Put on Fox to hear a take that rain neutralizes altitude, which is a new one

Chat, U.S. is cooked

I’m pretty much convinced at this point that the main contingent of people who didn’t want the World Cup to expand are those from traditional powers, using the excuse of it “watering down” the competition when the real issue is a fear of getting exposed, which, I mean, lol

I stopped watching Bake Off over Mexico week, it’s personal now 😤

I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off

Just told my kid about the time Nancy Kerrigan got kneecapped at Joe Louis Arena and it really is one of the wildest sports stories of all time.

I’m pretty much convinced at this point that the main contingent of people who didn’t want the World Cup to expand are those from traditional powers, using the excuse of it “watering down” the competition when the real issue is a fear of getting exposed, which, I mean, lol

all the top comments on this are "it was actually great," implying we have far more Uruguayan viewers than we knew www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch-P...

The only two Ivorians he named were Pepe & Doue, in the 9th & 18th minutes. And then he did not name another Ivorian player the entire rest of the broadcast.

The FOX halftime show only mentioned one Japan player by name, the goal scorer, and made no mention of anything they did in the first half other than score a goal. If you didn't know any better, you'd think Brazil were playing against NPCs who had no impact on the game.

Once you hear Ian Darke sounding like Matt Berry you can’t unhear it. He somehow makes Panama 5 syllables at times. I would love to see someone do a supercut of all the Berryesque pronunciations Darke pulls out in a game

Derek remains the GOAT announcer and his work this World Cup has been excellent, as ever.

CABO VERDE 🇨🇻

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What is momentum, really? Is it a state of being? A physical transformation? Is it inertia, or its opposite? In this essay, I will

He’s not really charismatic. People are mentioning all his endorsements, and they’re all commercials for like power tools and him saying in a monotone voiceover “Preparation is about drilling myself to be the best [power drill noise buzzes while he kicks a free kick into an empty net in the dark].”

Based on the new Times article laying her M.O. bare, it’s obvious Russini is a “Literally all of my friends are guys, so random hahahaha” girly

Penalties are a historic weakness for him, announcers clearly don’t know crap

I genuinely think Curaçao has a good chance in this game

Times Square Spicoli impersonator

Sweden doing the old “troll ourselves by scoring an offside goal with our entire team standing behind the defense on a set piece” trick

Still can’t believe Pochettino is wearing fkn pajamas on the sideline for a World Cup, hilarious

Pochettino dresses like a man who was just told he had to go to a school event tonight and what he was wearing wasn't nice enough

I think Thierry Henry is a great TV studio analyst, but his “Cristiano Ronaldo is so selfish that he cost his team a game, look at this right here” is not nearly as mind-blowing as the viral response to the clip would suggest

Every season Angel City acquires another seven forwards, I don’t know how but they just do

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Announcers have been doing the Asian version of “Power and pace” dog whistles for Japan all game: “They’re so short but they are so smart”

Darke just pronounced “Nicaragua” like Matt Berry says “Tucson.”

I am depressed about the World Cup for many reasons

Obviously. You know Vollering has been planning this moment since the TdF debacle with her old team two years ago

I guess this beat out UPDOG as the slogan

You just know it smells crazy in there

Is that good?

Pochettino doing yay/nay emails to players for the USMNT roster is wild, in part because that means U.S. Soccer missed out on “Congratulations!” video calls, which is a content gold mine. That shouldn’t be the only reason to do it but if you want to drive hype for a home World Cup, that stuff plays

One of my favorite things in baseball is overweight middle relievers with terrible mechanics who do this stuff, it’s endlessly entertaining to see them try to redass their way into strikeouts

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Trying To Draw Foul While Shooting Free Throw

Head of Teeth obviously getting the attention here but the jumble of “Waken” products just floating on the AI guy’s arms while they are crossed is also just so utterly stupid

Florentino Perez:

These two look like they went to high school together, never left their hometown, dated the same person a long time ago and are gearing up to fight each other at a bonfire party tonight

Things you love to see: Union Berlin beat Mainz 3-1 which means Marie-Louise Eta is officially the first woman to lead a Bundesliga team to a victory in league play and in a European top level league @raecomm.bsky.social with the excellent commentary as usual

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Blasi won La Vuelta but it looks like she just barely beat Bunel. Wow

“Footballer of the Year” and “Women’s Footballer of the Year.” 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Who else is watching La Vuelta? PFP or Niewiadoma taking over today?

Things are bad at Real Madrid right now — terrible dressing room vibes, infighting, physical altercations — but fortunately Jose Mourinho is on his way to make it so much worse

I see it’s very “Real Madrid in retrograde” season