Articles tagged with "folklore"
Ronaldo Caught With Travestites - Oh no!
By Bruno Romani | April 28th, 2008I don't even know how to start this one. Ronaldo, yes - that one, is being accused by the travestite André Luis Ribeiro, AKA Andréa Albertine, for not paying for his/her services. The travestite went to the police, where later Ronaldo was invite ...
Luxemburgo, the Coach who Eats Flies
By Bruno Romani | March 24th, 2008Coach Wanderley Luxemburgo ressurrected Palmeiras this season. And he had to swallow a lot of things for that to happen. On Saturday, after he Plameiras beat Paulista 2-0, the coach was talking to the press when a fly decided that Luxemburgo's mouth made
Lightning Strikes Defender During a Match
By Bruno Romani | March 13th, 2008 A lightning hit defender Gilvan of Novo Horizonte in the match against Atlético-GO for the 12th round of Goiás state championship that took place on Wednesday afternoon. The defender fell unconscious, but by the time he arrived at the hospital he was
Showing Your Parts Won't Bring You Back Into the Game
By Bruno Romani | March 11th, 2008                                             Parnahyba                                                                           Â
Copa Libertadores 08 Lesson # 1
By Bruno Romani | March 7th, 2008Hitting the Ballboy won't help you to win the Cup. Flamengo learned this lesson last night. Nacional from Uruguay beat the Brazilians 3-0. When the match was 1-0 for the locals, midfielder Toró pushed the 13 year-old ball guy and got sent-off. In the sec
Red Ants Attack Player During a Match!
By Bruno Romani | February 27th, 2008 Santacruzense Side-back Marcos Paulo of Santacruzense will never forget it. He fell on the pitch after a player of Oeste Paulista made a foul and when he stood up his body was full of red ants. Marcos Paulo freaked out. He ran to a puddle of water
Ana Paula de Oliveira: She is back!
By Bruno Romani | February 10th, 2008Ana Paula Oliveira in São José dos Campos After 245 days of a suspension and a Playboy cover, the most famous and beloved linesperson in the world is back! Ana Paula Oliveira worked this Saturday in a match of the Paulista Championship. Well, there
And You Wonder Why His Name is Vagner Love...
By Bruno Romani | February 2nd, 2008http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Bod4Wcf6UGg  ps: if youtube has removed Vagner Love's porn video, let me know. I'll try to find another link.
When Mascots Go Wild!
By Bruno Romani | January 30th, 2008       Corinthians' Mascot For some time, the Paulista Federation of Football has unsuccessfully used mascots of ambiguous appearance to entertain fans in the stadium during half-time. In other words, the federation put in the hands of m
Social Networking Shaping Brazilian Football?
By Bruno Romani | January 27th, 2008If you haven’t been living in Mars with strange little men living in Mars with strange little men  in the past 5 years, you know how social networks have become part of the human methods for wasting time. It was just a matter of time the influence of w
Wanna be Botafogo's Keeper? Watch Out for the Curse
By Bruno Romani | October 29th, 2007If you are a goal-keeper, there is a club in Brazil where you don’t want work. The position seems to be haunted by the some ghost, forcing keepers to make incredible mistakes. The last victim of the curse was Roger, a man who was considered a great prof
Ball Boys Also Save Goals
By Bruno Romani | August 31st, 2007You've heard before of a ball boy scoring. You also heard of violent ball boys . By now, it should be clear that ball boys in Brazil have nothing of boys. They're old and odd. But the biggest tradition that ball boys have preserved throughout history has
A Bicycle-Kick Own Goal is Possible
By Bruno Romani | August 3rd, 2007When you think you’ve seen enough oddities in the football world, Brazilian football shows up to remind up that everything is possible. Even a bicycle-kick turned into an own goal. The goal below happened in the final of a U-20 tournament between Flamen
A Coach Who Knows How to Move
By Bruno Romani | August 2nd, 2007Coach Caio Jr. from Palmeira was caugh by his own daughter doing magical moves. Look the way the man dances.  http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=xwTV7XUeKlk
Oldest Player to Score, Oldest Player to Have a Transfer
By Bruno Romani | July 17th, 2007Â Leonel, Pedro's new club Pedro Lima, the oldest player to score as a professional , is back on the news. The 58 year-old defensive midfielder is making his first professional move. He will play for Leonel, a second division side from ParaÃba
