There have been times in the past where I’ve called out ESPN for the stupid things they do, like showing a bit too much poker and putting the Westminster Dog Show as one of their top stories on ESPN.com.  At one point way back when I also called them out for having too many links to ESPN INsider stories, but not actually saying so as part of the link.  However, with all that said, I have to give them credit where credit is due.  They will be showing each and every game of the World Cup live on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC.  Impressive how they can do this with the World Cup in South Africa, a mere 9 hours ahead of PDT, yet somehow NBC couldn’t figure out how to show the Olympics live on the west coast with all their networks… and the Olympics were ON the west coast.  Yeah, I know, I’m a bitter man.  I can’t possible give credit to ESPN with without taking someone else down, it’s just how it works.  :-)