Tag: Sport
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Nike’s World Cup Ball Man by Ratcliffe Fowler Design [via]
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And then there were four: Netherlands v. Uruguay on Tuesday and Germany v. Spain on Wednesday will give us our final two. (Photo Credit: Juan Mabromata/Getty Images)
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IT’S OFFICIAL: They’re getting the band back together for one more season. In Phil Jackson’s own words: “Count me in. After a couple weeks of deliberation, it is time to get back to the challenge of putting together a team that can defend its title in the 2010-11 season. It’ll be the last stand for…
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The day the prophecy foretold is finally here – the 2010 NBA Free Agent bonanza is officially under way as of midnight last night. Where will Dirk, Amar’e, D-Wade, Chris Bosh, Joe Johnson, Steve Nash, and of course, LeBron (pictured above) be playing next season? Answers to those questions and more will be revealed over…
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Today in World Cuppage: The Iberian Showdown (2:30pm et)
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That pretty much sums it up. They had their chances, but in the end, Ghana does the job and ends the United States’ World Cup hopes. Congrats to the team for making it to the Round of 16. We’ll hope 2014 is the year we finally crack the quarterfinals. It’s a small consolation for many…
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The haters can say what they will. That is one handsome looking shirt.
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Did Manute Bol invent the phrase ‘my bad’? Brilliant. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jan. 10, 1989 (by way of Boing Boing): When he [Manute Bol] throws a bad pass, he’ll say, “My bad” instead of “My fault,” and now all the other players say the same thing.
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http://www.bild.de/BILD/System/video/embedplayer Apologies to the real thing, but Lego Soccer (or Lego Fussball) is almost as awesome as the genuine article. [Thanks to Don for the link.] (Source: http://www.bild.de/)
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If you’re really vindictive, Bill Simmons’ livechat from Game 7 is a wonderful bowl of hubris gumbo.
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ESPN’s World Cup ratings up 75-80% from 2006 It’s still early and our attention spans can be short…but almost 13 million did tune in for the U.S. / England match (granted it was in a prime spot on a Saturday, but still), the highest rating ever for a men’s national team match. [via]
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