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Nigeria: Coming Back to Help
Nigerians have been a factor in the NFL for several decades. In fact, NY Times Magazine ran a piece a few years ago about how fertile a professional football recruiting ground it is. Indeed. Osi Umenyiora of the world champion Giants (who also happens to be dating this girl ) and three other Nigerians returned to the country recently to assist in any way necessary. As a side note, watch out for Amobi Okoye of the Texans. He's not even 21 yet, and that defense is getting scary good.

Switzerland: Let Em Eat Chips
The Swiss government is easing restrictions on the importation of potatoes, because Euro 2008 attendees thought there might be a french fry shortage. Apparently, they need an additional 3,000 tons of potatoes to keep up with the demand. Who's attending Euro '08, these guys?

Beijing: FORE! (Kinda)
The push is on again for golf as an Olympic sport as the International Golf Federation touches up a proposal to the IOC. In a shameless plug, Mag editor Sarah Turcotte is starting up the end of her Long Shot journey here today, and we'll have an update before too long. In the meantime, enjoy those videos. [Ed's note: Golf? Olympics? Why not!]

Peru: Surfing Cats (WITH VIDEO!)
So, we're thinking about going to Peru in October. Seems like a cool place and all, and apparently it's an international hot spot for surfing. And not just for humans, they also let cats surf there. And they do huge TV packages on those cats. And those get on YouTube. Society is awesome. As a side note, since our boss likes it and maybe it'll help with time off, here's a waterskiing squirrel.

China: Let's Play (WITH VIDEO!)
What happens when you take a children's song, dub it over in Chinese, and put various NIKE ad-esque footage with it? In a word: genius.

Miami: Rony Seikaly's Back!
Apparently Rony Seikaly—the only more obscure 1980s sports reference we can think of is "Gino Torretta"—is partnering with Donald Trump to create South Beach SoHo, a.k.a. The Quattro. Is this more an example of Donald partnering down, or Rony partnering up? We're not sure. Interestingly, though, they both have visually stunning wives: Rony and Donald.

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