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10% adjusting formation and/or strategy, 10% shouting at the ref, 80% "WTF are you doing!". Set plays on corners or free-kicks are decided on the fly by the players. but often trained beforehand (like the surprise 1st post deflection by the koreans). As for the penalties, the one that got...

The odd thing is the number of cards that were given in this match. It really does not match the spirit in which it is played (not super happy friendly, but not a knife fight either). At this rate, it will end at 10 against 9.

In theory round 3 should be done, but rain decided otherwise, so some round 3 matches have not even started yet. And of course today was People's Sunday, another of these WB idiosyncrasies: no tennis is played on the middle Sunday... We can still check what happened so far. DJOKOVIC[1] at...

Pretending that a foul was committed when none was is a foul. Exaggerating the effect of an existing foul is not.

A keeper can already take a yellow for delay of game, which means that, in theory, he can be sent-off by accumulation of yellow cards. I have never seen that happen though.

That's not exactly true. A foul that results in a direct free kick always results in a penalty kick if it happens in the box, but a foul that results in an indirect free kick remains an indirect free kick in the box. True though that the last time I saw an indirect free kick in the box was when...

While it's horrible for Mexico to go from qualified, to over-time to eliminated in the span of 8 minutes, it's not exactly unfair. They have been very rarely dangerous after they scored the 1-0 and at the end of the game they were so tired and nervous they were unable to get out of their half...

I always wonder how the shooter lists are built... Having as first striker the guy who just missed the game winner seems like asking for trouble, as does asking Neymar to shoot when he was cramping during the last few minutes of the match.

Interesting article, but never forgetJahangir Khanthe god of squash (for which fitness is paramount).

I disagree with that statement. It's very rare that the ending of a basketball match is even mildly dramatic, because the gap is often just too big, so players go through the motions for the last few possessions or big but enough to try and do something, so it becomes a boring game of...

My dark horse is Nishikori as I expect the grass to be nice on his joints and he lost very few matches when fit this season.

No commercial break every 5 minutes is what kills soccer on TV in the US. That said, I saw some matches on Italian TV and they had micro-commercials they fit during the many short breaks there are in a half. As for film-making, it should be said that there are different traditions for filming...

Round 2 is (almost) completed! Some top dogs got shaken and some fell: Ferrer! Gasquet! Gulbis! Kohlschreiber! Youzhny! DJOKOVIC[1] dodged a bullet as Stepanek won the third set in a breaker and forced another breaker in the fourth... but lost it. R32: Simon beat Haase. I expect Djokovic...

People still know Wilt Chamberlain and he stopped playing 41 years ago. Or by 'any' do you mean any of the current crop of players?

Where is the note sent to the german coach?

It feels strange to be vindicated by North Korea

In the 2nd half, the offensive animation was slightly better for Switzerland, but the defense became somewhat shaky. Bah. Job is done, two wins and a loss to France was pretty much what was expected, scoring 7 goals is a nice surprise, but suffering 6 does not bode well for the round of 16 match...

I believe he spent his time on the bench because he was in and out of injury the whole season. That said, things are nicely poised for Switzerland to get eliminated by an ecuadorian goal against France...The swiss team needs to score in the 2nd half as many goal as Ecuador in the 2nd half...

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He is in the credits as Haley Osment...

Well... the [journalists following the] NBA made more that just suggest that this season considering Durant is the MVP.

Room in Rome?

The WTF factor is soooo high.

Round 1 is completed! The top dog survived. Verdasco fell to Matosevic (who played some good tennis at the Queen's) and Karlovic lost to journeyman Canadian Dancevic. DJOKOVIC[1] Made light work of Golubev (I have not seen the match so maybe Golubev helped him!) R64: Stepanek, as...

Realistically, where would James go if not in Miami? What team would both boost his chances to win and be able to pay him max?

If I remember correctly the big and somewhat serious thread on the subject, it's not that uncommon for male to female transsexual to have dabbled in body building before recognizing their condition and transitioning. Something to do with body image and taking control of your own body or something.

Columbia fielded a B team too. But it's true that scoring first against a Japan that had to win means you will get a ton of opportunities for counter-attacks or at least for facing a smaller than usual defense. And pure cruelty for C?te d'Ivoire, but overall it's Greece that had the most...

Group C is nicely poised for a waltz of qualified in the second half: Currently it's Columbia - Greece, but both C?te d'Ivoire and Japan are one goal away from going through. As far as the biting thing, it's an assault. Just like a head butt or a punch. Except grown men don't bite unless...

The mexican team is a good example of the club vs national team question we had earlier, because the newly appointed coach basically shaped the national team around current and former players of the Club Am?rica that he coached before being called to rescue the national team.

I caught some talks about Fred on TV today, and apparently, through his whole career people thought he sucked when he did not score and loved him when he did, because he is not a traditional brazilian forward that can take part in the offensive animation. He is a guy who parks his ass in the box...

Well well well... suddenly the match that was supposed to be an execution could become tricky. Remember: Brazil loses and the other two draw: Brazil is out.

Harden to the Thunder!

Two pretty goals, but not a pretty strategy by the dutch. Not an eye pleaser this match.

You mean the terrible rapper kind?

Are there examples were 3D is worth it? The only things I can think of are some animation movies and some art house films made with 3D in mind (Wenders' Pina, Greenaway's segment in 3 x 3D).

I thought a 'fair play' ranking based on yellow/red cards was a criteria before tossing a coin? I seem to remember versions where if a team was eliminated for sure, you would redo the calculations without it to un-tie the tied-teams... too many speculations: let's dive into the the official...

Just for rerolled I made a very ugly chart to resolve what is going on in the 3rd group matches. When there is a point equality, the first criteria is GD (goal difference) and then GF (Goal For or Goal Scored). If points, GD and GF are all equal, I am not sure what's going on (Argentina wins...

Federer won Halle, Dimitrov won the Queen's and now, it is time! DJOKOVIC[1] Grass seeding privilege for last year's runner up who has not played since the French Open. R128: Golubev: a talented but inconstant player. Could cause problem on a good day. R64: Stepanek: always tricky on...

It's funny that Eder who played very very poorly the whole match (except maybe this spectacular attempt at an instant volley) is the one with the key steal in the end! Well... funny may not be the right word there. Let's say it's one of these strange ironies that soccer often delivers.

That William fellow that entered mid game was very good and cool as a cucumber. Maybe a little too cool for comfort even!