Copa Mundial

I know many of you are not in the slightest bit interested in the World Cup. I am. It's a competitive Olympics. The world actually cares about winning this thing and it adds a great deal of excitement to the event. Here are a few items that may prime you for today's start of the World Cup.

• From Szymke, an excellent primer on relating teams in the WC to US sports teams.
• Here are the game times. U.S. is in group E.
  

I am predicting a Brazilian win. Add your prediction in the comments section by Tuesday for a chance to win an F-Bomb's "Snakes!" shirt.

Now check out Ronaldinho's crazy repertoire. It's like watching old Jordan. I don't care if you hate futbol (soccer) this is amazing!