UPDATED: Ballon D’os & Ballon D’ont’s

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I gotta say absolutely everything today, including the Ballon D’Or, paled in comparison to the loss of David Bowie, an icon and a true pioneer who affected my life on every level. 

More From The Ballon D’Or Festivities

So many more pictures from the Ballon D’Or! And Real Madrid released some fantastic videos as well.

Ringing In The New Year: Baller Style

How did some of our faves ring in the New Year? Well, Marcelo started by posting this, but had to share quite a few more pictures.

UPDATED: Sunday Bits & Bobs: Part II (Now On A Monday Morning)

Well now that its heading for 1 AM and I’m in an absolutely foul mood, I’m going to make this a quick post since I have to be up for work in a few hours. This post deals with non-Real players. David Luiz and his goofiness always seem to cheer me up. He’s adorable. 

It’s Official: Xavi Really Got Married

Well will you look at that? Xavi’s 2012 Summer of Love stuck! It’s just been a year (almost to the day) that we first set eyes on his lady (at the bottom of this post) and watched while their relationship progressed. Today Xavi and the lovely Núria Cunillera wed at the Marimurtra Botanical Gardens in Blanes, Spain.

Thursday Late Night Bits & Bobs

How does this always happen? I get home from work late, eat dinner and then sit down to post – poof! – it’s close to 11 PM. I give up. Here’s a quick rundown.

First, congrats to Nacho who yesterday extended his contract with Real Madrid for an additional 4 years.

Wednesday Night Bits & Bobs

That awkward moment when you meet the guy you named your dog after.

An eagle-eyed cule (Photo by @barzaboy) spotted Messi & Cesc chatting with Isco in Ibiza and thankfully, snapped a picture. Ha!  I can see it now:

Updated: Tuesday Bits & Bobs, Part I (Cesc, Leo, Mesut & Victor)

What a great picture of Lia and her papi! What a cutie she is! She definitely takes after her father.

Well, there’s about a bazillion pictures of Cesc, Lia, Daniella, Antonella, Thiago Chin Puddle and they’ve now been joined by Leo & Pinto. So I’m just going to dump these all here for you to look through.

Updated: Sunday Bits & Bobs, Part I

Okay, by opening with this Kaka in China shot, I’ve just assured that Shigs will not read the post ever. Girl, think of it as ripping off the Bandaid quickly. There’s more Kaka within, but I’m getting it out of the way first.

This is what happens when you basically take a weekend off from posting. Tonight will be a two post mammoth bumper crop of photos. Please bear with me as its more or less a photo dump. The weather here is too bloody hot and I’m too tired to do much more. All I can say is thank god for air conditioning otherwise, I’d be a puddle on the floor somewhere. Without further ado here’s A-L of the Bits & Bobs! (Updated to add pictures of Enzo, Guti, Antonella & Thiago. Please note Guti has a terrible hat on. Enzo does not)

Things That Make You Go “Awwww!”

There’s not much that could be cuter than Marcelo & Enzo frolicking in the waves but Cesc is giving it a go.