In light of the amazing World Cup tournament that is winding down in the next week, and all the controversy about Arjen Robben’s flopping that led to the game-winning penalty against Mexico, here are a few other clips of flopping and other shenanigans which should win awards for bad acting or flat-out chutzpah:
I’m not a Yankees fan by any stretch of the imagination, but LIFE Magazine dug up some amazing previously unpublished color photos of Babe Ruth, taken a few months before his death in 1948. Check them out.
Update: Worth noting is the fact that today is the 65th anniversary of Babe Ruth’s death, hence the reason LIFE is publishing these photos.
A Joe Paterno apologist has written a Facebook posting demanding that ESPN publicly apologize for dragging the school, Paterno, Jerry Sandusky’s victims, and Penn State fans, families and alumni “through the dirt.” As of this writing, the posting has close to 72,000 “Likes.”
Where the author reaches new highs (or lows, depending on your perspective) of revisionism is when he writes the following, regarding the controversy over the now-removed Joe Paterno statue (emphasis in the quote is mine):
You should be man enough to face your past. We do not remove the Lincoln Memorial because he started the Civil War, rather we leave it as a reminder of the good he’s done. To some, the statute may remind them of the Sandusky Child Molestations, and I understand that. However, how are you to move forward in this life if you do not know where you’ve been? We study history to remind us to not allow it to repeat itself.
Reminds me of the words of the great historian, John Blutarsky:
h/t to Deadspin.
This is painful, even for me as an unabashed USC fan.
Mark Sanchez became the first USC quarterback to throw five touchdown passes in a half and the focused No. 6 Trojans dominated this time as a huge favorite, beating Washington State 69-0 on Saturday a month after they were upset by Oregon State.
USC’s defense, ranked first in the nation coming in by allowing just 9.4 points per game, ended the Cougars’ streak of scoring at 280 games dating to Sept. 15, 1984, when Ohio State beat Washington State 44-0. That scoring streak was second-longest in the nation to Michigan’s 295 games.
“Our guys had a ball playing football today, from the locker room on out,” coach Pete Carroll said. “Right from the start, we wanted to find that focus that we really hadn’t had yet.”
It was the largest shutout victory for USC (5-1, 3-1 Pac-10) since a 69-0 win over Montana in 1931.
“Our intention wasn’t to come out and beat these guys by 80 points. Our intention was to come out and play a great football game,” star linebacker Rey Maualuga said.
Icepicks and Nukes 