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Explain to me how every MLB team can be a 'top suitor' for Juan SotoThere isn’t anyone more desirable at this year’s MLB trade deadline than Juan Soto. He’s a 23-year-old slugger with more potential than a boulder sitting at the top of a steep hill (that’s a science joke for all the professors out there). It was clear that several teams were going to call the Nation...

Why Does A Leader Of The Indonesian Genocide Get To Play In So Many PGA Tour Pro-Ams?There is a scene near the start of Joshua Oppenheimer’s award-winning 2012 documentary The Act Of Killing in which Japto Soerjosoemarno—the leader of far-right paramilitary group Pemuda Pancasila—is being interviewed on a golf course about his role in the Indonesian genocide of 1965-66. As he’s warm...

Bad Soccer Men Try And Thankfully Fail To Beat The Hell Out Of RefereeA soccer match from earlier this month between Indonesian clubs Persegres Gresik United and Persiwa Wamena exploded into chaos when a few players who took issue with a controversial penalty call sought to communicate their dissatisfaction to the ref by beating his ass:...

Some Indonesian Guy Named Terens Puhiri Is Apparently The Fastest Man In The World

I don’t know much about Indonesian soccer, not even enough to be properly impressed when Wikipedia describes 21-year-old Borneo FC forward Terens Puhiri as “The Next Boaz Solossa,” but what I do know is what fast looks like. And this guy sure is fast:...

You Have To See These Indonesian Soccer Dudes Throw This Match

Words like "unbelievable" are thrown around too often in sports, but the highlight video above and especially the extended clips below of two Indonesian soccer teams throwing a match is exactly what the word unbelievable was meant to express. But then you realize that they're doing so to maybe save ...

The Worst Punishment For Luis Suárez Is Forcing Him To Play Teenagers

The worst part of Luis Suárez's suspension for the player himself probably hasn't been the jokes about his cannibalistic supervillain image, nor missing out on the early parts of this promising Barcelona season, nor the weekly adulation from tens of thousands of fans he used to receive whenever he s...

Soccer Player Dies After Disgusting Tackle From Goalkeeper

A soccer player died of his injuries in the hospital after suffering a horrible tackle in a match....

Here's A Bunch Of Indonesian Schoolkids Singing "Meet The Mets"

I would never imply that the only reason Mets fan Ben Nathan spent six months in Indonesia teaching English was to cultivate a group of children willing to do his bidding, and create this video of them singing "Meet the Mets." Only that it was probably the biggest reason....