The bad news is everywhere you look.
Iran is pressing ahead with the development of nuclear weapons in defiance of the world community. Oil prices are surging. There is mass genocide in Darfur. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are spawning a child.
Please God, make it stop!
Fortunately (or so we've been told), professional sports offer pleasant sanctuary from the harsh realities of daily living.

This was a bad weekend for the soccer world.
Most important, soccer fans the world over lost the opportunity to see Wayne Rooney light up soccer's biggest stage at the World Cup. Hacked down by Paulo Ferreira from behind near the end of Manchester United's dismal 3-0 defeat at Chelsea – the slightest touch on the ball saving Ferreira from seeing red, I have no doubt – Rooney broke a bone in his foot that will force him to miss at least England's group stage matches in Germany, and possibly the entire tournament.