All Underdogs Are Mercilessly Put Down

The long weekend is over now and for everyone who overindulged, reality is setting back in. It's Monday again and real life is calling. In sports, the long weekend saw a number of remarkable runs come to agonizing ends. Time comes for us all, et cetera.

At Wimbledon, Roger Federer further cemented himself as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In five grueling sets, he matched unequivocally-the-best-tennis-player-alive-as-long-as-clay-is-not-involved Novak Djokovic shot for shot. Ultimately, Federer would not capture a record-setting eighth Wimbledon title and pass Pete Sampras and William Renshaw. It's hard to see the man ever accomplishing that goal. It's not a knock on his skills (he's still rated as the #4 player in the world, after all), but rather how good Djokovic and Rafa Nadal (and Andy Murray, 75% of the time) really and truly are. But let's not weep for Rog just yet. Yes, in a world without Djokovic, Nadal, and Murray, and several other upstarts who have defeated the mighty Swiss racketer, he would maybe have doubled up his record of 17 Grand Slam titles, but he still has the record, doesn't he? He gets to throw his heater a few times a year, and show the "kids" out there that the old man (he's 32) still knows a trick or two. He's Brett Favre if Brett Favre was a (non-reckless) model of European aristocracy. A funny person on Twitter summed it up quite well, really.

Respect for Federer, who has spent the last 6 years being a Final Level Boss for the other Big 4 tennis dudes

— AK Lingus (@aklingus) July 6, 2014

Roger Federer is dead, long live Roger Federer.

In the women's final, Eugenie Bouchard could still become a Canadian folk hero, but she was dispatched in straight sets by Petra Kvitova. There sports goes, again, stopping entropy like it's no one's business.

In Brazil, the best World Cup tournament of a lot of our lives continued to both delight and wreck. Hopes and dreams were dashed yet again during the quarterfinals. Colombia's miracle run came to an end, but not before Juan Zuniga was able to break one of Neymar's vertabrae with a knee to the back in the waning minutes. With Neymar out, Brazil will find itself as the underdog in its semi-final match against Germany. bet Germany. The other underdog in the quarters, Costa Rica, saw their tournament come to an end only after taking the Netherlands to full-time, extra time, and penalty kicks. Save a substitute goalkeeper with the name Krul, and Costa Rica might still be alive. Nevertheless, let's go by SEC-Fan rules: Roll damn, CONCACAF. Pretty sure that's how it's done.

We can talk about LeBron supposedly going back to Cleveland later.