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This Week In Foreign Sports

Their terminology is confusing, they're often not allowed to touch the ball with their hands and occasionally royalty shows up to watch for a few minutes before heading back to the castle. It's weird sports from other lands, which when you get down to it, are no more ridiculous than ours.

News item: Scotland midfielder Paul Hartley faces the prospect of being bombarded with ladies underwear for the rest of the season after revealing he wears a pink thong under his shorts. [UEFA.com]

Note to Terrell Owens: This is how opening your big mouth can be made to work for you, not against you.

News item: A majority of Australian Super 12 players believe they have teammates who are battling serious alcohol and gambling problems, according to a survey released by their players' association today. [ABC.net] More »

4:06 PM on Fri Nov 4 2005
By Leitch
195 views, 2 comments

Latest by Illiniwonk: No longer are we left to wonder just what Scotsmen are wearing under their kilts. more »

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This Week In Foreign Sports: Take Off, Scouser

We tend to find European sports terminology hilarious, mainly because it points to how equally absurd American sports terminology is. To someone not familiar with the lexicon, "a blooper to left" is nonsensical babbling. So here's a look at the big news of the week in odd, confusing sports in other lands, with our translation. More »

1:42 PM on Fri Sep 30 2005
By Leitch
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This Week In Foreign Sports: Korfball Rules!

We tend to find European sports terminology hilarious, mainly because it points to how equally absurd American sports terminology is. So here's a look at the big news of the week in odd, confusing sports in other lands, with our translation:

• "We'll start with the News of the World's interview with Gilberto in which he says he tried lots of times to convince Robinho to come to Arsenal ... . He seemed interested until that giant thighed cunt Roberto Carlos told him the food in England was terrible so he moved to Madrid instead." [Arseblog.com] More »

1:10 PM on Fri Sep 23 2005
By Leitch
2,556 views

foreign sports

This Week In Foreign Sports

We tend to find European sports terminology hilarious, mainly because it points to how equally absurd American sports terminology is. We all might know what "a blooper to shallow left" means, but to anyone not intimately familiar with baseball terminology, that s just nonsensical babbling. So here s a look at the big news of the week in odd, confusing sports in other lands, with our translation. More »

4:37 PM on Fri Sep 16 2005
By Leitch
108 views