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Minor-Leaguer Learns Painful Lesson About Gravity, Gets Hit In Head By Own Foul Ball
What goes up must come down to embarrass you by striking you on the head, as the old saying goes. This is a lesson that Clinton LumberKings designated hitter Nick Zammarelli learned all too well yesterday, when he fouled off a ball that hit the roof only to have it come back down and plunk him right...
Striker Bails Out Goalkeeper's Fuck-Up With Even Bigger Fuck-Up
Most of the European soccer leagues haven’t even started yet and we already have an early contender for worst miss of the season. Take a bow, Valentin Costache of Dinamo Bucuresti, for this truly is an impressive feat of ineptitude....
We Have Another Own Goal Golazo
Just days after it happened in the Inter Milan-Chelsea match, another astonishing own goal golazo happened today in Austria as Eibar’s José Ángel Valdés hammered home what proved to be the only goal of his side’s friendly against Schalke—one that looked so impressively like a purposeful shot that th...
Inter Milan Spot Chelsea An Astounding 50-Yard Own Goal, Win Anyway
Here is one hell of an own goal, from Geoffrey Kondogbia of Inter Milan:...
Inside-The-Park Grand Slam Salvaged By <em></em>Worst Tag Attempt Ever
J.P. Crawford—a Phillies shortstop prospect currently playing with the AAA Lehigh Valley IronPigs—smacked an inside-the-park grand slam tonight. That in itself is a rare feat, but it was made even more unbelievable by some bizarre action at the plate when Crawford came in to score....
Odubel Herrera Continues To Not Give A Fuck, Gets Benched
Young, excitable Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera is having a slightly down year compared to his first two promising campaigns, and he currently plays for the worst team in baseball. Thankfully, that doesn’t seem to have affected his confidence too much....
Here Is A Very Silly And Satisfying Home Run
Jose Canseco’s off-the-head home run will always be a great baseball lowlight, but I think Reno Aces right fielder Zach Borenstein has him beat....
Mark Trumbo Made Just The Saddest Damn Baseball Play You Will See Today
Here is Orioles outfielder Mark Trumbo tracking a José Altuve fly ball to the warning track in right field in today’s Orioles-Astros tilt:...
Dante Fowler Jr. Allegedly Punched A Guy, Stomped On His Glasses, Threw His Booze In A Lake
Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. was arrested Tuesday night in his hometown of St. Petersburg (Fla.) after, well, let’s let the statement St. Petersburg police just emailed me explain it:...
The Rangers Lost A Game Because Of The Punk-Ass Sun
With the scored tied at three in the bottom of the ninth, Rangers reliever Jason Grilli was in a bases-loaded, two-out jam. If he could get Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain out, the Rangers would escape to extra innings and keep their hopes at winning the game alive. Grilli got Cain to hit a catchable...
Giancarlo Stanton Chucked His Glove Over The Wall Attempting To Rob A Non-Dinger
Here is big dong-crushing superhuman Giancarlo Stanton going up to make a heroic catch against the wall in right center, and, um, keeping the ball in the park?...
Here's 20 Seconds Of Profoundly Terrible Soccer
Remember this 1993 Premier League match between Queens Park Rangers and Manchester City? Me neither, but an Italian magazine broke it down and deemed a portion of it as the worst 20 seconds of soccer ever....
Lonzo Ball's Summer League Debut Was A Disaster
Lonzo Ball’s much-anticipated professional basketball debut left Lakers chief Magic Johnson shaking his head, as the UCLA product went 2-15 while tripping over his feet and looking incredibly slow in a 96-93 overtime loss to the Clippers. Time for some lowlights!...
Poor Bastard Whiffs On Rafael Nadal's Second Serve
World No. 34 Karen Khachanov fought his way through two tough matches in Wimbledon’s early rounds (a total of nine sets, three of which were tiebreaks) only to earn himself a third-round date with Rafael Nadal....
Dustin Fowler Carted Off With Leg Injury Less Than An Inning Into His Major League Debut [UPDATE]
Dustin Fowler’s debut in the bigs ended as quickly and disastrously as one could imagine as the rookie Yankees outfielder crashed into the wall in foul territory in Chicago and had to be carted off with what appears to be a serious leg injury....
Portugal's Horrendous Penalty Shootout Performance Sends Chile To Confed Cup Final
After a lively though scoreless 120 minutes of Confederations Cup soccer between Portugal and Chile, the South Americans advanced to the final on penalty kicks thanks in part to Claudio Bravo but mostly to Portugal’s penalty takers, who were shockingly bad....
Rockies Reliever Adam Ottavino Really Crapped It Up Yesterday
Rockies relief pitcher Adam Ottavino entered the seventh inning of Sunday’s game with two outs, two men on, and a two-run lead. He walked Dodgers second baseman Austin Barnes, and then everything fell apart....
Klay Thompson Rim-Checks Himself To Hell
Show them the skills that have made you a rich and famous basketball man, Klay:...
Indiana Lost Money Playing In Its Bowl Game
The number of postseason college football bowls has steadily ballooned from a sensible number of games featuring only the best teams in the nation to the stultifying monstrosity we have today, where 82 teams (including several with losing records) play each other in increasingly irrelevant games spr...
White Sox Batter Attempts To Reach Base Using Novel Technique
Why the Chicago White Sox claimed Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Alen Hanson off waivers last week and then added him to their roster remains unclear. Hanson, 24, hit .205/.239/.261 in parts of two seasons in the National League; his minor-league record doesn’t suggest he has much to offer at the plat...