World Cup hopes and other dashed dreams
For the U.S. anyway in 2010, their World Cup hopes are “Ghana with the wind.”
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Americans, who had really begun to embrace the USA team, were devastated by the loss. It was almost as heartbreaking as the Olympic gold medal hockey game….say, who won that anyway?
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Landon Donovan may be done with the World Cup, but the U.S. star has been rumored to be looking at a contract with Chelsea (one of England’s top soccer teams) after a 10 week stint he had playing this year for Everton in England’s Premier League.
And according to a U.K. tabloid, Donovan will also become a father, at least according to a pregnant British woman. So I guess Landon had no problem scoring in England.
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And if you thought “Ghana with the wind” was bad…..
A day after his epic 11 hour win at Wimbledon, a tired, badly blistered John Isner lost his next match in 75 minutes. Talk about de thrill of victory and the agony of de feet.
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The 49ers filed a claim with the city of San Francisco, asking for a rent decrease because Candlestick Park is in such bad disrepair. On behalf of Candlestick Park, the city filed a counter claim, saying the same thing could be said about the 49ers..
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Police in Southern California seized $45 million in drugs they found in the back of a tractor-trailer Friday, including 38,000 pounds of marijuana. 7 11 stores in the area immediately applied for federal bailout money.
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Despite Major League Baseball’s drug rules, over 100 players have received medical clearance to take banned substances for Attention Deficit Disorder. So almost eight percent of ballplayers have the problem? Right.
Wonder if there’s a script floating around for players trying to get clearance to take Ritalin “So what makes you think you have ADD?” “Well, doctor, you see it’s like this, Oh look, a puppy.”
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Three incoming UCLA freshman football players have been arrested for alleged felony theft. Oregon’s Heisman-caliber quarterback has been dismissed from the team. And USC is on probation. Stanford is just a scandal or two from being Rose Bowl favorites.
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For Canadian readers, a thought watching all these G20 protests actually turn a little violent in Toronto.
Good thing one thing Torontonians don’t have to worry about. What would happen if the Leafs actually won the Stanley Cup.
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Left Coast Sports Babe 
June 27, 2010 at 10:10 pm
For American readers, what and where is Toronto? Also, what are Leafs, shouldn’t they be Leaves? So John Isner nad Nicholas Mahut each get their 15 HOURS of fame. How cool is that? If Burke was on the ball, he would have drafted some of those vicious G20 protesters. Too bad he was distracted by a microphone and camera in the same room that he was in.
June 27, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Ah come on Tc, Toronto is where all the crazy protesters made them move the Blue Jays-Phillies game to the “safer” envirions of Philadelphia… maybe the only time in history a Philadelphia stadium was considered “safer.” and yes, it IS Leafs. If Americans can become experts on wrong soccer calls ,they can figure out Maple Leafs.
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June 28, 2010 at 9:41 am
re: BJ/Phils move. The Halladay family was really choked. They had flight tickees and rooms booked for TO for that series. Tell me you sold them cancellation insurance. Wonder if they asked that little kid for ID yet at Citizens Bank Park.