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Deadspin puts the biggest 'gift' deals in sports history under your tree (Aww, we shouldn't have!)It’s the season of giving, and keeping with the holiday spirit, let’s look at the most generous teams in sports history. What teams gave up the biggest gifts? ...

Nope, that wasn’t Matt Patricia’s burner account going in on Matthew StaffordSo, that Matt Patricia burner account is claiming that it isn’t Matt Patricia....

Leverkusen keeper puts foot in mouth with botched kick leading to hilarious own goal: See it!Lukas Hradecky is a Slovak-born goalie who plays internationally for Finland and professionally in Germany with Bayer Leverkusen. Isn’t it odd, then, that his problem on Saturday was putting too much English on the ball?...

Mizzou Athletics Tweet Celebrating Its Student-Athletes' Diversity Goes Horribly Wrong

On Wednesday, the University of Missouri’s athletic department contributed its part to the NCAA’s inclusion week (which runs for less than an actual week, naturally), and boy was it crummy. Photos of several of their athletes explaining why they are “more than a student athlete.” The messages displ...

ESPN Cancels Bowl Game Sponsorship Deal With Company That Does Not Seem To Exist

We can all agree that there are simply too many damn bowl games, and that a huge chunk of them only exist so that sports networks can bilk a few hundred thousand dollars out of a presenting sponsor while subjecting us all to the CarsAndCarParts.com New Jersey Turnpike Bowl, or whatever. And so it is...

Golfer Distracted By His Own Fiancée Coming Out Of A Portable Toilet

It’s hard to find an angrier person than a professional golfer who has just had his concentration broken by a loud noise in the middle of his backswing. But thanks to Tyrrell Hatton and his fiancée, we now have the formula for distracting a golfer without eliciting a tantrum. All you need is a porta...

Here's A Lovely Newspaper Photo Goof [Update]

Look closely at this past Saturday’s sports page of the Washington County (Penn.) Observer-Reporter. There’s something off about that photo accompanying a recap of the game between between Peters Township and North Hills. ...

Titans' Home Debut Features On-Field Fireball

The Tennessee Titans just kicked off their first home game of the season, and attempted to wow the home fans with a pregame pyrotechnic display. It didn’t go very well!...

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Albania Get The Wrong Anthem Before Match Against France; Apology Made To "Armenia"

Saturday’s Euro 2020 qualifier in Paris between Albania and France was delayed for 10 minutes after the stadium crew used the wrong national anthem for the visiting team, who were disrespected by the mistake and refused to take the field until the right song was played. Can’t be mixing up those “A” ...

by Samer Kalaf|oops

|09/08/2019

That Is Not Markelle Fultz Or His Mom

During the third quarter of Sunday’s Indiana Fever-Washington Mystics game, the broadcast thought it had spotted a celebrity in the front row: Orlando Magic guard Markelle Fultz, who was identified alongside his mom. Great! Only it wasn’t Markelle Fultz....

by Dan McQuade|oops

|08/19/2019

Winning Triathletes DQ'd From Olympic Test Event For Crossing Finish Line Hand-In-Hand

British triathletes Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown took the top two spots of the podium at a heat-shortened triathlon in Tokyo on Thursday, raising their hands together as they snapped the finishing tape. Their shared victory did not last long, however, as the haters over at the Internation...

by Patrick Redford|oops

|08/15/2019

Well, This Isn't How You Want To Start A Major Tournament

The Open Championship got underway this morning on a rainy day at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Rory McIlroy, who is from Northern Ireland and grew up playing on the course, had just about the worst possible start to his day....

by Tom Ley|Lowlight Reel

|07/18/2019

Miscounted Chips Lead To World Series Of Poker Drama

The World Series of Poker, the favorite sporting event of kids who are home all day for summer break and can’t find anything good to watch, is currently underway, and folks, we got some drama....

by Tom Ley|World Series of Poker

|07/15/2019

Diamondbacks Plunge Into The Depths Of The Seven Hells, Discover Agonizing New Way To Lose A Ballgame

If a walk-off win is exciting, and a walk-off walk is peculiar and charming, what is a walk-off walk, walk, walk, walk, walk? Perhaps something too grotesque to even imagine, let alone witness with your own eyes? Let’s find out....

by Tom Ley|Arizona Diamondbacks

|07/03/2019

Forgetful Baseball Man Turns Game-Tying Double Into Mortifying Walk-Off Homer

A minor league baseball game between Norfolk and Scranton Wilkes-Barre went into the bottom of the 10th inning with Norfolk leading 6-5. With the tying run at second, Scranton’s Breyvic Valera hit a ball down the right field line that looked destined to tie the game and put Valera on second with a s...

by Tom Ley|boners

|06/20/2019

Look At This Dumb Shit Brett Gardner Did To Himself

Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner has had a pretty rough season so far, so you can’t blame him for being mad about the fact that he had what looked like a sure extra-base hit taken away from him by Indians right fielder Jordan Luplow. What you can blame him for is busting his own lip open like a damn...

by Tom Ley|athlete meltdowns

|06/09/2019

This Mariners Error Is Some Beer-League Softball Shit

For a little while there it looked like the Seattle Mariners might actually be pretty good this season. They got off to a 13-2 start and everyone in the lineup was hitting dingers all over the place. The bombs are still flying (they are second in baseball with 108 homers), but basically everything e...

by Tom Ley|oops

|06/04/2019

FIFA Screws Up Ticket Sales For Women's World Cup, Does Terrible Job At Apologizing

Soccer fans who purchased tickets to attend the Women’s World Cup in France this summer were finally able to download their pre-ordered tickets on Monday. Many who had bought groups of tickets were understandably pissed off at discovering that not all of their seats would be together....

by Tom Ley|2019 Women's World Cup

|05/21/2019

ESPN's Tim Legler Loses It After His Phone Stops Working During Stephen A. Smith's Show

ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler had a bit of trouble delivering his takes about the remaining playoff series when he joined Stephen A. Smith’s show this afternoon. Legler was in the middle of praising Khris Middleton when Smith cut him off to tell him he couldn’t hear him. Unbeknownst to Legler, viewers...

by Patrick Redford|oops

|05/02/2019

New York Red Bulls' Kaku Blasts Ball Into A Fan's Face, Gets Sent Off

New York Red Bulls midfielder Kaku was sent off with a red card in the final moments of the Red Bulls’ 2-2 draw with Sporting Kansas City last night, after he kicked a ball in frustration and it struck a fan in the front row. The fan reportedly was left with a bloody face and needing medical attenti...

by Laura Wagner|New York Red Bulls

|04/15/2019

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