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Alcides Escobar Takes A Dive, Scores A Run
Watch how the Royals score a run here by executing a double steal to perfection. All because Alcides Escobar dekes Yan Gomes's tag by hitting the deck. Exactly how it was planned....
What Flying Looks Like, From An Eagle's Perspective
Fuuuuuuck me this is cool. So cool....
German Soccer Club Scores Incredible Goal Seven Seconds Into Match
RB Leipzig deployed some ingenious early game strategy in a match against VfB Stuttgart II this past Saturday. At the start of the match, Leipzig bum rushed six extra players into Stuttgart's side of the field, a brilliant move which resulted in the goal you see above. I don't know who Leipzig's co...
Sumo Match Ends With Crushing Body Slam
I remember one summer, when I was 10 or 11, I spent a day at home watching sumo wrestling on ESPN2. I came away from the experience thinking that sumo wrestling was boring and dumb. I would not have been so dismissive if some shit like this had gone down. ...
Gareth Bale Scores On His Real Madrid Debut
After an excruciating summer, Real Madrid bought the Premier League player of the year Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur for a world-record fee of £85.3 million. Today, Bale made his debut against Villarreal, who surprisingly were kind of thumping Madrid for much of the first half and took a 1-0 le...
This Punt-Block Touchdown Is Weird, Awesome
BGSU has its hands full today in Bloomington against a B1G Indiana squad, but even if they lose they can return to northwest Ohio knowing they pulled off the best blocked punt you'll see in college football this year....
Here's That Insane 54-Shot Rally In The Djokovic-Nadal U.S. Open Final
Last year's final had a 54-shot rally too. This one's better. It energized the wildest U.S. Open men's final crowd Arthur Ashe has hosted in some time, and gave Djokovic his first break of the match. He'd take the second set 6-3, and he's currently up a break in the third in what's shaping up to be...
Guy Holding Baby Catches Foul Ball, Nearly Falls Over Row Of Seats
Yes, we know we said it's probably time to move on from showing videos of fans catching baseballs while holding babies. But we're making one last exception for this guy in San Francisco who catches a baseball while holding both a baby and a diaper bag....
Soccer Player Lights Up One Direction Member, Receives Death Threats
Louis Tomlinson is one-fifth of the boy band One Direction. This weekend, he participated in a charity soccer game to honor former Celtic and Aston Villa player Stiliyan Petrov, who was forced to retire after being diagnosed with leukemia. The game did not go very well for Tomlinson....
Offensive Lineman Scores Touchdown In Our Favorite Football Play Ever
We love Fat Guy Touchdowns. This is the ultimate Fat Guy Touchdown....
Baylor Returns Fumble 91 Yards Against Other Hapless Team From Buffalo
Buffalo was this close to cutting the first-half deficit against Baylor to 22 and really making a game of things. Then Sam Holl strip-sacked Joe Licata at the 10-yard line and Bryce Hager picked it up and rumbled and slashed his way 91 yards into the endzone. ...
Sixth-Grade Running Back Hurdles Defender En Route To End Zone
Via Bob's Blitz, this youngster for the Rebels of Obion County (Tenn.) knew right when to press the correct button on his controller. ...
Josh Donaldson Disappears Behind Tarp To Make Diving Catch
The Rangers' David Murphy wedged this foul pop down the third-base line between the tarp and the padded sidewall. Or right to where the A's Josh Donaldson could get to it....
UNLV Opens Season With First-Quarter Hook & Lateral Play
These are usually desperation gimmicks, used when a team needs to win but is losing late in a game. UNLV, being UNLV, ran the hook & lateral early in its first game of the season....
Michigan Recruit Breaks Tackles Like A Video Game Character
Paramus (N.J.) Catholic senior Jabrill Peppers, who's already verbally committed to Michigan, is one of the nation's top recruits for the Class of 2014. He's going to play defensive back in college. This is Peppers running for a touchdown during a scrimmage Tuesday against Red Bank (N.J.) Catholic. ...
Jose Fernandez Isn't Fair
Here's Marlins phenom Jose Fernandez throwing Troy Tulowitzki a curveball so vicious that it briefly turned the all-star shortstop into an overmatched little leaguer....
Confused Hawk Harrelson Gives His Best Home Run Call
In the 12th inning of last night's White Sox-Royals game, White Sox third baseman Connor Gillaspie sent a shot deep into right field. After watching the ball clear the fence but carom back onto the field of play, White Sox play-by-play man Hawk Harrelson was unsure about unleashing his signature hom...