Italy GONE from the World Cup, Top 4 NBA Free Agents likely gone from their Teams and Wimbledon vs. US National Debt.

Why is it SO easy to be happy to see Italy eliminated from the World Cup?

After trading Jaro Halak to the St. Louis Blues wouldn’t it look great and the Habs if Carey Price turned down their offers and forced them to trade him.

Chris Bosh is going to leave Toronto because he “wants to be the big fish” in a medium sized pond. If he goes to the Knicks it’s for money and fame, not for winning. If he joins LeBron somewhere it will be for the ring, not for being the number one guy.

Personally, I think salaries are out of whack – it’s all about the money -and these guys should be honest to their team and admit they’re leaving for fame and fortune. One or two in NY, one or two in NJ. There. Done!

Two athletes, an American and a Frenchman played tennis for over 11 hours over three days at Wimbledon. Wow, eh? I liked the publicity it got for tennis, but this can’t keep happening, so to avoid this from occuring again, Wimbledon needs to cut down on the number of breaks allowed. Rest assured it would not have gone half that long. I watched these guys break to pee (kidding), towel off, sit, take breathers… Make them play!

That being said… Republican Vern Buchanan, (Florida)tweeted about this 11-hour, five-minute match between American John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, of France; “Think Wimbledon tickets are expensive? Our National Debt has gone up by $1,729,000,000 during the Isner v. Mahut match #USA.”

Well! If that isn’t just ridiculus.

Na Na Na… Na Na Na… Hey Hey Hey… France Goodbye…

It was not hard to root against France in this year’s World Cup.

This team cheated to get into the tournament (or got lucky) on Henry’s handball, and during the tournament they just plain sucked!

Before I go on, let me say that I like France… As a country. I do not understand the attitude, and do not appreciate the anti-Jewish undertones allowed to go on, but in sports… I’m okay when they lose.

Here is an article I found on yahoo.com which pretty much sums up my thoughts.

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/frances-big-shame-dissing-the-world-cup–fbintl_ro-france062210.html

This team was doomed from the get-go. As the tournament went on, the players went on strike – refusing to practice, and the coach Raymond Domenech refused to shake the hand of the South African coach today after France wilted in their 2-1 match today.

France’s soccer federation was so sure this team would bomb out of the tournament (sorry for the “bomb” reference) that they had a bus waiting to take the players to the airport right after the game so they could fly home coach, not first class – which they took to come to this tournament.

While anyone could tell that the French coach had no support from his players, I did not know that this behaviour was tolderated even before the event.

In hindsight, the French federation made a poor decision installing former captain Laurent Blanc as coach – and his contract to start after the World Cup. That sent the wrong message to the players and to the coach.

The controversy started with forward Nicolas Anelka blasting the coach, Domenech, in an expletive-laden rant during their loss to Mexico. In a very unprofessional moment, the French team decided against practicing – staging a “strike” and instead stayed in their hotel rooms, watching TV.

Something tells me this federation is going to need to launch an immediate investigation and remove the troublemakers from the team, bring in some younger players and re-build. To see the players behave the way they have is embarrassing to the sport and to the country.

I’m embarassed for them.

Let’s hope Laurant Blanc is up to the task for this 2006 World Cup finalist team.