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Oh good. This means the Sox are going to go on a 10 game winning streak. The last time Cameron wrote one of these, the Sox won something like 6 in a row.

I have no idea why Wambach is still starting. She's basically Miroslav Klose at this point. USA would be better off playing with Leroux and Morgan up top with Wambach as a sub.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 11:41 PM) There are many otherwise reasonable people who live in the South who really don't think the stars and bars represent something very bad. This is because they were taught that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery and that the implication that it had anything to do with race or slave ownership was purely revisionist history. Those who have been challenged on these points will often respond with seemingly damning facts like that the Emancipation Proclamation didn't even free Union slaves. Of course, these things miss the forest for the trees, but they come up. Not all feel this way, of course, that would be painting with far too broad of a brush. But this is not a position held only be the extreme racist or backwoods types. People of many statuses and who should know better don't because they were raised with the reality of the flag being a positive, not a negative symbol -- even if at the same time they think institutional racism and the slave-owning past it came from were also bad things. It's not some anomaly that a poll just months ago found that 66% of South Carolinians wanted to keep the stars and bars flying in the capitol. I don't see how some people in the south can consider anything related to the Confederacy as a source heritage or pride. It's not like the Confederates won the Civil War and became its own recognized nation. People in the south don't live in the Confederate States of America right now. The thing is that it shouldn't have taken this long for state governments to recognize that having a sign of a traitorous battle flag on government property is in bad taste. Hell, Mississippi has that damn thing on their state flag. I don't know how much worse you can really do. It shouldn't take a racist asshole shooting up a Church to start this discussion.

Copa America quarter finals field is set. Biggest matchup will be Argentina v. Colombia. Chile should get to the finals, they have no excuse not to. If they win against a decent, but not all that dangerous Uruguay team, they'll have to beat either Peru or Bolivia to get to the final. Meanwhile, Argentina and Brazil will have to play against each other in the semis.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) Dempsey suspended 3 games by MLS. So he will be back for the Gold Cup and will be eligible for the friendly vs Guatemala on 7/3. Good to hear.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 12:22 PM) yeah they are. they were screwed already before losing Neymar. Brazil is really bad by their standards right now. Some guest on Sirius this morning said this might be the worst generation of players in Brazil's history. Should be a wild and wide open knockout stage in Copa America. They lack a true and outstanding striker. Them losing Diego Costa to Spain was a big deal. Roberto Firmino's an attacking mid and he's playing as their #9 right now. They have a bunch of wingers and attacking mids. On paper, their defense is solid, but you never know what will happen when David Luiz plays.

Just fire someone already.

Neymar will be suspended for two games for attempting to headbutt a Colombian player yesterday after the game. Bacca also got a red for shoving Neymar afterwards. Crazy stuff. Brazil is really screwed without Neymar.

Clint Dempsey might get a 3 month ban for ripping a ref's book yesterday. If the USSF bans him, he'll be out for the Gold Cup.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 16, 2015 -> 11:37 PM) Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh Highest Pct of Team Points Finals History. 1993 Michael Jordan 38.4% 2015 LeBron James 38.3% Still not as good as MJ.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 16, 2015 -> 11:16 PM) I hate those damn speeches every year. I hope one year someone thanks the devil. Joakim Noah's gonna be like "I'd like to thank Lucifer for giving me this opportunity and cursing Cleveland".

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 08:53 PM) Some amazing Copa America matches tonight. And Chile got robbed twice vs Mexico in their tie. Two goals taken away for offsides that were wrongly called. It's odd for the hosts to get screwed like that.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 10:02 PM) Confirmed. Announcement trailer pretty. Quin happy. Can't wait. I wanna be like Cartman and freeze myself until the release date.

Vote all Royals guys. I want to see this game be a total disaster so MLB will change the rules up.

The new NFS game looks like NFS Underground with cops and better customization. Seems like a must-buy for me. I haven't bought an NFS game in 10 years...

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 03:26 PM) I loved the scene in the bathroom, where Gavin ties Richard's tie. Gavin showed an ounce of humanity but he immediately destroys that by being a dick I'm sure the $250 million part might have been true. I think he was that desperate.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 07:42 AM) Unless Monica invested some of her own money into Pied Piper, her seat belongs to Reviga. I think that Bagetti becomes CEO of Huli and after failing miserably he brings in Richard and the team to realize Nucleus and they take down the Reviga Pied Piper Bighead becomes CEO for literally doing nothing. The American Dream has come true! All while Gavin Belson becomes a nobody. So satisfying.

There's rumors of a FF7 HD Remake on PS4. It wouldn't be the first time, but the source (Siliconera) is fairly reputable. Fingers crossed.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 01:53 PM) Lets not pretend that Verajao is a spring chicken either. He has blown out his knees and achilles, and finished pretty much the last 5 seasons on the shelf. Everyone compares him to Noah, and look at the shell of a player that we saw out of Noah this season. Plus, Mozgov > Varejao. So him coming back seems like a moot point.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 09:48 PM) Steph Curry just chucked up a 35 foot three with nobody guarding him and 9 seconds on the shot clock and drained it to put GS up by 11 in 90 seconds left. There's your signature game. That's that confidence. Dellevadova really threw him off for a game and a half. He's got the swagger back now.

This game would definitely be over right now if Iguodala knew how to make some damn free throws.

Steph Curry doing Steph Curry things this game.

Now he got away with a kicked ball. He should write a book on how to manipulate NBA officials.

Dellavedova is making me hate all Australians. He arm locked green and pulled him down. Then pretended to be in a lot of pain after Green landed on him. f*** that guy.

Neymar just made an incredible pass to assist the winning goal for Brazil in stoppage time.