Hailing from the highlands of Kingskettle, Scotland, David Cowan is a 46-year old kilt enthusiast, who along with 135 other competitors, will take part this week in what has been called (and for my money, unequivocally is) the world’s most dangerous race – The Jungle Marathon.

The Jungle Marathon takes place in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, also it is not a marathon. It’s a 222 kilometer race that spans seven days in Jungle with competitors encountering “poisonous snakes, venomous tarantulas, hungry jaguars and even deadly plants.”

They have armed guides that are on hungry jaguar detail at night.

In the jungle, It gets down to around 80 degrees fahrenheit at night. There are swamps filled with blood sucking ticks. And finally, those jaguars – they’ll straight up digest your kilt, for serious.

Cowan told the Scot publication The Courier that he was inspired “When I watched the marathon on television I saw people having to be fitted with drips and be carried away.” That is a compelling image, if you’re a lunatic.

The race kicks off Sunday. Here’s hoping Cowan can find a nice machete holster to go with that kilt.

Fife man jets off for extreme jungle race (The Courier)

This is not another post about Michael Jackson’s tragic death. This is not a post about Team USA’s tragic, epic meltdown yesterday. This is simply about a sweet soccer jersey that relates to M.J. and Team USA soccer. Have a look…

Apparently, the late King of Pop was a rabid U.S. soccer fan and The Spoiler would like to remind you that “this is not a cynical and rushed attempt to cash in on the death of an international hero – it’s definitely what he would have wanted.”

You can pick one of these up for $89.95.

What If America Had Won The Confederation Cup?

This guy had an awesome time taking in a match in Rio de Janeiro.

These stadium stands look more like downtown Hanoi than a sporting event…