Football, dog fighting, and brain damage : The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/19/091019fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all

Offensive Play How different are dogfighting and football? by Malcolm Gladwell

The effect of football on the human brain is stomach-turning.

“I remember, every season, multiple occasions where I’d hit someone so hard that my eyes went cross-eyed, and they wouldn’t come uncrossed for a full series of plays. You are just out there, trying to hit the guy in the middle, because there are three of them. You don’t remember much. There are the cases where you hit a guy and you’d get into a collision where everything goes off. You’re dazed. And there are the others where you are involved in a big, long drive. You start on your own five-yard line, and drive all the way down the field—fifteen, eighteen plays in a row sometimes. Every play: collision, collision, collision. By the time you get to the other end of the field, you’re seeing spots. You feel like you are going to black out. Literally, these white explosions—boom, boom, boom—lights getting dimmer and brighter, dimmer and brighter.

They played the oddest game in high school football history last month down in Grapevine, Texas. It was Grapevine Faith vs. Gainesville State School and everything about it was upside down. For instance, when Gainesville came out to take the field, the Faith fans made a 40-yard spirit line for them to run through. Did you hear that? The other team's fans?

RT @MCHammer: RT @mic_dee mic_dee @MCHammer Hammer, have you read this story? Worth a RT, very positive: http://tinyurl.com/9tq6ce [from http://twitter.com/accordin2jo/statuses/1707153892]

"...even though Faith walloped them 33-14, the Gainesville kids were so happy that after the game they gave head coach Mark Williams a sideline squirt-bottle shower like he'd just won state. Gotta be the first Gatorade bath in history for an 0-9 coach. But then you saw the 12 uniformed officers escorting the 14 Gainesville players off the field and two and two started to make four. They lined the players up in groups of five—handcuffs ready in their back pockets—and marched them to the team bus. That's because Gainesville is a maximum-security correctional facility 75 miles north of Dallas. Every game it plays is on the road."

There are some games in which cheering for the other side feels better than winning.

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Leyendo cómo ver el Mundial

Melhores canais da copa mundial

Collection of best websites to watch FIFA World Cup 2010 Online for free. Surely a treat for all FIFA World Cup fans out there.

Le système mis en place par Twitter pour la Coupe du Monde est impressionnant http://twitter.com/worldcup/ #soccer

Watching the World Cup unfold on Twitter at http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup #fb

do you want to know what’s happening in the world cup 2010? Twitter is here again. #twitter #worldcup http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup

RT @twitter_es: Países hispanohablantes en la Copa Mundial: #arg #mex #esp #chi #par #uru #hon http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup

http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup Página de Mashable para estar al tanto de los partidos que se juegan, en el mundial Sudáfrica 2010.

Watching the World Cup unfold on Twitter at http://bit.ly/9jFFol. Pretty slick idea. Nicely done.

beim guardian kann man wm-spielverläufe anhand von twitter-schlagworten nachverfolgen. http://bit.ly/c43l7B via @jayzon277

Wirklich schöne Visualisierung vom Guardian: Die Twitter-Tags während aller #WM-Spiele im Replay. http://bit.ly/bPGMfb /via @spreeblick

i'm watching world cup

Watching: "World Cup 2010 #Twitter replay | Football | guardian.co.uk" ( http://bit.ly/d0tk8j )

twitterconversatie rond NED-DEN in beeld gebracht. Vooral de "hup" op het einde... Mooi!

Follow in high-speed replay of the World Cup and find out how Twitter reacted to every game

The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation's hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future.

RT @antoine_: Vuvuzela time: view any website as if you were at the World Cup: http://bit.ly/9wRkjF

add vuvuzela to any website

Vuvuzela Time! - View any website like you're at the South Africa World Cup! http://bit.ly/9NqmTc

View any website like you're at the South Africa World Cup!

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online watch sport events

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Mira aquí la transmisión por Internet gratis de todos los partidos en VIVO de la Copa Mundial Sudáfrica 2010 de la FIFA por Univision Fútbol.

The sound of the vuvuzela!

@patlaj what you don't want to listen to http://vuvuzela.fm all day?

póóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó

Forget your Vuvuzela filters, geeks. There's now also a way to listen to Vuvuzelas without all the annoying football - http://bit.ly/cFHkbU

Vuvuzela Radio : Listen to the sound of the vuvuzela, the famous South African blowing horn!

Vuvuzela Radio is a station dedicated to playing the sound of the vuvuzela, the famous South African blowing horn the whole world learned to love (or hate) during the 2010 World Cup. We are broadcasting non-stop, without commercial breaks, so you can get your full daily dose : anywhere, anytime.

cool infographic on world cup ball

A look at game balls from 1930 to 2010.

