The refs have a special watch that beeps when a goal is scored. Read more
No, this is a fun team. And those shirts are the best I've seen so far. Read more
The only downside to these upsets and goalfests is that I'm afraid the tournament will have fulfilled its quota in both before the USMNT goes up against Portugal and Germany. Read more
Even getting your wig split in the most humiliating way possible doesn't take away two consecutive Euro Championships and a World Cup. Read more
ARJEN. MOTHER. FUCKING. ROBBEN. Read more
That's one of those fouls that is probably technically wrong, but looked so stonewall live that you can't really fault the ref for calling it. Read more
...or Peralta scores and keeps his place. Read more
Chicharito's redemption in... Read more
Yes, if Hot Sauce could pull off his tricks in the NBA playoffs. Read more
For a while they had a 24-man roster because one of the keepers got injured. I just looked it up again and the injury replacement also got injured, so now they are back down to three in the 23-man roster. Read more
The instinct to call teams a dark horse is defensible, though. It's basically just a way of saying "this is a team outside Brazil, Argentina, Spain, and Germany—you know, one of the teams that actually will win—that I think could threaten the top four." Dark horse sounds cooler than second-tier favorites. And Belgium… Read more
It does make some sense. Lukaku is caught between being the young, promising upstart and the dominant budding star. He's too good to sit on the bench at Chelsea, but he's maybe not quite ready to be the week in, week out starter for a team that expects to win the Champions League. It's a balance plenty of teams… Read more
You lose. Read more
I would probably bench Xavi, too [ducks bullets], but I was trying to be realistic. They actually might favor Martínez over Alonso but they won't drop Xavi until he literally can't move anymore. Read more
Hi IcecoldDavis. I don't know who'll win the World Cup but I'll be rooting for Argentina. I bet Brazilians will want to riot but I doubt we'll hear about it, if you know what I'm saying. Though they might just fight you if they hear you calling their futebol futbol. As for your last question, nice try but I can spot… Read more
Tell that to Liverpool. Read more
Yep, fixed. Read more
Huh, has it been that long? I try to write something bad about them every time they pop into my head... Read more