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U-14 Player Scores Wonderful Scorpion Kick Goal
Former Colombian keeper Rene Higuita pioneered the goal-saving scorpion kick two decades ago, but now the youths—in this case, Grêmio U-14 defender Thomas Luciano—are furthering its evolution into a goal-scoring weapon....

Texas A&M Assistant's Twitter Rant About Losing One Recruit Chased Away Another (UPDATED)
One of the grossest things in all of sports is big-time college football recruiting: educational institutions groveling and begging high schoolers to attend, adults directing slush funds towards 17-year-olds, college graduates harassing kids on social media to consider their alma mater. And last nig...

The Streaky-Ass Miami Heat Just Barely Won A Series They Dominated
The Heat are likely going to be favored over whoever squeezes out the Indiana-Toronto series that wraps tonight the time you’re finishing your Game of Thrones-Silicon Valley doubleheader. Even if it’s Toronto (which hasn’t won a playoff series since 2001) and we get the No. 2 v. No. 3 seed matchup, ...

In An NFL First, The Vikings Just Drafted A Receiver Straight Out Of Germany
The Vikings are making dreams come true in the sixth round of the draft. This guy Moritz Boehringer, a wideout from Germany’s Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns, was 17 when he found video of Adrian Peterson ripping up YouTube. Instantly the Vikes were his favorite team, and football was his favorite sport. T...

Weird Purple Guy Tries To Start Shit With Dwyane Wade; Heat Beat Hornets
So here’s this weirdo wearing purple and a tiny green backpack who somehow scored court-side seats for tonight’s Heat-Hornets Game 6. He tried riding Dwyane Wade hard in the final minutes, only to see the veteran Miami guard hit two marvelous clutch shots. That, somehow, didn’t shut Purple Guy up. T...

Sevilla's Michael Krohn-Dehli Suffers Super Gnarly Knee Injury
Sevilla midfielder Michael Krohn-Dehli saw his kneecap do something kneecaps should never do—namely, appear to slide off and up into his thigh—during today’s Europa League match against Shakhtar Donetsk. As a warning, the video’s pretty gross:...

Somehow, The Hornets Are On The Verge Of The Second Round
Before the Hornets beat the Miami Heat on Saturday, they had lost 12 straight playoff games, dating back to 2001. In that timespan, the Heat won three titles and made it to the finals two other times. The two teams finished with the same regular-season record this season, but the Heat were considere...

Source: Skip Bayless Is Leaving ESPN For Fox Sports
ESPN provocateur-in-chief and First Take co-host Skip Bayless is leaving ESPN, according to a statement released today by the company:...

Steve Clifford Reminds Reporters That Coaching Is More Complicated Than It Looks
The Hornets lost 103-115 to the Miami Heat this evening to fall behind 0-2 in their first round series. The Hornets had a top-ten defense in the regular season, but they’ve allowed Miami to score 238 points in their first two games. Naturally, someone asked Hornets coach Steve Clifford about whether...

Widehawks Look Terrible
We’re at the point now where the wide Mohawk haircut—clean-shaven on the sides, business at the back, party size of your choice up top—has become a staple hairstyle for athletes all over the world. But why? Why the fuck have so many athletes decided to rock extreme negburns and walk around looking l...

Harry The Hawk Crotched Himself
That ugly-ass Hawks-Celtics game was only made less painful to watch by an unfortunate pratfall from Atlanta’s mascot, who will not be fertilizing eggs anytime soon. Keep an eye on Harry’s tightrope routine at the bottom of the screen:...

Bryce Harper Takes Phillies Pitcher's Offering To The Toilet
With a full count on Bryce Harper in Sunday’s game, Phillies pitcher Jeanmar Gomez threw a sinker over the plate. The Nats outfielder put that pitch straight into the damn toilet....

The Miami Heat Today Looked Like A Team No One In The East Wants To Play
The sweepstakes to see who loses the NBA Finals, a.k.a. the East, is looking, in the very early going, like someone other than LeBron James could emerge for the first time since 2010. The Pistons gave No. 1 seed Cleveland all it could handle in the matinee, making 15-of-29 threes and playing the Cav...

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Korean Announcers Lose Their Shit Over Dae-Ho Lee's 10th-Inning Walk-Off Dinger
The Mariners stopped their five-game skid in the most emphatic way possible: by walking off the winners after a big ole’ dinger in the tenth inning against a division rival. You can watch the official MLB version of Dae-Ho Lee’s home run against the Rangers if you want, but we recommend these Korean...

Middlesbrough Score Bonkers 94th-Minute Winner To Go Top Of The Championship
Fighting to remain above the fray and qualify for promotion to the Premier League directly, Middlesborough took on midtable Reading yesterday. Deep into stoppage time the game was still 1-1, but on a last gasp corner kick, Middlesbrough scored whatever the hell this is....

Fans Wonder Why Jeremy Lin Doesn't Get More Flagrant Foul Calls; Lin Thinks They Have A Point
A group of Jeremy Lin fans are wondering why the Hornets point guard seems to be getting ignored by referees when opponents commit hard fouls against him. They have compiled the video below, in which you can see a number of plays on which Lin was hammered, only to have the referees call a standard f...

You Will Absolutely Guess Which Emoji Bryce Harper Has On His Bat Handle
Come on, it’s Bryce Harper. It shouldn’t take you more than 10 seconds to figure this one out....

Bryce Harper Is Hungry For Gloves, Bases
Mmmm. Mmmmm. Love the taste of my glove. MMMM....

Charles Barkley: "I'm Supposed To Stand Up For The People Who Can't Stand Up For Themselves"
North Carolina passed a pretty hateful anti-LGBT law a few weeks ago that repealed a wave of tolerance-based legislation across the state, much of which began in Charlotte. The 2017 NBA All-Star Game is scheduled to take place in Charlotte, but the league has warned that the new law runs counter to ...