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Cowboys Stadium Is A Horrible Place To Host Soccer
The Gold Cup semifinals will be held tomorrow at Cowboys Stadium, and if early photos are any indication, it's going to be an embarrassing shitshow for everyone involved. How bad? That photo is a pile of green sand to cover up the holes in the grass....
Nigeria Decides That 79-0 And 67-0 Soccer Matches May Have Been Fixed
Two amateur teams, seeking promotion to the third and lowest tier of Nigerian professional soccer, were tied on points heading into the deciding matches. They would need to win on goal differential to move up. They won their matches by a combined 146 goals....
Ref Won't Let Landon Donovan Wear Sunglasses
You tried to wear those glasses some angry El Salvador supporter threw on the field, Landon. You tried. And we respect you for that. ...
Eddie Johnson Puts Shocking Blond Hair To Good Use With Header
Seconds after entering the United States' Gold Cup match with El Salvador, newly blond forward Eddie Johnson saved himself from being the butt of jokes with a tremendous header for a goal. [FOX]...
Sunday Sermon: Al Green, Greg Maddux, And The Power Of Softness
Greg Maddux used to talk about throwing softer rather than harder when he was in a tight spot. Back in August of 2004, Mark Prior told Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci:...
PSG Is Threatening To Buy Lionel Messi. Wait. That Can't Happen, Right?
Soccer's the best. One of the reasons it's the best is that there are lots of leagues all over the world with lots of teams within them, and they all come together twice a year during the transfer windows to form one huge clusterfuck. Some of the richest clubs are owned by actual princes and/or oil ...
Tito Vilanova Leaving As Barcelona Manager After Cancer Relapse
In a press conference, FC Barcelona just announced that manager Francesc "Tito" Vilanova is leaving the club. He was diagnosed with cancer of the parotid gland in 2011. He only missed 18 days then, but last year he relapsed and missed two months of his first campaign as Barcelona manager last season...
What Edinson Cavani's Move To PSG Means For European Soccer
Earlier this week, French champions Paris Saint-Germain bought Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani from Italian side Napoli for a reported €64 million ($84 million). It's the fifth-highest transfer fee ever. What's also worth noting is that Cavani went for more than both Radamel Falcao's transfer to AS...
You Can't Play A World Cup In A Hospital: Brazil 2014, Argentina 1978
On June 30, Brazil dismantled Spain before a rapturous home crowd in the final of the Confederations Cup, the test run for next year's World Cup. The hosts' surprise win—and what it augurs for 2014—temporarily displaced massive protests as the story of the tournament. June saw hundreds of thousands...
"I Don't Like Excess"
From Isaac Chotiner’s 2008 Atlantic interview with Jhumpa Lahiri:...
A.J. McCarron Scoreboards Johnny Manziel
The tweet has, naturally, been deleted already but here it lives for eternity. McCarron, it turns out, was also Manziel's roommate at the infamous Manning camp where the Heisman winner was sent home for being hungover or a heavy sleeper or whatever....
A Gentle Giant
Jack McCallum is a terrific reporter and writer. He was with SI for many years and still does the occasional piece for them. He is also an author and runs a blog. The blog has lots of fun posts. This one, a tribute to the late Robert Creamer, is tender:...
And Where Do You Think You're Going? “I Said, ‘Out.’ Shit.”
Carlin on White Harlem. ...
This Goal Is The Most American Goal That Has Ever Been Scored, Probably
The United States played Costa Rica last night in what proved to be the US men's national team's first competitive match so far in the Gold Cup. And for 82 minutes, the game sucked. The Americans only needed a draw to finish first in the group, and for much of the match, they were content to dominat...
Prince Fielder Hitting A Triple While McCarver Recites “Enter Sandman”
Some strange things happened at tonight's All-Star Game in New York. A Kansas City player got a hit, for one. (The last Royal to do that was Bo Jackson.) Yankees closer Mariano Rivera entered the game in a save situation, but didn't earn the save. The weirdest parts, though? That Prince Fielder hit...
Should Costa Rica's Keeper Have Been Given A Red Card?
We're torn about this play in the second half of tonight's Gold Cup match between the United States and Costa Rica. The Costa Rican keeper was given a yellow for using his hands outside of the box to stop what may have been a goal. What do you think?...
Driver Slams Car Into Motorcyclist, Because Russia
Just another dashboard-cam reminder that Russia and driving don't mix. Good thing this guy stops to check the damage to his vehicle first....
Well, This Is Just A Miserable Soccer Play All Around
You might've missed the Haiti-El Salvador Gold Cup match last night. Now you've seen all you need to see....
Remembering Occupy Tebow: Jewel Of ESPN's Dying Comments Section
The ESPN comments section will no longer exist in its current form after today. The cesspool that allowed sports fans to anonymously post their unpunctuated thoughts about sports while hiding behind the shield of anonymity is being replaced by a system that will force users to tether their comments...