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Watch This Former Gymnast Tear Up The Course On <em>American Ninja Warrior</em>
Kacy Catanzaro's about 5-foot-nothing and 100 pounds, and somehow she's wrecking shit on American Ninja Warrior....
Aaron Hernandez Evidence Includes 33 Pages Of Texts With Bill Belichick
Documents made public today reveal some of the evidence that prosecutors have turned over to Aaron Hernandez's defense in the Odin Lloyd murder case. Among them, interviews with Patriots higher-ups and whole mess of text messages exchanged between Hernandez and Bill Belichick in the months leading u...
Hey, Check Out Mario Götze's Boat Boner
Hey, casual soccer fan! You're likely going to remember Mario Götze as the guy who won the 2014 World Cup for Germany, but you should know that he was famous long before he scored last night's deciding goal. That's because he once got a big ol' boner while hanging out on a boat with a lady....
Here's How Götze's World Cup-Winning Goal Sounded In Germany & Argentina
Mario Götze found net in the 113th minute to deliver Germany its fourth world cup. Above is the goal as called on German TV broadcaster Das Erste; below is the despondent call from Argentinian TV Pública. ...
Why Your World Cup Stadium Sucks: Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
The Estádio Beira-Rio is a beautiful, if not slightly underwhelming, piece of architecture that gives Porto Alegre two modern multi-use pitches in the course of two years. There's a good chance they didn't need both. ...
Leonys Martin Robs Nelson Cruz Of Homer, Impresses Cruz
Tonight, Rangers outfielder Leonys Martin made a brilliant catch at the wall to rob former teammate and current Orioles outfielder Nelson Cruz of a home run. Even Cruz had to acknowledge Martin's effort....
USA-Belgium Pitch Invader Jumped Out Of Wheelchair
The fellow who disrupted play during yesterday's USA-Belgium found an ingenious way to get so close to the pitch—he had a wheelchair in a spot meant for the disabled....
Mike Florio, partner at the law firm of Schmuck, Hack, and Gasbag LLP, gives the football-media equivalent of the birds-and-the-bees talk to Johnny Manziel: "But if something happens between a sufficiently overage male and an underage girl, the overage male can go to jail even if the underage girl c...
How Two Infamous Ex-ESPNers Benefited From A Bristol VIP's Night Out
One of the most influential men in sports pawing women in a hotel bar in front of a couple enemies with old scores to settle—and much of it surreptitiously captured on video? It sounds like the stuff of an investigation carried out by one of ESPN's harder-charging journalistic franchises. Instead, i...
Aaron Hernandez Is In This 2014 Florida Gators Calendar
Say hello to Mr. July 2014, Aaron Hernandez. Oof....
<em>We Are The Best!</em> Proves That Punk Rock Never Dies
In 1990, two freshwomen at the University of Oregon got fed up with all the boy bands on campus, so they proclaimed themselves to be their own band. After a few months of talking themselves up, they were invited by a friend in Olympia, Washington, to play a Valentine's Day show. There was just one p...
France Look Safe, But The Rest Of Group E Has Everything To Play For
The final matches of Group E are about to kick off, with France taking on Ecuador and Switzerland facing Honduras. Each team still has a chance to make the Round of 16, and this chart shows the various ways things could shake out....
How Either Nigeria Or Iran Can Join Argentina In The Next Round
Starting at noon Eastern, Argentina play Nigeria and Iran play Bosnia-Herzegovina in the final matches of Group F. Here's a chart showing all the paths to qualification still possible in this group....
Mario Balotelli Jumps Over A Guy, Knees Him In The Head In The Process
Italy are playing Uruguay today in World Cup Group D's final matchday. The winner of of this game joins Costa Rica (!(?)) in the knockout stages, so as you'd imagine, it's a bit chippy. In the 23rd minute, Balotelli retreated into his own half to win a header, elevated, and jumped right over a Urugu...
What Every Team In The World Cup Needs To Do To Advance
Following up on our earlier posts, we now have charts laying out World Cup advancement scenarios for each team in every group....
Chart: What Do Brazil And Mexico Need To Do To Advance?
Last night, we showed you what needed to happen for the USMNT to advance to the next round of the World Cup. Now we have a similar chart showing how things shake out depending on the results of this afternoon's Group A matches....
What Has To Happen For The USMNT To Advance
The graphic you see above, inspired by this tweet from Chris Bunn, lays out the scenarios whereby the USMNT gets a spot in the Round of 16. If the Americans beat or draw Germany, they're through. The second-clearest path to qualification is a Portugal-Ghana draw. We're at four points, the same as Ge...
Aaron Hernandez Requests Jail Transfer For His Own Safety
Attorneys for former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is charged with three homicides, have filed papers requesting a transfer out of Bristol County Jail. Hernandez's attorneys want him closer to Boston to cut down on travel time, but also claim Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson has a clear ...
Aaron Hernandez Seeks Patriots Medical Records As Potential Evidence
The Patriots have largely stayed clear of involvement in either of Aaron Hernandez's two murder cases. That may change; Hernandez's attorneys have asked a judge to subpoena the Patriots for all of Hernandez's medical records during his time with the team. Well, nearly all of them....
Mario Balotelli Has A Better Idea For Italy's Lineup
The collecting craze at this World Cup is not trading cards, but stickers. Panini's World Cup album is once again a hot seller, with collectors buying sticker packs in the hopes of completing an entire national side—or even the whole album. Mario Balotelli is his own sort of completist....