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Netherlands Short-Track Team Wins Bronze Medal For World-Record Race, Didn’t Even Compete In Final
Short-track speed skating has been popular since its introduction to the Winter Olympics in 1992 for two reasons: its high-speed, exciting races and the propensity for athletes to crash. And in yesterday’s women’s 3,000-meter short-track relay, fans got to see both. ...
U.S. Soccer May Host The World Crap Next Summer
The U.S. men’s national team lost to Trinidad and Tobago in its final qualifying game last month, and won’t play in the World Cup for the first time since 1986. But the U.S. won’t be the only big country missing out on Russia 2018. ...
Belgium Golazo Enters Orbit Before Descending Into The Net
I don’t think Tessa Wullaert was trying to do that....
The WBC Knows Baseball Is Supposed To Be Fun
If nothing else, the swag level at the World Baseball Classic is off the charts:...
Dong Hits Man In Dong
Yurendell de Caster bashed a two-run homer in Wednesday’s World Baseball Classic game to give the Netherlands a 7-0 lead over Cuba. The shot also crunched a fan’s crotch....
Nicki Minaj Is Out To Prove She's Better Than Remy Ma, And That Hip-Hop Is Dead
It’s a little sad that the latest high-profile edition of that classic, beloved hip-hop tradition—the rap beef—is yet more evidence of just how far the culture has fallen. Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma, two inarguably talented and entertaining rappers, have been going after each other on record for weeks,...
The Replay Technocrats Are Trying To Get Their Hooks Into Soccer
With the widespread implementation of goal-line technology and early experimentation with video replay ongoing, it is clear that technology in soccer officiating is here to stay. Whether that’s a good thing remains to be seen....
ESPN's Keith Law Calls Tim Tebow A Farce And An Imposter
ESPN baseball writer Keith Law, who has spent a good chunk of his adult life scouting and evaluating minor league baseball players, finally made it out to the Arizona Fall League to get a good look at Tim Tebow. He was not very impressed with what he saw....
Road Race Leader Crashes Just Miles From Finish [Updates]
Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten crashed on the descent with less than seven miles remaining in the 85-mile road race. While the course was different from the one we illustrated as being difficult-to-dangerous, much of it did follow the men’s course. ...
USMNT Players Ether Abby Wambach
USWNT legend Abby Wambach has had a rough stretch of late. If you recall a few months ago, Wambach had some very dumb thoughts about foreign players representing the USMNT. This weekend, she was arrested and charged with a DUI. And after that news broke, the USMNT’s Alejandro Bedoya tied both incide...
I'm Pretty Sure Most Straight Men Would Have Sex with The Rock
I have a lot of respect for people’s sexual preferences and mostly think they’re not to be questioned so long as everyone involved is a consenting adult. That being said, I’m pretty sure most of you straight dudes would have sex with The Rock, even if publicly you say that you wouldn’t....
This Shit Is Fucking Sick
This guy is a college student? Named Ike Nwamu? And he goes to UNLV? And in the video below, he did this fucking sick dunk and hung off the rim for a length of time WITH his arm INSIDE the net. This is called a “windmill elbow dunk,” according to The Cauldron, and yo, it is fucking sick....
Johan Cruyff, The Man Who Invented Modern Soccer, Dies At 68
It would be impossible to even approach summing up the totality of Johan Cruyff’s unparalleled influence and contributions to the game of soccer in one blog post. First as the best player on the planet suiting up for Ajax, Barcelona, and the Dutch national team in the 1960s and 1970s, and later as a...
Dutch Guy Chips Like Four Dudes To Score World-Class Goal
Look at all the dang dudes our friend Jonhatan Opoku chips here. I’m gonna lump the keeper and that last hapless center back in as a pair, making four....
12 Shows To Binge-Watch With Your Fussy Family Over The Holidays
You’re about to be in for a whole lot of family togetherness. Some of that togetherness will probably be spent around a TV, which is great, but you’ll have a lot of different tastes to satisfy, which can be very bad. You want to avoid something too graphic (your mom’s in the room) or too sexual (you...
Report: Terrorists Wanted To Hit Germany-Netherlands Match With 5-Bomb Attack
According to a report in German paper Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, the impetus for canceling Tuesday’s Germany-Netherlands soccer match was a specific threat, discovered by French authorities, that a terrorist group had targeted the event with a coordinated attack involving five bombs....
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Germany-Netherlands Soccer Match Canceled Over Bomb Scare [Updating]
Germany were scheduled to host the Netherlands in an international friendly later today, but the match has since been canceled after authorities noticed a suspicious-looking piece of luggage inside the stadium. And it’s looking like that might not be the end of it....
Robin van Persie Own Goal Ensures Netherlands Fail To Qualify For Euros
With the 2016 European Championships expanding from the usual 16 teams to 24, it should have been a given that the Netherlands would qualify. They finished third at last year’s World Cup, and boast a roster full of future stars and Champions League veterans. Yet going into today’s final group qualif...
Chance The Rapper Was A Delightful Guest On a Chicago Morning Show
Last week, Chance the Rapper took some Chicago kids on a surprise field trip. Today, he went on Windy City Live, a Chicago morning show, and he was an absolute delight. ...
Japan Scored The Best WWC Goal I've Ever Seen With My Own Two Eyes
This is just, wow....