And here's what FIFA says about keepers and possession:

No, Neuer jumped over him, for the purpose of playing the ball. It was an aggressive move, but a legal one.

First, goalies are trained to go up with a knee up to protect themselves, so that an offensive player doesn't helicopter them. This is not considered "excessive" force. It's considered the "de rigeur" behavior for the position.

At the time of contact, Higuain was no longer waiting for the ball to come down, because it had changed direction away from him.

You do realize those were Cleveland fans with the sign, right? And that it's from 2012? And that they're probably not listening to you?

Replace "soccer" with some American sport, such as football or NASCAR, "Brazil" with "the US", and "Catholic" with "Christian", and tell me how different things are.

I cannot wait for ESPN's legal team to find this guy's Facebook wall to obtain all of his posts and present them in court. Your average American says things this bad, if not far worse, about people they don't know every day.

I cannot wait for ESPN's legal team to find this guy's Facebook wall to obtain all of his posts and present them in court. Your average American says things this bad, if not far worse, about people they don't know every day.

Exhibit 1: Group B. Ask the Spanish team how their trip to Rio went.

In the absence of a reliable test? No.

"It's true, direct contact certainly could be harmful. The one time I tried chewing tobacco, it felt like there were tiny shards of fiberglass cutting the inside of my lip, allowing nicotine and all of the other toxins to enter my body more quickly. It's not hard to imagine a scenario where this leads to cancer,…

Bagwell broke his hand right before baseball shut down, so no, he wouldn't have put up 57 HR and 170 RBI. But it was an amazing season for him up to that point.

Given the long odds on making it out of group, my guess is this is a tactical decision to get the younger players some World Cup experience in anticipation of a stronger run in 2018.

All that, and she still got more distance than John Wall.

And I'm pretty sure they're cognizant of the slang usage of "nuts", stupid.

Holy shit! Really?

The line wasn't drawn at making racist comments about minorities.

Ironically, only Congress can be guilty of violating anyone's first amendment rights.

I wasn't aware that Congress had gotten involved ...

I'd argue that the established past usage of nets.com - bringing up the Cuban feud, redirecting to a Jay-Z fansite, etc. - qualifies as a usage in bad faith.