Outside of the goal it was still a pretty shaky outing for Shea (imo), and frankly, his shot was right at the keeper who got a hand to it and came pretty close to stopping it. Though to be fair, the whole team seemed pretty flat tonight.

Outside of the goal it was still a pretty shaky outing for Shea (imo), and frankly, his shot was right at the keeper who got a hand to it and came pretty close to stopping it. Though to be fair, the whole team seemed pretty flat tonight.

No doubt protesting against gay marriage like the flamboyantly straight French Open fellow.

I'll say this about Gus - he's one of the only American soccer commentators who actually sounds excited and into the match. The coterie of drone voiced former USMNTers is embarrassing and boring and I'll take Gus's bursts of schoolboy enthusiasm any day. Though I'd still prefer Arlo White any day (we Sounders fans…

Although the other night the correct 'question' should have been "What is 'This Is Spinal Tap'?" and the person said "What is 'Spinal Tap?'" and was deemed correct. I had a little nerd rage moment, sitting alone in my living room...

Stop making a Mochrie out of this, you're getting Carey-ed away.

I've seen fights at Raiders, Red Sox, Phillies, Cubs, Redskins, Yankees, Dodgers, Angels, and Braves games. Also seen fights at some college football games I've been to. I've seen drunk douches puke right near me at several (non soccer) events. Also heard lots of verbal abuse hurled at players from opposing teams…

Or maybe they were from the other countries and are now from the United States. I'm gonna go with yes to both.

Bartoli may not be 'model' material, but she's got a cute smile, is spunky as all get out, and looks like she'd be a spitfire during, uh, intimate moments...plus she's got a certified genius IQ and does math problems for fun. I thoroughly dig her.

I ANC what you did there.

Who knew Tama had such a good serve?

Lendl has already helped him to the Wimby finals, an Olympics gold (at SW19) and a US Open title in the past year...I don't think a 'killer instinct' will be a problem.

I've never liked Italy (the team, not the country), but Buffon has been a brilliant goalie and wonderful sportsman for ages - I can't help but root for him. The scene of him with Iker Casillas after the Spain/Italy penalty shootout was touching.

Have you heard about the Spanish team's little scandal - it turns out the theft that occurred may have been a result of them hiring a 'samba band' for a post game party...the 'samba band' actually being a gaggle of prostitutes with whom they played strip poker. The hookers then stole money from them the next morning.…

You may want to pass on the memo to Arjen Robben...

That would be John 'banned for racist remarks' Terry commenting on another player's character? Heh, that's funny.

Derrrrrrrrrr. Yes, of course there was a game 7 . And I've seen 10 posts and counting about it. I have no problems with that and it clearly was not my point. But there was also a fantastic world record setting performance by Wambach that went totally unmentioned until just now. That's all I was getting at.

I heart sexist twats.

Glad to see the boys at Deadspin finally acknowledging Abby's amazing achievement - after 9 or 10 articles on the Heat/Spurs game I was wondering if anyone in the office even knew it had happened. Hell, she had 4 goals in one half! Maybe throw in a clip of the goal, which was a great thumping header off a corner…

It's not that there's coverage - I'm not so dumb as to think game 7 of the finals isn't important to more folks here (despite my own dislike for pro b-ball). It's the lack of any mention of a rather remarkable record while I think I saw 8 or 9 postings on Game 7. Just one "Hey btw, this was pretty fucking awesome by…