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Sone Aluko's Volley Winner For Hull City Is One Of This Season's Best
Hull City's opened its first campaign in the Premiership since 2010 solidly; they're smack in the middle of the table, and stunning more established sides with spectacular plays. One of those came today as Sone Aluko slammed home a massive volley to steal a win from Newcastle....
High School Player Returns Interception 107 Yards For Touchdown
This is from Friday night and, yes, a 107-yard interception return means the Maryland-bound Johnny Thomas was seven yards deep in the end zone when opted to run it back rather than take a knee. Several amazing things have to happen for that to turn into a 107-yard touchdown....
Pirates Catcher Tony Sanchez Cartwheels Into Dugout To Make Catch
Chris Denorfia's foul pop was hit just far enough into the Padres dugout for Tony Sanchez to lunge over the railing to grab it. But there was no stopping Sanchez from going heels up, power tumbling off a ledge, and landing on his ass on the concrete floor several feet below....
Alcides Escobar Takes A Dive, Scores A Run
Watch how the Royals score a run here by executing a double steal to perfection. All because Alcides Escobar dekes Yan Gomes's tag by hitting the deck. Exactly how it was planned....
What Flying Looks Like, From An Eagle's Perspective
Fuuuuuuck me this is cool. So cool....
German Soccer Club Scores Incredible Goal Seven Seconds Into Match
RB Leipzig deployed some ingenious early game strategy in a match against VfB Stuttgart II this past Saturday. At the start of the match, Leipzig bum rushed six extra players into Stuttgart's side of the field, a brilliant move which resulted in the goal you see above. I don't know who Leipzig's co...
Sumo Match Ends With Crushing Body Slam
I remember one summer, when I was 10 or 11, I spent a day at home watching sumo wrestling on ESPN2. I came away from the experience thinking that sumo wrestling was boring and dumb. I would not have been so dismissive if some shit like this had gone down. ...
There's A New Contender For The Worst Mistake On A Kickoff Return
Less than a week after the Titans' Darius Reynaud started the NFL season with a safety on an opening kickoff, Marshall's Steward Butler gave us an even more derp-tuoso performance during a college game Saturday night....
Confused Ref In Cal-Ohio State Doesn't Know What The Hell's Going On
Ohio State fumbled mid-way through the first quarter against Cal and before the Golden Bears recovered, two flags were thrown for personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct. Sifting through the bodies and change of possession, our poor ref had the penalties, numbers and even sides of the field all ...
USF Gives Up Touchdown When Own Running Back Forces QB Fumble
Look, USF is bad. But so is FAU! We can't think of any better example of Bulls futility than this play early in tonight's matchup between the two teams in Tampa, when the Owls score a touchdown thanks to USF forcing a fumble against itself. The bus, it has a broken axle. ...
Johnny Manziel: Not A Strong Tackler
Worth remembering Texas wanted to recruit Manziel as a safety, which tells you all you need to know about the Texas defense....
Gareth Bale Scores On His Real Madrid Debut
After an excruciating summer, Real Madrid bought the Premier League player of the year Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur for a world-record fee of £85.3 million. Today, Bale made his debut against Villarreal, who surprisingly were kind of thumping Madrid for much of the first half and took a 1-0 le...
This Is The Most Impressive "Pick-Off Throw" You'll Ever See
I mean, it's not even the pitcher and he uses a bat! These pennant races are crazy....
This Punt-Block Touchdown Is Weird, Awesome
BGSU has its hands full today in Bloomington against a B1G Indiana squad, but even if they lose they can return to northwest Ohio knowing they pulled off the best blocked punt you'll see in college football this year....