Daily Dose: August 17th, 2009

By: Daryl | August 17th, 2009
   

Something to read while UEFA uses the oldest advertising trick in the book to sell you Women’s Euro 2009 tickets…

  • 21 still photos of football riots (LIFE)
  • Customer relations with Rafa Benitez (Unmemorable Title)
  • “I drank enough tequila to kill Salma Hayek.” (Bill Simmons)
  • How to become an international manager (ThreeMatchBan)
  • Statistical breakdown of Everton’s disatrous weekend (Numbers Offside)
  • “The dissolution of the perceived alliance between intention and success” (Run of Play)
  • Who does a Mexican-American support? (The Faster Times)

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  • Al
    They downgraded the image for that same exact advertisement. Man the harpoons.
  • Also, I think everyone can pick their own national team based on whatever random reason they want. I'm American, my parents are American, I have zero french heritage, and yet I'm a die-hard french NT supporter (as in I refused to talk to people for a week after the 06 world cup) I'm weird, I know, but I still think for Americans, you can really support whoever you want. I've got friends who just randomly support the Czech Republic and Russia for instance.
  • @Laurie: I'm offended ;) . But I know right?
  • Ryan
    To me if you were born in America, and your parents are Amercian, you support America. If your parents are from a different country, it's a grayer area.
  • Disturbing photos in the LIFE spread. And I'm not sure why bloody photo #18 is considered worthy of a "disturbing" warning but the photo of the dead fan at Heysel is not...

    P.S. How did PSG not make this collection?
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