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The 10 Lamest Sports Movie performances of all time

10. Adrian Grenier
Harvard Man (2002)
It’s tough, but I might be able to buy Entourage’s skinny pretty boy Adrian Grenier as Aquaman or even Joey Ramone. As a college-basketball point guard, however, he is more miscast than he would be as Pablo Escobar. No handle. No stroke. No hops. C’mon, you say, it’s Ivy League basketball—how [...]

40 National Sports

1 Pakistan - hockey
2 Bhutan - archery
3 Canada – lacrosse (officially, though ice hockey is more popular)
4 Bangladesh – kabbadi (team tag game)
5 Iceland – glima (form of wrestling)
6 Anguilla – boat-racing
7 Afghanistan – buzkashi (players on horseback compete to carry an animal carcase to a goal)
8 Ireland – hurling (hockey-style game)
9 Thailand - muay [...]

The Most Valuable Soccer Teams

Soccer Team Valuations

Rank
Team
Country
Current Value1 ($mil)
Debt/Value2 (%)
1-Yr Value Change (%)
Revenue ($mil)
Operating Income3 ($mil)

1
Manchester United
England
1,373
36
10
298
82.5

2
Real Madrid
Spain
1,012
54
10
334
30.0

3
AC Milan
Italy
921
0
3
283
42.5

4
Arsenal
England
841
74
37
207
31.6

5
Bayern Munich
Germany
769
0
23
229
54.4

6
Juventus
Italy
687
4
-18
278
82.3

7
Chelsea
England
508
0
13
267
-11.3

8
Internazionale Milan
Italy
504
NA
-17
215
21.5

9
Barcelona
Spain
440
NA
13
252
18.9

10
Liverpool
England
370
13
-16
219
-2.9

11
Schalke 04
Germany
324
0
10
118
27.8

12
Newcastle United
England
302
33
-23
156
38.3

13
AS Roma
Italy
263
5
5
160
31.9

14
Manchester City
England
222
75
-15
109
6.3

15
Tottenham Hotspur
England
214
10
-28
127
36.6

16
Olympique Lyonnais
France
208
NA
36
112
7.1

17
Celtic
Scotland
196
18
-28
111
4.5

18
Valencia
Spain
195
NA
NA
102
-5.1

19
Bayer Leverkusen
Germany
189
0
NA
95
9.5

20
Glasgow Rangers
Scotland
187
63
-17
99
-14.8

21
Ajax Amsterdam
Netherland
171
0
35
81
23.2

22
Borussia Dortmund
Germany
141
26
-28
91
-64.6

23
Everton
England
138
38
NA
108
0.0

24
Aston Villa
England
120
0
-49
94
10.8

25
FC Porto
Portugal
106
59
-42
93
24.3