Bayern Munich Star – Manuel Neuer

You remember how the presence of this soccer player Manuel Neuer is not accepted at the Allianz Arena. Even before the official costumed Bayern Munich, news Neuer proximity to the club that coached Jupp Heynckes has taken most cynical Hollywood FC fans.

Before the competition began, had some fans unfurled of anti-Neuer poster in a friendly. Most of the fans of FC Hollywood are still upset with the actions Neuer, he celebrated with harassing style of legendary Bayern goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn.

However, the condition is inversely proportional to 180 degrees starting from Bayern qualified for the Champions League final this season. Neuer’s name is now being hailed as a hero heroic action brought four of the Champions League title holders back on his party decided next month.

Santiago Bernabeu to witness, in which Neuer is now the new idol Bavarian public. At that time, the party second leg semi-final between Spanish giants Real Madrid and Bayern Munich was held.

Extreme Sports

Once again, someone was nice enough to snap a few shots of hipsters in action in Nieuw Northe Breukelen and send them in to me.

First we see Chloe and Zoey; cousins and recent arrivals to Nieuw Breukelen by way of New Hampshire. Together they manage to survive in one of the most expensive parts of America by running a unique, zany, quirky 55 sq ft vintage boutique lodged between a poultry slaughter house and oil truck garage in Lower North West Bushwick and by freelance tight rope walking FOR ALLO SEE! Just look at all the enthusiastic aging Polish people in the background happy to know their rents are increasing thanks to this pseudo circus act.

Next we see Colby, Zane and Jeb. Best buddies from a cul-de-sac in Ohio who have culture spewing from their pores and want to share it with and enlighten us Neanderthal Brooklynites. As you can see, the trio has just finished having an $18.00 Chinese Panda shit infused spot of tea filtered through local Bushwick Bambu (rolling paper, not the wood) at Stephonica’s Sip “n” Sew Tea and Crafts Lounge and have decided to play the time-honored traditional Brooklyn game of Croquet in McCarren Park. These pictures were taken just moments a couple of real 11 year old Brooklyn kids came over and beat the fuck out of them with stick ball bats.

NFL Football Teams in Latin

You’ve heard of NFL “throwback” uniforms which hearken back to the original vesture of older teams. Even Pepsi has a “throwback” campaign – using an older-looking logo and going back to “real sugar.”

So here’s the ultimate throwback – the NFL team names in Latin. That’s right folks, Cicero knew the NFL teams by these Latin names – okay, not really, but if football had been played in the Colosseum, the following names would be the NFL (ahem…Foedus Nationale Pedipila) teams.

I’d appreciate any advice from my fellow Latinists. Last week I asked my Latin students to come up with Latin names for the NFL teams. Here’s what we came up with. I’m sure that we’ve overlooked something.

Pittsburgh Ferrarii (Ferrarii sounds much more blue blood than “steel-worker” doesn’t it?)
Washington Rubracutes (Saying it in Latin makes it sound more politically correct, doesn’t it?)
Green Bay Arctatores
Chicago Ursi
New York Gigantes
Indianapolis Equulei
San Francisco Undequinquagintatori (This is my personal favorite NFL Latin name – literally “one from 50ers”)
Dallas Bovipueri (My favorite team! – also a great Latin name)
Cleveland Bruni (Even in Latin, it’s still the most boring name in football history)
Detroit Leones
Oakland Raptores
New England Patriotici
Philadelphia Aquilae
St. Louis Arietes
Kansas City Principes
Miami Delphini
Arizona Cardinales
Denver Sonipedes
Tennessee Titani
Buffalo Gulieli (plural abbreviation of the Latin name “William”)
Minnesota Vikentes (yeah, we just punted on this one…)
New York Aeroplana (this term turns out to be neuter plural of airplane in “contemporary Latin”)
Baltimore Corvi
Tampa Bay Archipiratae (it rhymes!)
San Diego Fulgurifactores (I’m not satisfied with this as “Chargers,” but I wanted to keep the “electric” meaning)
Houston Texani (we punted on this one, too)
Cincinnati Bengalenses (I’m quite proud of this one)
Jacksonville Pantherae (yes, the scientific name for a jaguar is “panthera onca”)
Carolina Pantherae (unfortunately redundant with Jacksonville above)
New Orleans Sancti
Seattle Pandiones
Atlanta Falcones
I’m especially grateful to my students Dominic Sipe, Jacob Pearson, Max Biko, Daniel “Harundo” Reed, and Joseph Davis for their creative help in generating this list.