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Get excited Phightins! Yes, Domonic Brown is on his way to Washington DC. — Todd Zolecki ‏(@ToddZolecki) July 31, 2012 EDIT: Phillies have traded Victorino to Dodgers for Lindblom and Ethan martin — Tim Brown (@TBrownYahoo) July 31, 2012 EDIT 2: Pence to Giants talk is pretty hot.#Philliestalk — Jim Salisbury (@JSalisburyCSN) July 31, 2012

Haha, the Blue Jays sent Thames across the field.

http://i.imgur.com/k0oAj.jpg The United States can win the group with anything but a loss. Not much drama on the final day of the group stages, mainly because eight of the 12 participating teams advance to the quarterfinals.

Damn, what a Monday. The Braves finally get a win on a Monday for the first time this season and make a trade for two needs. OFFICIAL: Braves get OF Reed Johnson, LHP Paul Maholm from Cubs for pitching prospects Arodys Vizcaino, Jaye Chapman — MLB ‏(@MLB) July 30, 2012 Kind of mixed right now on the deal. While I love that we get a solid pitcher in Maholm and a good bat off the bench in Reed, I still hate having to give up Vizciano. He has the potential to turn into a dominant closer, but then again he could blow out his arm. Pretty even trade though.

Wow, Spain loses 1-0 to Honduras and is ELIMINATED from the Olympics. Can't say I foresaw this.

Just 1.

It should be live on http://www.nbcolympics.com/ but you're in Canada so I'm not sure if you'll be able to watch.

Back-to-back sweeps of the Phillies. I like it.

Barring a trade before Tuesday, Kris Medlen will start in place of Jair Jurrjens who will be moved to the bullpen. I can't really imagine of using him much, if at all. He's essentially getting the Kenshin Kawakami, who had the same thing happen to him back in the 2010 season.

Ibrahimović's first goal with PSG in an exhibition game against D.C. United. Guy makes it seem like he isn't even trying.

Just woke up. Go USA!

A vicious and intentional punch today by Colombian player Lady Andrade on Abby Wambach: http://i.imgur.com/DL8rG.gif Her comments afterwards were laughable. She even went on to call the play an accident. EDIT - New .gif link. EDIT 2 - http://i.imgur.com/hD3uo.jpg

And the Hope Solo meltdown begins.

Essentially, but then again anything can happen as we witnessed the other day when Japan ended up beating Spain in the Men's tournament.

USA Today Damn.

http://i.imgur.com/jNZqa.jpg A win and the United States will advance to the knockout stage.

In Zack Greinke trade, #Brewers getting Nos. 2 (Jean Segura), 4 (John Hellweg), 9 (Ariel Pena) #Angels prospects according to BA. @MLBONFOX — Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) July 27, 2012 Dam, that's a lot.

I was clearly joking as the MLS All-Star is meaningless, but seeing as Chelsea is about halfway through their preseason they were closer to full strength on the backline then they had been in previous games. While I have little interest in the MLS, mainly because I have no local/regional team to root for, I'm sure MLS fans enjoyed the game last night.

Game is over man. The MLS All-Stars won 3-2. In other words, MLS > All of Europe. :glasses:

http://i.imgur.com/8oFfm.jpg Didn't get to watch any of the match, but I'm quite impressed with the character of the team. Coming back from a 2-0 deficit in the first half isn't something you see often.

Damn, what a contract. Will no doubt keep them in contention for years to come. Still have no idea how they plan on improving that offense though.

We've been bailing him out all season. It was also his 8th road win of the season. Go figure man.

Wow, looks like I missed a lot. Wake up this morning to find out that the Dodgers have traded for Hanley Ramírez and that Cole Hamels signed a 6-year, $144 million contract extension with the Phillies.

Well, they really have it set for them early on considering the draw they got. Assuming they take care of business in the group stage and quarterfinals, the earliest they would potentially face Uruguay or Brazil would be in the semifinals. I'll probably be rooting for Uruguay in the men's tournament, as I've come to really like a lot of their players. The USWNT has their first game tomorrow against France. While we did beat them in the semifinals of the World Cup, it was a close game until late, so a tie wouldn't surprise me.

With just under a week remaining, the 2012 MLB Trade Deadline is fast approaching! Things started to heat up yesterday as the Yankees acquired Ichiro Suzuki and the Marlins dealt Aníbal Sánchez and Omar Infante to the Tigers for prospects that included Jacob Turner. 12:43 PM: Dempster doesn’t want to be traded to the Braves, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports. Instead, the right-hander hopes to be dealt to the Dodgers. Was kind of excited when I first heard the news, but now I could care less what happens as it appears he isn't interested in playing Atlanta.