Ick’s Corner

Despite heavy LAPD presence, violence breaks out after Lakers’ victory
Despite a massive Los Angeles police presence Thursday night, sporadic violence broke out near Staples Center after the Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals.
Crowds hurled bottles and other objects at police, smashed marquees, jumped on vehicles, broke windows, and set rubbish dumpsters and [...]

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Please tell me I’m dreaming.  This was the biggest screw job in the past decade.  NBA Refs are less biased than this!  Please, tell me who the foul should be called on in this play:

This wasn’t even offsides!!! They called a foul on Edu (the goal scorer)!!!   I.E. The only American not being fouled!  Look [...]

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Vince Young: ‘I made a big mistake’
The Titans quarterback acknowledged he used bad judgment by even setting foot in a Dallas strip club early Sunday morning, when his involvement in a brawl became an embarrassment for Young and his team.
“I made a mistake, like I told my teammates,” said Young, who wouldn’t discuss details of [...]

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It’s called soccer. Deal with it.
World Cup stirs up the usual anti-American boorishness
Washington Times
Islamist militants in Mogadishu last weekend killed two people and arrested 10 others for watching World Cup soccer, which is banned in Somalia. Islamist leader Sheik Abu Yahya Al-Iraqi said that soccer “descended from the old Christian cultures, and our Islamic administration [...]

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