Why have so many World Cup tickets been sold in the U.S.? Sunil Gulati has four reasons: "[It]
"says a lot about the growth of the game in the U.S.," said Sunil Gulati, president of the U.S.
Soccer Federation. "It also says something about the size of our country, the wealth of our country
and the diversity of our country.
We here at apm have oft noted amongst ourselves a rather (to us) odd-seeming phenomenon among
American football novices: they turn into Germany supporters. As someone who's always been
attracted to the elegant passing game and grace of La Liga and Spain and the 2006 Argentina squad,
this has been a bit of a mystery to me.
Glenn Beck is a douchebag and a phony. I'm not stating anything new or shocking here. Many of you
probably think the same thing or worse. If you do actually like him, though, I'd seriously question
your judge of character, your morals, and your ethics. It's a safe guess that you're a douchbag
yourself with horrible tastes in music, humor, and movies.
