A few Friday links

Pretty slow over here in oreo-land past couple of days. Still trying to get over my cold/flu, and all that's left is a sore throat and coughing. I did go running last night so that is a good sign.
We're down to the quarterfinals in the WC, so I'll likely be watching that all weekend (2 games today, 2 tomorrow). Also, my friend Rob is back from Germany, and I think I'll be going to the Braves game with him Sunday, as he has an extra ticket.

Well, the title said there'll be some links, so here they are:

• NBA Draft was yesterday, and I watched the (once again) miserable job the Hawks did. Loved the Bulls draft by the way. Here's an interesting recap on the draft that sums up my exact feelings as I watched it.
• FSW's Jaime Trecker talks about FIFA pulling the 2010 WC in South Africa? And perhaps moving it to the US (if S.A. can't handle it, of course).
• Secret video of the Italia soccer team training session???
• Farecast - this website makes predictions of when you should buy airline tickets based on analysis of prices over time.

That's it for now. I'm going to have to start adding pictures here real soon to make this a little more interesting .
Looking forward to what should be a great matchup today, Argentina vs Germany, a rematch of WC86 and WC90. I believe the Argentines will win because of a porous German back line, but like any good Brazilian, I wouldn't really mind if they got knocked out of the World Cup...