the birm*

Who? Champions of what? When?!

It appears that big balls are what get media attention (in France at least, as in Aussie land it’s oval balls that get the spotlight). France just won the handball world championships, held in Croatia (beating Croatia 24-19 in the final, which was the only game that was televised on free TV). The thing that gets me is that France isn’t just a national team that plays handball, they’re one of the best teams in the world and have been for the last 10 years or so. They recently won the euro cup and then the Olympic games, and yet most people didn’t even know there was a world championship going on and that France was in it (and kicking butt!). Evidently Handball is not soccer, but could the media show it SOME respect?...