The German Crying Indian.


















The World Cup started today and there were a bunch of goals scored as Germany beat Costa Rica, 4-2. I was able to see that replay on ESPN U. Yes, U actually had something worthwhile on it. It appears that Classic shows a replay at 5:00, U will show something in the evening, and then rerun another game overnight.

Things we learned during today's match:

Dave O'Brien is pretty good announcing baseball, not good on soccer. If I was watching this live, I would've turned on Univision.

Costa Rica was the first nation to abolish its army.

The Costa Rica goalkeeper was Porras, too close to "porous".

Jens Lehmann, the German keeper, had wristbands that read "Jens Lehmann".

It's always great to see a small crowd like the Costa Ricans go crazy when they score, rendering the thousands of home crowd fans silent. One tiny corner of red against the world.

Two beautiful goals by Germany. The first by Lahm, a crack off the right foot from the left side. The fourth by Frings, an insane boomer from 40 yards.

Frings killed me. They sent the stretcher out for him, he barely walks off and cheats the medics. Ten minutes later, "BAM!", a goal.

Michael Ballack, the injured German captain, was mentioned way too many times for not even being suited up.

Germany made too many mistakes in the back. That may hurt them later.

In the other match, which I didn't see, but heard the end on XM, Ecuador played some mean defense and shut out Poland.

Tomorrow, England debuts. USA starts Monday.

Meal of Links

Keanu Reeves is rich. And he wants a wife.

The cops raid the "Animal House" fraternity. "Of course I'm talking about Delta, you twerp!"

Kids behave better these days. Or they are telling major fibs.

Exercise Yard

Luke Winn reports from the NBA Pre-draft Camp. Uh, no one can shoot the three down there.

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