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IOC Rejected 2020 Olympics in Qatar Because of Heat, FIFA Still Plans Summer World Cup

Posted May 24, 2012, 7:15 pm by Ty Duffy (134 Comments)

“They note that the air-conditioning systems promised by Doha are unproven, and that athletes would require weeks of expensive acclimatisation to prepare.”

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Alex Morgan Happy Playing Soccer in Seattle With Boyfriend Servando Carrasco

Posted April 16, 2012, 3:57 pm by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (57 Comments)

One is famous, the other is just a professional soccer player.

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Brazil is Woefully, Comfortably Behind on its World Cup 2014 Prep

Posted March 20, 2012, 4:10 pm by Sam Eifling (33 Comments)

Do you believe Brazil will be ready for the World Cup? The response is likely to sound a bit like the varying answers I’ve gotten when I’ve posed it to Brazilians lately: They’ll pull it together at the absolute last minute.

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Bahrain’s 10-0 Win Over Indonesia in Asian World Cup Qualifying Looks Fishy

Posted March 1, 2012, 2:20 pm by Ty Duffy (11 Comments)

Bahrain trailed Qatar by three points for the second advancement place in Asian Third Round Qualifying Group E. They needed to win, to have Qatar lose and somehow make up a nine-goal deficit. In what may have been more than a coincidence, they beat Indonesia 10-0.

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The Roundup: Reaction to Joe Paterno’s Firing, Rick Perry’s Embarrassing Gaffe & Eddie Murphy is Out Of The Oscars

Posted November 10, 2011, 8:00 am by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (222 Comments)

The Joe Paterno memorial Roundup featuring Candice Swanepoel, Artie Lange, Junior dos Santos, Stephon Marbury, Rick Reilly, Olympic posters, lots of idiots and, of course, Penn State.

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Hope Solo’s Cha Cha

Posted October 4, 2011, 6:15 pm by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (8 Comments)

Alex Morgan showed up to watch Hope Solo dance the Cha Cha on Dancing With The Stars last night.

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MLS Player Proves The Way To Hope Solo’s Heart Is Through Poetry and Rap

Posted September 16, 2011, 1:10 pm by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (8 Comments)

This is the sweetest video of athlete courtship you will see today. And CJ Sapong went to James Madison University, too!

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