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Celta Takes 1-0 Lead At Camp Nou With Nifty Backheel
Nolito delivered a perfect backheel to Joaquin Larrivey that gave Celta an inexplicable 1-0 lead in the second half against Barça at Camp Nou. Neymar, Messi, and Suárez have thus far been unable to find the goal; can Celta pull off the upset?...
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Gordie Howe Watches As Joe Louis Arena Gives Him A Standing Ovation
Gordie Howe is back resting at his daughter's home after suffering a stroke, and the Detroit Red Wings wanted to do something nice to help lift his spirits. Before In the middle of the first period of Friday night's game at Joe Louis Arena against the Los Angeles Kings, they got the crowd to sta...
Duke Johnson Torches UNC Defense On 90-Yard Touchdown Run
Duke Johnson is playing like his vintage self and tearing up the North Carolina Tar Heels defense. A Duke beating up on UNC? Never heard of such a thing. Here's his 90-yard rush for TD that put the Hurricanes up 23-6....
Russell Westbrook Out Four Weeks With Broken Hand
There goes the Thunder's plan for keeping the ship afloat while waiting out Kevin Durant's injury, as they will now be without Russell Westbrook for at least a month. Westbrook broke a bone in his right hand in the team's second game of the season against Thursday, and had surgery Saturday to repair...
Let's All Listen To Lou Holtz Talk About "Hard Wood"
"That's what Holtz means... hard wood."...
How To Roast Mushrooms: A Guide For Reformed Fraidycats
An opinion common to the children of America is that mushrooms are bad. They express this viewpoint with crinkled little noses and furrowed brows, picking mushrooms out of their food with chubby little fingers. "I don't wike these," they say. "They'we gwoss."...
Indiana Basketball Player Hit By Teammate's Car, In Hospital
Disaster fell upon the Indiana University basketball team early this morning, when sophomore Devin Davis was struck by a car driven by his freshman teammate Emmitt Holt. Davis had left the car in a parking lot moments earlier, but according to Bloomington Police as the car exited the parking lot Dav...
Maryland, Penn State Fight Before Game, And A Handshake Refusal
Maryland captains refused to shake the hands of their Penn State counterparts before today's game in State College that featured a bit of a fight between the two Big Ten squads....
Little Kid Does Morning Weather Forecast, Absolutely Kills It
WGN regularly features a young child on its Friday morning weather forecast, and usually it's awkward and bad TV. Not yesterday, though, as second grader Charlie Hale absolutely dominated the broadcast....
Student With Special Needs Sparks Brawl At End Of HS Football Game
In 2006 Jason McElwain, a high school basketball manager with autism, was put into a blowout and proceeded to knock down six three-pointers in just four minutes. Nearly a decade later this has become a Thing in high school sports—letting a student with special needs get into a game for a play or a...
James Scores Highlight Reel Goal On The Volley, Puts Real Madrid Up 2-0
It's just another day in La Liga for Real Madrid, which is having an easy time against Granada. Here's a terrific goal from James Rodriguez, a volley over the keeper's head from about 15 yards out....
"Trevone Enjoys Boykin Dudes": Your <em>College GameDay</em> Sign Roundup
Here's the "best" of what West Virginia had to offer on ESPN's College GameDay this morning....
Wanyama Takes Advantage Of Awful Goalkeeping, Scores From 35 Yards
Still impressive, but that's some poor decision-making by the keeper....
<em>College GameDay</em> Brings Back Greatest Halloween Segment Ever
Those creepy, uncanny masks the ESPN College GameDay crew put up each Halloween are back. Enjoy the Brian Kelly, Mark Helfrich, Bill Snyder, and Mark Dantonio nighmares! ...
Derrick Rose Actually Sprained <em>Both</em> His Ankles Last Night
Turns out Derrick Rose left last night's game not due to just one sprained ankle, but both! ...
Even Hockey Highlights Are Better When Called By Spanish Announcers
It's no secret that when given the opportunity, we watch games called by Spanish-language announcers. (Yours truly being located in Florida, those options are plentiful.) So here's the Florida Panthers' winning goal by Scottie Upshall Thursday night, as called by Arley Londoño of ESPN Radio as par...
