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Rory McIlroy Wins PGA Championship In Dramatic Finish At Dusk
McIlroy birdied the 17th hole to take a two-stroke lead heading into the 18th and David Feherty called him a baby-faced killer. Par would do the job on 18, and McIlroy two-putted his way to his fourth career major, his second consecutive major win of the year, and his second career PGA Championship....
PGA Championship Delayed Because Course Was Under Water
Heavy rains at Valhalla put a hold on the final round of the PGA Championship today. Play was suspended at 12:53 p.m. and what officials initially thought would be a quick delay soon ran longer as the rain worsened. It got so bad that many areas of the course, including greens were completely under ...
The Adventures Of Jason Day And His Missing Golf Ball
Jason Day hit an errant drive on the second hole today at the PGA Championship and found himself barefoot, traversing a stream and marshlands in rolled-up pants in an effort to track it down. The ball was lost, then found, then lost again, before Day finally got to hit out of the mess and save par. ...
The Best Fake Soccer In The World Is Played Right Here In The USA
BERKELEY, CA. - The flashing electronic bulletin board on College Avenue read “SOCCER EVENT.” Berkeley Police closed off main roads a mile out from California Memorial Stadium an hour before Real Madrid was to play Inter Milan in a fake soccer game as part of the International Champions Cup, a fake ...
Happy Golf Dog Should Be Atop The Open Leaderboard
Who's a good doggy? Who? Who? Not you! Because you...are a great doggy....
That's Not How Putting Works, Ernie Els
Hi there, Ernie Els. I understand that you are successful professional golfer, so I hesitate to overstep my bounds here by telling you how to do your job. Still, I think you should know that this isn't how putting is supposed to work:...
Real Madrid Win Champions League After Atlético Finally Run Out Of Gas
Atlético Madrid—at least the unrelenting, ever-charging, indefatigable version that has taken Madrid, Spain, Europe, and the entire soccer-loving world by storm this season—outclassed, out-ran, and out-fought Real Madrid en route to a 1-0 Champions League win on Saturday. Unfortunately, that iterati...
Three Extra-Time Goals Give Real Madrid Champions League Title
After Sergio Ramos scored in stoppage time with a 93rd-minute equalizer to keep Real Madrid alive in the Champions League final, Real Madrid struck three times in the second half of extra time to blow out Atletico Madrid....
Sergio Ramos Header In 93rd Minute Forces Extra Time At UCL Final
The UEFA Champions League final in Lisbon is headed to extra time after Sergio Ramos's header found the back of the net in the 93rd minute to equalize the score at 1-1....
Russian Hockey Coach Makes Throat-Slash Gesture At Swedish Coach
Russian coach Oleg Znarok and Swedish coach Rikard Gronborg got into a heated argument from their respective benches during today's semifinal game at the IIHF World Championships. You can't hear what they're saying, but it's safe to say that the words aren't friendly....
BBC Announcer Goes Bonkers As QPR Scores 90th-Minute Winner In Play-Off
Queens Park Rangers is returning to the Premiership after Bobby Zamora's last-minute goal dashed Derby County dreams and sent BBC Radio London announcer Phil Parry into heart palpitations....
Alex Ovechkin Injures Leg At World Championships, Carried Off Of Ice
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin was injured in today's IIHF World Championships match between Russia and Germany....
Atlético Madrid's Diego Simeone Is The World's Dopest Manager
Atlético Madrid and Barcelona are set to play the biggest league game in the history of the world today. Most of the cast in this production are well known—Barça are still Barça, though by all accounts their manager is not long for this city; we've touched on Atléti's players before—but the total ba...
The Undefeated Champions of Defeat City
Head on over to GQ and check out this excellent story by Kathy Dobie:...
Richard H. Lee Duffs An Easy Shot Not Once, But Twice
The 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass was one to forget for poor Richard H. Lee, as he whiffed twice in a row during the Players Championship....
Cristiano Ronaldo Goal Celebration Most Ronaldo Thing Ever
So Real Madrid is embarrassing Bayern Munich at Allianz Arena, and that was before... whatever this is....
Atlético Madrid Beat Barça In Champions League, Dream Season Continues
It's all fun and games cheering on plucky upstarts Atlético Madrid, right up until the point they tear out your heart and play keepy-uppy with it. So excuse me if I'm not appropriately excited about Atlético's thoroughly deserved and enjoyable-for-neutrals 1-0 Champions League win over Barcelona....
Sad Man United Score Great Goal, Then Get Pounded In Champions League
So...the gig's up. Manchester United, who have played like absolute dog shit all season long, almost definitely won't play in the Champions League next season. After drawing defending CL champions FC Bayern last week in the first leg of their quarterfinal, they needed to avoid a loss in Germany to a...
Typical José: Chelsea's Champions League Win Was Right On Schedule
José Mourinho's teams are some goddamn cockroaches, man. Just when you think you've got them squashed, their viscous innards seeping from their corrugated underbelly—as PSG could've justifiably believed, leading Chelsea 3-1 after the first leg of their Champions League tie—they somehow keep right on...