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The World Cup Is Clearly Ready To Rock
We're just more than 24 hours away from the start of the World Cup, and various Deadspinners have arrived in Germany and are already casting their arrogant American eyes — as opposed to their humble American wrists — to the glory that is the world's biggest sporting event....
World Cup Preview: Group B
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group B! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Our opera...
Bet On The Most (And Least) Violent Fans
If you're up for some more World Cup related gambling, A Reminder invites you to play some Hooligan Fantasy Soccer. It's the Pioneer Press''s Tom Powers' favorite World Cup game! It makes it so much easier to arrest people!...
How Not To Properly Do A Header
No one is covering the World Cup, already, better than The Guardian, and today's whimsical contribution to the cause looks at the most ridiculous haircuts in World Cup history....
The Physics Of The Flop
From The World Cup Blog, here's "secret" video shot from the Italian national team's training camp. It is vital to nail down the most important moves before stepping out on the world's grandest stage....
World Cup Preview: Group F
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group F! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Our opera...
Soccer Fun! Just Add Water!
It's two days on, and still we can't find results from Fussballwattmeisterschaft (surely you know that's German for the Mud-Soccer World Championships). It may be due to a far-reaching conspiracy by regular soccer, which wants to hog all publicity for their own World Cup. Or, perhaps, it's because...
Join Our World Cup Pool!
What's a self-respecting sporting event without a pool? It's NOTHING, we tell you. Henceforth, we cordially invite you to join us in the World Cup Pants Party Deadspin Pool. (We're using ESPN's fantasy game format, because, well, they have the best one. Hard to deny that.) Anyway, come on in and sig...
World Cup Preview: Group H
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group H! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Our opera...
Togo Already Dominating The World Cup
On Thursday, Togo's chief voodoo priest predicted that Togo's World Cup team would win the entire tournament, which is exceedingly unlikely. I think he had his signals confused a little bit, but hey, he was close. Miss Togo did win the Miss World Cup pagent....
If The World Cup Devolves Into A Battle Rap, We're In Fine Shape
I'm not sure how to react to this. When an athlete makes a rap video, and it's not that embarrassing, it throws into question my entire set of beliefs and values. That just so rarely happens. And the fact that it's a soccer player, and that he's white... I'm just confused. Here's Clint "Deuce" Demps...
Today In Soccer...
• Your World Cup Togo Update: The Togoans, or Togoites, or Togolese players, whatever it is that they're called, are demanding 155,000 euros each to even play in the tournament, plus 30,000 euros for each win and 15,000 for each draw. The government says "No, we're poor, and you suck." It might tu...
Your Last World Cup News Of The Day
The Mighty MJD points us to a Web site of considerable terror: Heal Rooney, a page featuring a huge picture (purportedly) of injured England striker Wayne Rooney, who is still in danger of missing the World Cup. The premise of the site, apparently, is for you, the user, to roll your mouse over Roo...
World Cup Preview: Group C
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group C! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Our opera...
A Guide For The Casual Soccer Fan
So we know there are still a lot of stragglers around these parts either uninterested by the World Cup or intimidated by their lack of inherent knowledge of the proceedings. That's OK, of course: We are not a nation who grew up gathered around the radio listening to soccer games. We have some catc...
World Cup Preview: Group G
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group G! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Our opera...
Be A Part Of Our World Cup Coverage
We know there has been some discussion around these parts about coverage of the World Cup. We find this bewildering. We are hardly huge year-round soccer fans — we're not sure we could name more than three players in the MLS — and have much to learn about the sport, its supporters, its stars and, so...
World Cup Preview: Group A
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group A! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Operators...
World Cup Preview: Group D
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (You'll thank us later). Today: Group D! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Operators...
I'm Getting A Good Vibe From This World Cup...
Since we're already on a pretty good masturbation theme this week, I want to be sure that we don't leave out the ladies. If the video of Mike Cooper in a library wasn't quite doing it for them, the England soccer vibrator may do the job. The company's website makes some bold claims:...