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This Is Why You Play To The Whistle
The following video, which depicts Macclesfield’s game-winning stoppage time goal against Woking, is an object lesson on why you must always be alert and focused for literally every second of every game, even when an outcome seems guaranteed, especially when playing on a bog of a pitch in rain-soake...
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Patrick McCaw Leaves On Stretcher After Landing On Back [UPDATE]
Patrick McCaw left tonight’s game against Sacramento on a stretcher after the Warriors guard fell hard to the floor after being undercut by Vince Carter on a play that left Golden State coach Steve Kerr angrily cursing at the veteran Kings star....
Zlatan Ibrahimović Introduces Self To MLS By Scoring Equalizer From 40 Yards Out [UPDATE]
ZLATAN IS HERE AND HE IS MAGNIFICENT. ...
Teaira McCowan Is The Most Undeniable Player In Women's College Basketball<em></em>
COLUMBUS, OH — When Teaira McCowan grabbed her 23rd rebound of Mississippi State’s semifinal win over Louisville on Friday night, she just kept coming down with it—all the way to the floor. That’s a long way down for McCowan, who stands a muscular 6'7", but she wasn’t going to let this rebound get a...
Asia Durr, Teaira<em></em> McCowan, And A Few Other Reasons UConn Might Not Win It All
I get it, I do: You’re a fan of basketball, and this weekend has given you not one but two Final Fours watch. A choice appears. In one corner, an 11-seed underdog that might just do the dang thing and three high seeds that survived historically weird brackets; in the other, four No. 1 seeds, led by ...
The Guy Who Made That Hideous Ronaldo Bust Made A Better One
Emanuel Santos, the sculptor of the creepy Cristiano Ronaldo bust that blessed the airport in Madeira, Portugal, has tried again. In a documentary directed by Kelly Naqui and published by Bleacher Report, Santos describes what it was like to be mocked by the entire world (he said it was hard, both h...
Russian Soccer Fans Reportedly Chanted Monkey Noises At Black French Players
In yesterday’s friendly between France and Russia in St. Petersburg, Russian soccer fans reportedly continued their long and fervent tradition of being super racist to black players by chanting monkey noises at French players Paul Pogba and Ousmane Dembélé. The Associated Press reported that the abu...
Lionel Messi Did Not Have Fun At Spain's 6-1 Drubbing Of Argentina Today
Just a couple of months before June’s World Cup begins, a next-generation Spain squad incinerated a mostly full-strength Argentina in Madrid today, riding an Isco hat trick to a 6-1 laugher. It’s only a friendly, but still, it wasn’t good, and Argentina star Lionel Messi, missing the game with a ham...
UEFA Gets Rid Of Dumb Rule That Keeps Cool Players On The Sidelines
Are you a Barcelona fan angry that the team’s chances of winning the treble this year are significantly hampered because Philippe Coutinho isn’t allowed to play in the Champions League? Are you a Gooner worried that Arsenal might fail to win the Europa League and in the process consign the once prou...
Goalkeeper Tries To Pretend He Didn't Do The Incredibly Dumb Thing He Just Did
To throw a ball into one’s own net is the single worst thing a goalkeeper can do. To throw the ball into one’s own net, and for that colossal boner to not be the biggest takeaway from the incident in question, takes some serious work. So we doff our cap to this Ethiopian keeper who managed just that...
Four Idiots On The Field Invade Portugal Match; One Tries To Kiss Cristiano Ronaldo
At one point during today’s Portugal-Netherlands friendly match, there were three Idiots On The Field who tried to share a moment with Cristiano Ronaldo. One of them went so far as to attempt to lock lips with the Portugal captain:...
Soccer Player Delivers A <i>Mortal Kombat</i> Flying Kick To Opponent's Face
Martín Minadevino of Argentine club Atlético Brown demonstrated Saturday that his hero growing up wasn’t Maradona, but Liu Kang:...
Here Are The New Kits The USMNT Won't Wear At The World Cup This Year
U.S. Soccer unveiled the new uniforms for the men’s and women’s national teams in what amounted to a Friday afternoon news dump. The timing was strange, and almost made it seem like they didn’t want to remind everyone that the U.S. men’s national soccer team will not be wearing these sweet new kits ...
Players In Polish Soccer League Apparently Can't Kick The Ball For Shit
We don’t have strong views about whether Poland’s domestic soccer league is helping or hurting Polish soccer the way we do about MLS’s effects on soccer in the U.S. But this collection of lowlights from the Ekstraklasa does pose a troubling question: Why do so many players there suck at kicking the ...
Josh McCown Could Really Ball
In a new-to-us-but-actually-old BREAKING NEWS STORY similar to Nate McLouth speaking perfect Spanish, here’s current Jets quarterback Josh McCown, then with the Bucs in 2014, showing off his hoops skills when he played in Anquan Boldin’s charity basketball game....
Shithead England Hooligans Pour Drinks On Unsuspecting Boaters
The England national team is currently in Amsterdam for a World Cup tune-up friendly against the Netherlands. Lots of English fans also made the trip out to Amsterdam, and they too are using the trip to practice for World Cup. Sadly, it looks like the English hooligans have already mastered their pa...
Zlatan Announces Move To LA Galaxy In Most Zlatan Way Possible
As much as anything else, Zlatan Ibrahimović is so highly coveted by MLS for his ability to capture attention. While we still await an official announcement of his signing with the LA Galaxy, which by all reports is imminent, his wildly, hilariously arrogant persona is already paying dividends as ev...
Step Right Up And Feast Your Eyes On MLS's Newest Attraction, Zlatan Ibrahimović!
Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, may I have your attention please! We, the proud proprietors of Major League Soccer, The Greatest Show On Earth (By 2022), would like to welcome you to another season of the thrills, spills, and wildly inequitably salary bills you can only find at our glorious es...
Why The Giants Traded JPP
Twelve months after signing him to a contract with a max length of four years and a max value of $62 million, the Giants are shipping defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul to the Buccaneers. The Schefter Machine has the terms:...
