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Lisa De Vanna's Bicycle Kick Goal Yesterday Was Insane
This goal happened yesterday in an NWSL match between New Jersey's Sky Blue FC and the Boston Breakers. A Sky Blue player picked her way through the left side of the box, but found herself surrounded by defenders. So she cut back and looped in a prayer to 28-year-old forward Lisa De Vanna. The ball ...
This Own Goal From Chivas USA Defender Mario de Luna Makes Us Sad
Midway through the first half in last night's MLS clash between the Seattle Sounders and Chivas USA, Sounders midfielder Mauro Rosales broke free down the right flank and lofted a ball into the box towards an open Obafemi Martins. But Rosales overshot his target, and the cross floated all the way to...
Indiana On LeBron James: "He's A Flopper"
Near the end of the third quarter last night, LeBron James stepped to the free throw line for a pair of foul shots and the Indiana crowd serenaded him with a round of "he's a flopper" chants....
Dwyane Wade Wants The Ball Because He's More Than LeBron's "Help"
After the Pacers thoroughly dominated the Heat Saturday night, the Big Three are starting to show the signs of frustration we all wondered about when they initially signed together just about three years ago. When a team loses and one of its stars is struggling, there's usually only one way to fix i...
Husky Invades NCAA Tournament Game, Is Cutest Idiot On The Field Ever
Cal State-Fullerton's NCAA tournament game against Arizona State featured an on-field delay of the cutest sort, when a rogue husky rushed the diamond at Goodwin Field....
One Man Hospitalized, Two More Charged After Fight At Baseball Game
One man, 25-year-old Matt Fortese, is battling for his life, and Baltimore Police have charged two more men after a fight Wednesday at the Orioles-Nationals game....
Birdman's Suspended Tonight Against The Pacers, And That Is Bullshit
After Thursday's dustup between Heat forward Chris "Birdman" Andersen and the elder Hansbrough formerly known as Psycho T, the league allowed Birdman to finish out the rest of the game. Yesterday night, the NBA announced they're suspending Birdman without pay for the sixth game of the series. That i...
Don't Mess With Texas
If you've never read it, this is a treat: Gary Cartwright's classic 1968 piece for Haper's: "Confessions of a Washed-Up Sportswriter." Here we have a first-hand account of Bud Shrake, Dan Jenkins, Blackie Sherrod and the legendary Forth Worth Press in the Fifties:...
Wild Deer Tries Its Hand At Horse Racing
Yep, that's a wild deer chasing down two horses this morning at Keeneland Racecourse. It looked to be closing down, but it just ran out of track. Let's get a saddle on that doe and see if we can film another Seabiscuit. ...
AS Monaco Signs Radamel Falcao. Wait...<i>What</i>?
The European transfer window isn't even open for another month, but the biggest summer signing may have already happened. French club AS Monaco, newly-promoted to Ligue 1, have bought Colombian striker Radamel Falcao from Spanish side Atletico Madrid for somewhere between 45 and 60 million euros. Mo...
Is Tim Tebow's NFL Career Over? His Camp Is Torn
In a story in ESPN The Magazine's upcoming issue, writer David Fleming goes long on the NFL's casting out of Tim Tebow and questions whether the free agent quarterback still has a future in the NFL. The answer Fleming comes up with: probably not....
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Steelers Tackle Mike Adams Hospitalized After Stabbing [UPDATE]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have just released a statement saying Mike Adams, their second-year offensive tackle, was stabbed early this morning in what looks like an attempted robbery in the city's South Side. Adams, 23, had to be hospitalized....
Here's The Walk-Off Home Run That Lifted The Hoosiers Over Valparaiso
In the first round of the NCAA Regional last night, first-seeded Indiana took on fourth-seeded Valparaiso. Following an error in the top of the 9th inning by Indiana's sophomore second baseman, Chad Clark, Valpo scored two runs. The Hoosiers were up to bat in the bottom of the 9th, down 4-1....
Flummoxed, Pacers Reportedly Consult Shaman About Extending Series
But according to South Florida's Sun-Sentinel, he wasn't much help....
"I'm Sure I Have Contributed To False Values": Red Smith, On Writing
Over a three-year period in the early 1970s, Chicago newspaperman Jerome Holtzman interviewed 18 sportswriters. These were men from the previous couple of generations, and they'd devoted their lives to covering sports: Fred Lib, Dan Daniel, John Drebinger, Paul Gallico, Shirley Povich, Jimmy Cannon,...
The Six Saddest Things About Martin Brodeur's Biggest Twitter Fan
As they do each year, the folks at EA Sports are conducting a fan vote to select the cover player for NHL 14. It's come down to Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, probably in line for the Vezina, and Devils legend Marty Brodeur. Fans can vote on Twitter with a specific hashtag. Sometimes this goes ve...
You're Doing It Wrong, Jarrod
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Bosh And Wade Struggle, But LeBron Isn't Human, So The Heat Still Win
The entire debate about this Miami Heat team—that they would win, that they wouldn't win, and ultimately why they did win—is centered around their Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The Heat gutted their entire team to pay for these three players three summers ago. Their supporti...