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This Alabama Fan Is On His 18th Beer
♫ 18 beers, 18 beers, tied with Clemson at half & he’s had 18 beers ♫...
Officials' Timing Blunder Hurts Clemson; FG Attempt Falls Short
Greg Huegel’s 44-yard field goal attempt fell short after Clemson found themselves without a chance to run an additional play when officials allowed several seconds to run off the clock after a first down late in the first half of tonight’s national championship....
Diego Costa Screws Up 1-On-1 With Keeper, Chelsea Score Anyway
Yeah, this isn’t how Diego Costa imagined the ball would cross the goal line when he took his shot, but as long as it did, I don’t think he’ll mind too much....
Manchester United Have An Off Day, Get Bounced From Champions League
This didn’t seem that difficult. Go into Wolfsburg, get out with at least a draw, and guarantee a spot in the Champions League knockout rounds. Instead, Manchester United couldn’t hold onto their early lead and have been bounced from the competition and into the Europa League....
Referees Disallow Manchester United Goal On Controversial Call
Jesse Lingard thought he scored Manchester United’s crucial equalizer against Wolfsburg in the Champions League, only for the refs, after a long discussion, to take his goal away in controversial fashion....
Blown Offside Call Robs UNC Of Chance To Force Overtime Against Clemson [UPDATE]
First things first: North Carolina’s chances of winning this game were very slim. They’d have a minute to go 50 yards, score a touchdown, and get the two-point conversion—and that would just be to tie. But that an officiating blunder stripped them of the opportunity for a stunning comeback is, given...
Zlatan Gets Sentimental About His Boyhood Club Ahead Of His Game Against Them
For the first time in his career, PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimović will face Malmö, the hometown club where he got his start, in a competitive match today. In the video above, he explains why the club, the city, and the people have meant so much to him....
It's Barcelona's And Bayern Munich's World, Everyone Else Is Just Living In It
This weekend, Barcelona entered the stadium of the biggest club in the world and took on its starting lineup with a higher collective Q-Score than the cast of Ocean’s Eleven. The injury-stricken culés were missing their own brightest superstar and in his place featured a player who’s probably sold a...
The Jon Jones Redemption Tour Is Off With A Bang
This morning, MMA Fighting dropped an exclusive hour-long interview with former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones. As you may remember, Jones had his belt stripped in April after he got in a car accident, fled the scene, and was subsequently arrested, just four weeks before he was set to defe...
Chinese Commentator Fired For Snoring In Middle Of Champions League Game
The deep and hearty snores you hear are from Chinese commentator Dong Lu during this week’s Real Madrid-PSG Champions League match, and he’s not taking a sly jab at the quality of play. Apparently, Dong really did fall asleep during the game, and his network fired him for it....
That Was Really Mean What Bayern Munich Just Did To Arsenal
Talk about an ass-beating. Coming off a huge, totally unexpected Arsenal home win in the last round of Champions League matches, Bayern made no mistake about who’s really the better team and pasted the Gunners, 5-1 today....
Willian's Perfect Free Kick Saves Chelsea's Ass
Man, Willian’s right foot really is about the only way Chelsea can score, huh? After opening their account with an own goal off a deflected cross from, you guessed it, Willian, Chelsea fought back from a late Dynamo equalizer to score the winner in the 83rd minute....
Fallen Striker Edinson Cavani Spasms His Way Out Of A Goal
Edinson Cavani was once one of Europe’s most fearsome strikers, coveted the world over thanks to his domination of Serie A for Napoli. He had it all: a long, lanky frame to nod in goals with his forehead, a loping stride that sped him around the pitch and onto through balls much quicker than you’d e...
MLB Wants Teams To Chill Out With Their Champagne Celebrations
Celebrating a clinch with a clubhouse champagne shower (or a beer slip ‘n slide) is a baseball fixture dating back to the 1960s, according to this interesting ESPN account of the tradition’s evolution. But in recent years it’s become as managed and regulated—and sponsored—as anything else baseball h...
Dozens Of Fans Hurl Every Chair In Manchester At Each Other In Massive Brawl
Ahead of today’s Manchester City-Sevilla Champions League match, a bunch of fans met in the streets of Manchester and partook in a huge fight, chucking an insane number of chairs and tables at each other, proving yet again that soccer fans are the worst....
Arsenal Beat Bayern Munich With Two Of The Scruffiest Goals You'll See
For a while there it looked like Manuel Neuer’s superhero saves would keep a surprisingly dominant Arsenal off the scoresheet. By the end, though, the Gunners wound up sneaking the ball past Neuer twice—not with moments of brilliance, but by bungling the ball over the line by any means necessary....
This Is Why Manuel Neuer Is The Best Goalkeeper On The Planet
This save is simply preposterous. The subtle positioning, the movement, the straight up hand of steel that Bayern Munich keeper Manuel Neuer uses to keep out this point-blank Theo Walcott header is nothing short of amazing. This guy is something else....
Please Listen To Mike Francesa Shopping For Corks
MLB’s selling authenticated champagne bottles and corks from various teams’ locker-room celebrations, as they have in years past. On today’s show, Mike Francesa wanted to look into the going rate for Mets corks. Listeners were blessed to listen to Francesa traversing the online store for these corks...
Now It's Manchester United's Turn To Embarrass England With Some God-Awful Defending
I’m almost at a loss for words. Again, an English team meets a Champions League foe they should really be beating, and again they go down thanks to some horrendous defending....
Arsenal Keeper Fucks Everything Up, Scores On His Damn Self
Is this a David Ospina own goal? A Konstantinos Fortounis olímpico? Either way, it’s absolutely a crime against keeping....