It’s a corking week in soccer around the world, really – Chelsea‘s splendid comeback to tie Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup (earning a replay with their North London rivals this coming Monday) … the Houston Dynamo‘s Champions Cup showdown with Mexican giants Pachuca this Thursday … the last week of the regular season for local high schools … a 3-3 Barcelona-Madrid clásico (enough to nudge Barca to the top of La Liga, as former leaders Sevilla crashed at something called Gimnastica de Tarragona) … and there’s got to be more – but frankly, this South by Southwest thing has me frazzled. See you next week.

This article appears in March 16 • 2007.

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