みんないろんな環境でも楽しんでそうでなにより

The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe

Schöne Bilder der laufenden WM

RT @AnswersDotCom: Stunning World Cup Snapshots: http://om.ly/mUMz More on the World Cup: http://om.ly/mUNA

2010 World Cup – The Ultimate Graphic and Data Resources Guide | Inspired Magazine

The Ultimate Graphic and Data Resources Guide | Inspired Magazine

월드컵 관련 Infograhics모음

RT @inspiredmag Copa Mundial 2010 - el último gráfico y Guía de Recursos de Datos http://bit.ly/9eUQvr

2010 World Cup – The Ultimate Graphic and Data Resources Guide http://bit.ly/9eUQvr

なんか

今みなさんが思っている10倍、目標は大事です。目標はすべてを変えます。

刺さる。

これを（生物学者の）村上和雄先生なんかは「遺伝子にスイッチが入る」とよく言います。我々は氷河期や飢餓期というものを超えてきた強い遺伝子をご先祖様から受け継いでいるんですよ。ところが、こんな便利で快適で安全な、のほほんとした社会で暮らしていると、その遺伝子にスイッチが入らないんです。強さが出てこないんですよね。ところがどん底に行った時に、ポーンとスイッチが入るんですよ。 　僕は1997年のフランスW杯予選の時にスイッチが入りました。当時は今なんかと比べ物にならないくらい、日本中がちょっと気が狂っていたかのように

Lego #worldcup fever! This. Is. Awesome.: http://cwu.me/alxKiJ (h/t @dabeard) [from http://twitter.com/MacDivaONA/statuses/16183689977]

An animated recreation of England's first match against the USA

soccer with Lego. That is so cool.

"An animated recreation of England's first match against the USA. "

Lego animation of the England v USA World Cup game!

RT @macnzMark: http://bit.ly/ac3hGH Lego recreations of UK vs USA in world cup soccer - tis funny!

RT @draenews: Del Write The Future on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/11896489

Watch Write The Future on Vimeo! http://vimeo.com/11896489

Increible video sobre el mundial de futbol, sobre el futbol en si y sobre lo que le rodea. Nike. http://j.mp/dDA4g4

Great video / commercial: Write the Future by Nike http://bit.ly/adpLLe via @zen_habits

"Write The Future" on Vimeo ( http://bit.ly/ckyrYN )

RT @mejutto: @trecet Impresionante gráfico sobre donde juegan los jugadores de cada equipo del mundial. http://is.gd/djHEr

Get the song, Hocus Pocus by Focus, at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hocu... The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation's hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future.

@KarlNova I was wow-d by the Nike advert ---> http://bit.ly/9xcTuo [from http://twitter.com/sciculturist/statuses/14484919395]

Additional content available after clicking the "like" button on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/nikefootball#!/nikefootball?v=app_10442206389 "Footballers can then use this creative to build their own Facebook campaign to get noticed and selected for ""The Chance"" ?an elite Nike Academy football camp in partnership with the Barclays Premier League in England that allows players to get scouted and get noticed at the highest level of the game." See full article here: http://www.thefinalthird.com/2010/05/20/exclusive-nike-write-the-future-campaign/

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu zine zuzendari mexikarrak egin duen Nikeren spot-a:

Get the song, Hocus Pocus by Focus, at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hocu... The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation's hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future.

@KarlNova I was wow-d by the Nike advert ---> http://bit.ly/9xcTuo [from http://twitter.com/sciculturist/statuses/14484919395]

Additional content available after clicking the "like" button on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/nikefootball#!/nikefootball?v=app_10442206389 "Footballers can then use this creative to build their own Facebook campaign to get noticed and selected for ""The Chance"" ?an elite Nike Academy football camp in partnership with the Barclays Premier League in England that allows players to get scouted and get noticed at the highest level of the game." See full article here: http://www.thefinalthird.com/2010/05/20/exclusive-nike-write-the-future-campaign/

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu zine zuzendari mexikarrak egin duen Nikeren spot-a:

Get the song, Hocus Pocus by Focus, at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hocu... The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation's hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future.

@KarlNova I was wow-d by the Nike advert ---> http://bit.ly/9xcTuo [from http://twitter.com/sciculturist/statuses/14484919395]

Additional content available after clicking the "like" button on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/nikefootball#!/nikefootball?v=app_10442206389 "Footballers can then use this creative to build their own Facebook campaign to get noticed and selected for ""The Chance"" ?an elite Nike Academy football camp in partnership with the Barclays Premier League in England that allows players to get scouted and get noticed at the highest level of the game." See full article here: http://www.thefinalthird.com/2010/05/20/exclusive-nike-write-the-future-campaign/

Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu zine zuzendari mexikarrak egin duen Nikeren spot-a:

Top World Cup Players on Facebook, Day by Day Millions of people around the world have been actively supporting – or complaining about – their favorite teams and players. Below, players are sized according to the number of mentions on Facebook during each day of the World Cup.

Top World Cup Players on Facebook, Day by Day Millions of people around the world have been actively supporting – or complaining about – their favorite teams and players. Below, players are sized according to the number of mentions on Facebook during each day of the World Cup.

