2014 World Cup

[go birds]

nice concussion protocol FIFA

[go birds]

daaaaaaaarn dutch goalie had a hand on it too

[Radbird]

Is this the equivalent of the Cubs playing the deciding game of the WS at Busch after we were humiliatingly eliminated?

[mtcefc]

Is this the equivalent of the Cubs playing the deciding game of the WS at Busch after we were humiliatingly eliminated?

It's organising a great house party, flirting with the best looking woman in the place all night,as you make a move, your pants fall down, you faint and wake up just in time to see your worst enemy walk out the house with the woman.

[go birds]

BEEN THERE

[thrill]

Is this the equivalent of the Cubs playing the deciding game of the WS at Busch after we were humiliatingly eliminated?

It's organising a great house party, flirting with the best looking woman in the place all night,as you make a move, your pants fall down, you faint and wake up just in time to see your worst enemy walk out the house with the woman.

Except for some reason, you're only allowed to try to get laid once every four years and you only get to do it on your home turf once every 60 years.

[Freed Roger]

Is this the equivalent of the Cubs playing the deciding game of the WS at Busch after we were humiliatingly eliminated?

It's organising a great house party, flirting with the best looking woman in the place all night,as you make a move, your pants fall down, you faint and wake up just in time to see your worst enemy walk out the house with the woman.

Except for some reason, you're only allowed to try to get laid once every four years and you only get to do it on your home turf once every 60 years.

But first, you get a chance to go home with the ugly chick, and even that is not a given.
See 3rd place game Dutch vs Brazil

[go birds]

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[Freed Roger]

World Cup: USA-Belgium Game Receives Better Ratings Than Past World Series, NBA Finals

An estimated 21.6 million people watched Belgium knock out the United States soccer team in the World Cup on U.S. television, an impressive total for a weekday afternoon that almost certainly undercounts how many people actually saw it.

The just-concluded NBA series where the San Antonio Spurs beat the Miami Heat averaged 15.5 million viewers, with 18 million watching the final game. Last fall’s World Series averaged 14.9 million viewers, with 19.2 million watching the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals in the last game.

[thrill]

There seems to be some magic formula re: major sports and international competition. If it's too mainstream, if it's league gets huge TV ratings, the international competition doesn't get huge tv numbers (Olympic Basketball, WBC) but it's relatively small (hockey, soccer) it gets massive ratings for international competition?