What you’re about to watch is a series of questions for LeBron James collected and asked by fans of Liverpool Football Club. They are all prepubescent, adorable and extremely British. They’re also interested in knowing how tall LeBron is. One wants to know if he’s the tallest player in the NBA. Another asks if LeBron is taller than his dad. Even this awesome kid from the 6:05 mark (pictured, right) asks LeBron how big his house is, and is basically just asking “how tall is your house”. The answer: LeBron is tall, perhaps abnormally so, but he is not the tallest thing in history.

Other highlights include “Anna” at 3:08 asking LeBron to identify his favorite rapper and getting a stock photo of Jay-Z with America’s Funniest Home Video-style boing noises as a response, and that AMAZING ginger kid at 3:16 who cannot hope to contain his Ron Weasley. His name is Rory. That’s incredible.

Also, you know when that kid asked “are you taller than a giraffe” the kid behind him went F**K and had to change his question to “are you taller than two giraffes”.

[h/t Ball Don't Lie]

On Sunday, Manchester United defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the third round of the FA Cup, and I assume that may have meant something to people who follow soccer. But the big news after Liverpool’s loss was the Football Association’s punishment of left winger Ryan Babel, who took to his Twitter to make some complaints about referee Howard Webb. Babel used some impressive Photoshop skills to post a photo of Webb wearing a Man U shirt, which drew the ire of league officials. What, no Lobster Dog? Amateur.

For his Twitter humour, the FA has charged Babel with improper conduct, mainly because he commented: “And they call him one of the best referees? That’s a joke. SMH [shaking my head].” Babel eventually removed the Tweet in question and apologized for the comment, but it’s too late, buddy. And as he recently posted on his Twitter account, he’s off to Twitter jail. IDW [I’m dismissively wanking].

Meanwhile, the Professional Footballer’s Association’s chief executive, Gordon Taylor, has Babel’s back…

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You know, the NFL isn't the only league that has fans excited for the coming season.  The Premiership kicks off its season in about two weeks, and as you can see from the photos here, Liverpool is ready for all catchers.  I mean takers.  Ready for all takers.

Robbie Keane enthusiastically participated in, uhh… training drills? … with Fernando Torres and the rest of his new teammates, and it's definitely good to see a new player looking so light in the boots while he forges bonds with new teammates.

I hope that wasn't too subtle.  I'm calling them gay, you see. 

[Kickette] 

Kickette.

Last night Alex Curran was at home with a friend when four masked burglars entered the house. The police are calling it a “confrontational burglary” but won’t confirm what exactly the nature of the confrontation was…

Alex recently revealed to Closer magazine that she had bought Steven a £10,000 Cartier watch for Christmas. We’re assuming it’s one of the many things taken. In the last year, many Premier League players have been targeted by thieves – Dirk Kuyt was robbed whilst in Holland, and Daniel Agger, Peter Crouch and Pepe Reina have all had their hard earned ish taken, usually when they are playing away.

Obviously this is a direct result of Stephen Gerrard's thug past.  You go around flashing your wealth and associating with the wrong people in England, and people are going to break into your house.  Did the Gerrards deserve to be robbed?  Probably not.  But am I surprised it happened?  Not in the least.

The woman you see here is Alex Curran, who married longtime boyfriend England/Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard in a lavish wedding three weeks ago (another stacktastic picture of her here).  It's no secret that Curran had breast enhancement surgery (such a lovely phrase for an artful operation, compared to the crass "boob job"), although it was news to her grandmother when Gerrard's best man joked about it during his speech at the wedding reception.

Jonathan “Boggo” Boggan praised the Liverpool ace’s successes, “none more so than when you got Alex’s jugs done”. 

The gaffe stunned guests, especially the bride’s gran who did not know about the op.

Classy!  And you thought romance was dead.  I've long held that the greatest gift a man can give a woman is huge, perky cans, and Boggo shares my belief that it's also one of the greatest things in life a man can accomplish.  Sure beats being captain for Liverpool.

(Not that you care, but in case you do: YouTube of Gerrard's top 10 goals.  It's pretty impressive, if you're the sort of person who gets impressed by people kicking balls, and I am.  Spoiler alert!  Number one on the list, sadly, is not him making out with Alex.)

Sadly, I have to leave a little early today, but I thought I'd give soccer a little love on the way out the door (it was either soccer or Matt Leinart's crappy birthday party, and Nick Lachey was too easy of a target).

Anyway, about that UEFA Champions League Final between Liverpool and AC Milan: AC Milan got a late first-half goal when Filippo Inzaghi (who?) redierected a free kick from Andrea Pirlo (uh…) into the net.  They now lead 1-0 midway through the second half, although that could have changed by the time this post goes live.

Your best bets to catch the action (you know… besides TV) are the live blogs from The Offside and The FanHaus. 

Pictured: Abigail Clancy, girlfriend of gawky Liverpool striker Eric Peter Crouch.

UPDATE: AC Milan wins, 2-1.