So what’s President-Elect Obama’s sporting legacy going to be? We sure as hell know he can’t bowl worth a damn. So it has to be soccer, the sport he grew up playing in Indonesia and which he follows so...

On the eve of his inaugural run as the head of Argentina’s most prized resource—its soccer team—Diego Maradona is reportedly threatening to quit as the team’s manager because he wanted Oscar Ruggeri to be his assistant coach. The leaks...

Whas Happened In Sports Last Night MLB NLCS Game Three: You know what helps your pitcher calm down during a game? A first inning offensive explosion. That’s what the Dodgers’ Blake DeWitt was able to give his starter Hiroki...

We remember attending the Colombia V USA game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and wondering why everyone always booed the dude with the big hair (Carlos Valderrama). We don’t remember Diana Ross’ during the opening ceremony of the...

It may seem, at times, that we’re a bit harsh on the Argentines when it comes to soccer. Well it’s true. But we’d still watch any Argentine club or national team over the Italians. There is simply no excuse...

Let us honor Ronaldo’s day in the news with a record-breaking goal from the World Cup. See his expression? It’s passion rampantly running through his veins; it’s ecstasy personified; it’s a guy who owns his craft. Now he’s struggling...

In a stunning new revelation, Barcelona talisman and Dutch great Johan Cryuff claimed he missed the 1978 World Cup because his family was under siege by assailants with rifles and durable rope. Previous reports maintained that Cruyff was boycotting...

Carlos Alberto takes credit for the goal, but Brazil illustrate the quintessential beauty we all look for in soccer: teamwork. Plus, wait until the end of this clip for additional footage that helps solidify the idea that soccer fans...

In a little more than two years, most of the globe will focus its attention on the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. However, plenty of South Africans are already thinking about the throngs of men with disposable income...

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,...

It’s been less than 24 hours since Hugo Sanchez and his U-23 crew derailed from Beijing Olympic 2008 contention and now Mexico’s renowned newspapers are calling for Hugo Sanchez’s head. It’s a shame considering the team, though playing well...

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...

Internships are cool when you’re 19, so why is 54 year old former Bundesliga coach Reinhold Fanz of Germany essentially taking one by committing to coach the Cuban national soccer team for free? He’s literally not getting paid a...

With his body spiraling, his leap distant, Jared Borgetti curled in a stunning header against Italy in the 2002 World Cup. In our opinion, a goal this beautiful is like a running back cutting through the defensive line to...

We have to put this in perspective: Oliver Khan shares Ghengis Khan’s surname. Oliver also shared Khan’s brutality. Over the course of the 2002 World Cup, Khan allowed only one goal until the final; but a fit Ronaldo managed...

What do you get when you cross an overzealous group of soccer players and a staunch communist state? If you answered “the script to Shaolin Soccer,” then you’ve been watching too many movies, but you’re close. The Chinese Football...

Yeah we know this video is old. You’ve probably seen it a million times, huddled in your room, reciting to yourself that he’s the greatest soccer player that ever lived. You’ve gawked it, in utter disbelief that someone who...

You didn’t think we’d go a whole 24 hours without covering some sort of soccer scandal, did you? El Nuevo Herald reports that the 1978 Peruvian National Soccer team was bribed by coke mongers from Colombia, which inevitably led...

And we thought this only happened to drunk guys who played in crappy park leagues. Yes, that means us. [YouTube] Phil Jackson is totally against mic’ing up the coaches in the NBA. We wonder why? [Slam Online]...

This is a commercial that’s running during Hockey Night In Canada up in America’s hat. Jesus, is that the price you have to pay to get a 9.5 alcohol content? If so, we’ll stick with Miller Lite and watch...

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’...

CBS announcer Steve Beuerlein got caught calling USC football players a bunch of thugs coming back from commercial. Well, it’s a lot better than what they were calling them after that whole OJ mess. [Awful Announcing] Get out the...

The World Cup qualifying matches were drawn this past weekend, and the 19th-ranked US team is looking at facing either Barbados or Dominica after their first round bye. But looming ahead for the Yanks could be the Cuban team,...

Soccer great Pelé is going to get even greater without having to step back out onto the field. Along with 120 other players, he is going to be awarded a World Cup medal that he never received because of...

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...

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...

We love this video because you know the ref gives the player a red card three minutes later for sneezing. [YouTube] The officer who shot the Italian fan that sparked last week’s riot is facing murder charges. We can’t...

Man, we hope this wasn’t after drinking a whole jug of cheap sangria and eating jamón serrano nachos. We’ve been there and that does not smell pretty. [The Offside Rules] Cesc Fabregas says that he’s not a great player...

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...

Marco Materazzi—the Italian defender who goaded Zinadine Zidane into famously headbutting him during last year’s World Cup—is on a book tour. How is he promoting it? By telling the world what he said that sent Z into a fury...