Doesn't really mean that I'm into you. Hello!

Making the rounds this week is yet another Dragonette track, this time a collaboration with French DJ Martin Solveig, who is out pimping his upcoming album Smash with a peppy little hip take on, um, tennis?

Filmed before a live studio audience over at Roland Garros, home of the French Open, Hello has a surprising bit of heart, and some typically French humor that somehow works, even if match point means nothing to you.



Obviously some of the tennis players should be recognizable, but honestly, I think the last time I even paid attention to the sport John McEnroe was still busting rackets or something.

It's a super catchy song though!

Five minutes before kick off in a galaxy far, far away.

Soccer, Lightsabers and Daft Punk.



Do you really need more incentive to watch the World Cup starting on Friday?

Wavin' Flags

With World Cup fever reaching the pitch in South Africa this week, let's start the week by spreading a bit of soccer love thanks to K'Naan's catchy theme song.

Seeing as I'm a bilingual soccer fan, we'll take the English-Spanish version with David Bisbal. Friday, I'll be rooting for Mexico, Saturday for Team U.S.A.



Search around. Thanks to Coca-Cola, there are a bunch of global versions, as well as a catchy David Guetta/Will.i.am remix version floating around as well.

Write the Future - FIFA World Cup 2010

Just in case you haven't quite picked up World Cup fever yet, here's a little kick in the right direction from Nike.



Matches start on June 11 and stateside, they will be all over ESPN and ABC, as well as on their websites. You can even get blanket coverage in Spanish on the Univision networks.

So break out your vuvuzela, because the global phenomenon that is the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa is here, and all signs point to an epic summer of soccer!

Field goal time, right?

So after joking with me about The Pirate Movie today, my cousin asked when I would write a post for contrast about the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche probably making their respective playoffs this year.

I had no clue.

Whoulda thunk?

An intellectual fight club for people who need other people

Had it not been a Trivial Pursuit question last night, I would have never assumed that pummelling your brain then trying to use it would be a valid excuse for a sport.

Chess Boxing, to be exact.

No, really. It's a sport with a whole organization behind it, apparently. All because some artist decided it would make for a cool combination to throw pawns and boxing gloves together in a comic book he was putting together.

The rules are equally as abritary as the combination itself:

Chessboxers go through alternating four-minute long rounds of chess and three-minute boxing rounds with a one-minute break in between. A maximum total of 11 rounds are fought out—six rounds of chess and five rounds of boxing. The fight begins with a round of chess. Each player has a respite of 12 minutes during the game of chess, which means the maximum duration of the whole chess game is 24 minutes. A K.O. or checkmate can lead to an early win, and the fight can also be cut short if a player exceeds the chess time limit or the referee decides the fight has to be aborted. If the game of chess ends with a tie, it is settled with the points earned in the boxing rounds. If the boxing fight ends with a tie, the player who had black on the chessboard wins.

Clearly some people take this very seriously:

The World Series comes to the Rockies.

Denver is going nuts right about now.

The Colorado Rockies win the National League Championship!

Next stop: World Series.