owl Page 153 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
One Useless Man Is Called A Disgrace, Two Are Called A Law Firm, And Three Or More Become The White Sox<em></em>
And by God, I have had these White Sox!...
They Can't All Be 92-Point Games
LaMelo Ball is a fine basketball player. He will be a fine college player. Very possibly he will be a fine NBA player. He is also 15 years old....
Andrew McCutchen<em></em> Tries To Score From Second On A Grounder To Short, Doesn't
Andrew McCutchen ended a sixth-inning rally when the Pirates outfielder found himself out by 40 feet to help the Mets retire the side. How’d this happen? By completely ignoring his third-base coach, it seems....
Arena Football Play So Bad, You'll Forget How Many Teams Are Left In Arena Football
You may have missed this news. There are only five teams remaining in the Arena Football League, and two of them didn’t exist until this season. With that kind of success, we’re shocked that a play full of such failure could be executed—if you can use that word—on the field, but here you are. One of...
Rougned Odor Fall Down Go Boom
The Rangers have just four hits and a single run against the hapless Blue Jays this afternoon, and an illustration of their offensive struggles can be seen in Rougned Odor’s sixth-inning at-bat—in which the Texas infielder swings so hard he falls down trying to get out of the batter’s box....
Weird Minor-League Strikeout Likely The Most Bizarre You Have Ever Seen
This is a weird strikeout!...
Here's A Shitty Way To Lose A Shutout
Clayton Kershaw, who is 7-2 with a 2.04 ERA and remains the best pitcher in the league, had his best start of the season last night. He pitched nine innings against the Cardinals, allowed three hits and just one run, and struck out 10 batters in just 104 pitches. It was a marvelous outing, and it en...
LeBron, NOOOOO
In the third quarter of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Kevin Love heaved an incredible outlet pass the length of the court to a waiting LeBron James, who reared back for dunk, ready to shatter the backboard, and then doinged it off the rim....
The 2021 Super Bowl Will Move To Tampa Thanks To L.A.'s Stadium Construction Delay
After massive rainfall delayed the construction of the Los Angeles NFL stadium by one year, NFL owners voted today to give the 2021 Super Bowl to Tampa Bay and push L.A.’s Super Bowl back to 2022....
Former Falcons Defensive Line Coach Can't Figure Out Why He Was Fired Three Days After The Super Bowl
Bryan Cox, Sr. spent the last three seasons as the defensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons. He was fired three days after the team’s historic defensive collapse in the Super Bowl, along with defensive coordinator Richard Smith. Cox isn’t quite sure about how this happened....
Swiss Defender Scores Spectacular Bicycle Kick Into His Own Goal
For Adrien Gulfo, a defender for Swiss lower division club Pully Football (amazing name by the way), this feat of athleticism has to be the absolute pinnacle of his career. Well, it would have been, had the ball not been aimed toward his own team’s goal....
I Got It... I Got It... I Don't Got It
Brandon Crawford earned a “double” after Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett waved off his teammates to field a pop-up that he then... failed to field. ¡No la tengo!...
Goalie Momentarily Forgets Where He Is, Concedes Very Dumb Goal
Soccer is hard. There are so many other people on the field: teammates, referees, opponents, occasionally the odd dog. One can be forgiven for the occasional lapse. However, this howler from Ottawa Fury FC goalkeeper Callum Irving is a transcendent fuckup....
Another Kevin Kiermaier Misplay Leads To Another Little League Home Run
Last year, Kevin Kiermaier hit .246 with 12 homers—nothing stellar—but he won a Gold Glove for his second consecutive season and anchored the Tampa Bay Rays’ outfield defense. He has quite a hole to dig himself out of if he wants to repeat for 2017....
Let The Braves Show You How Not To Execute A Rundown
The Astros put the finishing touches on a two-game series sweep of the Atlanta Braves this afternoon, coming back and winning 4-2. The Braves have not been good this year, but they are very consciously rebuilding, and a team full of younger guys will make some mistakes. Like this one, where Marwin G...
Middlesbrough Nutmegged Back To The Championship
Middlesbrough will be relegated after a three-goal performance by Chelsea that saw keeper Brad Guzan earn a nutmeg hat trick. We’ve all had days like this....
Some Basketball Stuff Bradley Beal Did Last Night
The Boston Celtics won a game in which they trailed for pretty much all but a few moments of regulation, to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Washington Wizards. Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas was unstoppable in the fourth quarter and overtime, scori...
Russian Cup Final Features More Punches And Red Cards Than Goals
That is Lokomotiv Moscow player Ari up there with the leaping right hook, apparently not content with only beating FC Ural on the scoreboard, but also wanting to win the mid-game fight. Unfortunately for the Brazilian, the bout would end in a relative draw, with both teams landing some solid haymake...
What In The Damn Hell Were The Hawks Doing?
With a little less than a minute left in last night’s Game 5 between Washington and Atlanta, John Wall dribbled into some open space behind a Marcin Gortat screen and calmly sank a 21-foot jumpshot, giving the Wizards a four-point lead with 47 seconds left to play....
Dwyane Wade's Playoff Defense Is Awe-Inspiring
The Boston Celtics regained control of their first-round series against the Bulls last night, winning 108-97 and taking a 3-2 series lead. Who is to blame for the Bulls losing their grip? Not Dwyane Wade, who scored 26 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, dished eight assists, and played some inspired defen...