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Kid: Dad, does internet make us stupid? Dad: I don't know son. Let me google it.

"Lebron James is planning to announce the team with which he will sign during a one-hour special on ESPN Thursday night, ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard has learned through independent sources." OK, let me get this straight. ESPN.com is reporting that ESPN the Mag reporter has learned that there will be a one-hour special on ESPN???? that's some damn fine reporting! :blueeyedbaby: Seriously though, ESPN is sad,. . . and so is LeBron. I mean he has taken attention whoring to a whole new level. I follow a couple of bball forums, and most of the Cavs fans (especially pre-LeBron ones) claim that they have lost a lot of respect on him even if he stays a Cavalier (IMO deservedly so). And just so everyone knows, I won't be watching. I know he'll go to the Knicks (knew it more than 2 years ago), and for a whole hour, he will most likely be telling how Cleveland will always be in his heart, how he will always be the Akron boy, usual bs. . . classy

Seriously, I hope today he'll make a comeback. My prediction is that Spain will win 2:0, with him scoring the first. That would mean a brand new team will win the World Cup for the first time. On a side note, it's the first time the Euros are winning in a different continent.

The haircut was no good. :| :|

Just one sentence: Kaka' on the second goal.

I knew I was jinxing it. Now England is out, too. I really doubt that he could have actually seen it (he wasn't on the line, because he was checking offside line), but it's about time people realize that when ball hits the bar, then the ground, it will get a reverse spin, thus if it hits the bar back, then the ball was in 99.99% of times. (Not sure how clear I was). And I definitely agree about the video replays. Sometimes ridiculous things can happen. I really felt for Fabio Quagliarella against Slovakia. He scored a hat-trick, but two of his legit goals were canceled, and as if it wasn't enough, he got punched in the face (and both referees saw it), and no penalization. Damn you Blatter. :persuazn: I sure wasn't going to miss this. How are you guys doing. I'll scan the sport threads a bit, and be back with some giantic posts shortly. Yeah, actually besides the last 10 minutes of the 1st half, and the first 10 of the 2nd, England players were ghosts of themselves. I'm really dissapointed in all of them. Hargreaves, along with some of my other favourite English players (Agbonlahor, Walcott, Ashley Young) were not even in the team. At least these guys would have tended to play team ball. Gerrard tried a bit, but wasn't his usual self, all Lampard did was shooting, and I have no idea what Rooney was trying to do. Barry proved he is way too overrated, and was guilty on both of Germany's goals in the 2nd (though Johnson should have fouled in the 3rd goal, before the cross to Müller). Terry-Upson-James trio failed miserably as well. I can go on, and on dissing the English team, but i guess it's already too late. I really feel sorry guys. As our commentator here said, the golden generation of England, remains to be golden only on paper. Even though they were not one of my favourite teams, I was hoping they'll make some more noise this time around.

I was dead wrong!!! o.O Best game of the tournament so far. England got robbed on Lampards goal. Can't wait for the second half.

My guess is we're headed to a scoreless game. I believe England will take it 1:0, and maybe that goal will come in the extra time. Rooney may break the ice, and score the winner. I'm rooting for England today. BTW, i made a bracket with my future picks. I know I won't be 100%, but at least I gave it a shot. Your predictions?

^ glad you liked it. ------- George is an 8 year old kid. One night, he enters his parents' bedroom without knocking the door, and sees that they are doing something unfamiliar to him. Out of his curiousity he asks his dad: "Dad, what are you doing?" His dad replies: "I'm having sex." George: "Is it a good thing?" Dad: "Sure, sex is the best." George: "So, can I have some sex too?" His dad gives George a smack, and tells him to go back to his room. Years pass, and George grows up, but deep inside he always remains hurt from the first and only time his dad hit him. As he enters his 20s, he starts dating girls, and getting intimate with them too. One day he is at his bedroom with his girfriend, when his best friend Michael enters from the window. Michael: "Dude, I just,. . . whoa, whoa!!!. . . hey George watcha doin'?" George: "What do you mean what am I doing? I'm having sex." Michael: "You're having sex?" George: "Yes, I'm having sex." Michael: "Is it a good thing?" George: "Sure, sex is the best." Michael: "So, can I have some sex too?" George: "Sure you can. I'm not selfish like my dad."

