Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
The octopus that correctly predicted the results to each of Germany's World Cup matches has been found dead in his tank. Officials at the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany do not suspect foul play.
"Paul" who gained fame this summer by correctly identifying the winner of each of Germany's matches ...
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
The World Cup is great. Really is. But it's still got nothing on baseball.
Yesterday, when the Netherlands scored to make it 3-1 in the second half, the commentators conceded that it was all but over and the Dutch were headed to the final. And this was with a good 20 ...
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Diplomatic trash talk heading into USA v. England. No, I mean these are real diplomats - Deadspin
Rex Ryan: motivating the US soccer team. Go, F-cking Overlords of Death! - Kissing Suzy Kolber
Your fantasy football defense rankings for 2010 - Fantasy Knuckleheads
Did Strasburg hit 103 last night? - DC Sports Bog
Apparently ...
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
The next few days are centered around two things for me:
1.) digest everything World Cup-related I can in preparation for my favorite sporting event.
2.) catchup on all my shows to clear space on the DVR for those early morning Eastern Time Zone kickoffs. (The History Channel's "America: The Story of ...
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
Meet Phillips and many other blog luminaries in person at Blogs With Balls 3 in Chicago this weekend! - BWB
LeBron is planning a Stones-like world tour before he picks a team - Fanhouse
Not to celebrate an injury, which I'm not, I swear, but this ought to help team USA's chances ...
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
100 days until the World Cup begins - Steady Burn
Apparently, it's "safe" for the Big Ten to expand. I'm glad it's Rutgers getting all the talk. Heaven knows we wouldn't want anyone actually good at any sports to join the league - No Guts, No Glory
Tony Greene is bad at ...
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Shenae Grimes is on the new version of "90210." We're also fairly certain she needed help to get into those pants.
Highlights from the US national team's miraculous comeback vs. Costa Rica last night - YouTube
Do the Cubs have anything to feel good about for next season? - Zoner Sports
The Redskins ...
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Sarah Shahi is relaxing. I could really use some relaxing right about now.
The Mike Zimmer story is really, really sad. And no, the Bengals beating Baltimore on Sunday does not make it better - Shutdown Corner
Jonathan Crompton is your SEC player of the week. You read that right - A ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
A few months ago, Bill Simmons had ESPN soccer announcer Rob Stone as a guest on his radio show to talk soccer - a rarity on the Sports Guy's show. Listening to Simmons trip over soccer concepts and names made ardent soccer supporters cringe. But he admitted during the segment, ...
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Lucy Pinder is a big fan of Southampton's football team. In honor of "Soccer Day" here on Rumors and Rants, she's bringing you the links. And the above photo is just about the tamest one we could find of Lucy. Good lass.
That's a fantastic sign. Stay classy, Ronaldo - The ...
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