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Busy, busy sports weekend, but first, rest in peace to Michael Jackson. For all his legal issues and perceivably strange quirks, at one time the dude truly reigned as the king of pop, and listening to his music over the weekend made me remember how his songs influenced almost every stage of my life. Back to our busy sports weekend though, which included the culmination of MLB inter-league play, the middle rounds of Wimbledon (tennis has some blazin’ stars, sorry), and the one topic that needs discussin’ – the Confederations Cup finals.

Everyone knows my flat-out love for soccer, which means I’m REALLY looking forward to the weekend.  On Sunday, the US Men’s Team squares off against international powerhouse Brazil in the finals of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.  The USA playing in the FCC championship game might be the most unexpected sports story of the year (unless, of course, evidence comes out proving Manny actually wanted to impregnate himsel

Did you know that Brazil plans on handing out 65 million condoms at Carnival this year? According to an article by The Boston Herald, that’s in addition to the 45 million condoms that they pass out monthly. The country actually plans to spend about $36 million to purchase 1.2 billion condoms for the year…yikes!

Mexico: Santa Claus (pronounced Santa Clos) is the merriest Mexican in el D.F. In Mexico Lindo, though, Santa takes a back seat to the Three Wise Men and Jesus (the shock, we know). For the most part most mejicanos practice La Novena, a nine-day religious observation leading up to Christmas Eve. Once dinner is served piñatas, tamales and drunken relatives run amuck . . . it’s tradition.