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Korean Baseball Fight!
The KBO League’s Samsung Lions and Hanwha Eagles left their benches twice and fought in Sunday’s game. A total of six players and coaches have been punished for their roles....
Two Kids Barge Into Room During Expert's BBC Interview About South Korea
It’s honestly surprising that this doesn’t happen more often with remote interviews from subjects’ houses....
Look, Baseball!
I know I’m warmer than most on the World Baseball Classic, but I think it can only be a good thing that there’s actual, competitive baseball being played right now, after a long cold winter. (My enthusiasm will wane by May, when I’ll be wishing they could just skip ahead to September already. But le...
France Score Super Sweet Goal, Are Jumping All Over South Korea
They—dumb people—say that 2-0 is the most dangerous lead in soccer. This is wrong, and it is even wronger when the team leading 2-0 is styling on the other. In the first half of their World Cup round-of-16 match, right now, France are styling on South Korea....
Women's World Cup Group E Preview: Oodles Of Attacking Midfielders
Here’s everything you need to know about Group E....
South Korea's Attack Might Soon Be The Most Fearsome In The World
In the year 2017 or 2019, we might be talking about South Korea as a darkhorse candidate to win the World Cup. But since it is 2015, this tournament will serve as a kind of measuring stick to size up the Taegeuk Ladies’s progress. South Korea have always existed in the awkward middle ground of Asian...
Italian Paper Alleges FIFA Used Corrupt Refs To Fix 2002 World Cup Games
The 2002 World Cup hosted jointly by South Korea and Japan was already infamous for its horrendous refereeing, most notably two knockout stage match-ups involving South Korea. Today, one Italian paper has linked what was widely believed to be match-fixing behavior back then to this current FIFA scan...
The Uzbekistani U-22 Team Is Insanely Violent
The King's Cup is a weird friendly tournament among a bunch of random teams that takes place annually—except for the years when it does not take place at all—in Thailand. Uzbekistan and South Korea's under-22 teams met on the first day of this year's competition, and the game ended in a 1-0 win fo...
South Korea Wins LLWS; Teams Bro Down In Handshake Line
South Korea beat Chicago's Jackie Robinson West in the Little League World Series Championship 8-4 today. It featured a pretty solid bat flip from Dong Wan Sin (above) and also a really cool bit of sportsmanship after the game (below). ...
Korean Little Leaguers Get In On The Bat-Flipping Party
Bat flips for everyone! These are two little leaguers for the South Korea team bat-flipping their asses off against Puerto Rico today. The first one is a little more about the hands than bat flip, but the second one is textbook. They both happen to be on outs, but that doesn't matter, one of the all...
South Korea's Biggest Royals Fan Finally Goes To Kansas City
Sung Woo Lee was born and raised in South Korea, and yet the poor guy somehow got roped into cheering for the Kansas City Royals. He's followed the team for something like two decades now but he has never visited the United States. This week, thanks to a group of nice fans, Sung Woo is getting an am...
Luke Scott Kicked Off Korean Team For Reportedly Calling Coach "Coward"
In case you were wondering what former MLB player/birther Luke Scott was up to these days, there is word from East Asia: He's getting kicked off his South Korea baseball team for yelling at the manager....
Which Teams Will The U.S. And Germany Face In The Round Of 16?
Now that we've made it out of the Group of Death, we can sit back and watch the final matches of Group H, which will determine who the USMNT and Germany face in the World Cup's next round. C'mon South Korea and Algeria!...
Here's How Portugal's Late Equalizer Was Called By Portuguese Announcers
Portugal's last-second goal was heartbreaking for U.S. fans, but a glorious reprieve for the Portuguese. Here's our daily roundup of every goal scored, as heard by viewers or listeners in that country. Portugal's above, via RTP1 and Antena radio....
Your South Korea-Algeria Open Thread
I was debating putting this one up so late, but sweet Jesus, Algeria are running South Korea off the pitch!...
South Korea-Algeria: Four Years Later, Algeria Is Worthy Of Your Support
Few sides garnered less praise entering the World Cup than the Desert Foxes of Algeria. Most Americans will remember Algeria as the victims of Landon Donovan's 91st minute miracle goal in 2010. That Algeria side spent the vast majority of the game stifling an increasingly frustrated American attack...
Yesterday's Goals, As Called in Algeria, Belgium, Korea, And Russia
Every day, Deadspin compiles each World Cup goal as called on a broadcast in the country that scored it. See previous days here....
Can South Korea Make Another Surprise Run In Brazil?
South Korea are one of Asia's traditional soccer powers. They and Japan have bossed the continent for decades now, coasting to World Cup to World Cup, where they've tried to prove that Asia's got real talent. In Brazil, South Korea have a chance to once again show that though Asia's a historically w...
South Korean Basketball Coach Makes Player Put Tape Over His Mouth
Ulsan Mobis Phoebus coach Yoo Jae-hak of the Korean Basketball League was livid during a timeout Sunday, even though his team was winning by 13 points, and one specific player caught his ire....