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Wheelchair Basketball Game Abandoned After Fans Attack Each Other With Knives & Baseball Bats
Europe’s top wheelchair basketball tournament came to a violent halt in Zwickau, Germany Saturday as 60 fans attacked each other with knives and baseball bats during a game between Turkish rivals Galatasaray and Beşiktaş, according to Die Welt....
Taurean Green's Own Coach Tried To Fight Him
AEK assistants hustled Taurean Green to the locker room after an irate Jure Zdovc came after the former Florida Gators star as he sat on the bench, nearly striking Green....
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Pittsburgh Riverhounds Player Suspended For Kicking The Shit Out Of Opponent [UPDATE]
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds are likely to lose their leading scorer for a long time, as Romeo Parkes earned an incredible red card by kicking the shit out of Red Bulls II player Karl Ouimette late in last night’s USL match....
Spanish Police Throw Hands With Manchester City Fans
It’s hard to tell exactly who’s the aggressor here—the Manchester City fans visiting Real Madrid’s stadium for yesterday’s Champions League match, or the police who push and pull and punch them—but there’s definitely some scrapping going on, and it doesn’t look all that necessary....
Ukrainian Soccer Guys Turn Metaphorical Beat-Down Into A Real Beat-Down
Dynamo Kiev’s players did not enjoy the ass-kicking Shakhtar Donetsk were laying on them in a match this weekend. Irked at Shakhtar’s celebration after their third goal of the day, some Dynamo players decided to try their hand at a more literal beat-down, which led to a huge brawl on the pitch:...
Jon Jones Talks The Wildest Possible Shit To Daniel Cormier
Whether or not you remember the time a year ago when Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier—the two best light-heavyweight fighters in the world, who legitimately can’t stand each other and match up in ways that make for brilliant fighting—were caught talking incredible shit to each other, you’ll appreciate t...
Jon Jones And Daniel Cormier Will Fight At UFC 200
Okay, so, last month, Conor McGregor, the UFC’s featherweight champion and biggest drawing card, lost to lightweight Nate Diaz, a late replacement for McGregor’s originally-scheduled opponent, lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, in a welterweight fight; the UFC, smelling money, booked a McGregor ...
Conor McGregor Grabs The UFC By The Dick, Squeezes
The strangest ongoing story in sports this week has been UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor maybe (but probably not) retiring and either dropping out or being pulled from a main event fight against Nate Diaz in July on what the UFC would like to be their biggest-ever fight card....
UFC Boss Dana White Mad At Conor McGregor For Not Doing Some Dumb Bullshit
Yesterday, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor may or may not have retired; it isn’t clear. What is clear is that he won’t participate in a highly-anticipated rematch against Nate Diaz on July 9, unless he does. UFC figurehead Dana White went on The Herd with smooth-skinned ghoul Colin Cowherd...
Conor McGregor Is (Probably Not, But Who Knows?) Retiring
Conor McGregor—a loudmouthed troll; a genuinely brilliant fighter; and the UFC’s biggest draw and 145-lb. champion—is due to face Nate Diaz at 170 lbs. on July 9. The proposed fight, a rematch of a bout McGregor famously lost last month, is set to headline a card the promotion hopes will be its bigg...
Red Star Belgrade Played Partizan Today, Which Means There Were Violent Riots
Another edition of the Eternal Derby kicked off today in Belgrade, as bitter foes Red Star and Partizan resumed one of the most violent rivalries in club soccer. Local media provides us with stunning photos and video of the warfare, which started mere moments into the match:...
The Flyers And Capitals Did All Sorts Of Fighting In Their Series Opener
The Washington Capitals opened their Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers tonight. John Carlson pinged a slapshot in off a series of Flyers in the second period, and Jay Beagle added another in the third period. Two goals is far less than the nine that the Islanders and P...
Bulgarian Soccer Guys Prove That Splashing Around In Puddles Never Gets Old
I would tell these guys playing deep in Bulgaria’s lower leagues on the bog that passes for a pitch to grow up, but it all looks like so much fun that I’m just mad me and my friends don’t jump and kick around in big puddles anymore:...
Broncos' Derek Wolfe Involved In Nightclub Fight, Hit In Head With Bottle
Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe took a swing, and a bottle to the head, at a nightclub in Denver Saturday night, according to footage on TMZ....
French And British Sailors Face Off In Rugby Match, Punch The Crap Out Of Each Other
A recent rugby match between the French Navy and British Navy devolved into a punchin’ match, because if there’s one thing sailors and rugby guys like to do, it’s punch....
Canadian Junior Hockey Players Brawl For Extremely Canadian Reason
Here we have two junior hockey teams—the Flin Flon Bombers in white, and the Weyburn Red Wings in red—getting into a postgame brawl because one of the Red Wings players tried to make off with a severed moose leg that was tossed onto the ice by Bombers fans. A moose leg!...
Mediocrity Has Revitalized Boxing's Heavyweight Division
Among all of the big men in boxing right now, there is one genuinely good heavyweight. And although—or, more likely, because—Luis “King Kong” Ortiz has looked impressive in his two most recent HBO fights, no recognized fellow champions seem interested in trying to pick up his WBA belt. Ranked conten...
Chinese Basketball Players Brawl With Fans Outside Team Hotel
The Chinese Basketball Association finals are underway, and the Sichuan Blue Whales hold a 2-1 series lead after beating the Liaoning Leopards in Game 3. When the Leopards returned to their team hotel after the loss, they found a group of Blue Whales fans waiting for them, at which point a big ol’ b...
Report: Both Kimbo Slice And Ken Shamrock Failed Drug Tests Before Bellator 149
Per a report from MMA Fighting, Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock both tested positive for illegal substances before last month’s Bellator 149. It’s not yet clear what exactly the fighters took, but both face 90-day suspensions and up to $5,000 in fines....