
Newsweek decided to see precisely how many people in America take their citizenship for granted, and the results are predictably depressing: 38 percent of people outright failed the official citizenship test, while 29 percent of people couldn’t name the Vice President and 6 percent couldn’t even identify when Independence Day was on the calendar. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
If the United States wins its aggressive bid to host the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022, 18 cities will vie to host matches in what is arguably the most important sporting competition on the planet. Unsurprisingly, Washington, D.C., will be one of those cities. The USA Bid Commitee announced this afternoon that D.C. will be represented in the official United States bid book for the 2018 and 2022 finals with the inclusion…
The cold, blustery and wet conditions at RFK Stadium were nothing short of appropriate for the United States’ final World Cup qualifier, really: the fitting backdrop for the conclusion of a road trip which has seen little sunshine for the men’s national team. In the light of the car crash which severely injured forward Charlie Davies, most of the 26,243 on hand focused their meditations on one question: would the accident inspire the Americans to…
It’s because we see something in the game that we see in ourselves. His name was announced with slight fanfare, mostly drowned out by the thousands of blue and white-clad cheering Hondurans in attendance. An enormous amount of sound is still capable of radiating through our stadium’s old bones and cavernous corridors. The perception is that this tournament doesn’t really mean much in the grand scheme of things. It’s a “B” team cup. A nicety….
FRIDAY: >> The 18th Street Lounge’s regular Wednesday night reggae stars SEE-I are at the Rock and Roll Hotel to celebrate the holidays with some friends who are sure to get you dancing too — DJ Mat the Alien and remix artists Fort Knox Five. Tickets for the Happy FKX-XMas are $10. >> Rufus Wainwright begins a two-night stint at the 9:30 Club tonight with his sister, Lucy Wainwright Roche. Tickets are still available for…
We’ve mentioned it briefly before, but it’s worth reminding everyone that a D.C. neighborhood is in contention to win a makeover from HGTV, and a lot of local bloggers are asking you to cast your vote to help make it happen. In partnership with Rebuilding Together, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Natural Resources Defense Council, HGTV’s Change the World, Start at Home contest has identified D.C.’s Anacostia as one of ten needy…
>> Woolly Mammoth’s popular One Man Star Wars Trilogy is back, written and performed by Charles Ross. Tickets are $28 for the 8 p.m. show. >> The Alliance Francaise and Twins Jazz present the Dupont T quartet, a group led by bassist Hubert Dupont, a major player in the jazz scene in Paris. Tickets to the 8 and 10:30 p.m. sets are $20. >> Take the opportunity to check out the new Busboys and…
Is everyone already leaving town for the holidays? Our calendar here at Reader, Meet Author is looking a little lonely right now. If you have any tips or complaints that we’re not posting all the awesome poetry readings, feel free to email us. MONDAY: Caroline Kennedy will be at Politics and Prose to share the Christmas prose most dear to her. It’s all in her latest book, A Family Christmas, which includes tributes to Irving…
The White House Christmas Tree lighting ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday Nov. Dec. 6, at 5 p.m., which means without a doubt, if you can avoid driving your car in the city, you really should. The annual ceremony always screws up downtown traffic in an extreme way. Add the leftover snow and ice on the ground into the mix, and we can promise you a traffic clusterf*** of epic proportions tomorrow evening. If you’d…
