Electric. Powerful. The voice of a generation. His name is George Shea and how he isn’t the voice of everything everywhere is one of humanity’s biggest crimes. Just incredible pipes. He puts Bruce Buffer to shame.
As for the contest itself, Matt Megatoad Stonie dethroned the champ Joey Chestnut by downing 62 dogs compared to Chestnut’s 60. A huge upset. This has all the makings of one of our nation’s next greatest rivalries. Think UNC-Duke x 100. The next few July 4th’s will be some for the ages, folks.
It’s officially 4th of July Weekend and you can be damn sure we won’t be doing any work around here. To get you ready to celebrate your independence, here are a bunch of pictures that’ll be sure to get your red white and blue blood flowing.
My suggestion is to play this YouTube video before scrolling through the pics
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno reenlists soldiers from Forward Operating Base Frontenac, Feb. 22, 2013. Odierno had a small group discussion and lunch with the soldiers following the ceremony. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashley Bell)
FORT CARSON, CO – NOVEMBER 4: Gavin Shaw, 5, flashes a smile as he hugs his father, Master Sergeant Adam Shaw, during a Welcome Home Ceremony for approximately 230 4th Brigade Combat Team soldiers, November 4, 2012 in Fort Carson, Colorado. The soldiers had been deployed for nine months in various regions of Afghanistan. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 12: LeBron James #6 of the United States celebrates winning the Men’s Basketball gold medal game between the United States and Spain on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympics Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
As USSR backup Goalie Vladislav Tretjak (20) contemplates his team’s loss, Team USA celebrate their 4-3 upset defeat of the Soviets at the XIII Winter Olympics on February 22, 1980, at Lake Placid, N.Y.
1995 – Dallas Cowboys (L-R) Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin celebrate after Smith scored. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News) jnpcowbook dl0830 09042011xSPORTS 12272014xALDIA
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Aug 11, 2012; London, United Kingdom; USA forward Kevin Love (11) and forward LeBron James (6) and guard Kevin Durant (5) celebrate after winning the gold in the men’s basketball final against Spain in the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
I mean…….bruh. It’s 2015. Every single time you post on social media, you piss off someone somewhere. If you post a picture of the burger you had for dinner, the rival cattle farm to that restaurant’s supplier will be in your ear 15 minutes later. You also somehow have a job at a major news outlet along with a little over twelve thousand followers on Twitter, so you’re under the microscope even more. The level of ineptitude required to publicize such a glaringly offensive opinion is simply stunning.
So there’s that, and then there’s the fact that the stance you hold and decided to share with the world not only classifies you as an extreme sexist but quite possibly a terrorist as well. Look, as a soccer guy I know VERY well that the sport isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. That’s completely fine. I don’t really like golf. And I also understand the fact that not all sports fans will enjoy watching men and women play the same sport equally. I was all over March Madness and the NBA Finals, but I can’t say I’ve watched a single minute of women’s college hoops or the WNBA. While they play many of the same games with many of the same rules, they’re certainly different beasts, there’s no denying that. But so are movies that area based off books. As a fan of male sports, you claiming that absolutely zero women’s sports are worth watching would be like an author claiming that books are ALWAYS better than movies based off them, every time, 100% of the time, no exceptions. That’s clearly not true in Hollywood and that’s clearly not true here in the real world that we (well most of us at least) live in. There might not be a perfect quantifiable way of comparing one to the other, but I’d sure like to see you read that tweet to Serena Williams.
ALL OF THAT ASIDE, Andrew, this is America we’re talking about. The United StatesWomen’s National Soccer Team is competing against other real-life countries to hoist the most important trophy in their sport. If you can’t put your distaste for the sport and apparently the gender aside to root for the red, white and blue, you deserve nothing less than a stern talking to. By a federal judge.
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