The World Cup is currently taking place in South Africa and people all over the world are glued to television sets at home, in bars and in town squares, to watch their country play.

The Best Website Designs of the 2010 World Cup

The World Cup is currently taking place in South Africa and people all over the world are glued to television sets at home, in bars and in town squares, to watch their country play.

The Best Website Designs of the 2010 World Cup

real time meta tagging

An interesting interface for tracking and charting soccer matches.

"It is tempting to describe the Australian team as a bigger, better version of the New Zealand team. I am going to succumb to that temptation."

Ghana Ghana was the only African team to make it out of the group stage at the last World Cup, and expectations are high this time around. Unfortunately, their best player, Michael Essien, is hurt and will not play, but the team has talent, and they seem to be free of the organizational difficulties that plague other African teams—i.e., they have not fired their coach in favor of a Swede.

"Argentina has world’s best player in Messi & lots of other talent...legendary Maradona, who is bat-shit crazy...recently had stomach stapled because after he quit using coke he got super-fat. When Argentina qualified for World Cup, he held perhaps greatest press conference in history of sport...repeatedly told Argentine press "Que la chupen y sigan chupando"...next day apologized to all women in world who heard him say these things, especially his mother, but pointedly not to journalists he had repeatedly insulted. He recently had two luxury bidets installed in hotel room" "England has won World Cup before, but when hosting in 1966, & host countries always do well. That said, they weren’t a fascist country. Fascist host countries do really well; witness Italy in 1934 & Argentina in 1978. Apparently creating a hostile & frightening atmosphere for opposing nations, & being able to threaten your players &/or the referees with horrible fates, helps your chances considerably."

Watching the Swiss play is almost as painful and degrading as being an immigrant living in Switzerland. Will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the first round, or will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the second round? The world awaits the answer.

real time meta tagging

An interesting interface for tracking and charting soccer matches.

"It is tempting to describe the Australian team as a bigger, better version of the New Zealand team. I am going to succumb to that temptation."

Ghana Ghana was the only African team to make it out of the group stage at the last World Cup, and expectations are high this time around. Unfortunately, their best player, Michael Essien, is hurt and will not play, but the team has talent, and they seem to be free of the organizational difficulties that plague other African teams—i.e., they have not fired their coach in favor of a Swede.

"Argentina has world’s best player in Messi & lots of other talent...legendary Maradona, who is bat-shit crazy...recently had stomach stapled because after he quit using coke he got super-fat. When Argentina qualified for World Cup, he held perhaps greatest press conference in history of sport...repeatedly told Argentine press "Que la chupen y sigan chupando"...next day apologized to all women in world who heard him say these things, especially his mother, but pointedly not to journalists he had repeatedly insulted. He recently had two luxury bidets installed in hotel room" "England has won World Cup before, but when hosting in 1966, & host countries always do well. That said, they weren’t a fascist country. Fascist host countries do really well; witness Italy in 1934 & Argentina in 1978. Apparently creating a hostile & frightening atmosphere for opposing nations, & being able to threaten your players &/or the referees with horrible fates, helps your chances considerably."

Watching the Swiss play is almost as painful and degrading as being an immigrant living in Switzerland. Will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the first round, or will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the second round? The world awaits the answer.

for once I'm in a country where I don't need to convert times for the world cup :-) http://bit.ly/9AWivx #denmark [from http://twitter.com/vijayk/statuses/15922184988]

real time meta tagging

An interesting interface for tracking and charting soccer matches.

"It is tempting to describe the Australian team as a bigger, better version of the New Zealand team. I am going to succumb to that temptation."

Ghana Ghana was the only African team to make it out of the group stage at the last World Cup, and expectations are high this time around. Unfortunately, their best player, Michael Essien, is hurt and will not play, but the team has talent, and they seem to be free of the organizational difficulties that plague other African teams—i.e., they have not fired their coach in favor of a Swede.

"Argentina has world’s best player in Messi & lots of other talent...legendary Maradona, who is bat-shit crazy...recently had stomach stapled because after he quit using coke he got super-fat. When Argentina qualified for World Cup, he held perhaps greatest press conference in history of sport...repeatedly told Argentine press "Que la chupen y sigan chupando"...next day apologized to all women in world who heard him say these things, especially his mother, but pointedly not to journalists he had repeatedly insulted. He recently had two luxury bidets installed in hotel room" "England has won World Cup before, but when hosting in 1966, & host countries always do well. That said, they weren’t a fascist country. Fascist host countries do really well; witness Italy in 1934 & Argentina in 1978. Apparently creating a hostile & frightening atmosphere for opposing nations, & being able to threaten your players &/or the referees with horrible fates, helps your chances considerably."

Watching the Swiss play is almost as painful and degrading as being an immigrant living in Switzerland. Will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the first round, or will they lose in a dull, cowardly manner in the second round? The world awaits the answer.