big game II: the game just got bigger

http://www.101greatgoals.com/picture-special-the-gay-kiss-rocking-honduran-football-orlin-peralta-brayan-beckeles/36231/

charming, over-the-top commentary:

Watching someone cheat stylishly is far more entertaining than prosaic probity. Thierry Henry, upon whose elegant shoulders has been heaped the corpulent bulk of the insufferably high minded English sports press’ opprobrium, remains the most charmingly witty and scintillatingly intelligent player to have ever graced the Premier League. He has single-handedly (no pun, etc.) prevented a pedestrian Irish team from clogging up next summer’s World Cup, to the forgivable outrage of the Irish (...), and the tiresome condemnation of everyone else.

referring to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KIqwTNm8ZA

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/12/04/WC2010_WALLCHART_0510.pdf

that's a nice page. i love things that make sense.

good draw
for us btw

yeah, i thought so, but i wasn't sure about england. seems like the only team they might have to worry about? just guessing, though, i don't know anything about them, or the other teams for that matter.

could still lose to england and go through to 2nd round. probably will lose to england. that game
is
gonna be huge
i dont know much about the other teams
either, every1 is
dangerous in the world cup, but still, looks
good

http://twitter.com/#search?q=%22Peter%20Gammons%22

http://www.thebesteleven.com/2010/01/pictures-and-videos-stadiums-of-faroe.html

ray hudson

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/the-professors-appeal-saves-him-with-one-arsenal-fan/

loooooooooooooooooool
http://www.youtube.com/v/H8gKmQ6Hrro&hl=en_US&fs=1&

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/PA-677570.jpg

http://sg.wsj.net/public/resources/images/NY-AE396A_NYNUM_NS_20100425195901.gif

a-rod, more like a-plod

here's that great article about zakuani i mentioned the other day
http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/04/26/stories-of-african-and-english-and-american-soccer-steve-zakuani-and-the-congo/

this is a breakdown of US world cup squads by whether they are MLS or european-based kind of what we were talking about the other day

Inimitable

Guardiola is not your average coach, a point that has been underlined again in the build-up to tonight’s tie. With all the pre-match talk focusing on Barcelona’s hopes of staging a dramatic comeback, the 39-year-old appeared in a press conference to say he had been spending his time reading In Praise of Pessimism by the French philosopher Lucien Jerphagnon, which he had been given on Catalunya’s Book Day, celebrated every 23 April.

Aside from being a bookworm, Guardiola is also an avid cinema and theatre-goer and a dedicated follower of fashion.

i would totally follow fashion with him

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/arsh1.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XHx--ETqRVY/S9wTnSbiIQI/AAAAAAAAEVQ/yKMBU3i8xQE/s1600/total-pts.gif

http://www.qatar2022bid.com/qatars-bid/stadiums

PNC Park Sold Out For 'Fan Euthanasia Night'

May 5, 2010

PITTSBURGH—PNC Park boasted a rare sellout crowd Tuesday when more than 38,000 eager Pirates fans showed up for "Fan Euthanasia Night," during which each attendee was guaranteed "the sweet release of a quick and painless death" courtesy of sponsor PepsiCo. "For a diehard Pirates fan who has been following this team for nearly 20 consecutive losing seasons, or really just anyone who watched them get beat 20-0 by the Brewers last week, this is certainly a well-deserved treat," said 46-year-old Jim Martin, walking through the turnstile to receive his souvenir program and his lethal dose of sodium thiopental. "I haven't seen so many people so relaxed and generally happy to be at a Pirates game in a long time." An estimated 200,000 Pirates fans who were unable to get tickets to the game reportedly listened to its radio broadcast while idling their cars inside closed garages.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/14/SPIG1DDKCT.DTL

Mat Latos hurt the Giants in many ways. The Padres starter, goofing with fans Wednesday, heaved a ball over the left-field bleachers. It hit broadcaster Dave Flemming's car, shattering the sun roof.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YVDRTCM4KE&feature=player_embedded

skandal!

got to look at these together sometime
http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_football/2195031.html

http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html

http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5415/38/

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/06/01/magazine/20100606-nextgen-soccer.html

kyle davies: any relation?
university of akron must have a good program.
my favorite is kofi sarkodie.

that calendar is WOWIE BEAUTIFUL AND SMART!

long but worth a read at some point

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,druck-698508,00.html

http://www.thebesteleven.com/2010/06/world-cup-2010-team-group-stage-travel.html

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—The longest match in tennis history has been suspended for darkness at 59-59 in the fifth set at Wimbledon.

The first-round match between 23rd-seeded John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and qualifier Nicolas Mahut of France was halted at dusk Wednesday. It already had been suspended because of fading light Tuesday night after the fourth set.

They have been playing for a total of exactly 10 hours—7 hours, 6 minutes in the fifth set alone, enough to break the full-match record of 6:33, set at the 2004 French Open.

that's really weird.

damn. this made me think of u
http://www.soccerquantified.com/project-updates/huggingattheworldcupteamsthattouchmorewinmore

                    Points  Goal Differential Goals Scored
32. North Korea       0           -12             0
31. Cameroon          0            -3             2
30. Honduras          1            -3             0
29. France            1            -3             1
28. Algeria           1            -2             0
27. Nigeria           1            -2             3
26. Italy             2            -1             4
25. Greece            3            -3             2
24. Denmark           3            -2             3
23. Serbia            3            -1             2
22. New Zealand       3             0             2
21. Australia         4            -3             3
20. South Africa      4            -2             3
19. Switzerland       4             0             1
18. Slovenia          4             0             3
17. Ivory Coast       4            +1             4

http://www.thebesteleven.com/2010/07/pictures-iceland-soccer-stadiums.html

this is cute, let's watch it sometime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0OsOzoOx5Q&feature=player_embedded

cute
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gil-asakawa/rapids-defender-kosuke-ki_b_792107.html

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Watch-hockey-puck-split-in-half-on-shot-o?urn=nhl-303913