What you missed while eating more buffalo turds than you should have…
- Unprofessional Foul has helpfully compiled the entire Confederations Cup TV schedule; if you’re DVRing, make sure to tape ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN-Classic, and ESPN-U around the time of the game to avoid runover from the College World Series of Bass Fishing.
- In Confederations Cup news, Fernando Torres scored a hat trick in the first twenty minutes of Spain’s 5-0 win over New Zealand; the other goals were added by David Villa and Cesc Fabregas.
- Carlos Tevez is going to start talking with six clubs (four of whom are Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Chelsea, plus one club from Spain and one from Italy) today; he’s not expected to sign with Manchester United.
- Michael Owen is being shopped to clubs via a 34-page dossier sent to teams by his agent (because nothing says “I’m not a pain in the ass” like sending out a 34-page document).
- The Columbus Crew are unbeaten in 9 games after a 2-1 win over Chivas USA.
- The U.S. Men’s National Team has sniped the Italian National Team’s training ground for next year’s World Cup.
- Lasers, fan-thrown missles, and bad tackles on opposition goalkeepers: just another day in the Chinese Super League.
- The South African World Cup Organizing Committee is irriated with South Africans for not attending the Confederations Cup. With the cheapest tickets costing more than three times that of an average South African league game, it’s hard not to blame them. When that cost is $8.69 USD, though…
Buffalo Turds? Mags, where in hell do you FIND this stuff?