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Watch Manchester City's Mario Balotelli Score On A Wonderful Overhead Kick
This first-half strike in Manchester City's match vs. Aston Villa inspired the commentators to call scorer Mario Balotelli's celebration as "arrogant" and goalkeeper Shay Given reaction as either "leather-footed" or "leaded-footed." Either way, commentator came correct. And either way, Carlos Teve...
Here's Video Of Both Goals From This Morning's Man U/Liverpool Match
Thirteen minutes after Ryan Giggs opened up a hole in the wall wide enough for Stephen Gerrard to put Liverpool ahead 1-0, Chicharito scored a header off a corner to level the match at one. It was his first touch coming off the bench. Great second half. (Ignore 0:57 on in the top video; today's Ch...
Rajon Rondo Goes No-Look, Over The Head, Makes Us Demand The NBA Come Back
Playing for something called the Big Blue All-Stars, Rajon Rondo and friends (including Brandon Knight, Kenneth Faried and Jodie Meeks) are touring Kentucky, making fools of local college teams. In Monday's game, Rondo found Faried with a no-look lob that embarrassed Union College so hard, it came ...
Mesut Özil Unleashes A Wicked Goal Against Belgium
Germany beat Belgium 3-1 today in Euro 2012 qualifiers. The first goal came from distance off the enchanted left foot of attacking midfielder Mesut Özil. In the replay, you may see a Belgian defender silently give thanks for being a flagpole too far to the right to block the shot....
And Here's Victor Cruz Making An Even More Ridiculous Juggling Catch In The Giants-Seahawks Game
Eli Manning should probably buy Victor Cruz something nice after making a catch like this....
Here's Dwayne Bowe With A Ridiculous Juggling Catch in the Chiefs-Colts Game
There's not much for Kansas City fans to be joyous about this season, but at least they got to see Dwayne Bowe make this catch today. Even if they are currently losing to Curtis Painter and the Colts....
Iceland Scored A Nifty Little Goal In Its Euro Qualifying Match Against Portugal
Manchester United's Nani scored the first two goals of yesterday's Euro 2012 qualifying match between his Portugal and Iceland. Yet, the highlight of the match came in the second half, when Iceland's Hallgrimur Jonasson blended ballet balance and ninja nimbleness to do whatever you call what he di...
Chris Young Just Made A Mays-Like Catch (Video)
Chris Young stole one from Jerry Hairston on this catch in the sixth inning (although his initial route certainly helped make it so spectacular). The Brewers lead 2-1 in the middle of the seventh....
Presenting The A-Rod Strikeout That Ended The Yankees Season
The Detroit Tigers just defeated the New York Yankees 3-2 in Game Five of their ALDS. Alex Rodriguez struck out swinging to end the game. Poor thing....
Hey Look, A Squirrel Ran Onto The Field During The Phillies/Cardinals Game
Bottom of the fifth. Cardinals second baseman Skip Schumaker seemed to have an issue with a muscle in his ass or upper leg. Trainer came out. All seemed fine....
Watch A High School Kicker Nail A 64-Yard Field Goal With Room To Spare
Austin Pacheco, a high school senior out of Carson City, Nev. who will probably be made very rich by an NFL contract in a few years, kicked a game-winning field goal on Friday night—from 64 yards and with room to spare. This is, if you recall, one yard longer than Sebastian Janikowski's record-tyi...
Here's The Delmon Young Home Run That Gave Detroit A 5-4 Victory
And the freaky-fast Justin Verlander just got through a scoreless eighth. Hope there's a comfortable wall somewhere on 8 Mile, because the Yankees' backs are up against it....
Here's Video Of An Incredible Bicycle Kick Soccer Goal From Germany
Eren Derdiyok of Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga first had to leap in the air to stop the ball, even as his momentum was going in the same direction. Then, without stopping, he had to keep the ball in his possession. Then, he managed to stop his momentum while still possessing the ball. An...
Here's Video Of An Absolutely Phenomenal Bundesliga Goal
Not too many people can trap a long pass, flip the ball back over their head while double covered and score with an overhead kick. But Eren Derdiyok of Bayer Leverkusen could yesterday in a 3-1 win over Wolfsburg....
Watch Calvin Johnson Make An Incredible Catch During The Lions Comeback Win Over Dallas
Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford didn't have any open receivers. That doesn't matter when you can throw an alley-oop in triple-covered Calvin Johnson's direction....
Júlio Baptista's Overhead-Kick Goal In Injury Time Was A Thing Of Beauty
Malaga moved atop La Liga standings yesterday with a 3-2 victory over Getafe. The winning goal came in penalty time. Big deal for the whole side and for Júlio Baptista, the Brazilian who has played for Real Madrid, Arsenal and Roma....
Listen To The Longest Soccer Goal Call Without A Pause Ever
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Important Question Of The Night, Answered: Dan Johnson Did Not Go Deep To Some Dude's Nuts
This was Dan Johnson's game-tying shot in the ninth against the Yankees, which was briefly the night's most "holy shit" moment and which seemed all the more legendary for having caromed off some guy's balls. Verdict: no nut shot....
A Belarusian Goalie Participated In A Lionel Messi Trick-Shot Goal Today
It took just six seconds for Alyaksandr Pyotravich Hutar, goalkeeper extraordinaire for FC Bate Borisov, to look at his gloves after Lionel Messi scored the first of his two goals in UEFA Champions League play today. Because it was their fault, the whole perfectly bouncing the ball in front to ser...
Giants Rookie Conor Gillaspie Had A Very Rookie Inside-The-Park Homer Last Night (Video)
There are two things that make this—Conor Gillaspie's first major league home run—a very rookie home run: 1. The stumble and trip as he is waved home ( "Honestly, I was pretty embarrassed," he said after the game. "I didn't want to get up"); and 2. The fact that once he had made it home and set al...