YOU BEEN BLINDED » WORLD CUP http://youbeenblinded.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:32:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://youbeenblinded.com http://youbeenblinded.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/favicon.ico YOU BEEN BLINDED Bench It Like Beckham: Theo Walcott Replacing Becks On The England Team http://youbeenblinded.com/bench-it-like-beckham-theo-walcott-replacing-becks-on-the-england-team/1959 http://youbeenblinded.com/bench-it-like-beckham-theo-walcott-replacing-becks-on-the-england-team/1959#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:33:17 +0000 HG http://youbeenblinded.com/?p=1959

Another sign that the L.A. Galaxy and MLS were put too much stock in an aging David Beckham has been delivered by England coach Fabio Capello. The new man in charge for England made a Mike McCarthy/Ted Thompson like decision by moving Beckham to the bench in favor of young star on the rise Theo Walcott.

It’s usually hard for a superstar player to admit it’s time to move on. Nobody would be shocked if Beckham was pissed about the decision being made for him, but so far Becks is singing the praises of Walcott.

From The Mirror:


“I’m pleased for Theo and the team and I am happy to be here, but I don’t expect to play in every game. That’s the way it is.

“I was happy to get on in both games and would have liked to play more, but I don’t care whether I play or not. The most important thing is England winning and qualifying for the World Cup.”

Becks sounds good now, but if England’s World Cup chances are hanging in the balance you can believe that David Beckham will want to be on the pitch. Although his game is on the decline Beckham deserves to end his career on the field.

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In her first interview since ripping teammate Briana Scurry and former coach Greg Ryan, U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo talks about what went wrong 3 months ago. She says the combination of her father’s death and her childhood dream being crushed led to her outburst.

“the moment I realized we didn’t have the opportunity to win the gold medal, my world came tumbling down. I had nothing to immediately give back to my father. I was wound so tight emotionally, and the moment after the loss I broke.”

Ok.. That sounds legit. Kinda. Those things probably played a small part, but the biggest factor was Hope was pissed that she got benched.. Here’s where Hope starts lying to us:

“Never did I intend to put down a teammate, and that is the thing that hurts the most. I always have respected and will respect Bri. And that is the thing that hurts me the most.”

She never did intend to put down a teammate?!? What exactly was she trying to accomplish?

US goalkeeper Hope Solo talks about World Cup fiasco. Courtesy of Yahoo Sports

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]]> http://youbeenblinded.com/hope-solo-now-and-then/736/feed 2 RAPPING UP SPORTS IN THE LATE SIXTIES http://youbeenblinded.com/rapping-up-sports-in-the-late-sixties/349 http://youbeenblinded.com/rapping-up-sports-in-the-late-sixties/349#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:39:44 +0000 HG http://208.73.33.197/~youbeenb/?p=349 In the wrong hands, rap is a bad and dangerous thing. If you don’t know anything about sports in the late 60s and you don’t mind lyrics being completely offbeat then this is the video for you.

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They’ve got 99 problems and knowing how to rap is about 98 of ‘em.

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