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German Cup Match Invaded By Surprise Anal Sex Tours
The hanging of flags and banners by soccer team supporters' groups is a tradition as old as the game itself. But what the hell is this, spotted during last night's DFB Cup match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund? Is there really a a Frankfurter booster crew called Anal Sex Tours?...
Obese Fans Will Get Discounts, Special Wider Seats At The World Cup
All 12 of the stadiums hosting 2014 World Cup matches will be either new or completely renovated, and a recently passed Brazilian law requires that at least one percent of their capacity be devoted to seats for fans with disabilities, including obesity....
Nick Faldo Is A Cupcake Magician
Spoiler alert: it's not really magic. Faldo was giving Gary Player a hard time about his fitness advocacy and played like he was going to eat the cupcake before tossing it over his shoulder. It hit the glass window behind the booth and stuck there. ...
Patrick Roy's Son Acts Like Nine-Year-Old After Being Tossed From Game
With the Rochester Americans trailing 5-0 to Geneve-Servette HC in the Spengler Cup Thursday, Frederick Piuze-Roy—son of famed goalie and current Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy—tried to take his frustration out on Cody Almond. He ended up getting tossed and going berserk....
Report: Operator Of Crane That Killed 3 In Brazil Worked 18 Straight Days
A month ago, it was reported that a crane collapsed at a Sao Paulo stadium where workers were doing construction ahead of next year's Brazil World Cup. The collapse left three people dead, and little answers as to the cause of the tragic accident. According to a new report, however, the tragedy may ...
This Shootout Spin-O-Rama Is Simply Filthy
It's not just a spin-o-rama, it is a spin-o-rama with a little between-the-legs action for some flavor. ...
Chart: Who Has The Hardest World Cup Draw?
With the world cup just six months away, The Guardian has put together a great set of charts comparing the relative schedules of each qualifying team, based on their opponents' FIFA rankings. As you can see above, by this measure the U.S. has the third-hardest schedule, just behind Ghana and Austral...
Croatian Player Banned From World Cup For Pro-Nazi Chant
Last month, defender Josip Šimunić celebrated Croatia's World Cup qualification by leading fans in a call-and-response chant made famous by the nation's fascist puppet regime that ruled during World War II. FIFA has now banned him for 10 matches, which will extend through the World Cup....
Nate Silver's Model Gives The USMNT A 39.4 Percent Chance To Advance
When the U.S. drew Germany, Portugal, and Ghana for its 2014 World Cup group, the immediate consensus was that we were totally boned. But is it possible, after rigorous quantitative analysis, that we are less than boned?...
The USMNT Probably Won't Win The World Cup
Going into today's World Cup draw, we already knew just how stacked the 32-team field that make up next year's tournament in Brazil was. Seemingly every perennial superpower—hosts Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, and the Netherlands, Italy—as well as the ridiculous "underclass" of teams like Belgi...
How The World Cup Draw Affected Each Country's Odds To Win
Hot off the presses from online sportsbook Bovada, each country's odds to win the 2014 World Cup, both before and after today's draw....
Here Are The Groups For The 2014 World Cup
As just drawn at a ceremony in Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil:...
What if FIFA Seeded The World Cup The Way Americans Would?
FIFA is so hopelessly corrupt that today's lottery to determine World Cup round robin groups is a necessary evil. If a committee determined the groupings behind closed doors, it would surely result in political enemies being forced to face Brazil in the first round and the country giving Sepp Blatte...
Here Are The Pots For The World Cup Draw
At a press conference in Brazil this morning, FIFA officials announced the pot allocations for next summer's World Cup. The draw will be held on Friday, but it's time to start imagining your groups of death, and how the U.S. is absolutely going to end up in one....
Crane Collapse At Brazil World Cup Stadium Kills 3
A construction accident at a Sao Paolo stadium scheduled to host the opening ceremony of next summer's World Cup killed three workers, according to an official statement, and that number could rise....
Brazil's World Cup Kick-Off Times Are <em>Perfect</em>
The last four World Cups have been nightmares for American television viewers, with games kicking off at sunrise or (in 2002) in the middle of the night, and finishing in the middle of the afternoon. But Brazil's got our backs, and the match times are absolutely ideal for making sure no one gets a d...
CFL Players Suffered Frostbite During Grey Cup Practice
Canada is cold, footage at 11....
ESPN Writer Takes All-Expenses Paid Trip To Qatar, Loves Qatar
All those problems you thought Qatar's World Cup faced—indentured servitude, bribery allegations, unplayable heat, nonexistent infrastructure—it turns out they can all be made to go away with a stay in a nice hotel and a photo op with Alan Shearer. ...