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Here Is Your Final Colombian TV ¡GOL! Of The World Cup
Brazil eliminated Colombia 2-1 yesterday, which means the Caracol TV call of James Rodriguez's goal from the spot is the last time we get to feature Javier "El Cantante del Gol" Fernández's wonderful announcing. Enjoy....
James Rodríguez Attacked By Horrifying Animal After Penalty Kick
James Rodríguez nailed home a penalty kick to draw Colombia within a goal of Brazil, and the first thing to celebrate with him wasn't a teammate but this giant green scary-as-shit bug. WHAT IS THAT THING?...
Meet Rodrigo Paiva, Brazil's Player-Punching Media Ringmaster
Brazil play Colombia today in the World Cup quarterfinals. Their communications director, Rodrigo Paiva, is making headlines of his own after earning a one-game suspension for punching Chile's Mauricio Pinilla during a half-time dust-up....
So, this A-Rod thing. Lotta questions. Is getting a therapeutic use exemption to take extra testosterone purely based on hormone levels, and MLB doesn't care what sort of chemical abuse led to that deficit? If so, why did only one other player receive the same exemption as Rodriguez in 2007? Did MLB...
No One Wants To Play Colombia, Because James Rodríguez Is Unstoppable
The World Cup has always been a tournament of superstars. What separates the fates of these hodge-podge collections of countrymen wrangled together a couple dozen times per year to form some semblance of chemistry and playing coherence ahead of the Big Shebang is very often one particular player's a...
The James Rodríguez Golazo, As Called On Colombian Television
You knew this was coming, didn't you? Here's how the brilliant James Rodríguez goal that put Colombia up 1-0 on Uruguay sounded on Colombian TV broadcaster Caracol. ROCK OUT. Update: here's James's second goal, as aired on the same network:...
James Rodríguez With The Wonder-Goal For Colombia
Shit man, this is pretty. ...
Two Phenoms Could Make Themselves Very Rich Today
Most of us will tune into today's clash between the Ivory Coast and Colombia to see who'll leave the game atop Group C. But for some of the world's biggest clubs—Premier League giants Arsenal and Manchester United, perhaps—the focus will be on two players in particular: 21-year-old Ivorian right bac...
British Comedian Almost Sneaks On Team England's World Cup Plane
Simon Brodkin is a British actor/comedian/prankster who plays, among other characters, a soccer player named Jason Bent. Brodkin, dressed in character as Bent, got amongst team England on a private tarmac at Luton Airport and tried to board the plane the squad was taking to Miami as they begin train...
The Old Piss Troughs From The Metrodome Are Up For Auction
Are you a memorabilia collector who would like to own a little piece of Vikings football history? Are you also a disgusting person? Then you should head on over to this here auction website and place a bid on one of the many Metrodome bathroom troughs that are currently up for sale....
The Death Of A Cowboy
Sometimes you read a story and everything about it is in harmony—narrative, character, setting, emotion, and insight. Such is the case with Peter Richmond's 1990 tribute to Lane Frost. I'll get out of the way now and let you appreciate it for yourself:...
Police: MLB Knew Biogenesis Documents Were Stolen
In a lawsuit he has since withdrawn, Alex Rodriguez claimed MLB knowingly purchased stolen documents—a claim MLB has always denied. According to a police report obtained by Newsday, MLB was informed several times that the documents it was pursuing were stolen and that they were to contact police if ...
<em>SNL</em> Lampoons Donald Sterling Scandal In Cold Open
Adam Silver, Donald Sterling, Dennis Rodman, and others made appearances in tonight's Saturday Night Live cold open, which didn't skewer the scandal involving the L.A. Clippers owner as much as it did make mildly amusing references to it....
How The Boston Marathon Went Pro And Outran The Myth Of Amateurism
Bill Rodgers, 66 and still frisky, strained a hamstring back in January but it's getting better. When we spoke earlier this month, he was thinking he could run/walk Monday's Boston Marathon. "I'm toying with the idear," he said in Bostonese....
Martin Brodeur Gets The Bittersweet Goodbye Nobody Wanted
Martin Brodeur's 688th win capped a celebratory and mournful night in Newark, as fans sent off the face of their franchise with a tentative goodbye. Unlike Teemu Selanne, who was in a situation where he could run up the odometer and exit at a time of his own choosing, Brodeur may have just run out o...
<em>SNL</em> Presents: "NCAA Tournament: Best Of The White Guys"
We only have one game left in this year's NCAA Tournament, and NBC gave those willing to suffer through an entire Saturday Night Live episode one bonus highlight reel, in an infomercial for "NCAA Tournament: Best Of The White Guys."...
Dennis Rodman Looks Pretty Much How You'd Expect
International diplomat Dennis Rodman showed up to the Buenos Aires leg of the Legends of Basketball Tour looking like a survivor of the cyberpunk apocalypse because of course he did. Eyeliner and lipstick on the basketball court? Sure. But it's hard to imagine that playing with so many ear/nose/lip ...
Former Expos Announcer Loses His Mind On Melky Cabrera Home Run
My French is a little rusty, but I think former Montreal Expos announcer Rodger Brulotte just sang "I love baseball and this Melky Cabrera guy almost as much as I love sucking down a nice burgundy and five million cigarettes. Good night, it is gone." ...