Who: Lionel Messi, Barcelona Opponent: Altletico de Madrid League/Tournament: Copa del Rey Que Paso?: Wearing both the snazzy new Barca kit and a snazzy new haircut, soft-spoken Lionel Messi continued to do what he does best—destroy people he doesn’t...

Who: Lionel Messi, Barcelona Opponent: Sevilla League/Tournament: La Liga Que Paso?: Leo Messi scored twice in Barca’s bitch-slap of Sevilla this weekend, but this one was so pretty. It just illustrates how gorgeous he cam move inside the area,...

While this is far from the prettiest goal of the day (which, we may remind you, is not the point of this post), this caught our eye because it has two masters at work. Henry’s slowing down (admit it,...

Forget all this humbug talk about Lionel Messi’s head being full of Diego Maradona. He and his Barca teammates took to a soggy field at La Rosaleda against Malaga and completely blew them away, showing that nothing short of...

With Diego Maradona becoming Argentina’s national coach last week, it didn’t take long for the tension between the new coach and his supposed successor—Leo Messi—to reach the sports pages from Buenos Aires to Barcelona, and everywhere in between. Stemming...

Leo Messi is really trying to take his rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo to Superman/Lex Luthor heights, or at least Dangermouse/TOAD-levels. We all know that CR7 is completely in the tank for himself to win all the awards this year....

The future certainly seems bright for Barcelona, doesn’t it? Their kids are hitting on all cylinders as shown last night in their 5-0 drubbing of Swiss side Basel in Champions League play. Catalonian Bojan Krkic knocked in two, but...

As we mentioned in our round-up, the Barcelona squad decided to open up a can of whoop ass on Atletico Madrid Saturday night. And while we usually reserve this spot for one goal of the day, we feel that...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB: It took them 12 innings, but the LA Angels stopped the bleeding against the Boston Red Sox last night. Erick Aybar hit a single in the top of that frame to knock...

Um, hey Shakhtar Donetsk defenders… who’s got Messi? You know, arguably the best player in the world? Yeah, that guy. The Argentine made what’s probably the easiest goal in his career (at least in torque) when the Donetsk keeper...

MLB:Okay, Cubs fans. We’re going out on a limb and say that it wasn’t a goat curse that made your team lose last night. It was the three straight walks given up by Ryan Dempster and the James Loney...

Hey, Argentina, you know how close you were to starting a riot yesterday? Well, not a riot, but a very stern reprimand by the soccer-mad Chinese fans who visited Beijing’s Worker’s Stadium to see your stars Lionel Messi and...

Alright, Barcelona officials aren’t really upset about Lionel Messi being the pan-European cover boy for PES 2009 from Konami, but they’ve definitely been giving him a hard time for his outside activites. In fact, Lionel Messi is capitalizing on...

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...

Diego Maradona likes to snort crack and give advice all on the same day. Asked about Lionel Messi’s current strife with Spanish club FC Barcelona about joining his native Argentina in the Beijing Olympics, Maradona has offered Messi a...

Bludgeoned by the idea of swimming in a cesspool of tequila and acid rain this weekend, we seem to have missed the report on the Free Kick Masters 2008 competition at Reliant Stadium this weekend. Some of the most...

Barcelona did what they were supposed to do last night by beating Celtic FC 1-0 and progressing to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. However, there was a lot of hype about whether coach Frank Rijkaard would start a...

See, all he really did was outrun a Getafe team that was probably getting trashed in Barrio Gotic the night before. Okay. This is an awesome goal. A quick left foot tap to free up space and it was...

Here is a video of Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez playing a hybrid soccer/volleyball game Diego obviously thought of during a crazed Medellin night in 1984. There are so many questions we want answered: why is Messi...

Imagine if the Red Sox and the Yankees headed into the last series of the year, neck and neck for the division title, with everything including dignity and shit-talking rights on the line. Now imagine if prior to the...

Whas Happened At Machochip During The Week The internet rules and it doesn’t like Cristiano Ronaldo. Sports mistresses want some extra lovin’ from you. Does Michael Vick get holiday pay during his jail-term? Probably not. …He should stay away...

European Footballer of the Year was within grasp for Argentine Lionel Messi; and many thought he should have been named the best player of the year. Well hold on to your long johns folks because Lionel Messi has been...

Are you already feeling the unnecessary stress induced by the holiday season? Have you already bailed your pursuit to find the perfect gift? Do you just hate the holiday season enough to send your loved one a figure of...

As the tea leaves predicted earlier, France Football magazine’s Golden Ball award was passed yesterday to AC Milan’s Kaká. He edged out noted author and Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo and Francesco Totti’s choice, Lionel Messi. “This is very...

In sports, most awards are typically meaningless. They’re usually handed out to glamour-whores, inevitably propelling recipients to endorsement deals and amplified fame. It’s kind of like how corporations created Valentine’s Day. Bastards. But sometimes we like the awards: specifically...

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...

FC Barcelona playmaker, Lionel Messi, has had enough with the Diego Maradona comparisons; and we don’t blame him. We don’t think too highly about the Argentinean icon. We basically want to find Maradona, tie him to a goal post,...