In honor of tomorrow's World Cup championship, I advise you to read Bill Simmons' article Why I Love the World Cup. It's awesome - and completely true. Here's a few of my favorites:
#3: "The red card/yellow card thing. Nonsensical, completely arbitrary, even crooked to some degree … I love it. Why hasn't the NBA adopted this yet? Can you imagine how many yellows and reds the Mavericks would have gotten in the Finals?"
#8: "Everyone makes fun of the flopping, and it is hideous, but it's also funny as hell. These guys drop like they were gunned down by a sniper, then they roll around for 10 seconds in absolute agony, heroically hop up and limp around to "shake it off," and within 30 seconds they're running full speed again."
Good stuff. And bonne chance to France tomorrow.
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