Here's a quicker review this time: I stayed late last night to watch Argentina-Brasil, and it was worth it. Brasil won 1-3, as Luis Fabiano scored a twice, while Kaka' had a flawless game. Brasil now officialy got their ticket to South Africa, while Argentina remains in the 4th seed, but now they feel the breath of Colombia, and Ecuador on their neck, as both teams are just 2 points behind. Portugal tied late in the game in Denmark, but they are in a really bad situation, as Sweden won at Hungary with Zlatan Ibrahimoviçs last second goal. It was a really lucky one. Latvia won at Israel, and now they're tied with Greece at #2. I always liked them, ever since they managed to get to Euro'04, with only 1 professional player. I wish them luck. France drawed with Romania at home, and they'll likely play play-off. And last, but not least, Kaladze showed his apprecietion for all this years he has spend at Italy, playing for AC Milan, by scoring 2 own goals as Georgia lost 0-2 to Italy at home. ---------- P.S.: Ed, fill me in a little about the fantasy football thing, because I have never played earlier (which is a shame to admit, considering I'm really into the video games). I might join you guys, too.

There's no denying that Chelsea is one of the best teams out there. Ancelotti is a perfect fit for them, and IMO they are favorites to win the EPL, but still some of my Chelsea fan friends already started acting like they're destined to have similar success like Barcelona had last season. They have so many options, that they'll lose fairly little to the non-title contenders, but how will they fair against the top teams remains to be a question mark. (iirc ManU had collected only 5 out of 18 possible points from the games big 4 played against each other last season) Yeah, the thing is, for a couple of days I was just cursing Manure routinely in my everydaylife, so I had to wait a little in order to make a polite post. It's stupid that a penalty is awarded whenever a striker takes the ball away from goals and half the time the ball is not even in the striker's control because they hit it so hard. You'd hardly think the goalie was denying any sort of goal scoring opportunity there. Bring back the in/direct free-kicks inside the box I say! /tangent rant Whether or not the ball was under the striker's control used to be taken into account when awarding a pen, but now that seems to have been lost in favour of giving them for any sort of contact. The old way must have been too sensible Wait, so Eduardo's penalty was similar to Rooney, and Raul penalties? Wow!!! Just WOW. I thought the goalkeeper was sent-off, and it changed the momentum of the game, or something. That's even worse than I thought. For example Raul's penalty wasn't a penalty neither (it was obvious from off-side camera that the keeper didn't touch him.) But I guess we won't see any action about that, because as Ed said, they're just out to get Arsenal. :jimmy: BTW, you guys know how italian teams have a routine at the beginning of each season, where they hold one night tournaments (i.e.: Berlusconi Cup), 3 teams play each other in 45 minute games, and if the teams tie, they go to penalties. In late 90's/ early 00's there there was Bari Cup, and if the temas tied, instead of using actual penalties, players were taking the ball from 30 meters away from the goal, and try to score within 7 seconds. It was way harder than to score on a regular penalty, and way more awesome. I agree that they shall take the difficulty of the situation into consideration. Sometimes a player just gets pushed a little in the corner of the box, and they get a penalty, while another player gets fould just outside of the box, in a 3 on 1 situation gets a freekick. IMO there shall be degrees for penalties. <_<

Also agreed. The whole thing is stupid. Then again, it's UEFA That got me shocked. I didn't see the play, but it probably was an obvious flop from Eduardo, but even if so, 2 game suspesion is BS. I have never even heard of 2 game suspensions for goals scored with hands, leave alone a flop. <_< -------- One other crazy thing I heard is that the Croatian Federation is blaming England for intentionally injuring their key players prior to games they'll have against England. Eduardo was injured by Birmingham prior to England-Croatia Euro08 qualification game, and now Luka Modriç of Spurs is injured, and will be out for 3 months. I didn't see the play that Modriç got injured, but I think it shall raise some eyebrows. If anyone doesn't remember, Eduardo was injured by a Birmingham player in only the 4th minute of the game, while the play wasn't even that threatening to turn into a good scoring situation by Arsenal. I have seen a lot of bad, and harsh fouls, but that was one of he most merciless, and unneccessary ones I have ever seen in my life. I hope our English friends here don't take my words the wrong way, but I think the worries of the Croatian side are quite reasonable.

On a quick review to the weekend, I think my teams faired quite well, but it could have been better. Manure was extremely lucky against Arsenal (for how many times now). We just showed how to lose a game, when your opponent can't create anything on the field. Give them a stupid penalty, and an own goal. Nevertheless, it was obvious that Arsenal, even without Cesc, was a better team than ManU. Fergie's starting lineup was evidence that he was scared from us. I think it was a win-win for both teams. Juve defeated Roma, displaying once again how to use the transfer period the right way. Our newcomers Diego, and Felipe Mello were the heroes of the game. BTW, for the first time there is a brazilian influx at Juve. Hope they'll fair good. Valencia defeated Sevilla, to have a good start. Still early to talk though, but I'm excited. Chelsea keeps on winning, but I don't know if they were really tested? Gotta admit the Drogba-Anelka duo looks scary. Robben was awesome in his first game under Bayern jersey, scoring twice in the 3-0 victory over the reigning champs. Milan lost badly against Inter. I hope they'll do better as the season goes on.

