I’ve seen a bit of harping on the event being “marred by low attendance”, but is that fact or perception? I know that some of the “pot 3 vs. pot 4" games the first time through groups (Costa Rica-Paraguay, Haiti-Peru, Jamaica-Venezuela, and Panama-Bolivia) were “not sexy” and (predictably) drew crap for attendance,…

Exactly.

I think the criticism of his heavy first touch got to him. He pretty obviously under-touched that and that was his demise, for a change.

Watching the game between these two teams the evening before, I was like “damn, that guy looks old...” and then they put his name on the screen and I’m like “wait - is that the same Juan Uribe that was on the White Sox when they won the Series in ‘05?!?” and sure enough it is.

No. Every opportunity. Every. Single. One.

Andres Cunha (URU) - damn it, I was about to #CONCACAF’d this...

It’s happened, but I doubt it’s been done under the current CBA. In 2008-09, both Karlos Dansby (Arizona) and Terrell Suggs (Baltimore) were franchised in consecutive off-seasons. But I think the union tried to make it more punitive for teams to do that, so I suspect it hasn’t happened since then. Possibly at a…

...unless you’re talking about a dozen players making half the salary across the league.

“the lawsuit also lists as defendants two university officials involved in the adjudication process.”

I’m so confused by the photo accompanying this story. There’s a man in a jersey that appears to say “Kennedy” yet another person is accused of sexual improprieties?!?

Post something true about Joe Paterno.

Along these lines, announce major sporting event (like NBA All-Star game) is being moved from N.C. due to bigoted anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom” law.

Implausible. We all know that King gets his puff piece ideas directly from Goodell during post-coitus pillow-talk.

I’d probably use the opportunity to announce that MLS will be instituting promotion/relegation starting with the 2019 season and that the league will be acquiring Ibrahimovic, Messi and Ronaldo for that season in an effort to assure the NY and LA teams stay up.

And they are miles apart in marketability and charisma. That is not a cut at Abdul-Rauf’s Tourette’s. Tim Howard has Tourette’s and manages to come across as personable despite his condition.

That’s what makes him the most important athlete of all time.

I have been concerned with MLS over-expansion for most of the last 6-10 years.

Jesus. Worthy doesn’t even begin to be part of the conversation.

But he went out on top, jacking up the most shots of anyone in the last 30 years.

I asked the burger joint I ate at over the weekend to sub in Angus for a burger that the menu had listed with Kobe as the show piece.