Hope Solo Gets Taunted By Thousands Screaming "Zika!" at Olympic Match In Rio
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil -- Hope Solo wasn"t bothered by the chanting.
The veteran USA goalie was teased by fans chanting "Zika, Zika" at her as the U.S. women"s soccer team defeated New Zealand in its Olympic debut on Wednesday.
The crowd of nearly 10,000 fans at the 60,000-capacity Mineirao Stadium jeered the goalkeeper with references to the virus that has scared many athletes ahead of the Rio Games.
"I"m glad the fans had fun," Solo said. "And if they had fun at my expense, more power to them."
Solo upset some Brazilians before coming to the Olympics by tweeting a photo of herself wearing a hat with mosquito netting. She also posted a photo of dozens of packs of mosquito repellent that she was packing for her trip to Brazil.
She made amends a few days before the games, blaming the American media for spreading fear about Zika and other problems ahead of the Rio Games. She said the media was being "really tough on people of Brazil."
The veteran goalkeeper said she didn"t realize during the game that the fans were chanting "Zika," and thought they were only yelling a common slur that local clubs sometimes use against goalkeepers at goal kicks.
Some of the fans were indeed yelling the slur early in the game, but later the majority of the crowd started with the "Zika" chant, which was also repeated after the final whistle.
"That"s something hopefully they will put behind them and realize that Hope has apologized to the Brazilian people," U.S. coach Jill Ellis said of the fans. "Sometimes mistakes are made. We are used to getting booed in other countries, so that part of it is not foreign. I hope the Brazilian people appreciate what we are trying to do with the ball and move past that."
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Drake Allegedly Ready if Eminem Decides to Diss Him.. Reportedly says "I Got Something for him too". Following rumors of an Eminem Drake diss, we revisit their 2009 collaboration.
Things have changed a lot since 2009. The release of "Forever," a crew track featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Eminem, was the peak of hashtag rap, a trend where rappers ditched the "like" or "as" in their similes and just dropped the punchline, much like a hashtag for each individual bar. Drake was the main abuser of the style, but he credits Big Sean"s "Supa Dupa Flow" with inventing it. Drizzy"s verse is defined by this style, while Lil Wayne and Kanye go a bit looser with their 16s, and Eminem introduces a blindingly fast double-time, something he would turn to more on his subsequent work.
Yesterday, a rumor about Eminem possibly recording a Drake diss track made the rounds, and it brought this collaboration to mind. Who"s got the best verse on this track?
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Just as Rihanna did for April Fool"s Day last year, Britney Spears gave Jimmy Kimmel a pleasant though shocking surprise as the late-night host tried to sleep. Kimmel"s wife conspired with the pop star for the prank.
In the Jimmy Kimmel Live! clip, Spears sneaks through Kimmel"s house close to 2 a.m. with a troupe of shirtless male dancers sporting tribal body paint. Spears and the dancers launch into a performance of Spears" new single "Make Me." At one point, Spears jumps on the bed, whipping her hair and body rolling. The dancers also jumped on the bed, performing on top of Kimmel"s body as he remained laying down.
After the performance, Kimmel jokingly confronted his wife and met with Spears, who was worried that his kids were home. He also noticed the man providing all the special effects and lighting on his body, covered in multi-colored tinsel and flashing lights that were attached to his shoulders and head.
Spears" ninth album, Glory, will be released via Apple Music on August 26th.
Britney Spears announced on Twitter that "Glory" will arrive in just a few weeks. Watch here.
Alex Morgan was healthy and scoring goals then, helping the U.S. women"s national team to an Olympic gold medal in 2012. And she"s healthy and scoring goals now, gearing up to help the U.S. attempt to win another one.
"I think the window in between is the interesting part," USA coach Jill Ellis said of her star forward, one of the highest-profile Central Florida-based athletes competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
During the past four years, Morgan has gone through a series of injuries bone bruises, sprained ankles, knee issues. She"s pushed to come back from each one, regaining her spot at the forefront of the national team as it begins an endeavor to become the first country to win a FIFA World Cup and Olympic gold back-to-back.
There have been endorsements Coca Cola, GNC, Wheat Thins, ChapStick, Nike and Nationwide, among others that brought in money beyond her soccer salary, and accusations of wage discrimination, leading Morgan and her teammates to fight the U.S. Soccer Federation for pay equal to their male counterparts.
She has become a world champion; gotten married to her college sweetheart, Orlando City midfielder Servando Carrasco; and moved to a new city to become the leader and face of the Orlando Pride National Women"s Soccer League team.
It has all changed Morgan and motivated her to remain one of the most threatening forwards in the world as the U.S. women"s national soccer team launches its Olympic campaign with a match against New Zealand at 6 p.m. Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony. Matches against France and Colombia follow to round out Group G.
Morgan is one of seven on the 18-player U.S. roster who previously competed in the Olympics, and one of three players who scored a goal during the 2012 London games.
