U.S.A!
The U.S. women beat Brazil to advance to the World Cup semifinals. Many U.S. sports fans are so excited they are considering actually watching a game.
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And real soccer fans had to love the whining afterwards, even though the U.S. won, about the bad calls. An unreasonable red card, a questionable encroachment call, a goal that should have been waived off as offsides….
It’s not that the calls may not have all been wrong, it’s that many of the bandwagon fans complaining had absolutely no idea what they were talking about.
Reminds me of the Olympics and the ice skating competition, when suddenly the whole world is an expert on triple axels.
Ah well, the World Cup will soon be over and then most of them can go back to only worrying about red cards on Valentine’s Day.
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Although, really, a tying goal in the last few seconds of “extra time?” The U.S.A. women are considering contacting the SF Giants to see if they can officially borrow that “Torture” slogan.
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And a random thought, if the U.S. ever joins up with Canada to form a team, can we all chant “U.S. Eh?”
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Hines Ward was arrested for a DUI Friday night, “Pacman” Jones was arrested at a bar Saturday night for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest…. Yep, looks like Ray Lewis was right about crime increasing during the NFL lockout.
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Monday will be a good television night for all women on the West Coast who fit into that Venn diagram by being fans of both sports and tacky reality shows – MLB’s Home Run Derby followed by “The Bachelorette.”
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Bristol Palin is the new voice of the abstinence movement. Isn’t this kind of like Newt Gingrich defending marriage?
(or as my friend Andy Dwan says, Mike Tyson as the spokesperson for vegans.)
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Meanwhile, Sarah Palin says she doesn’t think there are enough GOP candidates for President. But when asked if she will run Palin told Newsweek “I’m not so egotistical as to believe that it has to be me, but I do believe that I can win.” Okay, so Sarah’s not egotistical, she’s just bat sh*t crazy.
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Nice 5 for 5 from Derek Jeter Saturday when he got his 3,000 hit. The kind of performance that justified fans voting him to the All-Star game despite his 2011 batting average in the .250 range.
And the “Captain” rewards that loyalty by saying he’s not even going to show up in Phoenix -“it’s best not to try to push it.” Yet another example of why the Yankees are so beloved outside New York.
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President Obama is taking heat from the left and right during this debt ceiling crisis. And really, how dare he? The guy who campaigned as a moderate, is actually trying to govern as a moderate.
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Left Coast Sports Babe 
July 12, 2011 at 2:48 pm
A loooonnnng groan home: I just read that the fan who returned Jeter’s home run ball/3000th hit, Christian Lopez, may be liable for taxes on the gifts that the Yankees are giving him. “The New York Times…says the face value of the tickets to the remaining 32 regular-season games at Yankee Stadium are worth anywhere between $44,800 and $73,600. The paper’s conservative estimate puts Lopez’s tax bill at $14,000.”
Of course, Lopez could sell off all the autographed balls, bats, and jerseys that Jeter gave him in order to cover the taxes, but then he’d probably be liable for taxes on those sales.
Looks like he’s stuck in a Catch-2.
July 12, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Does he not get a deduction for the ball that he donated to Jeter? Canadian tax law would allow you a trade off. (once the ball clears the fence, it becomes public domain) Lopez didn’t get the tickets for the remainder of the season for “Nothing”. He gave Jeter the ball which could be worth close to a million$. It’s not a gift!!!!!! i’m not a tax expert for the US of A, but i’m guessing if Lopez has to pay, then so would Jeter. make sense?