The World Cup is over — Germany won, BTW — and now the spotlight can return to America’s football champion Tim Howard and his chiseled abs. You know, the important stuff.

It hasn't been a good week for pretty white women who take pictures next to dead animals.

Tim Howard, the USMNT goalie who captured America’s heart and thwarted 16 goals during yesterday's U.S. v. Belgium match, patched into MSNBC to talk about being bearded and handsome. Just kidding, he talked about World Cup and stuff too.

This video of a Labrador Retriever playing soccer like a pro is everything you need to prepare yourself for Monday.

Portugal may have won their match against Ghana on Thursday, but unfortunately they didn't make it to the round of 16. And no one knows that feel like Severa, the dog, who also adorably celebrated Portugal's equalizer against the US last Sunday.

The Girl Scouts of the USA have made a little video featuring a team of Thin Mints playing soccer against a team of Samoas. Predictably, it's adorable. Unpredictably, the video features a cameo by a bloodthirsty cookie they're calling Luis "Samoa" Suarez, after the recently-suspended Uruguayan player with a habit of…

Performance artist/"conservative pundit" Ann Coulter — whose previous bold works include "No Woman Should Be President" and "Screw You, Obama" — has debuted her newest piece, a brave and stunning indictment on American sports culture masked by a heightened and ridiculous tirade against soccer, on the Clarion-Ledger.

At the World Cup, Uruguay's notorious biter Luis Suarez isn't the only one getting a piece.

A chilling new PSA seeks to remind the public about the very real connection between the rise in domestic violence and the World Cup.

Not even a statewide ban can withstand the almighty power of the World Cup.

USA! USA! USA! Ahem, now that we've gotten out of the way, let's check out some Hot International Soccer Players. Because when it comes to athletic physiques, we are no chauvinists.

Mexico and Brazil's World Cup soccer teams are facing disciplinary action following obnoxious behavior by their respective fan bases, who simply could not resist the urge to yell gay slurs at players from the other teams. But the two Latin American teams aren't the only ones with fan bases full of shitheads who can't…

There's just something about major sporting events that makes people wanna do it. Exhibit A: The brisk sales of (unofficial!) special edition World Cup condoms, which are Brazilian green and yellow and taste like a Caipirinha, the country's national cocktail.

In today's Tweet Beat, the World Cup has got Rihanna hooked, Ira Glass joins Twitter and so does Teri Polo.