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| PHOTO: LOOK, IT’S A DIFFERENT CULTURE. YOU SHOULDN’T WORRY WHY THAT PERSON SEEMS TO BE DRESSED AS A GIANT PENIS. |
Japanese football fans at the Olympics, all decked out. (Getty Images)
| IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN WHEN I THANK JEEBUS THERE’S NO LIST OF BLOGGER SALARIES. EMBARRASSING. |
The MLS salaries are out (again), so lets use tables and charts and stuff to break it all down. // Prost Amerika
| THAT WEIRD TREND OF GLOBAL CHINESE STADIUM-BUILDING JUST GOT REAL. REALLY REAL. |
Chinese Railway Group just bought 15% of Inter Milan and will build the club a new stadium. Why? Point of entry, that’s why. // The Footy Blog
| WHATEVER YOU’RE DRINKING, POUR SOME OUT FOR POMPEY. FOR THE HOMIES. |
Portsmouth website’s first team page has five players. Five. One, two, three, four, five. Oh, and has anyone checked on John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood recently? // Off the Post
| PHOTO: “TAKE THAT, BALL I’M CALLING ‘BRANDI CHASTAIN’ FOR MY OWN PERSONAL REASONS.” |
Hope Solo works out her aggression on the training pitch by giving the ball a name. (Reuters)
| OIL JUST MAKES EVERYTHING MESSY. I MEAN THAT LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY. |
Sunderland’s new shirt sponsor is not exactly what it seems. The New York Times investigates. // NYT Goal Blog
| BUT..BUT…HE LOVES HIS MOTHER. SURELY THAT MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER. |
Mario isn’t a bad guy (maybe), he’s just young and rich and isn’t much interested in a commitment right now. Not everyone agrees. // Kickette
| AND THIS IS HOW I LEARNED A PHOTOSHOPPED IMAGE CAN STILL GIVE ME THE HEEBIE JEEBIES. |
Nani’s just hanging out this summer. // Beat the First Man
| PHOTO: IF FOOTBALL DOESN’T WORK OUT, DANIEL STURRIDGE SHOULD TRYING [INSERT FUNNIEST OLYMPIC SPORT]. |
The easy was out was to say “diving”, but that’s not really what’s going on. Actually, when you think about it, Daniel might best suited to be a dancer in one of those over-the-top pieces from the Opening Ceremony. (AP Photo)
| WAIT, IS THAT FILM? WHEN WAS KANSAS CITY LAST OPEN CUP WINNERS? 1965? |
Kei Kamara sits in a dark room with an antiquated projector while fully kitted out and watches footage from 2004, the last time Kansas City won the U.S. Open Cup. Totally believable. // The Offside Rules
| INSTEAD OF A GOLD MEDAL, SERGIO WON A HALF-OFF COUPON TO IN-AND-OUT BURGER. WINNER. |
With the Olympic spirit hitting everyone, Sergio Ramos and Kaka decided to have an impromptu race in the pool at UCLA. Kaka shames his all of Brazil. // Bleacher Report
| WHEN I HAUL OFF AND SMASH THE BALL, I CALL IT ‘GREGORY CHESTERFIELD.’ YOU WOULDN’T KNOW HIM. |
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m very, very tired of the Chariots of Fire song. Look, Britain, I know the song and the movie are point of pride, and I wouldn’t want to tell you to stop holding everything about them in high regard. But the song doesn’t have to be the background music for every medal ceremony. Honestly. FOLLOW. LIKE. Sorry for the Chariots of Fire song being stuck in your head.
