(Alternative title: I Was Rooting for Italy All Along!)
(Alternative title: The Crossbar Giveth and the Crossbar Taketh Away)
(Alternative title: Zidane, You Idiot)

What a way to end your career: an egregious and completely unnecessary headbutt in the second overtime of the final game of the World Cup, which garners you a red card and an ejection just before penalty kicks.

I can't believe Zidane did that.
I can't believe the ball bounced off the crossbar in nearly the same way twice, once in and once out.
I can't believe I picked Italy as my team at the start and then switched.

Now they're crying in Paris, and I'm miserable, and Jaimee is victorious, and I have to drive all the way back to Durham and plan for class tomorrow before I fall asleep, and the only sporting event I truly love is over for another four years. Hope you enjoyed it. If I'm still doing this blog in 2008, I'll be watching then.