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Islanders Knock Out Panthers In Double-OT
John Tavares’s goal at 10:41 of the second overtime gave the Islanders a 2-1 win over Florida, knocking out the Panthers and seizing his team’s first playoff series win since they played in something called the “Patrick Division.” ...
New Yorkers! If you enjoy the Wall Street Journal’s sports section—and you should, because it’s one of the best in the country—then you need to attend tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. Past and present staffers will be paying tribute to Sam Walker, who is moving o...
Jamie Vardy's Bulldozing Goal Is A Metaphor For Leicester City's Season
Watch this latest Jamie Vardy goal, his 21st of the season. Watch him pick up the ball at the halfway line, cooly assess the situation, and decide on the brute-force move of “kick it past the motherfucker and run.” Watch him bulldoze Patrick Van Aanholt, slip past Vito Mannone, and secure a 2-0 win ...
Get A Load Of This Wondergoal Jamie Vardy Scored Against Germany
This right here is a real beauty. Nathaniel Clyne hit a perfect cross to Jamie Vardy, who did a little bit of magic to backheel it past a spinning Manuel Neuer without even looking at the damn goal. ...
New Yorkers! If you like basketball, you should definitely attend tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. SI senior writer Alexander Wolff will be there to discuss his new book, The Audacity of Hoop: Basketball and the Age of Obama. He’ll be joined by Shawn Fury, author...
Boca Juniors Equalize Bolívar With 95th-Minute Free Kick <i>Golazo</i>
The Copa Libertadores remains the best soccer competition you’re not watching, and Boca Juniors made it a thriller tonight in Bolivia as Federico Carrizo hammered home a Stephen Curry-range free kick in the 95th minute to save a draw against the home side....
Wisconsin Investigated Bo Ryan After Extramarital Affair, Denies It Caused His Resignation
Following allegations made in February 2015 by a woman who claimed she carried on a lengthy affair with then-Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan, the university conducted an investigation into his conduct and concluded in May that Ryan did not misuse university resources. According to a statement from u...
The Best Of MLB Photo Day 2016
MLB Photo Day is the best source for photos of MLB players looking visibly uncomfortable. A small percentage of the players embrace the situation as best as they can, like Nick Swisher. Let’s look at some others....
Jamie Vardy's Wondrous Volley Is One Of The Best Goals You'll See All Year
Yes, this is video of Jamie Vardy—who, despite all odds is still the Premier League’s leading scorer—sizing up a visionary pass by Riyad Mahrez—still one of the most dangerous players in all of England—and instead of doing the sensible thing and taking a touch to figure out what to do next, straight...
¡NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
We love Álvaro Martín and Raúl Allegre’s Monday Night Football announcing on ESPN Deportes, and the value of watching football en Español was no more apparent than on the failed Denver Broncos field goal attempt at the end of regulation tonight. ¡NOOOOOOOO!...
Are you a Mets fan? Are you finally ready to talk about this past season, and that World Series defeat? Then head on down to tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine. The Mets-themed evening will feature readings from Jared Diamond, David Roth, and Greg Prince. It should ...
Real Madrid Can't Even Beat Barcelona At Trolling
It’s only natural that the biggest rivalry in all of soccer is regularly fraught with verbal jabs and needles back and forth, as Barcelona and Real Madrid fans and players seek to show up their eternal enemies. This season has already offered a few moments ripe for the kind of hilarious sparring eve...
Leicester City Can't Really Be This Good, Can They?
This truly is madness. Coming into this weekend, a third of the way through the Premier League season, the team sitting atop the table wasn’t the reigning champions Chelsea, nor the rich and stacked squad in Manchester City, or even Arsenal, enjoying their most promising season in forever. No, the c...
Jamie Vardy Scores In 11th Straight Premier League Game, Breaking Record
Jamie Vardy, striker for Premier League leaders Leicester City, scored again today, for the eleventh consecutive game. The goal broke Ruud Van Nistelroy’s 12-year-old record of 10 consecutive appearances with goals....
Jamie Vardy Is The Premier League's Most Unlikely Star
For many in the England team, this international break was just another tune-up before the culmination of a long process in France next summer. Most all of them have been groomed from a young age; the majority of these Englishmen had been noticed and selected for greatness when they were teens. This...
This Is The Best New Pumpkin Beer
Booze and leisure bloggers have no need for calendars, but we do require many of the same ointments, detergents, and jerkies that bring the rest of you into Walgreen’s on a regular basis. That trip is also how I know that Halloween hasn’t passed yet: The salted-pomegranate candy corn has yet to give...
Sports Baby Goes Down
Jonny Gomes is a good daddy, and he celebrated tonight’s victory over the Astros by swinging one of his daughters around the pitcher’s mound. It looks like fun! Unfortunately, he didn’t see Jason Vargas’s kid running towards them and, uh, you’ll totally believe what happens next: ...
New Yorkers! Tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine, should be a good one. It’s Madden-themed, so 538’s Walt Hickey and Neil Paine will be there to discuss their story on how the game gets made, and SB Nation’s Jon Bois will talk about his Breaking Madden series. More d...