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I'm not usually a football fan, but if each match would end like this one I could become interested.... Our Montreal's Alouettes were so incredibly lucky. It's realy sad for the other team. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a_Qy0CheQI Amicalement

Saw the NHL one and figured why not? Looks like Lebron is starting the playoffs in fine form YouTube - Lebron James Posterizes James Johnson of Bulls

It's that time of the year again guys, now the real season begins. Make your picks!

Last year thread was fun, let's try this again. Make your picks for the 2011 playoffs! *grawk is now a Habs fan, so maybe he'll choose more wisely this year...

Since most people here are proud Americans, I assume that no one is watching the Olympics The Opening Ceremonies were just phenomenal and watching Phelps do his thing is just amazing. or are we all waiting for the new football season to start?

Well, the Bucs made history today. They've never ran a kick-off back for a touchdown until today. Michael Spurlock was the guy to do it. I've been following the bucs since 1982 when John McCay was the coach and they were so bad that the fans wore bags over their heads. Congratulations to Michael Spurlock! And to the Bucs for cinching the NFC southern conference title.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovfwYrLNIw8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovfwYrLNIw8 Good lordy ewing JR, don't think your dad could do that. For me this ranks up there with Jordan's cradle dunk, shawn kemps dunk from the free throw, and dominique wilkin's windmill

Well the Tokyo Olympics will start this Friday and even though Lance is no longer fencing I thought I might share a piece with you explaining some of the basics of the sport should you consider watching the USA fencers in action. The video was shot at Lance's former fencing studio; the fencer Ysaora trained with and fenced Lance multiple times and Lance would occasionally beat her. At the 5 minute mark you will see our friend and Lance's coach Maurizio who Lance will be visiting in Italy next Month. Ysaora is France's number one foil fencer and projected to medal. Mixed emotions here I gotta say... Fencing 4 U

Someone please tell me they're following this too

Lance made a very strong showing on the first day and I was thrilled that he beat Contador in the Prologue time trial. Especially given that the Wall Street Journal published the same Fuckhead Landis accusations on the eve of the race. Weak move by the WSJ But nice that Lance kept his composure and channeled the anger into riding strong. Psyched for the whole race!

Congrat to Stretch on the first South African to wear the yellow jersey! Impey looks a little like you although his name is kind of the opposite of yours.

Overall smooth start to the race today without massive pile-ups that often happen in the first days. The crowds were unbelievable in Yorkshire -- such a turnout could not have been expected. Cavendish screwed it up in the last 250 meters because he was too anxious and now it seems likely that he will be out of the race altogether. Sad finish for the home crowd but Kittel is the real deal and Sagan doesn't have the same level of power but is still crafty and quite fast. I hate Cuntador but they say he is in great shape and will at least challenge Froome more than last year. It would be nice to have some others step up and create some drama. I will miss Quinta…

I know it's probably a longshot around here but is anyone here planning on watching UFC 114, particularly the Rampage - Rashad Evans fight?

Wow! Guess hes been having health issues for awhile and he's leaving Florida after there bowl game new years day.

I think Tiger is going all the way.

Congratulations to the US women's soccer team on perhaps the greatest comeback victory I can remember in recent history. It is gratifying to see grit, determination and raw talent win out over terrible (horrendous) refereeing and egregious diving. I only hope that the referee is not allowed to call a FIFA match for the rest of humanity's existence. And just to put the exclamation mark on it the president of the university was driving by as Karen was doing her Brandy Chastain in our driveway. It was nice of him to wave.

I was hoping that Slovakia will repeat their success with Italy and will beat Netherlands. Unfortunately they have lost - but the match was really good IMO. And they scored a goal at last.

Congratulations to The Netherlands on a supreme thumping of Spain. I actually like a lot of the players on the Spanish team, but it is good to see the pundits squirming in their predictions. My final four included the Netherlands, along with Germany, Brazil and Switzerland. Karen disagrees about Switzerland so we will see. If the US makes it out of their group it will be a miracle, but they are probably better than their world ranking indicates.

Viva Mexico!