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But Did He Call Glass

George Coetzee eagled the 18th today at the China Open by ricocheting a shot into a once-in-a-lifetime situation—and taking the South African from one-over to one-under after the third round.

Andy Murray Is Out Here Breaking Ankles

Andy Murray, who’s looked sloppy and out of sorts in today’s Barcelona Open quarterfinal, broke Albert Ramos-Vinolas’s ankles on this point in the final set, and it may have even saved his match. As the chuckling commentators note, this is tennis’s equivalent of a crossover.

Bryce Harper Sent A Dinger To The Forest

Bryce Harper sent a Jordan Lyles fastball to the tree-laden Rockies bullpen this afternoon. He stood and admired the shot for a second, as he should have. There’s no choice but to marvel at a perfect bat-on-ball THWACK like this one.

Parade Of Errors Helps Orioles Score On Little League Inside-The-Park Home Run

Kevin Kiermaier is one of the best defensive center fielders in the game, but tonight, he helped give the Orioles a pair of undeserved runs. Kiermaier’s error was the least decisive of the series of fuck-ups that gifted Seth Smith a little league inside-the-park home run, he just started what became a compounding…

American Soccer Teen Scores A Banger Against Mexico

The United States U-17 team is taking on Mexico in the CONCACAF U-17 Championships this evening, and young American forward Josh Sargent kicked things off with a very pretty goal. The Missouri prospect ran onto a long range pass from Blaine Ferri, turned one Mexican defender into a mannequin with a few nifty touches,…

Flexible Soccer Referee Steals Show By Doing Splits To Dodge Ball

Who would’ve thought the most impressive feat of athleticism on display during this youth soccer game would come from the referee?

Manny Machado Got Evan Longoria Out With A Smart Little Heads-Up Play

The Baltimore Orioles lost 2-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays tonight but Manny Machado made the heads-up baseball play of the night when he smartly read the spin on Evan Longoria’s foul ball and nabbed him at first.

Chris Coghlan Scores With Spectacular Swan Dive

In the top of the seventh inning against the St. Louis Cardinals, a man achieved flight. After Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar hit a deep shot to right field, Chris Coghlan took off from first base. He rounded third as the throw came, sprinted for home as it arrived, and then launched himself over Cardinals catcher…

Yasiel Puig Absolutely Snipes Brandon Belt At Home

After the Buster Posey smacked a hard grounder to right field, Dodgers’ defensive marvel Yasiel Puig launched this throw from the outfield, somehow zinging it straight into the glove of catcher Yasmani Grandal in time to cut down Brandon Belt, who was trying to score from second. Puig’s cannon ended the first inning…

Holy Shit, That Warriors First Quarter

When the Warriors are hot, there’s nothing you can do. No other team so gleefully tosses their opponents in the trash and sets that trash on fire as the Warriors, and no Warriors run this playoffs has been as violent or as thorough as the incredible first quarter they put together tonight in Portland. They scored the…

Serge Ibaka Had No Problem Dunking On Giannis Antetokounmpo Twice

The Raptors ripped out of the gates against the Bucks tonight hungry and unafraid to contend with Milwaukee’s imposing length. Giannis Antetokounmpo in particular has menaced the Raps on both ends of the court, but Serge Ibaka had no problem getting around and over him for this smooth jam.

Tekken Player Survives With A Sliver Of Health

The Tekken 7 UK Championship is making a stop in Dublin today, where 122 entrants are competing to qualify for the finals at London Comic-Con in May. In a pool play match-up between two players, a high-flying kick was all that was needed to slide under and win with barely a tick of health.

All The Dumb Paul Pogba Haters Need To Check Out This Outrageous Pass

Yes, yes, this is just a single play. One pass doesn’t prove a player is good or consistent or any of the other positive traits needed to attain elite status. But just look at this ridiculous heat seaker of a pass and try to argue, as many have done this season, that Paul Pogba isn’t awesome:

White Sox Witness Large Man's Large Dong

Big New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge made great use of an ill-advised Dylan Covey pitch, launching an intercontinental home run 448 feet into the night off the Rule 5 pick, who was making his second major-league start.

