More year-end wrap-up: North Carolina won the NCAA men’s title Sunday… Tight races all across Europe as most leagues approach their winter breaks… Hard times continue for Brit clubs, as Fulham crashed out of the Europa League in their group stage finale, and four more UK clubs may have joined them by the time you read this… Brazil’s San­tos will face either Barcelona or Qatar’s Al-Sadd in the Club World Cup final this Sunday, Dec. 18 (4:30am our time)… That’s all for now; see you next week – older, but presumably no wiser.

This article appears in December 16 • 2011.

A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.

SUPPORT US