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OccupyTebow Enters Day Four; ESPN.com Admits Defeat
The sit-in at ESPN.com continues unmolested, as the overworked mods have apparently ceded the comment section to mob rule. Meanwhile, people who should know better still don't realize this has long stopped being an attack on Tebow himself, or even draconian comment moderation on a site that's more t...
A Seattle Sounders Fan Salutes You, Two Fingers At A Time
Your morning roundup for Nov. 3, the day we learned you're never to old to be a male prostitute. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
This Is What Happens When ESPN.com Attempts To Fight Back
At some point this evening, the ESPN comment moderators lost their minds and decided to attempt to deal with the Greater Than Tebow meme that's been raging on a Bill Williamson post for the past three days. But instead of simply disabling comments, the site has burdened some poor intern with the t...
Ho-hum, Cristiano Ronaldo Is Scoring On Stupidly Awesome Free Kicks Again
After Lionel Messi's hat trick Tuesday—his second consecutive match with at least three goals—the world turned to Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo for a response. He delivered early in RM's Champions League match at Lyon, with a blistering free kick that had the Lyonnais seeking shelter and O...
This Is What ESPN.com Under Attack Looks Like
The #occupytebow comment feed over on ESPN's now-regrettable post, "Time for Elway to think post-Tebow," is still going after three days. If anything, it's only gotten more spirited. You can watch in real time on the post, but we also went ahead and captured a bit of the glory for those of you who...
ESPN.com Moderators Launching Tet Offensive Against "X > Tebow" Right Now
Go to the Tebow column's comments, and make sure you've got it set to "live." You can see the poor mods deleting every single "X > Tebow" comment in real time. They've worked their way back to yesterday, but still have a day and a half more to go....
How Contempt For Tim Tebow Caused An ESPN.com Commenter Revolution
The ESPN.com comment section is a den of iniquity and misspelling, and for the world's largest sports site, it's curiously inessential. The open registration means the discourse tends toward lowest common denominator, and it's too big to engender much sense of community. But once in a long while the...
In Morocco, They Mix Club Music With Soccer Highlights, And That Makes It More Fun
"A 95th minute amazing strike from Chamseddine Chtaibi gave Maghreb Fez a deserved 1-0 victory against Interclube from Angola, on Sunday, to reach the final of the CAF Confederation Cup. The Moroccan side reached their first ever major continental final on the away goal rule as they were defeated ...
And You Didn't Think It Was Possible To Score A Header From 63 Yards Out
Ryujiro Ueda, a defender for J-League team Fagiano Okayama, enters the record books with the longest header goal in soccer (or at least YouTube) history. He owes at least a share of the record to the goalkeeper, who supplies the kinetic energy and misplays the ball perfectly. [Daily Mail]...
Romanian Soccer Team Supporters Make Philly Fans Look Downright Amicable
So this is a match between Romanian clubs Petrolul Ploiești and Steaua București, in which Petrolul is losing to visiting Steaua 0-2. A Petrolul supporter invades the pitch and suckerpunches Steaua defender George Galamaz, an act that earned the rogue fan a brutal beatdown by Galamaz' teammates. T...
Don't Worry, The Eagles Will Look Terrible Again Soon
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
What Counts In Soccer As A Fight Broke Out After The Red Bulls-Galaxy Match
The MLS playoffs are underway—you knew that, right?—and after the L.A. Galaxy's 1-0 victory over New York Red Bulls things got a bit testy. It wasn't brouhaha levels, mostly because the guy who appeared suffer the most pain (Red Bulls defender Rafael Márquez) wasn't actually touched, as far as any...
Czech Referee Gets Drunk, Officiates Soccer Game Poorly
Apparently, this is Tomas Fidra. Tomas had a little bit to drink before heading in to work one day....
Did Robin Van Persie Just Salute The Nazis?
So this is weird. I'm not saying Robin Van Persie is a bad guy, but it certainly looks like he agrees with the ravings of a certain Austrian sociopath. At least Ian Darke was there to class up the joint....
How Boca Raton Lost Its All-Star Pro Soccer Team Without Even Trying
The Boca Raton magicJack should have been the most marketable franchise in Women's Professional Soccer. The squad, formerly the D.C.-based Washington Freedom, was bought before the 2011 season by millionaire Dan Borislow, who renamed it after his own telecom product and moved it near his Florida hom...
A Partial Defense Of Joe Buck And Tim McCarver
"Buck should commentate funerals." "Fire this emotionless prick." "Buck makes Jim Nantz sound like Gus Johnson." "Tired and lame." The criticism of Joe Buck from the Internet peanut gallery is harsh—and even our friends at The Classical used this very space to describe his announcing as "fistful-o...
An Argentine Soccer Player Had His Face Stepped On (Video)
What happened to Cristiano Diaz of Newell's Old Boys in a match Monday against All Boys is not for the squeamish. What might be more remarkable, as noted here, was that Diaz not only refused the stretcher afterward, but played the full 90 minutes. [Dirty Tackle]...
Happy Dog Leads Adorable Pitch Invasion
At a Copa Sudamericana (think the Europa League for CONMEBOL), a round of 16 match was interrupted by—OH MAN LOOKIT THAT DOG GO! With Santa Fe up 4-0 on Botafogo, play drew to a halt when—HAHA HE IS SO HAPPY TO RUN IN THE GRASS! Players and officials tried their best to grab him, but—OMG HE IS IN ...
Come One, Come All To "Coon-O-Ween," The Halloween Party With Special Guest Aqib Talib (UPDATE)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers corner Aqib Talib seems to love getting in trouble, and even his Halloween plans reflect that....
Don King Pops Down To Occupy Wall Street To Show Support, Famous Hair Erection
Courtesy of AnimalNY comes the latest celebrity sighting at Zucotti Park. King told Animal reporter Bucky Turco he's visiting the dirty 99% because their movement represents "Americana" and mumbled some stuff about the First Amendment. Only in a plutocracy! [AnimalNY]...