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Hlompho Kekana Scores From Past Midfield To Give South Africa Lead
Today’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Cameroon and South Africa went berserk early in the second half as Bafana Bafana midfielder Hlompho Kekana took a shot on goal from his own side of the pitch and scored, giving his team a 2-1 lead....
Aluminum Bat Flips Can Be Righteous Too
Miami Hurricanes star right fielder Willie Abreu has had one hell of a week. Last Friday, he dinged a walk off grand slam to beat Louisville. The Canes were taking on Clemson last night and had a comfortable lead until their bullpen blew a five-run lead....
Burkina Faso’s National Team Is Playing For Liberty (And Money)
Burkina Faso hosts Uganda tomorrow at Ouagadougou’s Stade du 4 Août 1983, with qualification for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations on the line. For members and staff of Les Étalons, though, the match represents more than just the next step in the march toward Gabon....
This Dumb Keeper Is Soccer's New Trickster God
Just look at this idiot. Maritzburg United goalkeeper Glenn Verbauwhede, of the South African Premier Soccer League, has developed an incredibly crazy strategy of baiting referees into giving opponents fouls. First, he lures opposing players into his personal space, then intentionally lunges at thei...
The NFL And NFLPA's Discipline Discussions Are Going Nowhere, And The Sides Are Squabbling Publicly
In four of the most prominent disciplinary decisions of his career, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s chosen punishments were overturned. By Paul Tagliabue in Bountygate, a neutral arbitrator with Ray Rice, and a federal judge with Adrian Peterson and Tom Brady (currently being appealed). It is under...
How Vapid And Racist And Cloistered Is The American Media, Really?
Tragedies—like yesterday’s terrorist attack in Brussels—deserve and receive immediate international media attention. In America, we dedicate a particularly breathless, all-encompassing sort of coverage to violent news out of Western European countries. To put it another way: white people suffering g...
Carlos Beltran Has A Heartbreaking Story About Not Being Able To Order Food When He Broke Into Baseball
For the first time this season, MLB is mandating that all clubs have full-time Spanish translators. Previously, teams had hired translators on an ad hoc basis, or informally used bilingual coaches and teammates to help young Latin players navigate interviews and interactions....
DraftKings And FanDuel Agree To Cease Operating In New York
DraftKings and FanDuel have reached an agreement with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to immediately cease operating in the country’s fourth largest state. The sites will remain inoperative in New York until at least September, when the state’s Supreme Court Appellate Division will hear ...
Richard Sherman Criticizes Roger Goodell's New Rule Proposals, Says He's "Just A Suit"
Richard Sherman has never been shy about expressing his thoughts, and what he says is almost always legitimately interesting, whether it’s on Black Lives Matter, the hypocrisy of Ballghazi, the scam of the NCAA, Roger Goodell’s friendliness with Robert Kraft, or Labor Day....
And...They're Off
A groundsman attempts to tackle a streaker during the Gold Cup Day of Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham racecourse on March 18, 2016 in Cheltenham, England....
Fighting Illini Guard Kendrick Nunn Charged With Domestic Battery
Fighting Illini junior guard Kendrick Nunn was charged today with one count of domestic battery after authorities in Champaign County say he struck a woman in the head, the News-Gazette is reporting. Nunn’s arrest is the fourth one of an Illini basketball player since August, and the second charged ...
Western Kentucky Basketball Coach Resigns, Three Players Suspended After Disciplinary Hearing
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers announced today that three players—Fredrick Edmond, Marlon Hunter and Chris McNeal—have been suspended from the basketball team after a University Disciplinary Committee hearing last night, and that head coach Ray Harper has resigned. The scant details were provided ...
Taurean Prince Shoves Rico Gathers After Heated Exchange
Things are not going well for the five-seeded Baylor Bears right now. They are currently losing to 12-seed Yale, and their players are openly going after each other during timeouts. ...
Which Is Worse: St. Patrick's Day Or SantaCon?
Today is one of the two major opportunities for belligerent public day-drinking associated with a saint. Is it better or worse than the other one?...
Marco Rubio Will Have To Find Another Bed To Shit
Marco Rubio may very well be the emptiest suit to have campaigned for national office in my lifetime. He makes Paul Ryan look like Benjamin Disraeli....
A Good Cricket Catch
Apologies for the flippant hed, but this is a good cricket catch. It’s Bangladesh’s Soumya Sarkar getting his hands on a ball, realizing his momentum would carry him over the boundary, flipping it up in the air, and coming back to get it....
Here's What Happens When A Pro Wrestler Gets Injured And The Ref Doesn't Notice
WWE up-and-comer Neville suffered what looks to be a knee or ankle injury during his bout against Chris Jericho last night on Raw. That’s bad enough news for fans of “The Man That Gravity Forgot,” but the match continued after in-ring referee Charles Robinson didn’t notice the injury—and failed to c...
Ryan Fitzpatrick's Free Agency is Getting Messy
You, as an educated and perceptive sports fan, know leaked reports about ongoing contract negotiations should not serve as predictors of where a player will end up or what that contract will ultimately look like. But they are good barometers of who thinks it’s a good idea to play hardball by running...
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VCU Cheerleader Takes Out Her Rage At Losing On Some Defenseless Balloons
Sometimes when you lose, you shoot sad videos of your dog coming over and giving you a kiss, and sometimes you just want to smash some balloons....