Heat's secret bowl revealed and FIFA News

The Secret Bowl Unveiled...

During the course of the playoffs, there was much talk of a mysterious bowl in the heat locker room. After they won the championship, the contents of the bowl were finally made known. And, not surprisingly, it was something of sentimental value. The image on the top reveals the bowl, which during the playoffs was cloaked away with "Don't touch" signs attached.

Shaq had this to say: "A lot of people wanted to know what was in that little bowl in the locker room. It was a bunch of cards that said 15 strong. A bunch of pictures of us and our family, a bunch of pictures of us hanging together. It was a very tight knit group. This was the real definition of team."

The picture on the top was obtained from the NBA's Miami Heat Scrapbook page. Meanwhile, ESPN has an article about the current status of Miami's roster. The article it titled Heat likely to defend title with different roster. The Heat would have had the 26th and 56th selection in the draft, but those picks were traded to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Toronto Raptors, respectively.

FIFA World Cup News

From: FIFA

For those of you who are unaware, there is a football world cup going on at the moment. It's ONLY the world's biggest sporting event. Here's the World Cup Bracket. Currently, the round of 16 is taking place. This will eliminate eight teams and lead to the quarter finals starting June 30th. Since India did not qualify to play in the world cup and the USA is already knocked out, I will be cheering for Brazil instead because it is an exciting team with perhaps the most passion; also, I have several Brazilian friends and neighbors. Interestingly, the one time in history that India did qualify for the world cup, they could not appear. Under the history section of Football in India, it notes that India qualified for the 1950 World Cup but could not play as the team at the time played bare feet, which was against regulation. Currently, only four teams have secured their position in the quarter finals in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The schedule for the quarter finals is as follows:

June 30th, 11 A.M. (EST): Germany vs. Argentina.

June 30th, 3 P.M. (EST): Winner of Italy vs. Australia VS. winner of Switzerland vs. Ukraine.
The winners will be determined June 26th. The first match will take place at 11 A.M. (EST) and the second match at 3 P.M. (EST).

July 1st, 11 A.M. (EST): England vs. Portugal.

July 1st, 3 P.M. (EST): Winner of Brazil vs. Ghana VS. winner of Spain vs. France.
The winners will be determined June 27th. The first match will take place at 11 A.M. (EST) and the second match at 3 P.M. (EST).