Here's todays sports news...

Here's todays wrapup of sports news...

So here's how the story goes: plucky, fresh-faced tech geeks put together some new web gizmo that quickly becomes one of those things everyone loves. Plucky, fresh-faced tech geeks quickly make a lot of money for doing something that doesn't make a lot of money, but is based on their potential for money. But since plucky, fresh-faced tech geeks run the company themselves with no affiliation to any of the Big Boys, Big Boys slowly lick their chops and move in for the kill, either by buying them out or by competing against them. Say goodbye to plucky, fresh-faced tech geeks and say hello to evil media conglomerate. Why do we bring this up? Because it's happening to YouTube....

With almost four months til the World Cup, it's tune up time for the U.S. team and today, at Whatever the Hell It's Named Now Stadium, the U.S. team will have a chance to tune up with a game against another Germany bound team, Japan. The match is what they call "a friendly," which is soccer-ese (sorry, football-ese) for what we here in America call an "exhibition" game. This means that there is a good chance Big Boys, like Landon Donovan or Eddie Pope, who are on the roster, might not play. Big Boys Claudio Reyna and SFist Fave Demarcus Beasley aren't even on the roster because they're in Europe right now. ...