The sports-barren summer seems nigh eternal, but the end never fails to arrive.  And, of course, the end brings with it the reawakening of that establishment of esoteric popularity: This Week in Chelsea Sports Photography.

Wednesday: WOOOOO FOOTBALL!
Yes, that’s right: football is back!  The first game is still two weeks away, but there’s plenty of work that has to happen before that first game, and all that work starts early in August.

Don’t make the A.T. angry.  You won’t like him when he’s angry.

(Full gallery.)