- I do not dispute that Arsenal's Eduardo da Silva dove in a game last week against Celtic. Since then, soccer's governing body in Europe - UEFA - has banned Eduardo for two games. That is fine too, provided it is a precedent. If we're not hearing of how, say, Cristiano Ronaldo, 90% of the Italian league and the entire Portuguese league are being suspended any moment now, then this is nonsense and patently unfair.
- Jarrod Washburn hasn't exactly lived up to expectations with the Detroit Tigers. He's 1-2 with a brutal 6.81 ERA since moving to the Motor City on July 31st.
- Just over two weeks to go until the NFL season arrives and the topic du jour is the status of Tom Brady's shoulder. Seems he practiced yesterday so he should be good to go. The Pats open with Buffalo at home, that ought to get ugly.
- The NCAA football season is about to get under way and if there's anything more college than arguing about who should play for the championship, it is looking at power rankings. Here's SI.com's first cut at that.
- Today, an Arizona court will decide if Jim Balsillie can bid on the Phoenix Coyotes at the auction set for next week. Here's hoping he wins, if only to watch slime like Gary Bettman and Dick Peddie squirm some more.
- Ana Ivanovic's impressive slide down the tennis world continues. The #11 seed at the U.S. Open was a second round loser last night. #1 seed Dinara Safina barely scraped by in her match. If I can find a line for a world #1 that won't be top 10 a year from now, I'm betting that on Safina.
- Since June 1st, the Toronto Blue Jays are 30-46, including 16-25 at home. April seems so long ago, and the next so far away, no? There are only seven teams in baseball with fewer wins than the Jays right now.
- Look, I get that the World Wildlife Fund is looking to provoke a reaction. I also get that Mother Nature deserves a lot more respect than she gets. But invoking an image of dozens of planes flying at lower Manhatten doesn't seem like a very bright idea. Thanks to J-Gam for passing that along.
- Cincinnati Red Brandon Phillips didn't know that the end result of a fracture and a break is the same when it comes to bones. No, really. Thanks to TS for that one.
- for fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm, here's a little dose of the wit and wisdom of Larry David
- fewer than 18,000 showed up in Tampa Bay last night to see the Rays host the Boston Red Sox in a pivotal series for the home side. Pathetic.
- one term I don't understand: over-exaggeration. Isn't that redundant?
Two vids to close...
Why didn't anyone decapitate Old Has Been for this block?
Perhaps the dirtiest play I've seen in soccer history. Not for the weak stomached.
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Witsel got 12 games for that tackle... I'm leaning towards that it should be more.
USC is very over rated in this poll. Look for the Trojans to drop at least 2 games before bowl season (which is virtually unthinkable in LA the past several years).
Your Fuckeyes will hand them there first loss in the Horsehoe, Tonz. Then look for them to drop a minimum of one conference road game as they are on the road in Cal, Oregon and Arizona State.
The trip to Notre Dame will be no cakewalk this year either as Notre Dame will be improved and this has to be USC weakest team since 2000. They will beat The Irish, but not by much.
Ivanovic is another in a long line of tennis headcases.
Don't quote me, but I swear as soon as she had that unforced error to face match point, she started crying. And it wasn't even over (yet).
She was celebrating every point she won as though she just won the tournament, and flailing like a little suck every point she lost. She's got zero mental game.
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