The Naked Pics of Ana Paula de Oliveira
By Bruno Romani | July 7th, 2007Yep. These things leak very fast. Today the pics of the hot ref. could be found all over the Internet. Brazilian fans are living moments of pure joy. Viva o Brasil! I found them here: http://img161.imagevenue.com/view.php?image=40638_apo-playbo
Player from Big Paulista Club Wants to Come Out of The Closet on National TV
By Bruno Romani | June 25th, 2007The online version of the newspaper  Folha de S. Paulo reports this Sunday that a player from one of the big 3 clubs from the city of Sao Paulo wants to come out of the closet on a famous TV show. The gay player is negotiating an exclusive interviewÂ
Botafogo's Keeper Makes Incredible Mistake
By Bruno Romani | June 18th, 2007With 10 minutes into the second-half in the match between Botafogo and Naútico, the ex-São Paulo defender Alex decided to pass the ball to keeper Júlio César. Alex forgot he no longer plays with Rogério Ceni, and saw Júlio César concede probably th
Generic Versions of Santos and São Paulo Bring Rivalry to the Second Division in the Jungle
By Bruno Romani | June 15th, 2007Amapa, in perspective. Fans and journalists expected 2007 to be another year which Santos and São Paulo would play all finals and win all titles available. With half of the season gone this seems not to be the case. However, there is one place whe
Romário's son takes only 35 Secs to score the first of his career
By Bruno Romani | June 10th, 2007After the controversial 1000th goal, the name Romário is far from being silenced. Romárinho, the 13 years-old son of the legendary striker, needed only 35 seconds to score his first goal in an official competition for Vasco. Ironically, the match wa
Yellow Card! Reason: Weird Celebration...
By Bruno Romani | June 4th, 2007The derby between Vasco and Fluminense doesn't end in this blog... After Abedi scored for Vasco the first goal of the match, the midfielder paid tribute to his 6 year-old son, who has leukemia, by immitating the way they play ball together at home.
Vasco's Midfielder hits Reporter
By Bruno Romani | June 4th, 2007Game is over, Vasco manage to draw in 1 goal with Fluminense's B team. The reporter Leonardo Baran from the radio station "Transamérica" approaches Vasco's midfielder Morais. R: Are you ashamed of drawing with Fluminense's second team? M: Your ques
Maracanã Stores Illegal Beer
By Bruno Romani | May 30th, 2007 The newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reports that employees at the Maracanã found inside the stadium a clandestine storage with 12 thousand cans of beer. The storage was above the ceiling of the seats section. The beers loaded a full truck. The state
Weird Quotes of the Weekend
By Bruno Romani | May 28th, 2007The match between Cruzeiro and Paraná produced the quotes of the weekend: 1- Dialogue between Romulo, Cruzeiro's player, and a reporter: Reporter:- Romulo, what did you think of the match? Romulo: - Oh Fuck, we had one more player and allowed
After Bizarre Injury, Midfielder Scores Again
By Bruno Romani | May 15th, 2007After being involved in one of the most bizarre injuries in the history of football, the midfielder Igor scored his first goal since his return to action. He scored the third goal of Fortaleza in the match his club beat Portuguesa by 3-1 in the first roun
One of the most memorable fights ever!
By Bruno Romani | May 4th, 2007                                                         Camboriuense: Home Team                             Brusque One of the greatest things of football is t
Forward Retires to Serve as a Congressman
By Bruno Romani | April 25th, 2007                                               Before                                               After The forward Róbson, aka RobGol, announced thi
Defender Kisses Ref. and Gets Yellow Carded
By Bruno Romani | April 23rd, 2007Botafogo advanced to the finals of the Campeonato Carioca with a 3-1 victory over Cabofriense. It took only 25 minutes to score the goals that granted Botafogo the spot in the decision against Flamengo. The main highlight of the night, however, happene
Forward Eats Grass and Sells Shirts
By Bruno Romani | April 17th, 2007                                                                           Vegetarian? Guarani, club from Campinas-SP that revealed talents such as Careca, Amoroso, Luizã
Ref. Red Cards Player with a Red Panty
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