“Look ma, no hands”
Not exactly the headline England wanted to see about their goalie.
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After watching that game-tying goal for the US today, I have a question: While I’m not a soccer expert, aren’t goalies supposed to be able to use their hands?
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Apple, whose iPhone gets great reviews from consumers except for staying connected during actual phone calls, is considering an endorsement contract with English goalkeeper Robert Green. Theme of the campaign “Sometimes, drops just happen.”
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And of course there’s the possibility for Green of being in an commercial for Allstate Insurance, representing the unnamed competition. With of course the usual tagline “You’re in good hands with Allstate.”
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Actually, watching the World Cup, you understand why it’s called “football.” And actually why the American game should be called “throwball” or “carryball.” The only kickers in American football tend to be soccer-style anyway.
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From Marc Ragovin: BP finally has a strategy for dealing with the runaway oil well. Its called the “hey, the World Cup is on TV.”
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New toast in the Mountain and Central time zones of the U.S. “May your troubles last as long as the Big 12 conference.”
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Just one thought about those plastic World Cup trumpets? Anyone have some SERIOUS mosquito repellent around?
They’re actually called “vuvuzelas” Which I think is an African term meaning “Most annoying sound ever.”
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Americans in South Africa at the World Cup are complaining about the plastic trumpets known as “vuvuzelas,” saying the noise they make is boring, annoying, and interminable. And South Africans are replying “Look who’s talking, the country who sent as their representative Joe Biden.”
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The only good thing about the tie in England, apparently President Obama and new Prime Minister David Cameron had a bet on the match. If the U.S. won, Cameron was going to send over some of England’s best beer. If England won, Obama was going to send over America’s best.
And the Brits are thinking, well, at least we don’t have to drink that crap.
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The SF Giants are pushing fans to vote for their players for the All Star game, including Aaron Rowand. With all due respect to the Giants, not only is the .223 hitting Rowand not one of the top three outfielders in the National League, he isn’t one of the top three outfielders in San Francisco.
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A lunch with Warren Buffett, which sold for $2.6 million, took the record for biggest Ebay purchase ever. Of course, this record could be usurped, if former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman is able to buy the California governorship, for her stated bid of $150 million.
Tags: Janice Hough, Robert Green jokes, World Cup jokes
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Left Coast Sports Babe 
June 13, 2010 at 3:22 am
2 thumbs up on the vuvuzelas joke. i tried watching a few minutes of the game yesterday (i couldnt watch the yankees beating on some patsy again), and if soccer isn’t boring enuf, that noise makes it even more impossible to watch.
and for your consideration:
The English press is killing goalie Robert Green for letting in a soft goal in the 1-1 tie with the US. Understandable. I mean its not like he’s responsible for destroying another country’s entire ecosystem.
That Steven Strassburg is some sensation, huh??? I mean he’s the biggest thing to hit Washington since William Howard Taft (Of course i write this assuming he will mow down the Tribe today; now watch him get shelled)
June 13, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Time’s still flying. Carl Yastrzemski’s grandson is the starting left fielder for Vanderbilt University today in their match up with Florida State. (And I still have to look up Yastrzemski to spell it correctly.)
June 13, 2010 at 9:19 pm
i’m still trying to spell Garseeapparrah