Though they came up short the U.S. Women’s soccer team has inspired a new generation of young athletes to shoot for the moon. Congrats to Japan, a nation in need of healing, who played with poise and congrats to team USA for representing our country so proudly. Way to go Ladies!

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The Women’s USA soccer team is on the brink of shocking the world in the 2011 World Cup. Their stunning victory over Brazil is one for the ages. Here’s hoping they pull off the impossible and win the Cup. It could change the way we view the game of soccer in this country forever.

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World Cup may not be a good idea for an office pool, though I’m sure some have tried. That’s the trouble with these summer sports. They aren’t conducive to office pools. And we know how important those are.

I’m admittedly looking forward to football already. I mean the preview issues are out in full force. Have been since January. The college World Series is over already. I know that because I heard the last clink of the bat last night on the news. Aluminum bats. They’re just so wrong. It’s like having fur on a football. I do wish I could have joined my good friend, Gene, in Omaha for the Series though. That would have been fun. Maybe someday I’ll do that as long as I don’t have to wear Red. But then again, if I don’t wear Red they know you’re not from Nebraska and well, it all seems so stressful. I think I’ll head out to find some football previews now. If I can find one without Nebraska on the cover.
(PS. Gene, you know I’m kidding!)

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It’s nice to know we are in good company when it comes to incompetent referees and umpires. The solution is simple, of course. Yet instant replay continues to meet opposition in baseball and World Cup soccer, where the officiating has been absolutely atrocious. I’m always amazed at how often things that can be easily solved just aren’t, mostly out of greed of some kind. So instead we are left with the outcomes of important games meaning absolutely nothing. Kind of takes the fun out of it, doesn’t it?

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Are you beginning to catch a bit of the fever that has hit the U.S. lately? Fans are flocking to the sports bars in droves to catch the excitement of the World Cup. And, ya know, it feels pretty good. We could certainly stand a pick-me-up these days. Between the sour economy and the mess in the Gulf, life has become a bit of a downer. I say embrace the whole thing with the same crazed giddiness found around the rest of the world. Grab your vuvuzelas and go Bonkers. It’ll do us all some good.

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