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Another World Cup Sidebar

By lee

Zinedine Zidane has been universally lambasted for his head butt of Italy’s Marco Materazzi during the waning minutes of overtime in yesterday’s World Cup final. Most pundits seem to have chosen “vicious” as their adjective of choice in describing the hit. However, Zizou’s actions were justified, surely from a theoretical perspective and perhaps , although […]

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World Cup Sidebar

By lee

You gotta say, Marcelo Balboa really is the poorest announcer I ever have had to endure.
But you know, he did have that nice bicycle kick from the top of the 18–I think it was 10 or 12 years ago.
But still, is there anything worse than his play-by-play-type statements made 10 seconds after the play happens?
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