Linked and Loaded - Thursday 6/25

I’m not a converted soccer fan by any means.  I am patriotic though, so I enjoyed the US Soccer Team shocking the world and beating Spain to advance to the finals.  Here are some great stories:

• ESPN.com threw me a bone Wednesday linking to my Kerry Wood story.  Check out the love that author Rob Neyer gave me by clicking here.
• Predominantly Orange salutes high school coaches of all sports.
• PacMan Jonesin’ warns you to be careful of who you mess with in the parking lot after games.
• The Friendly Blogfines looks at some truly amazing Cubs stats.
• Steady Burn covers Seve Ballesteros’ first post tumor appearance where he likens cancer to golf.
• Zoner Sports tells us why Twitter has changed sports.
• Detroit4lyfe comments on Magglio Ordonez’s new haircut.  Maybe the aerodynamics will improve and we will see Magglio steal 50 after the break!
• Fansided gives their Top 10 list of sports transformers.
• Major League Jerk reports that Texas has activated El Duque, Orlando Hernandez in his article El Duque or El Dookie?
• PSAMP brags for his territory saying at least one Pittsburgh team is going to lose.
• Josh Q. Public looks at the NBA’s drafts past busts and bargains.
• King James Gospel already found 20 nicknames for the newest Cav, Shaquille O’Neal.
• Sports Rubbish has a classic find of an old Joe Namath and Farrah Fawcett commercial.