Required Reading.

• Tom Perrotta was in Belgrade for the DC finals.  His tournament blog is filled with some great nuggets you can only get on-the-ground. 
• "I am not a hero."
• "When we were Yugoslavs, we had one of the best passports and were welcomed anywhere we wanted and then all of the sudden from that, you are not welcome anywhere and everybody looks at you like you are a killer or some crazy person."  I'm not sure those shaved heads help.... ;)
• I hope that the class of Team France isn't lost in all this.  I love me some Guy.
• Re: the third paragraph.  Um...are you really telling me, Pete Bodo, that Serbia playing an away tie in Croatia was a walk in the park?  Do we not remember this and this?  Seriously, that is one of the most ignorant things I've read all year.
• Lots to munch on in last week's Mailbag.
• Personally I am 100% ok with this trend.
• 10 Thoughts on 2010.
• Martina Navs is blogging from Mt. Kilimanjaro.  Which...how 'bout technology, huh?
• More BroDubs for the Murrays in 2011?
• Non-Required Reading: I WANT TO BE A PANDA RAISER!
• Non-Required Reading: The Cheryl Cole lashes kill me.