Goodbye Futbol, Hello Football (and Baseball and Golf)

Spectator Sports     From Erik Wander, your About Spectator Sports Editor     Americans may have stopped paying attention after even Tim Howard couldn’t save Team USA from elimination at the World Cup (and the U.S. defense couldn’t save Howard from needing to make all those saves in the first place). But for just about everybody else, Sunday marks the climax of the biggest sporting event in the world. So tune in one last time, and take note of how soccer was meant to be played.     Weird and Wonderful Quotes from the World Cup Germany humiliated host Brazil in historic fashion, and Argentina advanced after winning a penalty kick shootout over the Netherlands in the semifinals, setting up what should be an exciting World Cup final Sunday in Rio de Janeiro. But the whole story of a remarkable tournament is more than just who won and who lost. READ NOW How Far We Predicted Germany Would Go Why We Didn't Think Argentina Would Get to the Finals Is Lionel Messi the World's Best Player? New Name Atop the All-Time Scoring List   What to Watch for at the 85th MLB All-Star Game Is Derek Jeter an All-Star? Is he the best shortstop in the American League? Let the annual debate about who got snubbed and whether the game really “means something” to anyone other than two teams to be named later begin! So how did the fans, players and managers do picking the All-Star teams this year? READ NOW Best NL Players by Position So Far This Year Is this the Real American League All-Star Team?   What You Need to Know about the Women's British Open Just a week before the start of The Open Championship, the tournament formerly known as the British Open, the best women’s golfers in the world take center stage at The Women’s British Open, a major tournament since 2001. Here are the favorites, past winners, tournament records, trivia and more. READ NOW Meet Last Year's Women's British Open Champ How Michelle Wie Won her First Major   4 Rookie NFL Quarterbacks Most Likely to Succeed Once “futbol” is over, you have full permission to start thinking about FOOTBALL again. And one of the first things you’re going to want to know is who’s going to be good this year and who’s, well, not. Let’s start by getting to know the new guys. READ NOW What Former NFL QBs Could Play Todays Game? Other NFL Rookies Who Might Impress This Year   Follow us on:       ADVERTISEMENT   Related Searches American League National League MLB Allstar Game Fantasy Football British Open Featured Articles 12 Fantasy Football Mock Drafts that May Help Recap and Results from The Ultimate Fighter 19 What's the Best Advice for Kevin Durant? Expensive NHL Free Agency Gambles What Regression to the Mean Means to Sports Bettors How Social Media Has Changed Boxing More from About.com Sign up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! Want More From About.com? Check out our social channels tailored to every interest! Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Spectator Sports newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com