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What World Cup Coverage Is Missing
Soccer is, obviously, the centerpiece of the World Cup, but it means nothing without the crowd—the people in the stadiums, in the streets and parks of Brazilian cities, and in the urban spaces all over the world where collective viewing of the tournament has increasingly become the norm. It is a phe...
People In Rio Are Doing Funny Things With A Luis Suárez Billboard
There's a billboard in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach featuring Luis Suárez screaming at something, and it probably looked really intense until Suárez bit someone (again). After he reverted to his bitey ways, many beachgoers took the opportunity to reenact the bizarre shoulder bite with the ad....
Young Astros Fan Gets Foul Ball, Licks It, Gets Slapped
After receiving a foul ball, a young Astros fan ran up to his seat. After showing it off to his family, he licked the baseball, and received a prompt slap in the face from his sister (we think)....
Croatia Vs. Mexico Fan Brawl Features Shirtless, Smoking Hero
Right after Mexico took a 1-0 lead in yesterday's World Cup match against Croatia, a fight between the nations' supporters broke out in the stands. The fight featured quite a few reckless haymakers, a lot of shirtless Croatians, and one amazing badass....
Jackass Cubs Fan Throws Back Ball Tossed To Him By Billy Hamilton
Ahh, the Wrigley bleachers. Home to the shiftless, the drunk, and the "I'm gonna ruin somebody's game before the second inning even starts."...
Soccer Fan Calls Police On America's Worst Neighbor
Sunday evening, Massachusetts police dealt with a NASCAR fan who was so grumpy about his South American neighbor's World Cup celebrations that he called to tell her that she was taking jobs away from Americans. Yes, really....
Watch Various Americans Deal With Portugal's Last-Minute Equalizer
This group of U.S. fans weren't aware of the hammer of disappointment that was about to be dropped on their heads. Right in the middle of their "I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN" chant, Varela's equalizer ties the game, and ruins everything. It's so painful....
Wrigley Field Idiot Runs Onto Field During Rain Delay
We're told this Idiot On The Field is a streaker, though it's difficult to tell if he's wearing shorts or not. Regardless, he's an Idiot. Everybody knows you run onto the field during the game for maximum disruptive power....
Rex Hudler Catches Foul Ball, Flexes, Gives Ball To Fan
In the bottom of the second inning today in Kansas City, Salvador Perez took a hack at Chris Young's 1-1 pitch, and fouled it straight back into the Royals broadcast booth. Kansas City color man Rex Hudler caught the ball and celebrated appropriately, all while play-by-play man Steve Physioc called ...
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"Dear Drunk Guy": Brandon Phillips Gives Signed Ball To Heckler
Wednesday's Reds-Pirates game in Pittsburgh had a long rain delay, and was a blowout to boot. With a few hundred fans left by the end, you could hear every one. Brandon Phillips sure did....
How "Seven Nation Army" Became Soccer's Favorite Chant
Three World Cups later, the riff from the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" remains the soccer world's most prolific chant. It's possible to pinpoint the exact time and place the wordless chant was born: Oct. 22, 2003, in a bar in Milan....
Police Probe Wheelchair-Bound Brazil Fans Standing At World Cup
According to the Telegraph, Brazilian police are investigating images of supposedly wheelchair-bound fans leaping to their feet during the World Cup's opening match in São Paulo. ...
Idiot Rays Fan Has The Worst Videobombing Routine
What's this guy doing? He has the perfect opportunity to do something—anything—interesting in the background of Kevin Kiermaier's postgame interview, but he doesn't. It's a waste of TV time....
Gallery: England's Saddest Fans
England wouldn't be England if, in today's match, they didn't fall down early, get back up, only to get shoved right back into the mud afterward. And England fans wouldn't be England fans if they didn't look hilariously sad about it in the aftermath. Here's a collection of the best Sad England Fans:...
Girl Jumps Onto The Field During College World Series Game
Tonight, a girl named Abby (Abbie? Abbi?) ran on the field during a College World Series game in Omaha. And she didn't even require 50,000 retweets to follow through with it!...
Santiago Is Partying After Chile's Victory Over Spain
After Chile upset Spain 2-0 today to seal La Furia Roja's flame-out, Chile fans swarmed downtown Santiago to celebrate and make tons of noise, because that's what a country does when it takes out the defending World Cup champions....
Twitter Diary Of A Failed Pitch Invader
Arsenal blogger and man-about-the-internet Hugh Wizzy had decent seats for Spain-Chile. Had. Here, a tragicomedy in four acts:...
Chile Fans Have Bum-Rushed The Stadium
Chile supporters are out in force for their match against Spain this afternoon, a red sea descending upon The Estádio do Maracanã in Rio—many of them without tickets. About an hour before kick-off, the dam burst....