30 month ago
Andy Baio : Zidane simulator - 8 of the top 20 YouTube videos right now are versions of the Zidane headbutt [via]
Linkorama : zidane
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30 month ago
Rod Begbie : Comment is free: It was a wonderful headbutt - "A heartfelt appreciation of one of the finest headbutts ever thrown." A detailed review of Zidane's headbutt during the world cup final. [via] #
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30 month ago
gleuschk : Corriere della Sera - E l'incornata di Zizou diventa gioco - headbutt Materazzi, lose the cup
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31 month ago
Linkorama : Hard Ball - BERLIN (Reuters) - World Cup pranksters in Berlin injured at least two soccer fans by inviting them to kick soccer balls that they had secretly filled with concrete, authorities said Tuesday.
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31 month ago
Milo Vermeulen : Virtual Replay - 3D-animated replays of all World Cup goals [via]
Rod Begbie : Virtual Replay - 3D animated replays of all World Cup goals. Have fun switching perspectives, and see what it's like to be a goalie during a penalty shootout. [via] #
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31 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Have Your Say: Where next for national identity? - Fascinating bitchfest on the BBC discussion site around Scottish folks not supporting England in international sporting events. Interestingly, most of the kneejerk racist comments are from the English, accusing Scots, amongst other things, of being "bitt #
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31 month ago
jkottke : The NY Times World Cup Blog takes ABC/ESPN to task for the universally crappy TV coverage of the World Cup so far - The NY Times World Cup Blog takes ABC/ESPN to task for the universally crappy TV coverage of the World Cup so far, and then extends that argument to a broader condemnation of American sportscasting. Hear, hear. Balboa just straight up sucks and the graphi [via]
Rod Begbie : World Cup ’06 - The Sins of American Sportscasting - I'd been watching games with the TV volume turned down low, the commentators were so dreadful. Switching to Univision, though, is a masterful idea, and one I'll probably emulate at the weekend. [via] #
Cameron Moll : Sins of American Sportscasting - Speaking of US v. European TV: NY Times blog, "The Sins of American Sportscasting". "It's easy to see why O'Brien and Balboa announce this way. They are simply calling soccer games the same way all American sports are called. And yet the fact that there i [via]
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31 month ago
Linkorama : The Ugly Game - The US showed World Cup character, the Italians made it ugly with elbows and dives
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31 month ago
Andy Baio : ASCII World Cup 2006 - streaming ASCII video over telnet, begins ten minutes before every game [via]
Rod Begbie : ASCII-WM 2006 - 'telnet ascii-wm.net 2006' to get a realtime ASCII art stream of World Cup matches. #
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32 month ago
Rod Begbie : FootieFox - Firefox extension which adds football scores to your statusbar. Can someone do a baseball version of this? [via] #
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32 month ago
Rod Begbie : Baddiel and Skinner's World Cup Podcasts - Fantasy World Cup may be no more, but Baddiel & Skinner are doing free podcasts. I look forward to the one following England getting knocked-out. Should be fun. [via] #
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32 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC SPORT | BBC website shows World Cup games - Wow, the Beeb are streaming live video of all their World Cup coverage. Geo-limited to the UK only, but still, that's a lot of bits to shuffle. I can't imagine office IT folks are particularly thrilled about this move! #
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32 month ago
cameron : SI.com - 2006 World Cup - New World Cup ball: Strikers love it, 'keepers hate it - Tuesday May 30, 2006 5:12PM - Confusing ball to be used in the World Cup: "It's a nightmare, an absolute nightmare," D.C. United goalkeeper Troy Perkins said. "There's going to be a lot of goals when the World Cup starts. But I guess that's people want to see."
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