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2014 World Cup – Day 13 Predictions (Italy vs Uruguay, Costa Rica vs England, Japan vs Colombia, Greece vs Ivory Coast)
Maybe the busy schedule brings out the best of teams, and after a fantastic finish to yesterday’s matches we enter day 13 with high expectations. Things get super hot in Group D as Italy play Uruguay for the right to join Costa Rica in the next round, with England simply trying to get a point or three before heading home. In Group C, Colombia will try to keep their perfect record against the desperate Japan, while Colombia will try to keep Greece with 0 goals and far away from the second place.
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2014 World Cup – Day 12 Results & Table
While Group B was matches for garbage time, Group A provided two excellent matches in day 12 of the World Cup as Brazil beat Cameroon and Mexico ran over Croatia to qualify from the group, while the Netherlands beat Chile to finish first in the group ahead of the South American team, while Spain won against Australia to leave the tournament with a slightly less bitter taste.
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2014 World Cup – Cristiano Ronaldo Makes it Easy to Hate Him
Another match, another World Cup disappointment for Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal. The Real Madrid star is having a bad time in Brazil, with his ability, his team’s performance and his usual faces, antics and style on the field isn’t helping him win over those who are targeting his every little move and action just so they can hate him even more.
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2014 World Cup – Eden Hazard Still Needs to Show us Something
A lot of expectations from Eden Hazard, but the star of the Belgium national football team hasn’t lived up to them so far. However, one moment of breaking free from a match-long of tight marking was enough for him to set up a winning goal for Divock Origi and help his team clinch a spot in the round of 16.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Still Trying to Trade Iman Shumpert
It seems like there hasn’t been a time in which Iman Shumpert wasn’t included in some sort of trade rumor. The New York Knicks have never been quite certain about a player that looked quite promising as a rookie but has only regressed since, which makes the franchise once again put him on the trading block, hoping that someone is foolish enough to give them a draft pick for him.
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NBA Rumors – Dallas Mavericks Also Interested in Signing Pau Gasol
A couple of years ago there was an interesting idea of a trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks that involved Pau Gasol and Dirk Nowitzki switching places. Time goes by, and free agency might mean that the two players will become teammates in more than just the Western All-Star team, possibly joining forces with the retooling Mavs.
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14 Best Memes of the United States Almost Beating Cristiano Ronaldo & Portugal in the World Cup
It’s hard to say who came out as the happier team from the draw between the United States and Portugal. Despite not being the favorites, the face Cristiano Ronaldo had at the end of the match and from the memes and jokes coming shortly after the match, it seems like the USA has every right to be disappointed with the result.
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Carl Edwards Wins at Sonoma – Giving Someone Else a Shot
It almost ended badly for Carl Edwards but the Roush Fenway Racing managed to hang on at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 to claim his second victory of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, finishing just ahead of Jeff Gordon and breaking the streak Hendrick Motorsports had going when heading into Sonoma.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Doesn’t Want to Play There
One of the least surprising announcements we’ll be getting this summer is that of Carmelo Anthony opting out of his contract for one more year with the New York Knicks and hitting free agency. Obviously, he can still simply sign a new, better deal with the team but according to all the signs this scenario is showing us, he probably prefers going to play somewhere else.
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2014 World Cup – Day 12 Predictions (Cameroon vs Brazil, Croatia vs Mexico, Netherlands vs Chile, Australia vs Spain)
Reaching day 12 of the 2014 World Cup means we’re entering the most intense week of the competition, which includes 16 matches in a four day span. Group A will decide its qualifying teams as Cameroon, already out of the race, taking on Brazil, while Croatia and Mexico play at the same time. In group B things are simpler, and the only thing left to decide is who finishes first between the Netherlands and Chile, while Australia play Spain in a meaningless match.