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The Penalty-Box Breakaway Is The Coolest Goal In Hockey
This relatively rare type of goal, like the one Justin Faulk scored on Wednesday night, is its own subgenre of breakway goals. But the one that specifically still sticks out in my mind is P.K. Subban getting out of the penalty box behind the Boston defense, deking out Tuukka Rask, and scoring on a b...
Wizards Descend On Minor-League Hockey Game To Cause Impossible Goal
The Manitoba Moose beat the Texas Stars 4-3 in AHL play on Wednesday night, but the Moose’s continued dominance on home ice is not the story here. The big news came midway through the second period, when the apparent existence of magic in our material world was revealed to us through a shot by Stars...
Tottenham's Own Goal Somehow Makes Chelsea Look Competent
Watch out. Chelsea’s dumb meltdowns are apparently contagious....
Tottenham's Own Goal Somehow Makes Chelsea Look Competent
Watch out. Chelsea’s dumb meltdowns are apparently contagious....
Jakub Vrana Nefariously Dinged It Off The Goalie's Back For A Goal
NHL goalies, traditionally, are used by teams to keep the puck out of their own net. But what if they could be corrupted? What if, for example, an enterprising and devious young Washington winger could turn, hypothetically, a Vancouver goaltender’s own body against him? What if a Machiavellian Capit...
Mamma Mia, That's A Spicy Own Goal!
Italian soccer found itself beset by the twin scourges of violence and racism yesterday, which is maybe fortunate for Ascoli goalkeeper Filippo Perucchini, since his humiliating own goal in a Serie B match against Palermo today would’ve definitely been front-page news in less violent and racist time...
It Must Suck So Hard To Be A Manchester United Fan
Try, if only for a moment, to go inside the mind of a Manchester United fan....
Steelers Waste Amazing Hook-And-Ladder Play Against Raiders With Smelly Wet Fart
For a brief moment, it looked as though the Steelers had become the second team today to pull off a miraculous late-game hook-and-ladder play to snatch a last-second victory. With 15 seconds left in regulation, Ben Roethlisberger, who was on his second attempt at a Willis Reed impression, got the pl...
Evgeny Kuznetsov Is A Goddamn Wizard
Considering how long the Stanley Cup celebrations over the summer lasted for the Washington Capitals, it’s a feat in its own right that they’re able to play any hockey at all, let alone win a game or two. Evgeny Kuznetsov in particular has shown that he’s shaken off the championship hangover, leadin...
Colombia Force Extra Time With 93rd-Minute Equalizer
Yerry Mina’s header off a 93rd-minute corner sent Colombia’s knockout round match against England to extra time, and sent Caracol broadcaster Javier “El Cantante del Gol” Fernandez into his characteristic goal call—one we’d worried we wouldn’t hear again this tournament....
Benjamin Pavard's Incredible French Wondergoal, In Extreme Slow Motion
Yeah, yeah, we GIF’d this earlier but something this spectacular deserves the full Deadspin Video treatment. Perhaps the goal of this year’s World Cup, Frenchman Benjamin Pavard—who cashes checks from, uh, Stuttgart—hammered home this half-volley with, shall we say, elan. ...
Cancel The Rest Of The World Cup, We Don't Need Any More Goals
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Morocco Lose On Soul-Crushing Own Goal In 95th Minute
Iran and Morocco were locked into a tense scoreless draw for over an hour and a half until Moroccan striker Aziz Bouhaddouz broke the deadlock with a brilliant header to the near post in the fifth minute of injury time. Unfortunately, it was past his own keeper....
ESPN Deportes Announcers Are Losing Their Minds In The Champions League Final
Loris Karius’s embarrassing blunder that led to the opening goal in today’s Champions League final may have put Real Madrid up for a short-lived 1-0 lead, but it’s a moment ESPN Deportes announcers appear they will remember for the rest of their lives:...
Penguins Score Twice In 5 Seconds
The Penguins and Flyers came into today’s game in Philadelphia tied at 1 in their opening-round series. Pittsburgh destroyed the Flyers in the opener, 7-0; Philadelphia came back with a 5-1 win in Game 2....
Zlatan Ibrahimović Introduces Self To MLS By Scoring Equalizer From 40 Yards Out [UPDATE]
ZLATAN IS HERE AND HE IS MAGNIFICENT. ...
Cam Ward Had A Real Bizarre Own Goal
Why score a goal yourself when you can just find a way to get the puck into the goalie’s gear and have him carry it in for you?...
Benfica Puts Together Gorgeous Goal
Perennial Deadspin punching bag Benfica did the first thing worthy of our praise in years today early in its match against GD Chaves when Jonas sliced in a half-volley to open the scoring:...
Avalanche's Mikko Rantanen Scored A Goal Off His Crotch
For a hockey player in front of the net, it’s all about getting good position and setting a screen—and also sometimes taking a puck off his dick....
11-Year-Old Boca Juniors Academy Player Scores Olímpico
The U-12 Prospects Cup is underway right now on our corporate parent Univision Deportes, and the tournament that matches U.S. academy teams against some of the world’s most famous squads has been full of highlights from the next generation of soccer’s best. ...