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(This installment of The Baker's Dozen is dedicated to my boy Clint "Deuce" Dempsey for scoring the only U.S. goal of the World Cup.)
- In a game where all they needed was a W over a team that was ranked 48th in the world, the U.S. came up ridiculously small. Bruce Arena - you might want to clean out your office, my friend.
- We're not very good at soccer. Our hockey team underachieves. We even get smacked around in baseball and basketball, and we invented those games. Is there anything the United States dominates on an international level? Besides snowboarding?
- Actually, I think soccer would catch on here if the World Cup groupings and tiebreakers weren't so confusing. Forget the pool play nonsense and just seed everyone like the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Brackets = ratings.
- It's nice to see that Ronaldo was able to put down the bratwurst long enough to score a couple of goals in the World Cup.
- Speaking of Brazil, they have the best-looking fans in the history of all mankind. Disagree? I give you Exhibit A. And as Dave Chappelle would say: Game... blouses.
- OK, so there's a messy divorce involving an All-Pro defensive end either doing or being accused of the following things: infidelity with members of both sexes, sleeping on another man's couch for the better part of a year, keeping a journal of his liaisons with his wife, and forgetting the birthday of said wife and twin daughters. Surprisingly enough, it's only the second biggest breakup going on in the city of New York. Michael Strahan is thanking James Dolan right about now.
- Josh Howard only made $873,880 this past season. Conversely, Keith Van Horn cashed checks worth $15,694,250 during the same time period. If you're KVH, at what point does your conscience get to you? Instead of the tell-tale heart, it should be "The Tell-Tale Wallet."
- If you don't understand the "Sheriff Ghana Get You" title, click here.
- Tracy McGrady played in 47 games last season, yet he gets the cover of NBA Live 2007. I can't explain it. But D-Wade was on the cover last year, and I heard he had a decent season. So maybe there's a reverse Madden curse at work...
- At first, I thought Ozzie Guillen's comments were offensive, but when he mentioned that he attends WNBA games, that makes everything OK.
- Names of randomness: Duffy Waldorf, Tony Meola, Jason Garrett, Michael "The Juiceman" Cage, Ron Karkovice, Ilkka Sinisalo.
- So... are the Cincinnati Bengals the NFL's version of the Portland Jailblazers?
- No one is seeing these new Oregon Ducks uniforms. No one.
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The Baker's Dozen - The Sheriff Ghana Get You Edition
Friday, June 23, 2006, 04:34 AM EST
[World Cup]
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