Bubb Rubb an Lil Sis

This is an oldie but a goodie. This is a real news story from California that discusses whistle tips. Those are the little attachments that are welded to exhaust pipes that cause them to whistle as the car drives by.

Evidently some junior grade reporter stumbled upon a gold mine when she found Bubb Rubb and his buddy Lil Sis. These two have been Internet sensations for a couple of years, and their trademark "whooooo" adorns many t-shirts.

Watch and learn [or cry]; you'll never be the same again.

Hop a long no more

So I got the MRI results back and the news was great: no ACL or meniscus issues! I've got a deep bone bruise and a tiny fracture to one of the tibia. This is the best possible news I could have had in a bad situation.

Evidently when I hyper extended the knee the knee cap went far enough forward to hit one of the tibia. This caused the fracture and the bone bruise, which was painful but never too bad.

Right now I'm kicking it in a stylish Donjoy brace [the 'Playmaker'], which looks cool as it's all black and thus attracts the labs' hairs. Donjoy is the company that keeps such notable athletes as Carson Palmer and Dustin Elliot [world champion bull rider] playing with their products, so I'm in good company.

I'm walking again [no more crutches or hopping] and looking forward to walking, then running, and the playing soccer. I hope to salvage some of this season, maybe in the next few weeks.

Kerlon update

The guy in the Kerlon video below who absolutely levels him as he's making the 'Seal' move just got banned for 120 days; the story is here.

Nightmare

Wow. I never expected this result. Currently Brazil is beating the USWNT 4-0. This is an unbelievable result, one that nobody outside of the Brazilian locker room thought would happen.

Couple of points-

-Expect a ton of criticism about Greg Ryan and his coaching. He benched his #1 keeper, Hope Solo, for Brianna Scurry and it created an intense focus on the team. In addition he made very questionable subs, as he replaced defenders with defenders while the US was down 0-2 and 0-3. We needed goals, not defenders. Even I knew that.

-There most likely was a serious break in team chemistry that started with the keeper move.

-The US never got going in any kind of rhythm, especially up top with the forwards, who didn't received quality services because the US lost the midfield.

-Marta from Brazil played an absolutely amazing game. Both of her goals were ridiculous.

-The second yellow card on Shannon Boxx was the worst reffing call or mistake that I have ever seen. Boxx was tripped from behind, fell and was carded. It was an atrocious call, and changed the entire game since the US had to play with 10 for about 60 minutes of the game. With the headsets and instant communication that the refs have between each other, it was simply inexcusable that this happened. I have included the picture of the ref above just so we all know who made this horrendous call.

-To be honest and fair, the Brazilians would have won this game without the red card. I think they would have won it 2-1 or 3-2. Without a doubt, they simply were the better team today and they deserved to win.

-The SportsCenter guys immediately after the game stated that Greg Ryan's keeper switch was the worst coaching move in recent memory. Wow.

-Irony, thy name is Nike. In an unfortunate bit of timing, the Nike ads celebrating 'the greatest team you've never heard of' ran right after the game. 'Twas a little odd to watch the team crying and sad, then to cut to a commercial and see them cheering with Dwight.

A coaching meltdown?

Here's is Oklahoma State coach Mike Grundy going after a reporter who wrote an article about one of his players. ESPN has the background in this article.

This never gets old...

Enjoy.

The Seal Move

It's oft been said that Brazilians would rather lose a game that's played beautifully than to win a game played "ugly." I don't know if that's true or not, but it kinda makes sense the way that they love to play 'the beautiful game.' Any quick search of youtube will yield thousands of videos showcasing Ronaldinho et al and their ability to dance with a ball, usually around hapless defenders.

So Kerlon, who's Brazilian, has perfected a new soccer move that the Brazilians actually hate. Dubbed the 'seal,' it entails him dribbling a ball on his head, much like - and wait for it.........- a seal.

The video below is funny for two reasons. First, the move is pretty funny to watch in a game setting. However, funnier than that is the reaction of a defender near him, who absolutely levels Kerlon and starts a brawl between the teams. And the best part is listening to the play by play in Portuguese. Also worth watching for is the other playing leaning over Kerlon, who's sprawled on the ground in pain, and who must have said something like 'you deserved this.'




Who said soccer wasn't a full-contact sport? Here's an article on Kerlon and the other team involved in this fight.