Why do they always say "it has been brought to my attention" like they had no idea what they were doing? It's like being on trial and saying "it has been brought to my attention that I murdered a marching band" even though you have a necklace of ears and spit valves.

At least in death Borislow leaves behind a legacy. Well, technically it's Hope Solo's Subaru and it's probably going to be towed.

I am experiencing a feeling of great pleasure from Brazil's humiliation....if only there was a word in German that precisely defined this emotion.

[The sky over Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati last night, as photographed by Getty Images' Jamie Sabau. Be sure to expand; it looks like an oil painting. Flickr is also full of shots of the storm clouds.]