Best Commercial Ever?

I gotta hand it to Nike with their new commercial for their line of soccer (excuse me--futbol) merch. The commercial, which debuted I'm assuming during the Euro 2008 Championships this past weekend is in one word, incredible. I'm not a huge soccer fan, although I will watch when the World Cup rolls around and I've also had an opportunity to announce somewhere in the range of 100 soccer games in my life (not sure if I'm bragging or not), but this commercial can't help but get you excited.
Chances are, we won't see a version of this commercial for American Football (I figure it's the only sport that can duplicate what we see--maybe hockey but nobody cares about hockey).
Anyhow, check out the commerical in High Definition here, it's worth the time it takes to load, or you can watch it below You Tube style.

*UPDATE*: The commercial is directed by Guy Ritchie (the guy who brought you "Snatch" and "Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels").

Who Says Soccer Sucks?

By all accounts...this guy is a total douche. But in fairness to our French friend in the video, it's pretty much the coolest thing I've seen today (right behind the Cubs walkoff win against the Sox).
Even if you don't like soccer, watch the video for the AC/DC music atleast...I know it's a stretch but hey, every click counts right?

FOOT 2008 (REMI GAILLARD)
by nqtv

The English Are A Fun Bunch

This story is the reason I still cannot get over why soccer doesn't thrive in America. Regardless, roughly 30 people were arrested in Manchester after a video board showing a Uefa Cup championship match failed. Three "Fan Zones" were set up around Manchester so fans without tickets could still watch the match. However, the screen in Piccadilly Gardens (see picture) failed roughly 15 minutes prior to the start of the match (culture shock #1: they don't call them games in the UK) which instigated a mini-riot (because of soccer--how odd).

One spectator, who in no way blew the broken screen issues out of proportion said, "It's an absolute shambles, shame on Manchester, shame on Manchester - it's let the country down."

For whatever reason, I just imagine the person who said that to be bleeding after taking a bottle to the head, but since he's an English Socc--excuse me, football fan, he just shakes it off.