At first glance, Michael Turner’s new nickname might have far more to do with certain forms of public transportation than Brazilian women’s football. Perhaps John Abraham is on to something here, though. After all, both Marta and MARTA are top talents who, on their best days, can become pure forces of nature. One cutback, and Turner is off. One sidestep, and Marta is pushing forward. Both leave defenders in their wake as they add another score to their stats and lead their teams to victory.
Some days, though, these forces of nature run into people with the rare ability and determination to control the weather…
Yes, it actually was proven in Beijing that you can prevent a downpour. It was proven in Charlotte, too. Ha.
Rugby viewers in New Zealand last weekend got a little surprise with their sport — four minutes of hardcore porn. It seems a scheduling screw-up caused Prime TV to switch off from the game and over to Desperate Black Wives 2. As opposed to Desperate All-Black Wives, I suppose…
The mother in this news report — which, sadly, does not show the slip-up — seems strangely aghast and bemused at the same time. Or is that just the normal reaction to porn down in New Zealand?
How do you define chaos? Try a soccer match featuring two teams of five hundred.
That’s what the loonies at SUNY Oneonta organized this week with their “World’s Largest Soccer Game.” Their goal was to get 1,000 people on the pitch at once to play a game. This would be Cristiano Ronaldo’s worst nightmare, because there would be no room for him to fall over at the slightest contact.
Of course, the “World’s Largest Soccer Game” isn’t exactly a new idea. In fact, it borrows from one of the oldest American football games ever created.
Old Division Football was first played at Dartmouth College in the 1820s. The idea behind that game was to pit all the upperclassmen against all the underclassmen — and yes, I do mean “all” — in game where they had to kick a ball to the opponent’s end of a huge 375-yard field. The game itself faded out in the 1880s, though some version of it was played at Dartmouth until 1948.
There’s a research paper about Old Division Football that you can find here. Maybe after this stunt at Oneonta, Dartmouth will consider making their old game new again. It’s a piece of American football history that’s gotten awfully dusty.
We haven’t gotten a fresh batch of football links from our man Carlito in a while, so it’s high time we spotlighted the new “silliest goal celebration ever” — though really, was it any worse than Steve Smith’s change-the-diaper touchdown celebration? — and looked around for interesting stories that I missed in the last week.
After all, trying to follow every football code on the planet is hard. Posting a load of links to other sites makes it a little easier:
The genius of basketball and the genius of soccer. [The Run of Play]
Ten things you should know about non-league football in England. [Pitch Invasion]
NFL games in England could be here to stay. [Reuters]
Speaking of Reuters, when did there bloggers morph into hookers from Leeds? [Reuters Soccer Blog (twice)]
Could St. Louis beat Philadelphia to win the 16th MLS franchise? [Goal]
Are Australian punters more mentally stable than the American ones? [UWire via Deadspin]
Aussie-style kicking is definitely helping NFL punters. [World Footy News]
Speaking of Australia, it just dropped domestic rugby union. [Scrumbag]
One Super 14 club is using Aussie Rules for training. [World Footy News]
In addition to the African Cup of Nations kicking off this weekend, the two participants in Super Bowl XLII will be determined on Sunday, the Pool Stage of the Heineken Cup finishes up, and on Monday, we’ll find out if Liverpool still has what it takes to remain in the Top 4 when they head to Birmingham to face Aston Villa.
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We haven’t gotten a fresh batch of football links from our man Carlito in a while, so it’s high time we spotlighted the new “silliest goal celebration ever” — though really, was it any worse than Steve Smith’s change-the-diaper touchdown celebration? — and looked around for interesting stories that I missed in the last week.
