UP AT 6: IRAQ'S WIN NOT LOST IN TRANSLATION; BARRY BONDS WAITS FOR HIS HAPPY PLACE

How did you get that motorcycle up on the high dive anyways?

• There's a brief requiem for the scandal-plagued sports world: Seeing Iraqi expats driving around Ottawa with a flag held out the car window to celebrate their country's victory in soccer's Asian Cup .
  
  One doesn't need to know the names of the players on the team or whom it beat (Saudi Arabia, one-nil) to win the tournament to know it transcends sports. In reality, of course, it's only fleeting for the people in Iraq. (Not to be crass, but what's with shooting a gun off to celebrate?)
• Barry Bonds is sitting on 754 homers and his team -- Giants, right? -- has its next six games in the other two National League parks in California, where he's hated. SI.com's Tom Verducci looks at how Bonds might activiti reason to go on Operation Shutdown (hat tip to Derek Bell) until he gets back to the safe haven of San Francisco.
• And with this piece of news, David Klingler and Ryan Leaf called their agents and hired personal trainers: Tim Couch is back in the NFL.
• In a couple days, our Ottawa Fury will hopefully realize there is no shame in losing the conference final at home out to a stacked Washington Freedom side, considering how many players it lost before the season to the national team residency program. Washington should roll to the W-League title next weekend in Rochester.
• CFL from the weekend: Saskatchewan 54, Edmonton 14. Ukrainian grandmothers across the province were probably blessing TV sets when the Roughriders lead reached the 30s on Saturday afternoon. The Riders beating the Eskimos by 40 points? Paraphrasing Edna Krabappel, you dream about this day and when it finally comes, you don't know what to say.
• From Mirtle: First overall draft pick Patrick Kane likes him some Natalie Merchant.