Iran v. New Zealand ended around 8pm here in Los Angeles.
At 10:07pm, Iran players were on a bus bound for the airport, where they'd fly back to Tijuana. World Cup organizers wouldn't let them stay and recover.
“Everything is like a disaster for us," Mehdi Taremi said.
- 51 years ago on this DATE, June the 16th, in 1975 the Basketball World was turned on its head when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was traded by the Milwaukee Bucks to The Los Angeles Lakers for Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, the NBA Draft rights to Dave Meyers and to Junior Bridgeman as well - Milwaukee's backup center Walt Wesley went along to the Lakers from the Bucks as well --
A terrific Movie this.
THE CLUB (1980)
It was a huge hit down under focusing as it did on an Aussie rules football club and was inspired by the backroom dealings & antics of the Victorian Football League's Collingwood Football Club.