I fervently hope this is causing some fatal, preferably painful aneurysms amongst Boko Haram’s membership. Nothing against Sweden, but Nigeria’s women need the win (well, draw; moral victory) way more.

Couple extra zeroes there, but it’s not like a 0.75% prosecution rate is objectively un-terrible, either.

Probably won’t get any traction with this, but can the commentariat please restrain itself with regard to her leaked photos? Hope Solo may be a first-class jerk, but that doesn’t turn sex crimes against her into funny jokes. Especially since I’m pretty sure we’d be getting the same jokes if she weren’t a first-class…

Yes, yes, the Minute Maid Miniature Golf Course. Adorable. And it has a choo-choo!

Just goes to show that FIFA really bought its own “we’re untouchable” hype. They’re an international organization and seem to think of themselves as a sort of sovereign government, but also think that since they aren’t really a government, bribes weren’t really anything to worry about, jail-wise. Forgetting, of…

Postgame notes indicate that she did give him (2) a yellow card; Vine just didn’t capture it. It’s also rugby sevens, which I’m not abundantly familiar with; it may have a different rules code for the play of the ball.

Applying Hanlon’s razor here, I’d say the flight attendant was more likely to be stupid than racist; no matter the airline or class of service, flight attendants vary wildly in terms of what seemingly innocuous requests they will or won’t indulge. Some of that’s understandable, since the various airlines and…

They’ll never do it for the sake of taking a moral stand, even if their executives do personally find FIFA to be as appealing as a turd in a microwave. Corporate logic:

Bingo. I was the kind of nerd who read the entire university manual, and ours (at an all-undergrad college) said something along the lines of “romantic student/faculty involvement is discouraged and, where a supervisory relationship exists, forbidden.” That’s it. Short, sweet, to the point, and never a point of…

I think the whole “give us twelve bucks now and you can eat till you die” concept is so alien to the world outside North America that the actual food quality is something of a secondary consideration.

Dear Eldritch,

This happens a lot among observant and even not-so-observant Jews, reason being that it’s forbidden to destroy or disrespect anything that has God’s name (or any of its accepted variations) written on it, or to permit same. It’s not blasphemy to write it out (else how would there be Torah scrolls?) but once you do,…

Pretty sure Gilly was down to dirty up Sam from the start, and she just figured this was as good a time as any to get him to momentarily set aside the whole “watcher on the walls” jazz.

Upper arm, looked like, which he stuck out at the last second.

We hasten to note that Jindal either has multiple personalities/clones or has been appointed Queen of all Londinium, with corresponding shiny hat.

22-7. We welcome your hatred.

I know you meant it ironically, but let’s be honest: that really is idioting-on-the-field the right way.

Goddammit, Canada.

It's really *bad* satire; say what you will about Cards fans, but they do support, y'know, the Cardinals, individually and as a group.

Of course the league has a right to demand a change. Ballpark quirks are either a) grandfathered in (Fenway, Wrigley) or b) have waivers from MLB approving them (Houston Juice Box). If a field element is truly a safety risk, the MLBPA will likely insist that the commissioner do something. Even if the turf is just…