An incredible few days in sports

So it has been a crazy and hectic few days in sports, here in the Bay Area and on a national scale with that huge World Cup victory early this morning.

First, we'll start with some things you probably have never heard about and may not have interest in at all.

• The Sharks are parting ways with Evgeni Nabokov

For the few hockey fans out there, this is a huge deal as Evgeni Nabokov has been the face of the Sharks, at least in the goalie department for about a decade. Nabokov has been a great, even spectacular regular season goalie, but has never pushed the Sharks into the Stanley Cup Finals.

In my opinion, Nabokov is a good goalie, but not a great goalie. The great goalies make the huge save when it needs to be made. A great goalie makes saves that you can't even believe he stopped. Nabokov has never done that in the playoffs. Is that fair? Probably not. But sports isn't fair, and when it comes to the playoffs, you need to be great, and not good.

The Sharks will look for a cheaper replacement more than likely. This was also a cost-cutting move. But I wish Nabokov all the best of luck. And if you watch this video, do you recognize the voice that asked Nabby his first question???

• The longest tennis match in history

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut are in the history books. I didn't even know who these two were until today, which is when the two played in the longest tennis match in history. At the time of this writing, they have played for officially at exactly 10 hours.

Their match started Tuesday night and had to be suspended until today because of the darkness. And today, they played for 7 hours and and 6 minutes, all in the fifth set.

A long video, but a must see. You will never see this again in your lifetime!!!



And finally, recapping an incredible USA vs Algeria game that put them into the Sweet 16 of the World Cup.