The last time the Bengals went anywhere in the playoffs, no one had heard of Saddam Hussein, Seoul was prepping to host the Olympics, and I was in the first grade, getting my first pair of coke-bottle glasses. I'm glad my eyes were bad when John Taylor caught the winning pass in Super Bowl XXIII because I'm not sure…

I'd just started at the restaurant that just recently left after almost five years of serving/bartending/managing. Our chef at the time was hot shit in the local food scene. We've both moved on to bigger and better things since this restaurant.

Cheat Like A Champion Today.

I'm pretty sure you can take those adults to court in The Hague for doing something like that.

I work at a bar that allows people in the well-to-do mostly-20's-and-30's neighborhood to bring in their own food (we don't have a kitchen [praise be] and there are a few decent take-out places within shouting distance). Reminder, it's a bar, a bar in a neighborhood with a bevy of young families.

Yeah but it's not his fault Kiffin didn't know how to turn the ignition.

The dramatic fall notwithstanding, Thiago Silva grabs him and pulls him back while he's in on goal, albeit outside the box. That's a red card, no questions. So, if we have the benefit of instant replay, it's a red card for Silva, possibly a yellow for Robben (though it's after the original foul, so that argument holds…

You mean "FROM a burning building," in this instance.

Tim McCarver called him Brandon a few times and it never stopped being funny.

Personally, I just want to know why The Masked Man hasn't done a DWOTW on Giant Gonzalez yet.

Although Papa Malick Diop was on the Senegal squad that felled the French in 2002, it was Papa Bouba Diop's goal that made the difference in that match.

Agreedo. Considering Daley II gifted US Soccer its headquarters on Prairie Avenue (in two mansions refurbed on the city's dime), Chicago's participation in American soccer dealings is a given. Soldier's been used for every major tournament the States have hosted since 1994. Lots of support for lots of national teams…

Not if Asia still get four spots. Africa could use one or two more, or at least a different mechanism for qualification.

ESPN commentator made a good point, saying that FIFA could still tell him to have a sit for a match.

Really, for any team outside of the usual suspects (Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Italy, England, Netherlands, maybe France?) , getting out the group is usually a major victory. Anything else is inflated expectations.

It's what happened in 2002, and the Portuguese also had the semi-consensus "Best Player In The World" on their side then, too. I pick the upset in Manaus, a squeaker win in Natal, and then we lose 4-0 to Germany because Klinsmann wants to "rest" dudes.

He even got bounced from Egypt after they didn't punch a ticket to Brazil.

For Lebron, the worst thing about the Hot Hot Heat game was the constant request for Bandages, even though they did nothing for cramps at all.

"But what KIND of placenta, and did it deserve it?" — Liverpool Fans

It was probably just out-of-code. His wife's doing him a favor.