Soccer

As Klopp himself has explained, “The best moment to win the ball is immediately after your team just lost it. The opponent is still looking for orientation, where to pass the ball. He will have taken his eyes off the game to make his tackle or interception and he will have expended energy. Both make him vulnerable.”

This excerpt from a Paste Magazine article on a specific soccer tactic contains what 10-letter German word in its title?

Gegenpress

Uncategorized

The Ancient Eight has been the only D-I conference unaffected by realignment this century, but it hasn’t always been so exclusive. Two other schools competed with the Ivies for championships in baseball and track and field through the early 1990s, and the league reportedly considered inviting them as full members in the 1980s. Name these schools (whose mutual rivalry exceeds even that of Harvard and Yale).

Army, Navy

Olympics

U.S. athletes won 6 total medals at the Games: 2 Gold, 3 Bronze, and 1 Silver. What speed skater with a perfectly Olympic surname but ironic for the surface of his sport won that lone silver, at the 1500m distance?

Eric Flaim