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Jizz Hornkamp does Dutch team dirty on pitch, finds longer-than-four-hours of fame on social media
If you’re playing against Den Bosch in Dutch soccer’s second division, you have to be ready for them to come hard from behind....
Dumbass Doping Defense To Drugs Trafficking Charge Gets Dutch Sprinter Stiff Prison Sentence
How dumbass are you if you are an Olympic athlete and your defense to narcotics trafficking charges is that you thought you were transporting performance-enhancing drugs?...
The Netherlands Beat Sweden, Will Meet USWNT In Women's World Cup Final
The Netherlands haven’t exactly been the free-flowing, highlight-making, net-assaulting bunch at this World Cup that their talent and our expectations would’ve predicted, though I’m sure the Dutch and their endearingly rabid fans aren’t too bothered by that. Not after today, when the Oranje beat Swe...
Dutch Guy Chips Like Four Dudes To Score World-Class Goal
Look at all the dang dudes our friend Jonhatan Opoku chips here. I’m gonna lump the keeper and that last hapless center back in as a pair, making four....
Robin van Persie Own Goal Ensures Netherlands Fail To Qualify For Euros
With the 2016 European Championships expanding from the usual 16 teams to 24, it should have been a given that the Netherlands would qualify. They finished third at last year’s World Cup, and boast a roster full of future stars and Champions League veterans. Yet going into today’s final group qualif...
The World Cup's Third-Place Game Is A Goddamned Disgrace To Soccer
When Spain were dealt an embarrassing group stage exit a jet was chartered to fly their players back to Madrid as soon as a flight path could be cleared. Just a matter of hours after their final game against Australia, the Spanish squad was at São Paulo International Airport, perusing the Duty Free ...
The Netherlands Smack Chile, Win Group B, Appear Unstoppable
The Netherlands played Chile today in the deciding match to see which country would finish atop Group B. The Netherlands demolished Spain in the opener, and dispatched Australia, but Chile had also won both of their matches, and it was reasonable to assume that the Dutch, who were without the suspen...
Arjen Robben Gives The Netherlands The Lead Over Spain With Filthy Goal
So, when Robin van Persie scored the goal of the young tournament in the first half against Spain, we didn't think it could get much better. Then, eight minutes into the second half, this happens. ...
Diego Costa Gets Tripped Up In The Box To Win Penalty
Spain are playing the Netherlands, and took the lead midway through the first half when David Silva slipped a ball to striker Diego Costa on the left side of the box. He cut the ball back to his right, and an onrushing Daryl Janmaat slid, missed the ball, and clipped Costa's foot. Penalty....
Shani Davis And Koen Verweij Are Best Olympic Bros
American speed skater Shani Davis is a minor celebrity in America, but he's practically a folk hero in the Netherlands, where speed skating is beloved all year round. According to the Wall Street Journal, Davis is so respected by the Dutch that even his Olympic rival, Koen Verweij, considers him a h...
Here's A Japanese Announcer Calling The Netherlands' Upset Over Cuba, Because International Baseball Is Awesome
I will admit to having been a WBC Doubting Thomas. Even as the first two editions produced their share of exciting moments, there was no lasting image, or huge shake-up of the baseball hierarchy. This year, though? I take back every use of the word "exhibition." Between the U.S.'s two stirring comeb...
Man Bijt Man: Luis Suarez Has A Mike Tyson Moment
If you thought Samuel Eto’o’s headbutt was the most ridiculous moment of severe misbehavior in soccer this weekend, you were wrong. Ajax’s Luis Suarez bitting PSV Eindhoven’s Otman Bakkal was far more bizarre....