Aug 16, 2008 | 7:43 AM | Skip Pass - Stretch the Hammies, We're Running Full Court (8/16/08)

by: Paul Miles

I'm sitting here watching Brazil v Cameroon soccer. I can't help but think that soccer is sort of the Taiwanese Parliament of sports. Whenever the ref blows the whistle to stop play, everybody has to come over and get a word in and plead their case. And occasionally, someone gets cleated in the mouf. Yeah I said "mouf", I used it for emphasis. Get over it.

Starting a new feature you guys want to start looking for...
Game of the Year Candidate Team USA v Spain (Olympic men's pool play) - Team USA is gearing up for it's toughest challenge of The Games when they get the Gasol brothers, Rudy Ferndandez, Jose Calderon, and the rest of the Spaniards. Everyone's predicting Team USA with the "But it'll be a hell of a game" caveat. Look for the Spanish team to call for the runback in the gold medal match-up.
(Coverage: Interbasket | FIBA | NBA | A Stern Warning | Ball Don't Lie)

:: B-ball.org: Marbury to Milan? - Just posting a Marbury quote for you:

“There’s no place but America where you can make 20 million dollars for free. I can’t get mad if they want to go in a different direction and want to pay me…”

:: B-ball.org: Georgia Men Find Mark Eaton? - According to Wikipedia, Eaton was a color man on Jazz & Utes games. He got fired when fans wouldn't stop complaining that they only showed him from the elbow down during pregames.

:: Bounce Mag: Nothing But Net @ Rucker - Bounce has NYC street ball on lock today. Whole front page is dedicated to the Dyckman 3pt Contest, games at Rucker and if you're in NYC hit up MSG's show "Summerball", a weekly covering The City street scene. Yo, me and The Real Deal got next. Pump up your Reebok's, Rillie.

:: Daily Basketball: Is Ron Ron really serious? (August 4th) - Update much? Guess not.

:: ESPN: The Economist on Globalization in Sports - A couple great links in the short article. Hint: Sports is kind of a big deal.

:: NBL: Boomers crush Russia to advance - Aussie's are starting to put it together. Andrew Bogut and his Boomers put together a 95:80 game against Russia. Australia still have undefeated Lithuania with all to play for. A win-or-go-home scenario awaits them in the final round of pool play.

:: England Basketball: U16 Men Suffer Opening Loss - Tournament favorites Slovenia gets down right rude and puts a 87:46 ass-whippin' on Great Britain. Seriously, that just ain't right.

And if you don't know, now you know.

Labels: england, game of the year, globalization, italy, mark eaton, milan, new york, olympics, spain, stephon marbury, streetball, team usa

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