Pin Itemailprint The Associated Press has named soccer player Abby Wambach, whose magnificent header in the waning seconds of the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals against Brazil led Team USA to an improbable victory, as 2011 Female Athlete of the Year. The soccer forward easily won the award, getting 65 of the 214 votes cast by members [...]
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Tragedy in Togo as at least six Togolese soccer players were killed and several others injured yesterday after a bus transporting the team crashed into a ravine and burst into flames. In a statement read on television, the Togo government said President Faure Gnassingbe had ordered that those injured from the Etoile Filante soccer club [...]
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Let’s hear it for common sense. Perry Hall High School principal George Roberts, amid a firestorm of controversy, has reversed his decision to suspend the Gators soccer team for doing the “Bernie Dance” at a game earlier this week. The team is no longer suspended and the playoffs are back on for Perry Hall, who [...]
We’d like to present our “Dumbest Move of the Year” award to Perry Hall High School principal George Roberts (right here in Baltimore, no less) for suspending the entire Perry Hall soccer team and forcing them to miss the playoffs after the team did a popular dance from the movie “Weekend at Bernie’s 2″ at a [...]
Mexican Primera División teams Chivas and Tecos met over the weekend, with the Chivas pulling off a 5-2 victory. Prolific Chivas midfielder Marco Fabian had a productive night, pulling off a hat trick, but it was his post-goal celebration followig his second score that has most people talking. Fabian celebrated by unloading his finger-and-thumb pistol [...]
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The game Angry Birds debuted in 2009 and has since become a runaway hit, selling millions of copies. The game has even exploded into mainstream pop culture, showing up in TV shows, on t-shirts, and in many viral videos. University of North Carolina goalkeepers Lassi Hurskainen and Dan Jackson love the game so much, they decided to [...]
ESPN The Magazine‘s 2011 “Body Issue”, the annual skin-fest where some of the world’s top athletes pose nude or semi-nude, hits shelves on Friday and this year’s cover photos have just been released. On this year’s cover will be women’s soccer star Hope Solo, St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson, NBA star Blake Griffin, [...]
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We all sweat from time to time, but just check out soccer player Walter Pandiani. This guy starts out his press conference dry as a bone, but by the time he’s done you could mop up the floor with him. This guy needs to invest in some Under Armour or something. Watch more Viral Videos [...]
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When you’re a ball boy, you’ve always got to be paying attention. All it takes is one, tiny distraction and – POW – you’re roadkill. Watch more Viral Videos here Incoming search terms:ballkid ko
It’s almost become commonplace for big athletes to appear on Dancing with the Stars. The upcoming thirteenth season will be no exception, as it’s been revealed that Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest and female goal keeper Hope Solo will join the 2011 cast. Oh, but there’s more celebrity goodness in store for you on DWTS [...]
