Pretty soon the wildebeests will join in
If you watched the U.S.-England game on Saturday, you already heard about this, but you’re American, so you probably didn’t see it. The world is against us at the World Cup, but the animals are, too....
View ArticleYet another team kept at bay by wildlife
Admittedly, we’re discussing the World Cup far more than we anticipated, because the football that we know and love is played with your hands, but just because America yawns at the tournament doesn’t...
View ArticleLet’s see if he can predict the outcome of this
Remember Paul the psychic octopus? He correctly guessed all eight (Octopus. Eight. Get it?) of Germany’s games in the World Cup, as well as Spain’s win in the final round. (I checked with the experts,...
View ArticleEight arms, but only one life
Remember Paul the Octopus? He correctly predicted the outcome of all of Germany’s World Cup games this summer. He was beloved by many, and captured the soccer world’s heart for a few weeks. And now...
View ArticleManliest sport in the world comes from … Canada?
Oh Canada. We make jokes and jests about you because you’re fun. Sure, people may say that you’re “too nice” in a pejorative manner, but really, how can being “too nice” actually be a bad thing, hmm?...
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Australian soccer team owner learns the obvious
Clive Palmer, an Australian mining magnate, owns a soccer (or football) team. Not only does he own a team, but he founded an expansion team in Football Federation Australia for the expressed purpose...
View ArticleFrance trolls Italy at the statue-esque level
No one really likes the French. They’re smelly, lilly-livered and rude. My parents visited France this summer, and while they say that they never experienced any of the negative stereotypes, I don’t...
View ArticleAustralians drink Russian town dry
The World Cup has begun — at least that’s what we’ve been told. And host nation Russia is under an invasion from drunken Australians. After watching just one match for their home country, the Aussies...
View ArticleTokyo soccer fans all flush during halftime
The World Cup is going strong, and in Tokyo, soccer fans decided to go strongly, and all at the same time, during a recent match. The city’s plumbing system was put to the test at halftime as Japan...
View ArticleJapan turns World Cup-predicting octopus into seafood
Things always get weird around the World Cup. It’s been eight years since Paul the Octopus correctly predicted all of Germany’s matches, and then died. A new octopus has risen to the challenge, and got...
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