Whas happened in sports last night. World Series Game Five… Continued: Well that was a weird ending to the 2008 MLB season. First the fifth and eventually deciding World Series game gets postponed due to rain, and then for...

Anyone who tells you FIFA is the best soccer (fútbol) game out there doesn’t know a damn thing about the sport. Yeah, having all the logos and pixel-perfect kits is nice and all, but when the game plays like...

Barcelona—the team, not the city—must be in a pretty cranky mood today. You have to be any time you A) lose a battle with your league and B) thoughts of this happening to your most prized player while not...

Fifa Beach Soccer Girls Danceby Machochip These girls are really into their bikini dancing, but we have to disclose that they totally stole their moves from Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy) in “Can’t Buy Me Love.” Oh yeah, the African Anteater...

Ah, it seems like it was just last year when Pele was trotting the globe to promote soccer, being told when to be honored and shit. Well, no more suckas. That was the old Pele, and he’s made enough...

Panama is kinda pissed at El Salvador right now, and it ain’t because they’re not returning their calls. When the Panamanian soccer team got walloped by the Salvadorians in a World Cup qualifier last month, things got a little...

Evo Morales—pictured here probably in the middle of a blow-aided sprint—must be a happy man today. See, the Bolivian President/minor-league soccer player has seen the shackles FIFA threw on high-altitude teams, which includes his own national team, thrown off....

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night International Friendly: The biggest hype of the day came when David Beckham won his 100th cap of his career. The moment of reality came when Frank Ribery scored a penalty, Beckham was given...

Apparently this list started at 239, but who has time on a Wednesday for 239 clips of goals? And, how in the world is Diego Maradona’s goal number 2? [YouTube] Sports Illustrated has opened up their archives to you,...

If we were to debate about who is the greatest player in soccer history, we’d start drinking immediately in order to quell the frustration. Arguing for Pele or Diego Maradona is like bickering over which beer is better: Bud...

Want to see the sickest rug burns ever? Just wait for the 2010 World Cup. “Hannibal Lecter” would have a field day at the games because of all the skinned flesh lying around. Well, that’s if FIFA President Sepp...

As the college football season winds down tonight, here is one of the most vicious hits we’ve seen in a long time. Tulsa’s Roy Roberts puts a smackdown on Bowling Green’s Antonio Smith, and we don’t know what’ we...

Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo and AC Milan midfielder Kaká share a giggle during the FIFA World Player of the Year award ceremony: Kaká: Did you really have sex with hookers? Cristiano Ronaldo: Don’t believe everything you read in...

AC Milan’s Kaká better make some more room in his closet. The chosen one was chosen yet again and presented with the FIFA Player of the Year award yesterday to go along with his Ballon d’Or. And like for...

Bryant Gumbel says shit on national television! Ok, he actually said “shin” and it was cable TV. Fine, the NFL Network, but those 17 viewers were supremely disturbed. [Mr. Irrelevant] Sir Alex is praising that foreigner Carlos Tevez for...

The FIFA World Club Cup Final is set, with Boca Juniors of Argentina scheduled to face Italian giants AC Milan in Japan this weekend (Sunday: the buck-crack of dawn). There’s no question, the bad blood between the two teams...

If this is ACC ref Ron Cherry’s career highlight, then he should hang up his striped shirt in pride. It’s better than being known for blowing an important call. [YouTube] FIFA didn’t have any other bids other than stadium-stallin’...

As hot as this goal is, we love the YouTube headline even more. “Best soccer goal ever (indoor).” Modifiers made us laugh sometimes when we’ve choked down three pounds of turkey and nine capirinhas the night before. Also, check...

Even though AC Milan’s Kaká is expected to pick up this year’s Fifa World Player of the Year award, he said that Cristiano Ronaldo should be the one standing at the podium. Why? The Brazilian coverboy and Jesus ambassador...

The whiners have spoken and now FIFA is finally listening. A “smart ball” designed with an embedded microchip, intended to mark the moment a ball crosses the goal line, will be unveiled at this year’s soccer Club World Championships...

Miguel Cabrera is leaving the Florida Marlins… to make room for Alex Rodriguez? Considering Rodriguez made as much as the entire Marlins roster last year, it seems unlikely. [Palm Beach Post] The knucklehead who brushed AC Milan goalie Dida...

Jesus, Martha Stewart, get out of the way! The banner’s going to get demolished, so why fix a stray strand of paper? Just couldn’t wait to get pounded by the football team, huh? [YouTube, via Deadspin] When did the...

We light up like roman candles whenever we hear the words “World Cup.” It’s like when you were a kid and you heard the words “no school today.” At that moment, nothing could beat that feeling of exhilaration. So...

Diego Maradona recently spoke to Colombian television network Telecanal RCN about an assortment of topics concerning Argentina’s national team, his notorious “Hand of God” goal, and his nemesis Pelé. The extended interview was granted between visits from Argentina to...

It isn’t the brightest of ideas when coaches decide their old decrepit bodies can handle a fist fight with a youngster. Usually coaches take the Dazed and Confused approach to fighting: throw a punch and hope others will come...