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The Banned Boca Raton Women's Professional Soccer Team Will Keep Playing In Zombie Form
Women's Professional Soccer's year-long battle with its ultimate nemesis, magicJack owner and giant motor-tricycle aficionado Dan Borislow, has finally come to a close. WPS may have escaped extinction last month, but they can't escape Dan Borislow....
Cristiano Ronaldo Went Five-Hole And Drew First Blood In <em>El Clásico</em>
It's a Copa del Rey quarterfinal matchup between Real Madrid and Barcelona, one on which Cristiano Ronaldo made an early mark with this nifty goal between the legs of Barça's José Manuel Pinto. [GOLTV]...
The Western Carolina Catamounts Beat A Northern Georgia Bible College By 102 Points Last Night
Oh, you didn't think you'd ever read about Toccoa Falls College basketball on Deadspin, did you? Since there's no Wikipedia today, I'll tell you that Toccoa Falls bills itself as a "Christ-centered educational institution that prepares men and women for vocational and professional occupations." It h...
Robbie Findley Missed An Open Net From Two Yards Out
He didn't even come particularly close, either. The US national and Nottingham Forest striker will be rueing this one, from the first half of today's FA Cup replay at Leicester City....
Mario Balotelli Does Thing
Balotelli showed up unannounced at a Manchester school, where he asked students if there was a bathroom he could use. [via Dirty Tackle]...
Joe Flacco Wants A Little Recognition For Not Having Achieved Anything Noteworthy Yet
Won't somebody please remember Joe Flacco? The Baltimore Ravens' quarterback is not happy with how he's being perceived. Why is that? He's 44-20 in his career in the regular season. He's been in the divisional round three times already, and even made it to the AFC Championship Game once. He's orche...
Spanish Goalkeeper Allows Four Goals In Six Minutes, Saves Best Fail For Last
Enaut Zubikarai, the goalkeeper for Real Sociedad, had a very terrible Tuesday evening. Playing in the Copa del Rey's round of 16, Zubikarai allowed Mallorca to score six goals in the first 60 minutes, and Real Sociedad lost, 6-1. This particular moment of utter failure was Mallorca's fourth goal ...
Iowa Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery Loses His Shit, Berates Refs And Players, Slams A Chair
Your morning roundup for Jan. 11, the day we learned Siberia saved the animals. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
This Portuguese Soccer Highlight Is Brought To You By Some Guy Named Artur
As you already know, Sporting Braga bested Beira-Mar 2-1 on the Portuguese pitch yesterday. It would have been 2-0, however, had Artur not concocted this sweet lil shot before halftime, his third in a 14-game-old season. Hate to think of how the Beira-Mar home crowd would've taken to a shutout....
Thierry Henry Scored For Arsenal In His Homecoming Match To Put Them Up 1-0 On Leeds
Call it a fairytale, call it destiny, don't call it offside (which he was, most definitely) but Thierry Henry scoring for Arsenal—where he scored a club-record 226 goals between 1999 and 2007—is a story from the pages of British pulp fiction. That he scored the deciding goal in the Gunners' FA Cu...
<em>SportsCenter</em> Sought On-Air Advice From Someone Named "Jizzy48"
We noted last week the 2pm Eastern SportsCenter has become a playground for the surreal, one anchors Chris McKendry and John Buccigross tend to enhance—if not outright endorse—with their quick wits and solid rapport....
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Appear To Be Setting The Bar High In Their Coaching Search
Per Chris Mortensen, the Bucs will have an interview tomorrow with 68-year-old Marty Schottenheimer, who hasn't coached in the NFL since 2006. Guess they figure they have to reach the playoffs before they can lose in them. [via]...
The "Respect United" Soccer Tournament Was Canceled After Fans Brawled With Riot Police
Fans of the German indoor soccer team St. Pauli—perhaps after imbibing too many of a beverage hawked by local Fräuleins—brawled with spectators and Hamburg police, bringing a premature end to the Schweinske Cup tournament....
University Of Kentucky Freshman Hits $10,000 Half-Court Shot—But Will The Contest Sponsor Pay Up? [UPDATE]
UK freshman Vincent Swope is notorious in the Wildcats student section for dressing up like a referee, but his half-time half-court shot for $10,000 is making him a folk hero....
One Of The Best Strikes You'll See All Season Just Put Tiny Macclesfield Town Up On Bolton
It's been a bad week for Bolton goalkeeper Ádám Bogdán. First he let Tim Howard score on him and now he's been victimized by this ridiculous strike off the boot of League Two Macclesfield Town's Arnaud Mendy in FA Cup action. It's 2-1 in Macclesfield 2-2 now after Bolton just equalized. Macclesfie...
Liverpool: Still A Bit Racist
Did Anfield learn nothing from Luis Suarez's ban? Two Liverpool supporters (both wearing Suarez jerseys) yelled racial taunts at Oldham's Tom Adeyemi during today's FA Cup match. The game was interrupted as the fans were removed, and at least one of them has been arrested. [Mirror Football, Guardian...
Tim Howard Just Scored A Goal
In the game featuring Landon Donovan's Everton debut it was another American, goalkeeper Tim Howard, who stole the show, scoring a goal to put his side up 1-0 on Bolton Wanderers....
Demba Ba Drew First Blood For Newcastle Against Man U With This Fantastic Volley
In a week that's belonged to the giant-killers, Newcastle's aiming to be the next David and has a 1-0 edge on Manchester United thanks to this perfectly-placed volley by Demba Ba. [Fox Soccer]...
Nomar Garciaparra Tried To Convince Astronauts The Moon Landing Was Fake, And Other Stories From Six Years In Red Sox PR
Go read Doug Bailey's piece in Boston magazine, because any time a media strategist for one of the most media-dysfunctional franchises in sports starts telling tales out of school, it's well worth your time. Especially when Bailey's former employer is reportedly furious about it. ...
U.K.'s Royal Mint Releases Coin Explaining The Offside Rule
Now that 2012 is upon us, the U.K.'s Royal Mint is releasing 29 new coins, each featuring a different Olympic sport. Above is the soccer coin, the reverse of which contains a handy diagram explaining just what constitutes offside. The image "is designed to provoke discussion," but I think the real d...