Ronaldo Post Game Spit
Tags: cristiano ronaldo, fifa, football, portugal, soccer, world cup 2010
Today On Air with Kenny Jones – we learned the World Cup quarterfinals are set, but some people would rather question Cristiano Ronaldo’s bodily functions than focus on that. “Did Ronaldo spit toward the cameraman as he trudged off the pitch following Portugal’s 1-0 loss to Spain in the round of 16?”
Certainly there are more pressing questions to take away from the match, but as the camera got right up next to the upset superstar, he looked directly into the lens and hocked a loogie at the ground in front of its operator.
Whether done with rude intentions or not, the immediate reaction from many on Twitter was to accuse him of acting like a sore loser. The Daily Mail, meanwhile, is going with the easy headline of: “Cristiano Ronaldo’s Spitting Mad at TV Camera after Portugal Exit” and Irish television pundits are debating the intent. The Sun, of course, is going to the extreme with a headline of: “Ron in world of shame after spit.”
In the 2006 World Cup it was a wink to the Portuguese bench after Wayne Rooney was sent off in England’s quarterfinal loss to Portugal that turned some fans against Cristiano Ronaldo. This time his lasting World Cup image could be a wad of spit.
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what’s a vuvuzela?
Tags: fifa world cup, football, vuvuzela, world cup soccerOn Air with Kenny Jones we spoke about the Vuvuzela – if you aren’t familiar with it – it’s the unrelenting foghorn-esque noise you been hearing while attempting to watch the World Cup games.
It’s a three-foot-long plastic trumpet traditionally blown throughout games to create an atmosphere. I’ll say it’s created an atmosphere – one where I can’t hear the person sitting next to me watching the game…hell, I can’t even hear myslf think!
In case you were wondering, here’s what one of these bad boys looks like…
She seems to be enjoying it, right.
The South African instrument pumps out sound up to 130 decibels — that’s 10 decibels above the human pain threshold — they also are associated with causing hearing loss and communication problems on the pitch. They’ve got fans, players, commentators, at home viewers and officials up in arms.
The World Cup Executives & desicion makers are meeting to discuss a possible ban of the vuvuzela – But how do you ban something that’s native to the country you’re playin’ your tournament in? It seems like the indigenous noise makers are here to stay.
It’s even spark its very own spin off event – check it out…
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If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Get your vuvuzela TODAY!!! I wanna get 10 to 12 fans of the show to come into the studio every morning and sound their vuvuzelas everytime I crack the mic! I’m trying to “create and atmosphere”! Problem is, there aren’t 10 to 12 fans of the show 
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