Class is in

You know, I had a pretty productive MLK Day.

I read a speech of the good Doctor’s, tried to keep the Chi-town road rage to a minimum (somewhat successfully), and was generally just an outstanding citizen — helping old ladies across the street and all that jazz.

Unfortunately, while perusing the Internets this evening, I stumbled across was floored by this video from Saturday’s UNC-Maryland game.

If you can fight your way through all those Tar Heel Tears, you can hear a Carolina fan yell “Go back to the ghetto!” to a Terp player.

Oh, racism. Thanks for popping up and reminding me MLK’s work isn’t close to being done. You bastard.

Good luck David

Personally, I enjoy soccer.

Originally, I gave all the cliché complaints about the sport: It’s too slow, there isn’t enough scoring, women in sports bras only appear once every four years.

But now, I get it (at least more than I used to).

America — not so much.

David Beckham was supposed to come over, wave his golden foot, and all the fat, dumb Americans would smarten up.

But, to all those who criticize the U.S. for not taking an interest in “the world’s game,” hear this:

Most Americans (in my ideal world), won’t stand for intolerance, racism, or any other doctrines which originated before the wheel was invented.

Yes, for the umpteenth time in recent memory, a soccer player (DaMarcus Beasley of the U.S. National team and Glasgow Rangers) has been racially taunted during a game. This time in Montenegro.

It happened to me a few years ago when PSV played Red Star in Belgrade, and I can’t believe racist abuse is still in football,” Beasley said. “People can come to a match and jeer, but the racist thing just has to get out of football. . .It degrades the game for everyone.

Sure, there are racist fans in every sport. And at one time, the U.S. sports scene was a metaphor for racial divide in the country. But this is 2007. And intolerance seems to be scarily common in European soccer.