The US' Chances to make it through the group stage...

I am rooting for the US.

So, after yesterday's (unrightful) draw with Slovenia, and England's draw with Algeria, it stands like this:

Slovenia: 4 points

USA: 2 points

England: 2 points

Algeria: 1 point

Ways for the US to Get Through:

1. England beats Slovenia, USA wins
2. Slovenia beats England, USA wins
3. Slovenia beats England, USA ties
4. England and Slovenia tie, USA wins
5. England and Slovenia tie, USA ties (this is only a possibility, there would be a tie between England and the US on points and the tiebreaker would be goal differencial).

There is a total of 9 possible combinations of results of the two next games... Now, we just have to wait and see if the US can pull off the result!

PS. It's weird being patriotic...

World Cup Update #2: Highlights so far

Olympics Update #1

The men's and women's finals of the BMX competitions were rained out yesterday and have been rescheduled for today. The number one male rider in the world is Maris Strombergs, from Latvia. I don't know anything about women's BMX.

In other news, the women's softball gold medal went to Japan in a shocking upset of the seemingly invincible US team. The US team had won 22 straight games going back to 2000, and they had already beaten Japan in these Olympic games. Softball (along with baseball) was recently voted out of the Olympics and can't possibly return until 2016.

The Japanese players celebrate.

The US players left their shoes at home plate.

This guy totally stole the wheel off this woman's bicycle

Watch below as the man completely rips this woman off:

And no one even lifted a finger to help her. What is this country coming to?