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Wonderteen Christian Pulisic Undresses A Pair Of Defenders, Serves Up Opening Goal

This evening’s USMNT-Panama match was soggy, goalless, and uneventful for the first 39 minutes, until America’s greatest teenager, Christian Pulisic, owned a pair of experienced Panamanian defenders and put an easy assist on a platter for Clint Dempsey. Felipe Baliy and Roman Torres are two of Panam...

Adam Silver Wants To Ensure A Woman Becomes An NBA Head Coach "Sooner Rather Than Later"<em></em>

This afternoon, the NBA launched its annual gender equality campaign with Lean In. They released several videos promoting the organization, and commissioner Adam Silver spoke with ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk, Lean In founder Sheryl Sandberg, and Kathleen Behrens, NBA president of social responsibility and...

Bruce Arena Has Some Dumb Ideas About Who Created Christian Pulisic<em></em>

Jurgen Klinsmann was an arrogant jerk with a penchant for demoralizing his players and pissing off powerful executives in the American soccer scene with his lofty ideas about how to shake up American soccer as it has been—a culture that consistently puts out a motley crew of under-talented overachie...

FIFA Suspends Lionel Messi Four Matches For Yelling At Referee

FIFA handed Lionel Messi a four-match suspension from international play today in response to an incident after last week’s Argentina-Chile match when Messi was seen insulting a referee. With only five matches left in a World Cup Qualifying process in which Argentina have struggled, there is a very ...

Does This Look Like The Reincarnation Of Lou Gehrig To You?<em></em>

You’ve spoken to a toddler, or at least know enough about children to imagine what speaking to a toddler might be like. You understand that a 2-year-old child, because his brain is still developing and he is just starting to experiment with language, is liable to say some dumb things. A toddler migh...

The Christian Pulisic Era Has Officially Begun

If there was a single aspect of the USMNT’s exhilarating, thoroughly commanding 6-0 crushing of Honduras in last Friday’s critical World Cup qualifier that was less than perfect, it was at least one outside the purview of everyone involved....

North Carolina Beats Kentucky In Incredible Finish [UPDATE]

North Carolina’s Luke Maye hit a jumper with 0.3 seconds remaining to send the Tar Heels to the Final Four, just moments after Malik Monk drilled a desperation three to tie the game for Kentucky. Above, you can see the play and hear it as called on CBS, Westwood One radio, and on Russian television....

Here's A Good Idea: Curling, But With Cars

Have you ever watched curling and thought, man, this is great, but what if the stones were replaced with Soviet-era cars? A Russian insurance agent has! Here is the debut of the resulting sport, from last week:...

Sportswriters Whine About Kid Reporter Asking Legitimate Question At Press Conference

In South Carolina coach Frank Martin’s postgame press conference last night, preteen Sports Illustrated Kids reporter Max Bonnstetter asked an interesting and well-formulated question—one that, somehow, upset a handful of “adult” journalists:...

Wisconsin's Zak Showalter Forces Overtime With Off-Balance Circus Three<em></em>

Zak Showalter hit a miracle three with two seconds remaining to send his Wisconsin team to overtime against a Florida Gators squad that led throughout the second half. He followed it up with a certain branded signature gesture aimed at Aaron Rodgers, in attendance and rooting on the Badgers. Here’s ...

Christian Pulisic Is Not The Next Landon Donovan

In the leadup to the U.S. men’s national team’s critical World Cup qualifier tonight against Honduras, the usual and deserved attention has been predictably focused on Christian Pulisic, who, if you somehow still need an introduction, is the young American phenom lighting it up for Borussia Dortmund...

Senators Owner Pissed At Sidney Crosby

Sidney Crosby is at it again, “it” in this case short for “being an irritating asshole.”...

The WBC Is Over But The Trash Talk Isn't

Hey, we’ve got some WBC beef! Maybe this tournament is legit after all....

Sidney Crosby Slashed Marc Methot's Fingertip Off

Marc Methot came into tonight’s game against the Penguins with 10 fingers. He left with approximately 9.8 after Sidney Crosby slashed at him in the first period....

The Wizards Need Rest More Than Anybody But Might Be Too Dumb To Take It

Here is how long the NBA season is: Long enough for the Washington Wizards to have gone from a bad team with a good starting five and an atrocious bench, to a good team with a great starting five and an atrocious bench, to a dark-horse Finals pick with a great starting five and a good bench, to a st...

Over 1,000 Kilos Of Cocaine Hidden In Boxes Labeled With Lionel Messi's Face

The above picture depicts some of the hundreds of cases ostensibly filled with tasty squid filets seized by Peruvian authorities yesterday. On the outside of these boxes are labels upon which the image of Barcelona star Lionel Messi, his name, and his brand logo are printed. On the inside are bricks...

Here’s an NHL column that has absolutely nothing to do with Bill Simmons. Definitely not. [The Comeback]...

The WBC Was Baseball As It's Going To Be

“It’s the most fun I’ve ever had playing baseball,” said OF Christian Yelich, and sure, it’s easy to say you had a blast when you win. But after Team USA’s 8-0 win to become World Baseball Classic champs for the first time in the event’s fourth edition, these were also the first words out of the mou...

Team USA Clobbers Puerto Rico To Claim First World Baseball Classic Title<em></em>

Thanks to impressive pitching from Marcus Stroman and solid hitting from nearly every player in the lineup, Team USA glided past Puerto Rico 8-0 to win their first World Baseball Classic title in Los Angeles on Wednesday night....

Even Puerto Rico's Governor Dyed His Hair Blond For The WBC Final

The members of Puerto Rico’s baseball team dyed their hair blond for the World Baseball Classic, and as they’ve advanced through the tournament, the people of Puerto Rico have been catching on to the trend. In fact, “Team Rubio” has inspired so many Puerto Ricans to go platinum, the island is runnin...