Holland's Red Light District Turned Orange

Even the Dutch hookers are feeling World Cup fever.

NASA Takes On World Cup Ball

A lot of players have complained about the Adidas Jabulani ball during the tournament. Now the scientists over at NASA are backing up the claims that the ball can be a problem. Research has shown that the ball becomes unpredictable when it reaches speeds above 44 mph and that the elevation that the games are being played at makes that situation even worse. So maybe some of these players were not sore losers.

Maradona's Dream - World Cup Trophy Made Of Cocaine

A statue replica of a World Cup soccer trophy was made of 24 pounds of cocaine mixed with acetone or gasoline to make it moldable. The 14-inch-high statue was inside a box headed for Madrid, Spain. The statue was painted gold with green stripes on the base.

Cool Animation for the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa from christopher guinness on Vimeo.

Creative World Cup Posters

The World Cup and beer go together like peanut butter and jelly. That's what makes these posters for the 16 qualifying teams by Moxy Creative so great.

You Can Still Keep The World Cup Excitement Even During A Bathroom Break

England Vs. USA (Legos)

England lost a game they should have won this Saturday due to a poor play by goalie Rob Green. You can see that fatal mistake recreated here in Lego form (plus England's goal).

England Vs. USA (World Cup Songs)

Game one for England and the U.S.A. is in the books and it was a tie. But I wonder who has the best unofficial World Cop song? The US has Weezer with "Represent" and England has Mark E. Smith of The Fall with "England's Heartbeat".

World Cup Murals

The World Cup is just around the corner and that means late nights and watching lots of Mexican TV that I don't understand (they have the better camera angles). It looks like ESPN is stepping up its game this time with these awesome murals for each team in the tournament. The network worked with the Wieden+Kennedy ad agency and the little-known AM I Collective, a group of artists based in Cape Town, South Africa. The murals are said to have been inspired by the style of Ghanaian movie posters from the 1980s.

A Possible World Cup AIDS Outbreak

There is a pretty fascinating article over at The Guardian about South Africa's attempt to legalize prostitution before next years World Cup. It is believed that about half of the countries sex worker are infected with HIV. If legalized the prostitutes would need to be registered and then screened for any STD's. With 2.2 million foreigners expected to come to Johannesburg for the games the risk of mass infections is a real one.