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So what do we do now? Kobe is no longer hungry. Sidney Crosby is due for a bump in his endorsement pay from CCM. There's no Olympics this year. The Federer-Nadal rivalry is dissolving. The Craftsman Truck Series is now sponsored by something called Camping World. I love the summer, but the blogging landscape is bleak. And when you're bleak, you're bleak.USA Soccer played a generally admirable game against Italy, despite being down to 10 men for the final 60 minutes. We lost 3-1, but on the plus side, 3 of the goals were scored by Americans. Unfortunately, 2 were by the traitorous scumbag Giuseppe Rossi. With Brazil and Egypt still to come, the prospects for advancing out of the group stage are looking slim. In the long run, it might actually be good news because there's a legit chance that Iraq will finish 2nd in the other group. This tournament does have a 3rd place game and both the USA and Iraq would be heavy underdogs in the semi-finals. It'...