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Brazil's Meltdown Was Too Sad For The World-Cup-Logo-As-Facepalm Meme
The "World Cup logo as a sad, facepalming guy" meme has been around since the start of the tournament. When Brazil was down 5-0 to Germany, it looked like this version, via @dorybenami, would end up being the perfection of the meme. And then Brazil went ahead and conceded two more goals. So much for...

Germany Smashed Brazil So Hard It's Good For America
Germany became the first team to score five goals in the first 29 minutes of any World Cup game in history. It ended 7-1, but if we can summon just a touch more jingoistic national sentiment, we say fuck it, cheer for the Germans. They scrubbed America off the wrong side of the record book. ...

Meanwhile, In Germany...
That is the image that links to German paper Bild's liveblog of today's 5-0 dismantling of Brazil. All you need to know is that Tor means goal in German to get that the Germans seem to be handling this a little better than the Brazilians....

Brazil Fans Are Losing Their Minds
Here's the staff at the Youth With A Mission nonprofit in Saint-Marc, Haiti, reacting to the fourth of five Germany goals in the first half. They appear to be Brazil supporters. Anger is a legitimate alternative to sadness. ...

Wrestling Legend "J.R." Jim Ross Calling The Brazil-Germany Highlights
How do you improve upon the highlights from Germany's 7-1 thrashing of Brazil? By adding wrestling legend Jim Ross to the goal calls, that's how. [Updated with the second half goals.]...

Your Brazil-Germany Open Thread
Well, it's already 1-0, Germany, but it's still early. Talk about it here....

Germany Have A 5-0 Lead Over Brazil
Germany are fucking up Brazil faster than we can update right now. Right now, currently, it's 5-0 after 30 minutes....

Girls Chase Brazil's Team Bus Down The Street, One Eats It
We get wanting a candid shot of your idols in the Seleçao, but Jesus, girls, not on the side of the road like that! Those cars are moving pretty fast!...

The Whitening Of Neymar: How Color Is Lived In Brazil
Originally published in Africa Is A Country....

Why Wounded Brazil Are Still Favorites Against Germany
[Update: Nah.]...

Dani Alves And David Luiz Love Stretching Together Very Awkwardly
Trying to avoid the injury fates of Jozy Altidore, Ángel di María, and so many other fellow competitors, Dani Alves and David Luiz were seen getting very limber yesterday ahead of today's semifinal. Who knew Brazilian stretching routines so resembled ice dancing?...

Yes, Referees Are Biased Towards Brazil
Today, Brazil will face off against Germany in the World Cup semi-finals, and they'll do it without their superstar Neymar, who was taken down in Brazil's game against Colombia. FIFA has decided that they won't punish Juan Camilo Zúñiga, whose knee-to-the-back tackle fractured Neymar's vertebrae. Bu...

No, Neymar Can't Come Back This World Cup. That Could Paralyze Him.
To the surprise of very many, when Neymar went down in the 86th minute against Colombia on Friday, the 22-year-old striker wasn't faking. After being kneed in the back by Colombia's Juan Zúñiga, Neymar was carried off the field and taken directly to a hospital, where doctors soon discovered that h...

Report: Neymar Would Try To Play If Brazil Made World Cup Final
Could Neymar play in the World Cup with a fractured vertebra? According to one report, if Brazil made the final, he'd attempt to....

Twitter Shuts Up When Penalty Kicks Are Taken
Twitter data's discovered a neat pattern by examining usage during a World Cup shootout. Just like people at a bar or on a couch, everyone gets quiet on Twitter right before each penalty kick....

Emotional Neymar Says He's "Sure" Brazil "Will Win"
Before leaving them for good, Neymar spoke with his teammates following the news that a fractured vertebra will keep him out of the remainder of the World Cup and then recorded a message for the rest of his country. He told the rest of Brazil that he knew his teammates would go on and win it all and...

Argentina Take Early 1-0 Lead over Belgium
Gonzalo Higuaín drilled a rotating volley off a deflection past Thibaut Courtois in the 10th minute to put Argentina up 1-0 on Belgium. Ángel di María was actually trying to slide a pass to Pablo Zabaleta, streaking down to nearside post, but Belgium got a foot on it and it bounced right to Higuaín....

Crying Little Girl Is Super Sad About Neymar's Injury
It's safe to say that little Anna Bella of Brazil speaks for the entire soccer-loving world here when she tearfully asks her mother about Neymar's injury in last night's Brazil-Colombia match. Answer her, Zúñiga: "Where is Neymar?"...

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