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Reporter Interviews Brazilian Coach Look-Alike, Thinks It's Real Coach
A Brazilian columnist and TV reporter thought he hit the jackpot: he was seated on a plane next to the coach and star player of the host country's national team in the middle of the World Cup. So, during the flight from Rio to Sao Paolo, Mario Sergio Conti asked a few questions and wrote a column th...

CBC Loses Signal In Middle Of Stanley Cup Celebration
CBC lost Canada's rights to the NHL this year, so when the Kings scored in double overtime to win the Stanley Cup, that moment marked the end of an era. It also marked the end of CBC's transmission, which disappeared amidst L.A.'s celebration....

A European Model Named Marcello Caught Hell For Marcelo's Own Goal
See that guy chilling with a dolphin? His name is Marcello (Ferri). He's a European model. There's also a player on Brazil's World Cup squad named Marcelo (Vieira). In today's opening match against Croatia, Marcelo scored an own goal. Angry Brazil fans with no regard for spelling took out their frus...

Brazil Score First Goal Of World Cup—In Their Own Goal
This certainly isn't how Brazil planned to start things off. Croatia took a 1-0 lead 11 minutes into the match when Marcelo knocked the ball into his own goal....

Royals Ball Boy Fields Fair Ball, Compensates For It In The Best Way
Look at that face. That's the face of a kid dealing with screwing up on TV during an MLB game. Today, Royals Ball Boy scooped up Brian Roberts's fair ball, unwittingly turning the play into a ground-rule double for the Yankees. Thankfully, the tale of Royals Ball Boy doesn't end there....

Congratulations To Dan Patrick, GOP Nominee For Lieutenant Governor
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A Very Confused Stuart Scott Thought Bob Ley Was In Azerbaijan
ESPN2 aired tonight's USA-Azerbaijan friendly from Candlestick Park, but it seems SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott wasn't paying much attention—because the veteran newsman thought the match happened in Western Asia. ...

Macedonians Bemused When Wrong Anthem Played At Friendly Match
It's international friendly season, as teams either get their final tune-ups before heading to Brazil for the World Cup or regroup to make a run at qualifying for 2018. Macedonia took on Cameroon yesterday in Austria, but ran into a bit of trouble before the match even started....

Reporter Congratulates Nicolas Mahut For Losing; Mahut Is Not Amused
We linked to the transcript of this unfortunate yet hilarious exchange yesterday, but now we finally have video of a confused reporter congratulating Nicolas Mahut on his loss at the French Open. It's better than we could have ever imagined. ...

Cyclist Unknowingly Celebrates Win With One Lap Remaining
Premature celebrations usually elicit cringes, unless the athlete was being cocky and deserved the humbling. Yesterday's case of Spaniard cyclist Eloy Teruel just makes you feel bad for him....

SE Missouri Redhawks Tweet Weird And NSFW Bathroom Picture
So, um, we're not really sure what happened here, but a few minutes ago the official Twitter account of Southeast Missouri athletics sent out the seemingly innocuous tweet above. Clicking on that link, however, did not bring one to the live results for today's track meet, but to a very weird picture...

Newspaper Headline: "Heat Cut Nuts"
Playing against the Heat sounds like no fun at all....

Last Night's <em>Wheel Of Fortune</em> Featured A Hilariously Bad Puzzle Solve
I mean, look, some people are just always going to associate the shore with boozing. It's not their fault everyone else isn't partying as hard as they are....

How Not To Announce You've Committed To Auburn, In One Tweet
Marquel Harrell, an offensive lineman from Fairburn, Georgia went on Twitter to announce that he was going to be an Auburn Tiger. There was just one problem: he didn't know the name of his new school. ...

US Airways Explains How That Plane-In-A-Vagina Photo Happened
Thanks to the New York Daily News, we finally know why the US Airways Twitter account shared an image of a woman sticking a model airplane into her vagina with its followers. The answer? Whoever was running the account was trying to flag the image as inappropriate and ended up inadvertently includin...

Orioles Ball Girl Ignores Umpire, Fields Live Baseball
We understand the role of ball boys/girls when it comes to protecting bullpens from foul balls, and occasionally they make highlight plays. But they sure do screw up a bunch, and today a ball girl in Baltimore committed the ultimate sin by ignoring the third base umpire's fair signal and fielding a ...

Typo Dramatically Alters Meaning Of Sign About Beer Sales
A reader spotted this sign at the Colorado Rockies' home opener. Under normal circumstances, this is the kind of sign that would make a beer-guzzling baseball fan hang his head in sadness. But thanks to a typo, this sign suddenly transformed into a one-way ticket to party town, where the beers only ...

The Braves Set The American Flag On Fire At Their Home Opener
The Braves really fucked up, you guys. During yesterday's home opener against the Mets, they set off a fireworks display way, way too close to the American flag. You are not supposed to put flames that close to the American flag, Braves!...

The Cubs Aren't Even Bothering With Matching Uniforms Anymore
Either Junior Lake is not very attentive when getting dressed, or the Cubs' uniform budget is running a little thin. ...

Oh No, Mets
The season hasn't even started yet, and the LOLMets are coming on strong....