I witnessed a friend of mine learn this lesson during the last World Cup, in the agonizing minutes before Landon Donovan tucked a rebound away to beat Algeria and advance to the knockout stage. She asked, "Isn't this supposed to be fun?" I tersely andwered, "No, it's not!"

Check out the kid in the sombrero!

You had me at Yes, I Humped the Ostrich

Shade at Christina Hoff Sommers: THROWN

I have the same problem. Also, it just looks right.

Gonna need a bigger tank.

That always bothered me, too! What team's helmet was the Dolphin wearing? Some team with a generic M logo?

Yes. Yes it is precisely like that.

Is that kid's name Ganymede?

Deadspin is not hypocritical. Deadspin is the just watcher who watches the watchers, and is thus rightly obsessed with ESPN's Tebow obsession. In this case, ESPN is claiming to tease the two starting quarterbacks, but mis-identified Locker in its zeal to give us that hot Tebow action.

Greggggggggggggg should know that there is no such thing as a former Eagle Scout. An Eagle Scout is an Eagle Scout for life.

Have you seen Gregg Williams' PowerPoint presentation? Man, you can't handle that on strong acid!

When you watch a football game, remember what you're celebrating: that a bunch of rich white men didn't want to pay the referee's pensions.

Of course he and Kornheiser are such good friends! And I love Tony K., but it's a trait they certainly share.

Joey Barton is a sweet and tender hooligan.

Oh geez, that is what I meant.

Tyson also told the story on Around the Horn about six months ago.

PK would have earned so much goodwill around these parts had he chosen to end with "Maybe."

/makes gesture of thrusting hands forward with palms pressed together to suggest diving

That's the thing. Klosterman once wrote of Marilyn Monroe that she was so underrated that she's overrated, in that people have so frequently argued that she is overrated that she obscures many many better actresses.