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Half-Court Buzzer Beater Not Hard Enough? Kid Does It No-Look, Backwards
This high schooler's too smooth to bother with things like aiming, following the flight of the ball, or celebrating. He's too busy contemplating the groupies he's going to plow through tonight....
Watch This Soccer Team Miss And Miss And Miss And Miss And Miss Again
A certain member of the Spoiler offices could be quite clearly heard attempting to disguise hysterical laughter by very occasionally coughing as if nothing remotely weird was happening. Just business as usual....
Cristiano Ronaldo Breaks Real Madrid Goal-Scoring Record
When you sign Cristiano Ronaldo, you don't just get an oily gentleman who looks like he belongs on the Jersey Shore, you also get goals — absolutely loads of them....
All Of Edin Dzeko’s Goals From Last Season … In 2-D!
Unless people are making it all up for a laugh, the big news is that the robed men at Man City have splurged another £30 million on hot European property — this time, Edin Dzeko of playing-for-Wolfsburg fame....
Gilbert Arenas's Full-Court Shot That Wasn't, Then Was, Then Wasn't Again
If not for that pesky buzzer, Gilbert's rim-to-shot-clock-nothing-but-net heave would be that kind of thing that happens only when you escape the Wizards. (In Washington, the ball would have nailed a sick child in the fifth row.)...
This Free Throw Bends Physics
If you're like me, you'll watch this approximately 30 times in the next hour. It's captivating. [via Plantar Fasciitis]...
Insane Scramble, Hail Mary Win HS Championship
Facing fourth-and-19, with two minutes left in California's D-III title game, Kingsburg needed a miracle. It would be their second one of the year....
Trick Play Helps Win Biggest HS Game In The Country
Before 43,000 fans in Arlington, Pearland pulled off this bit of trickeration to win Texas's 5A Championship. It's the natural outcome of a season of not-quite-sporting trick plays. Let's see if Pearland's coach can fake his players' ways into FBS schools....
The Best (And Only) Futsal Goal You'll See All Week
A ridiculous sport calls for a ridiculous goal. Portuguese indoor soccer player Ricardinho makes with the move I'm sure there's a name for, but I'll just call the reverse floppy dolphin kick....
Gary Neal Will Look Nice On The Bottom Half Of This Poster
J.R. Smith get both air and distance, demolishing Neal with both hands. A bit of revenge - the Spurs later drew a charge to negate the potential gamewinner, but fundamental D doesn't sell sneakers....
Last Night's Winner: WEC Goes Out With Some Matrix-Style Shit
Most MMA organizations fade away for want of money or attention or quality, crushed under the thumb of the largest promotions. But WEC was good enough to merge with UFC, so last night it had a chance to say a face-cracking goodbye....
This Is Hockey's Best Goal Of The Year
That's not even typical blog hyperbole. From a Swedish U20 league, Oscar Milton perches behind the net, scoops the puck up, and flings it over the net, banking it off the back of the goalie's head for the score. [via Puck Daddy]...
The NBA Was Silly With Game-Winners Last Night
You know how in a basketball video game, you'll intentionally let the computer tie it up so you can nail the buzzer-beater? The NBA was like that yesterday....
Who Doesn't Love A Good Bicycle Kick?
Eran Zahavi of Hapoel Tel Aviv hops on his bike in Champions League action. Fun fact: I concussed myself at 6 years old trying a bicycle kick. I'd do it again in a heartbeat....
An Insane Shootout Goal To Start Your Morning
Muskegon Lumberjack Travis Walsh goes behind the back, off the skate, back to the stick, to the twine. It's early, but this might be the best USHL highlight you see today....
Watch Samir Nasri’s Brilliant Performance Against Fulham Set To Music!
They say that when a door slams shut, a window pops open. Or something like that. And in this case, the door is Cesc Fabregas, and Samir Nasri is a window....
How About That Adam Johnson Goal!
This post, written by Josh Burt, is republished with permission from The Spoiler. Go there often if you like soccer stuff....
Buzzer-Beater Punctuated By Announcer's Guttural Bellow
Minnesota HS hoops provides this week's buzzer-beater. But the real star is our play-by-play guy, who's either so excited that words fail him, or he happens to be fluent in dinosaur....
Surprisingly Congruous When You Think About It Mixtape Theater: Barry Sanders
Welcome to Surprisingly Congruous When You Think About It Mixtape Theater. Today's entry: Lions great Barry Sanders set to Clint Mansell & The Kronos Quartet's overture from the Requiem For A Dream soundtrack....
Your Barcelona-Real Madrid Scoring Bonanza Goal Roundup
The Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid was absurdly lopsided. Barca netted five goals in an utter domination of Cristiano and the rest of Jose Mourinho's crew. Enjoy our compilation of the bloodletting....