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Goalkeeper Scores Last-Second, Game-Tying Bicycle Kick
In the last seconds of yesterday's match, down 0-1, fourth tier Spanish side UD Alcúdia sent keeper Barceló forward as an 11th attacker. To everyone's surprise, it totally worked. ...
The USWNT's Bus Broke Down, So The Players Hitched A Ride With Fans
I don't think there's any collection of athletes more likable than the members of the The U.S. Women's National Team. Case in point: The team was in Orlando, Fla., this weekend to play an exhibition match against Brazil when their team bus broke down after a practice session. Instead of waiting arou...
Let's Celebrate The Least Efficient Scorer in The Premier League
The chart above shows the Premier Leaguers with the highest ratios of goals to shots on goal this season among those who've both scored and averaged two tries per league game. It seems like the sort of thing you could write quite a lot about, but then the more you think about it, the less clear it i...
Tiny Children Foul The Crap Out Of Each Other
This horribly shot video comes from halftime of today's Dublin County Gaelic Football final. Two young lads, having a kick. Then, around the 35-second mark, things start getting ugly....
Video: The History Of International Football Transfers In Sixty Seconds
The video above, by EyeSeeData.com's Mac Bryla, jams 133 years of international football transfers into very cool-looking visual. If you're interested in digging into the data a bit more you can check out the interactive version he made on his site, which lets you break down the transfers by country...
So You Got A Deadly Infection From Playing In The NFL? Prove It.
Of all the storylines you expected to be a part of the first half of the NFL season, a workman's comp issue involving a toenail probably wasn't one of them. But it is, and it's actually intriguing in a number of ways, large and small....
Nearly Eight Minutes Of Zlatan Ibrahimovic Scoring Amazing Goals
Here's a collection of some of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's most stunning goals from over the years. Though the stank face impulse will be strong, try to keep your eyes open for the whole video, they only get better....
Here's The Most Impressive Own Goal Of The Year So Far
Here is FC Schweinfurt midfielder Stefan Seufert attempting to dispossess 1860 München II just inside his own half. He does! (Mostly because the opposing midfielder bailed on the play.) And then Seufert scored a 60-yard rocket-strike own goal. ...
This Photo Of A Kid Making It Rain After Scoring Is Just Adorable
This is Eli. He is five. Eli just scored a goal in a youth soccer game, and because he's awesome, he celebrated it by making it rain. One day, maybe, your kid will be as cool as he is....
Loic Remy's Late Goal Seals Newcastle Upset Over Chelsea
It seems like we've been here before, with a member of the Premier League's royalty losing unexpectedly to a team with nowhere near comparable talent. But that's the 2013 season for you, where Arsenal and Liverpool face off in a top-of-the-table clash while fighting off the likes of Tottenham, Sout...
Stoke City Keeper Scores Goal Within First 15 Seconds
It took keeper Asmir Begović merely 15 seconds to score his first career goal when the cleared ball bounced over Southampton's Artur Boruc and in for an incredibly early 1-0 Stoke City lead. Begović's goal was the fifth ever by a keeper in EPL; the last instance was Tim Howard in 2012....
Young Soccer Fan Reps His City By Making Like A Helicopter
This little Western Sydney Wanderers supporter and Petey Pablo fan takes his hype man duties very seriously. Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images....
A Decapitated Ref, And What It Doesn't Say About Brazilian Soccer
Just this week, the severed head of a former Brazilian professional soccer player was delivered to his wife's doorstep. This comes on a heels of a horror story over the summer—a soccer game devolved into a double murder, a referee's head hacked off with a sickle. The New York Times has gone deep on ...
Gerald McCoy: Coaches Were Angry Because I Helped An Opponent Up
Sorry, Gerald McCoy, but as long as you're a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, don't respect your opponent....
Rolando McClain Retired At 24 To Deal With Serious Anger Issues
Rolando McClain's short, tumultuous NFL career ended when he abruptly retired about a month after signing with the Ravens. Now, he's trying to get his life back on track....
Eddie Gaven, The Oddest Goalkeeper In MLS History, Retires
Eddie Gaven retired today, and the math doesn't seem right. He's only 27 years old, but already an 11-year veteran of MLS. That's what happens when you get drafted at age 16, as Gaven was by the MetroStars in 2003. The wunderkind never quite lived up to the hype, but he proved to be a versatile, wor...
Tim McCarver Says Farewell. That's Another Word For Goodbye, Which Is A Thing People Say When They're Parting Ways.
Tim McCarver signed off for the last time on Fox last night. In the video above, Joe Buck says "I love you" three times. McCarver's last word on a national broadcast is "ditto." Let's all be nice and remember there was a time when McCarver was actually really very good....
<em>Dallas Buyers Club</em> Is Gay History For Straight People
In his blistering, deeply moving Grantland essay about 12 Years A Slave, Wesley Morris lays waste to decades of white-guilt piety in films about racism and slavery—A Time To Kill, Cry Freedom, Glory—in a single sentence: "They've been appeals to white audiences by white characters talking to other w...