Well, at least now he can go fulfill his destiny as Theo’s closer.

All I read was Wednesday’s humps and I am haunted by Christina Ricci...

This has to be the most exciting thing to happen at a Padres game this year.

Something about the way Rapinoe strikes the ball just seems different than other women. Like she hits the ball with above average velocity, but it is more than that. A lot of the time accuracy on a cross is more than just threading a needle and anticipation. It’s about hitting a ball that the defender cannot read or…

Heard that Trea Turner was getting caught up in this mess, then I just got to read the tweets. #1, not racist, but also out of context. #2, worst of the bunch. #3, Not even his words, and made me lol. I’m actually more disappointed in the poor grammar of #2 than anything.

Tough crowd... Deschamps pulls things together to win the cup IN RUSSIA and still gets slammed? Yikes. Hate to see what gets written about every other coach’s shortcomings. Yes, putting Giroud up front was like installing a speed bump in the first turn at Talladega. Yes, it looked like France was sitting in a 4-4-1-1…

Four 8-team Divisions. Division winners qualify with a bye. 2nd and 3rd place teams play wild card series.  Pretty elegant, actually.

Man, I loved the summer of CC, but that trade didn’t break the mold for MLB (maybe for a generation of suffering Brewers fans). Johnson to Houston represented a similar value and return on investment, the big difference being that Houston was a balanced 100 win team buying insurance.

France won the tactical matchup. France could create against the back 3 with Griezmann and Mbappe receiving from Pogba and Kante. They hung back and waited for the counter and suffocated it. Despite looking outclassed the last 3 games, the Belgian back line held strong in this one. The goal was a perfect touch...…

Exactly... he’s picked up some terrible habits. You want to root for the guy, the big play, but after the way he’s acted the past two games, my wife and I were hoping someone would catch him with some studs up... nothing too serious, just enough to keep him out the finals.

Not sure how “just happy to be here” Sweden gets labeled a fraud. Basically the last team in out of Europe in qualifying. No metric had them getting past the round of 16, and many pointed to them finishing last in their group. Overachievers...

Indubitably. Harry Kane has been clutch, but you can see Pickford making his O-face... England IS COMING.

Aren’t free throws pretty easy for anyone? I’m almost 40, haven’t picked up a basketball in 3 years, and still popped off 17 for 20 just screwing around. Plus, typically you get to the line for free throws in non-scoring situations... PKs (should) only occur in goal scoring situations, when the defense has taken away…

What’s crazy is that I had just commented that Japan had done a great job controlling stoppage time, and Belgium was going to have to wait for the extra 30. But Courtois can reel in balls most keepers can’t and they caught Japan flat-footed for just a second and De Bruyne finally hit the right feed.  It really was…

Looks more like San Juan.

How about this: HORSE-style tie breaker. Each team gets chance to set up 5 set pieces from around the box: Each lower corner (think where Kroos set up his goal), each top corner of box, and top of the circle. Defense defends with a keeper and 5, offense gets kicker plus 6. Standard FIFA laws apply, such as the nearest…

As a keeper, it’s amazing how little stress or pressure you feel during a shootout. From a keeper’s perspective, it is the ultimate battle of skill and wits. No screens, deflections, wacky angles, or passing threats. Just you against him, and he’s the one in pain.

Without Jesus caressing and shielding, this escalates to full scale donnybrook.  Aguilar is so over the top... even Lincoln Hawk was impressed.

Nobody came off looking good in the season-long Zeke scandal. The NFL has its insurers analyzing this and the short-term hit isn’t so bad and the likeliness that Winston burns them again and cost associated were worth the risk... which is odd, because substance and sex offenders are the most likely to repeat, and…

Yeah, Neymar sucks... the life out of soccer. The world had such high hopes and then he tanks in ‘14, struggled to find his place at Barca, forced his way out like a frosted poon, now is hardly the second most effective weapon on an underachieving Brazil team in ‘18.