Group A: Bayern Munchen Juventus Bordeaux Maccabi Haifa Group B: Manchester United CSKA Moscow Beşiktaş Wolfsburg Group C: Milan Real Madrid Marseille FC Z

A man has to do a bussiness travel, and he goes to get his plane tickets. Suddenly he hears a voice: - This plane will fall! He turns his back, and no one's around. But he says I'll just eat something, and wait for the next plane. While waiting, the black news come: - Plane fell off. No survivors! He decides he'd better use a train. The moment he was about to enter the train, he hears the same voice: - Get off the line, this train will go off the rails! Frozen, he turns around again, and no one. But he is scared, and decides to leave the travel for the next day. Tomorrow in the morning, he opens the newspaper, and sees: - Train off the rails, this many dead, this many injured. . . He thanks to God, and goes to get a bus ticket. Again, he hears that same voice: - Don't get on this bus, the brakes will burst! Frozen again, no one! He screams in desperation: - Who are you? Voice replies: - I'm your guardian angel! The man gets really mad: - GOD DAMN! Where were you when I was getting married?

I'm in awe, that all 3 of them are still our players. At the end of last season, I was OK with keeping only one of them. I'm glad Valencia defeated Arsenal. Hopefully that'll motivate them. On the other hand, Arsenal is off with a crazy start. 1-6 at 'pool, vs Everton, and now 0-2 at Celtic. Hopefully they'll keep their current form throughout the whole year. And Manyoo, just lost last night. Life's great, isn't it? BTW, I'm sory that you guys have lost to Spurs. But there is enough time to make up for it.

Oh, and since k_dub asked us to keep it stricly about basketball, I'm going to say this: Matt, And I mean it.

This didn't get mentioned, but Orlando has matched Dallas' offer for Gortat. IMO, it shook up things a little bit. Dallas would have been much better with him. I'm glad that Odom finally re-upped (knew it was going to happen, but they made such a drama about it ). Now they are back to being the #1 candidate to win it all. And Portland made a great pick with Andre Miller. Though, this means Kirk Hinrich still is in the market. I know the Lakers are interested for him, and he is a perfect fit for them (even though triangle offense doesn't need a pure PG). He can hit the 3 ball, and is a great defender. But I'm sure there'll be much better offers for him than anything the Lakers might come up with. I hope he goes to a contender. And another great thread was Hornets sending Tyson Chandler to Charlotte for Emeka Okafor. CP3 will make him an all-star. I feel bad about Chandler though. Damn you injuries. Hopefully he'll completely recover.

Here's another one that should have been mentioned way earlier. Roberto Carlos free kick against France:

Lol, Michael* I was going to post a Zlatan trio, (most likely with the same goals), but you beat me to it. My favorite goals from IMHO 3 greatest players ever: Ronaldo "The Phenomenon": Zidane "The Master": Thierry Henry "The Beauty":

Wow siniko. Another great thread in a short timespan. And this one shall be one of the most fun threads in the sports section. Kudos man. ----------------------------------- Here's the greatest goal of all times IMHO: One word: CLASS ----------------------------------- Here's a goal from a peruvian player named Andres Vasquez. This is not one of my personal favorites, but it's really beautiful, and definitely worth a look. It was scored in 2007, in a Swedish league game between G

^ Lol, that Sherlock Holmes joke is a classic. I usually beat around it for half an hour (go from the big bang theory, to astrological perspective), before telling the joke at the end. ------------------------ A man applies for a job in a big company. He enters the companies tests. Questions. . . examinations. . . He literally sucks. Looks like no work is possible for him. But because he has some connections, heads of the company have to offer him something! "Do you think Marketing?" they asked. "Hmm?!!" says the man, "Do you have something better?" "Well, would you want to be responsible for sales?" "No" he replies, "I want something more qualified." "Maybe finance?" "Never in life. Thats too boring. Anything better?!" "How about, being a store manager. You'll control the material being transported" "Huh, so I'll have to work with no girls around? You gotta be kidding me." "Well, then. . ." the head of the group says "There is one more thing that I can offer, which includes sex and travel in it" "Yes!" the man replies "I was seeking for exactly such a thing." "What is it?" "GTFO"