"It"s really crazy to think about myself four years ago because I feel like I was just so much younger, and I feel like it was so long ago even though it wasn"t too long ago," said Morgan, 27. "It"s exciting to think about where I was then and where I am now, just how much I feel like I"ve grown as a teammate, as a player, as a person.
"I feel like I"m just in a very different place now, and I"ve gone through a lot to be able to give myself the experience needed for this Olympics. So, I feel like I"m really excited to go to this Olympics now with the knowledge and experience I"ve gained over the years and having a greater role with the team."
On paper, Morgan"s 2012 seems hard to top. She scored 28 goals for the national team and had 21 assists. Morgan scored a game-winner in the 123rd minute of an Olympic match against Canada, sending her team to a duel with Japan in the final. She took her place on the podium, lowered her head to accept an Olympic medal and then turned to former teammate Abby Wambach to simultaneously kiss the hard-won gold around their necks. She was named U.S. Soccer"s Female Athlete of the Year and a finalist for FIFA World Player of the Year.
Morgan entered 2012 with 27 international appearances and 10 goals. She finished it with 58 caps and 38 goals.
But she enters the Rio Olympics with 112 caps and 67 goals for the national team, with first-hand experience of what it takes to win it all and renewed determination to prove herself after multiple seasons full of setbacks.
So far this season, she has started in 12 of 13 international matches and played for 990 minutes. She leads the U.S. team with 11 goals and also has three assists.
"Four years ago, 2012, that"s when I was first barely starting with the national team. Before that, I was coming off the bench a lot, getting five minutes, 15 minutes, whatever it may be," Morgan said. "[These Olympic games] do feel different because I feel like I have a greater role. ... I feel like there are just more eyes on me. So, obviously that puts a little pressure on me to just perform every single game."
Part of that leadership role included joining goalkeeper Hope Solo, defender Becky Sauerbrunn and midfielders Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe as a voice for the women"s national team, which is seeking a compensation structure equal to the men"s team. The five players filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions and await a decision while pushing to negotiate a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Another dominant performance in the Olympics could reinforce their slogan pushing for "Equal Play, Equal Pay."
The inability to score the number of goals she"d hoped for in club play with the Orlando Pride adds to the pressure Morgan faces in Rio. She is tied for third on the Orlando expansion team for goals scored with two.
"There"s always those spells that strikers go through," said Pride coach Tom Sermanni, who also coached the U.S. women"s national team from 2013-14. "The thing that Alex does is she takes a lot of pressure off other players because virtually every time she gets the ball, there are two or three players manhandling her and she has to cope and deal with that. That opens up the space for other players."
That"s "been difficult," Morgan said of the limited scoring with the Pride, but the pressure to perform isn"t a bad thing.
She is embracing Olympic challenges and thinks the young U.S. national team will thrive with the high expectations of the nation on its shoulders.
Ellis doesn"t seem worried, either. She sees many similarities between 2012 Player of the Year Morgan and 2016 Morgan along with some improvement.
Morgan"s movement and running off the ball has evolved significantly, as has her timing and touch, Ellis said.
"Was she an important piece of the attack then? And now? Yes," Ellis said. "And, you know, we"re going to play a little bit differently. Then, it was running and chasing goals down. We still want her to penetrate and make runs in behind, but now she has b***s coming in the box to her. She"s going to get a lot more service."
As Ellis said, things have changed in the past four years, but a lot remains the same, including one thing in particular.
"Putting on the jersey and representing the crest is the same every time," Morgan said. "There"s a lot of excitement building on all fronts. I feel like we"ve been talking about it for so many months and now it"s just around the corner."
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Opening kickoff
The U.S. women"s soccer team opens the Rio Olympics at 6 p.m. Wednesday against New Zealand. The match will air on the NBC Sports Network.
Last month, to the dismay of his Aerosmith bandmate, Steven Tyler released a country album called Were All Somebody From Somewhere. Featured on said album is a re-worked, acoustic version of the Aerosmith track Janies Got A Gun, which apparently was recorded with the surviving/remaining members of Stone Temple Pilots. In a post on the STP website, guitarist Dean DeLeo said the re-working and recording the track was done over a single afternoon in 2015. Check out photos from the studio along with the full statement from DeLeo and stream the track below.
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Back in 2015 , Robert, Eric and myself spent and afternoon with Steven Tyler reworking and recording Janies Got A Gun. The song is on Stevens latest record titled Were All Somebody From Somewhere.What a beautiful day we all had in the studio. Steven is electric. No one better !!! For real !!! Hope ya dig the track.
Were All Somebody From Somewhere is out now on Dot Records.
The pictures triggered some amusing tabloid headlines. The Sun went with "Sword of the Rings", referencing Bloom"s breakthrough role. Inside the paper, it punned "Privates of the Caribbean", a play on his more recent fantasy series.
"Blooming Oarsome Orlando", said the Daily Star, while the New York Daily News posted the pictures on Twitter stating: "FULL BLOOM: Orlando Bloom bares all on vacation with Katy Perry."
Several amusing tweets followed the publication of the pictures:
