Rediscovering Those Italiana Roots [Euro 08]

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Rediscovering Those Italiana Roots [Euro 08]
Unprofessional Foul found this 6/18/2008 on deadspin.com [flag]
“Forza Italia.” That’s the homemade sign I made with magic markers and posted outside my house before the 1994 World Cup Final between Italy and Brasil. Enough time has passed that I don’t feel too bad about sharing this. When Roberto Baggio skied his decisive penalty kick at the Rose Bowl that fateful July afternoon I crumpled to my knees bawled my 14-year-old eyes out. A lot of the tears ... [link]

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La Fin du Monde? Ou La Fin de Raymond?
Published 6/18/2008 by The NY Kid (noreply@blogger.com) at Unprofessional Foul
... and was eliminated from Euro 2008. As you might imagine 2 + 2 = 4, and I am an unhappy camper. To make it worse, Cardillo took some cheap shots over on Deadspin today with some lame French jokes. Needless to say, I was not happy about that either. So what does this all mean? ...

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