Category Archives: North America

(MLB) Toronto Blue Jays 8 Boston Red Sox 4

(MLB) Toronto Blue Jays 8 Boston Red Sox 4 (29/06/2001) Toronto’s CN Tower opened in 1976, and you have to wonder what the city’s tourist board used to lure visitors to the city before that. Not that it’s an unattractive … Continue reading

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Rochester Raging Rhinos 3 Long Island Rough Riders 1

A week after watching Chicago draw with the New England Revolution, I found myself in Rochester. Not a town on the usual tourist trail, and indeed it was a detour so absurdly expensive that it clearly overstepped the boundary of … Continue reading

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Chicago Fire 1 N.E. Revolution 1, Chicago Cubs 3 Milwaukee 6, June 2001

If you are fan of the film The Blues Brothers then you shouldn’t go to Chicago. Yes, it’s good in that you recognise so many locations from the film, but once you know just how bafflingly illogical the car chase … Continue reading

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