Jozy Altidore’s Sick Goal Against Guadeloupe

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Tuesday night the United States advanced to the knockout stage of the Gold Cup with a 1-0 win over Guadeloupe. The scoring was supplied by 21-year-old US forward Jozy Altidore, who blasted a 25-yard cannonball into the upper-left corner of the net in the 9th minute of the match. The US ...

Katy Perry Picture and Today’s Links

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Katy Perry and her boobs  had a birthday party this weekend. We should all celebrate. Malcolm Gladwell says Bill Simmons should indeed be an NBA GM. And he gets the FJM treatment for it - Deadspin What we learned from week eight of college football - No Guts, No Glory Just in case ...

Altidore Makes One Hull Of A Debut

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

So the wife is out watching "The Time Traveler's Wife" with the girls, which meant I got to spend the afternoon sitting around the house in my Newcastle United jersey and basking in another win in the Championship, this time against Crystal Palace. Oh, hey, it's Bolton at Hull City. ...

Link Dump! Brought To You By 19.19

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

I mean sure, the 100 meters world record is what gets you the title of "world's fastest man," but the 200 meters is real GD speed, and this video, friends, is as real as it gets. I bet he's on steroids. That's right, I said it. Now put me on ...

TheBaker’s Annual English Premier League Preview

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

The English Premier League season begins this weekend, and as you know, we hear at Rumors and Rants are big footie fans. We try to keep you in the loop each and every EPL season. And for the most part, we're wrong. We always overrate Tottenham and believe this is the ...

Link Dump! Brought To You By The Saved By The Bell Reunion

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

I mean I know Jimmy Fallon was asking for this because it was funny. And let's be honest, I loved that show, but I haven't thought about how cool a reunion would be for even a minute. I blame Dusty Baker...because he has one of the biggest track records of this ...

Yes We Can!

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

OK, so on Monday the U.S. lost to Italy in its opening game of the Confederations Cup, a tuneup for next year’s World Cup in South Africa. The Americans hung with the defending world champions - much like they did in the 2006 World Cup - and took a lead into ...