The UT Lady Longhorns moved to 6-2 on the year with three good wins last week, 4-2 at LSU, then 5-0 over Nicholls State, and 3-2 over a very good Cal State Fullerton team, who had just knocked off sixth-ranked Texas A&M in College Station. The Horns open their conference schedule this week, on the road at Tech and Baylor.
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It was game on in the English Premier League last week, as struggling Arsenal got a huge win at Manchester United, and champs Chelsea put the hurt on equally struggling Liverpool. This week the Euro focus is on midweek Champions League and UEFA Cup ties. ESPN2 is showing just one game live — Benfica-Manchester United, at 1:30pm Tuesday, Sept. 26 — but several other tasty matchups are on ESPN Classic and the spanish-language stations, tape-delayed throughout the week. Televised games I know of include:
Real Madrid-Dynamo Kiev, Tuesday 4pm on ESPN Classic
Lille-AC Milan, Tuesday 6pm on ESPN Deportes
Arsenal-Porto, Tuesday 11pm on ESPN Deportes
Werder Bremen-Barcelona, Wednesday on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Classic
Inter Milan-Bayern Munich, Wednesday 3:45pm on ESPN Deportes
Levski Sofia-Chelsea, Wednesday, 6pm on ESPN Deportes, and 11pm on ESPN2
Valencia-Roma, Wednesday 11pm on ESPN Deportes
Bordeaux-PSV Eindhoven, Thursday on ESPN Deportes
Steaua Bucharest-Lyon, Thursday on ESPN Deportes
Then there’s pay-per-view: Arsenal-Porto on Tuesday, and Liverpool-Galatasaray on Wednesday, each at 1:30pm at your favorite sports bar.
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At press time, the military coup in Thailand seems to be putting a crimp in Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s plans to take over Liverpool FC. Details forthcoming.
This article appears in September 15 • 2006.