Ah, the Fourth, where everyone is entitled to be a pyromaniac for one night

“TMZ” claims it has an audio tape of Mel Gibson screaming profanities during a custody phone argument with his ex, including the C-word and the N-word. Who could have guessed the biggest “Lethal Weapon” in Mel’s career would be his mouth?




In the World Cup, Netherlands beat Brazil 2-1 to advance to the semi-finals. Now, I am neither an expert on soccer nor bikini waxes, but aren’t all Brazils done in the Netherlands?



A British designer has made the world’s most expensive suit made of cashmere, silk and diamonds. Now, I don’t want to say this suit is gay, but even when it's in the closet, it’s out of the closet.



It is now being reported Tiger Woods’s wife, Elin, will get a settlement of 100 million dollars, not the 750 million that was reported. To put that amount in perspective, at some point Heather Mills would have had to been married to all of the Beatles. 


Since you asked:

As anyone who has had the guts to perform or appear in public knows, it is easy to criticize. All it takes is a birth certificate to qualify as a critic, and, when it comes to knowledge about soccer, a birth certificate is about my only credit.

Having said that, I am still entitled to my opinion, and, in my opinion ABC/ESPN analyst, Alexi Lalas, is approaching intolerable to watch.

Nothing is harder to take then smugness - and Lalas has smugness in excess by double- nothing except ex-jock egomaniacs who broadcast as if they were the greatest player whoever lived. (See: Bill Walton) In an aggressive passive-aggressive way, they get to, at-once, denounce great players while touting their past prowess.

From everything I’ve read about him, Lalas was just a good player on a rather so-so National team. Not the golden gift to the soccer world as he pontificates he was. And any guy who used to have a lengthy goat beard is subject in my book anyway.

Plus Lalas’s diva hissy fits with coaches and players are well-known.

Point of fact: US defender, Steve Cherundolo, is a local San Diego boy who made good. Not a tall guy, Steve is a gutsy defender who plays with his heart. A local news film crew showed his proud Mom waiting to watch the Ghana game at a near-bye local Encinitas sports bar while buying everyone in the joint a pitcher of beer.

Yay proud Mom.

At the half and after the game, Lalas blasted Cherundolo and the rest of the US defenders. That had to hurt and embarrass Steve’s poor mom something fierce and, in my mind, it was totally unfair. The deciding early goal was a rare miscue of the great goalie, Tim Howard.

The World Cup has been great to watch, but they really need to can Alexi Lalas. His ego and his mouth are writing checks, like his balding pate with the Caeser-like forward-combover, Lalas just can’t cover.