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Brek Shea Scores Winning Goal For USMNT In The Gold Cup Final
The US Men's National Team have been dominating Panama throughout the Gold Cup final match, and in the second half, it felt like US Soccer were going to break through. In the 69th minute, substitute winger Brek Shea tapped in a cross that beat the keeper over the goal line, just 42 seconds after com...
Is Gareth Bale Really Worth $150 Million?
Even before Tottenham winger Gareth Bale swept the Premier League season individual awards last year, winning player of the year, young player of the year and Football Writers' Association player of the year, we knew that Real Madrid wanted him. We just didn't know how badly....
Panama's Gabriel Torres Takes A Cross To The Jewels
Panama forward Gabriel Torres tried to put his body on this first half cross in the Gold Cup final. And he succeeded, just not with the part of his body he might have wanted. (Fox using this sequence as the outro to its halftime montage was cold.) h/t to @KingHarris_ [Fox]...
High-Powered Sprint Boat Careens Off Course, Crashes Into Spectators
Sprint Boat racing is a niche sport in which 1,000-horsepower engines propel tiny boats around what looks like a flooded go-kart track. If this sounds like a recipe for disaster, you're right—as spectators at Oregon's "Field Of Dreams" learned yesterday....
Tino Martinez Resigns As Miami Hitting Coach Amid Reports Of Abuse
According to the Miami Herald, Tino Martinez has resigned as hitting coach after a player notified the team Martinez was physically abusive. The specific incident occurred several months ago and Martinez reportedly "erupted in anger unjustly and grabbed him by his neck and neck chain." The agent f...
Gerrit Cole Picks Nose, Eats Booger
The immediate cut to Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole sitting by himself with what looks like his finger in his nose suggests a directorial decision to catch him in the act of picking his nose. But it gets better....
Utah Blaze Score, Then Hit Rock Bottom
Keep watching after the excellent kick return touchdown from LaVaughn Macon in the Utah Blaze's 48-46 win over the Cleveland Gladiators last night to see one of the better touchdown celebrations in recent memory. h/t to @JazzGameNight...
Elvis Andrus And Adrian Beltre Collide
This is why I don't want you touching me, man....
Johnny Manziel Still Clowning Everyone On Twitter
Johnny Manziel sending a tweet about championships mattering a day after video and pictures of him enjoying his life lit Twitter afire leaves him open for criticism, as a title-less player in a ring-mad society. But Johnny Football sees and reacts to criticism on Twitter like he does pressure on the...
Dick Tweeted From Marcus Jordan's Account. Was It A "#Mistake"?
A representative for Marcus Jordan says this is neither Jordan's tweet nor his dick. Some language in the post has been changed since its original publication....
Report: Albert Pujols Likely Done For Season
Albert Pujols was placed on the disabled list this morning with a partially torn plantar fascia ligament in his left foot. It was initially hoped the injury would only keep Pujols off the field for a couple weeks, but according to Tim Brown, Pujols has been told he's probably done for the season and...
David Cone On Ortiz Meltdown: “Shrapnel's Fuckin’ Flying Around”
David Cone is actually a great addition to the YES booth; he talks about baseball with passion and only occasionally sprinkles in an F bomb or two....
Derek Jeter Homers In First At-Bat Off Disabled List
Forget all that Biogenesis nonsense and bask in the glory that is Derek "The Captain" Jeter....
Biogenesis Suspensions Likely Coming This Week
According to a report in the New York Post, Major League Baseball plans on announcing the remainder of the Biogenesis-related suspensions this week. That includes Alex Rodriguez and more than 15 other players. It looks like those 15-plus other guys will all get 50-game suspensions in much the same w...
New York Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake Play MLS Game Of The Year
You can skip ahead to 4:12 in these highlights of the New York Red Bulls' 4-3 win over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Everything after that made the game probably the best we'll see this MLS season....
Boxer Shouts Out “San Diego ... San Antonio, My Bad!”
At least Keith Thurman won the WBA welterweight title with his win over Diego Chaves on Saturday....