We know, we know … this is ‘Merica (!), and we don’t care about soccer. But from the a-picture-is-worth-a-1,000-words department, West Brom’s Gabriel Tamas after a collision with a Manchester City player — to shamelessly quote the British — is bloody disgusting.

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Derrick Rose may not have made the best PR move when he said that although he’s been cleared to return, he doesn’t want to play until he can dunk. It’s led to the Bulls’ superstar taking a fair amount of abuse, and Joakim Noah is tired of it.

“If you tore your ACL and you have to be the starting point guard and have the expectations that Derrick has, then maybe you can judge, but everybody who hasn’t been in that situation before should really shut up because I feel like it’s just so unfair to him and to this team. We’re fighting, and everybody’s going to just s*** on somebody who’s been giving so much to this organization. It’s crazy to me.”

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Oregon’s softball team clinched its first-ever outright Pac-12 title over the weekend, and they have climbed to second and third in the two major national polls, the ESPN.com/USA Softball and USA Today/NFCA polls, respectively.

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Finally, we bring back the Tweet of the Day because De’Anthony Thomas has an important question for you.

WATS YO FAV HORROR MOVIE?

— DE’ANTHONY THOMAS (@1STCLASSMOMBA) May 7, 2013