Soccer10/25/19Oct 25 2019SaveSoccer10/25/19SoccerNick Rimando Was Never Too Short To Stand TallJosh Tucker19One dream is that it never ends. The cartilage never recedes and the synapses fire as fast as ever, and you just…
Soccer6/25/19Jun 25 2019SaveSoccer6/25/19SoccerAlmost Every Penalty Kick Save Ever Is Illegal Now And It's A MessJosh Tucker79The idea, which is not an unreasonable one on its face, is to “get it right.” The less inspiring extension of that…
Soccer6/20/19Jun 20 2019SaveSoccer6/20/19SoccerToo Much Of The World Cup Is Just Soccer Failing To Get Out Of Its Own WayJosh Tucker70Ideally, this would be a story about the best saves of the group stage from the group stage of the 2019 World Cup. Th…
Soccer4/2/19Apr 2 2019SaveSoccer4/2/19SoccerHugo Lloris Reminded Us That There Are Infinite Ways To Craft A Goalkeeping HowlerJosh Tucker25History will show that Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld’s 90th minute own goal was responsible for gifting…
Soccer2/7/19Feb 7 2019SaveSoccer2/7/19SoccerDavid De Gea Is Proof That Goalkeepers Should Embrace The Kick SaveJosh Tucker27You can not read the book on goalkeeping because the book does not exist, and that is for the better. A book might…
Soccer12/17/18Dec 17 20181Soccer12/17/18SoccerAmerican Soccer Is FineJosh Tucker122Zack Steffen, an American soccer player who currently plies his trade on U.S. soil, is set to join the English…
The Fights11/20/18Nov 20 20181The Fights11/20/18The FightsUFC Is Streaming A Bizarre Donald Trump Propaganda DocumentaryJosh Tucker73If parody is still possible, the opening montage is beyond parody. You’ve got your orchestral strings. An American…
Soccer10/30/18Oct 30 20181Soccer10/30/18SoccerKeepers Wield More Than Just Guesswork In The Battle Against Penalty KicksJosh Tucker10Penalty kicks are bad. They’re dramatic and can be a fascinating experience out of context, but we don’t get to…
Soccer10/8/18Oct 8 2018SaveSoccer10/8/18SoccerThe USWNT Looks As Good As Ever And Is Rolling Toward The World CupJosh Tucker36CARY, N.C. — How are we not talking about this team all the time? Sustained dominance is easy to take for granted,…
Soccer9/7/18Sep 7 20185Soccer9/7/18SoccerSome Common Goalkeeping Mistakes Aren't Actually MistakesJosh Tucker47It’s not really surprising that an eccentric position played by only one-tenth of a sport’s population and operating…
Soccer8/30/18Aug 30 20181Soccer8/30/18SoccerIt's Time For A Better Conversation About GoalkeepingJosh Tucker102Goalkeepers have no business existing in soccer. Maintaining an entire class of players whose job is to snuff the…
Aug 23 201868/23/18The Big Ugly Battle Over The World's Largest Rubber DuckJosh Tucker37SANDUSKY, Ohio — There is more than one enormous rubber duck. I did not know this when I decided to travel to…
The Fights7/9/18Jul 9 20188The Fights7/9/18The FightsDaniel Cormier Has Waited So Long To Be KingJosh Tucker63When the fight was over, in the short lull before the selling of the next fight began, Daniel Cormier was alone in…
Speedrunning7/3/18Jul 3 20187Speedrunning7/3/18SpeedrunningMy Week With The Fastest Gamers On EarthJosh Tucker21Eight years ago, Games Done Quick started as a handful of sleep-deprived speedrunners unexpectedly crammed into…
Mar 8 2018143/8/18If StarCraft Is Dead, No One Told ScarlettJosh Tucker37StarCraft is reportedly dead, though for a corpse the exact time and cause of death are proving difficult to pin…
The Fights7/8/16Jul 8 20165The Fights7/8/16The FightsUFC 200 Is Still The Best Card Of The YearJosh Tucker39All the old knocks still apply. The Ultimate Fighting Championship is a corrupt, exploitative brand in a corrupt,…
The Fights10/12/15Oct 12 20159The Fights10/12/15The FightsIs The Fight Game About To Destroy Yet Another Legend?Josh Tucker22Fedor Emelianenko will be 39 years old when he returns to Japan to fight on New Year’s Eve. His comeback will be…
The Fights9/4/15Sep 4 20158The Fights9/4/15The FightsDemetrious Johnson And John Dodson Face The Pain, Step To ThisJosh Tucker33There is an Ultimate Fighting Championship card scheduled for this Saturday, like many—probably too many—other…
The Fights2/19/15Feb 19 201523The Fights2/19/15The FightsEven God Cheats: How Anderson Silva Shocked Us By Doing The ExpectedJosh Tucker24The Nevada State Athletic Commission is a bumbling, soulless government agency, and so a strange agent for the…
The Fights8/31/14Aug 31 201418The Fights8/31/14The FightsUFC Runs Disastrous, Embarrassing Card, Blames Fighters And The MediaJosh Tucker73 On Thursday, UFC 177 was positioned to be a terrible pay-per-view event, just really bad by any objective…