10 Years Ago Today, Lionel Messi Became Lionel Messi

Ten years. It’s been 10 whole years since Lionel Andrés Messi, then just a 19-year-old kid, did this to Getafe:

Pekka Rinne Scrambles For Incredible Desperation Save After Puck Takes Wild Bounce

The Predators nearly ceded the weirdest goal of the playoffs in the first period against the Blackhawks, after a power-play clearance banked off a stanchion and veered towards goal. Pekka Rinne leapt in the path of this one and pawed it just wide of danger.

Erik Karlsson's Hail Mary Set Up A Marvelous Goal

Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson set up Mike Hoffman’s opening goal against the Bruins this evening with an inch-perfect pass he lofted over the heads of a few defenders from his own goal. Hoffman received it coolly and banged in a sly little finish of his own.

Joe Johnson Buzzer-Beater Earns Jazz Game 1 Victory

Joe Johnson’s floater as time expired erased a heroic shot by Chris Paul to tie the game and gave the fifth-seeded Utah Jazz a 97-95 Game 1 win over the Clippers in Los Angeles.

George Hill Catches, Releases, Banks-In Three

When it’s your night, it’s your night. Not only is Utah’s George Hill getting the and-ones, he’s getting desperation threes to beat the shot clock off the backboard with circus shots. NBA action!

Leafs Draw Series Even With Double-OT Win Over Capitals

A back-handed pass from Brian Boyle to Kasperi Kapanen set up the game-winning goal 11:53 into the second overtime period, evening the Toronto-Washington series at a game apiece.

Rachel Daly Curls Brilliant Goal Into Corner Of The Net

Rachel Daly put the Houston Dash up 2-0 over the Chicago Red Stars today with a simply beautiful goal that curved into the corner of the net at juuuust the right angle:

More Magic From America's Wonderteen Christian Pulisic

American soccer sensation Christian Pulisic has had a hell of a week. Less than 24 hours after the Dortmund bus was bombed heading to its home stadium, Pulisic played the second half of Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League tie with Monaco and enlivened a dull BVB attack with incisive running and quick passing…

David Villa Chips The Goalkeeper From 65 Yards

NYCFC had a one-goal lead late in their road game against the Philadelphia Union this evening. David Villa made sure they took home the full three points with a ridiculous chip from 65 yards out.

Enjoy A Season's Worth Of Amazing Giannis Antetokounmpo Highlights

With all the heat generated by this year’s MVP race, it sometimes felt like many of the league’s other stars weren’t getting the second-half attention they probably deserved. Karl-Anthony Towns was out there crushing people every night while we argued Westbrook Vs. Harden, and, oh by the way, Giannis Antetokounmpo was…

Tom Wilson Overtime Goal Gives Capitals 1-0 Series Lead

The much-anticipated Toronto-Washington first round matchup is meeting expectations, as tonight’s Game 1 went to overtime after the Capitals erased a 2-0 first period deficit and eventually prevailed after Tom Wilson knocked down a clearance attempt and fired it past Frederik Andersen 5:15 into OT.

Elvis Andrus Tricked Cameron Maybin Out Of An Extra Base With A Slick Little Fake Tag

The Rangers blew the Angels out early this afternoon, thanks to some steady work from Yu Darvish and a hail of hits from almost every batter in the lineup. Their defense was also on point, and no play was better than one Elvis Andrus made in the second inning.

Aaron Judge Nearly Killed A Guy

The Yankees’ new right fielder, Aaron Judge, is both very large and very strong. He proved the second half of that description true during today’s game against the Rays, in which he cracked a long roundtripper and nearly took Jumbo Diaz’s head off.

Yoenis Cespedes Laid A Historic Whooping On The Phillies

Golf enthusiast Yoenis Cespedes has the great fortune of playing against Phillies pitching this week and he made the most of it tonight. Clay Buchholz started for Philly this evening and his troubles began immediately, as Cespedes crushed a bambinazo to bring in three runs before the Phillies had even recorded a…

Soccer Guys Flip Around A Bunch And Combine For Incredible Goal

The Oklahoma City Energy scored a spectacular opener against Sacramento Republic FC this evening thanks to a pair of flips. Michael Harris supplied the topsy-turvy long throw and Miguel Gonzalez brought down the hammer.

Tony Romo's Jumper Is Wet

Just-retired Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will be sitting on the Dallas Mavericks’ bench tonight, in full uniform, because all retirees deserve to live their best life. He also got to hang out at the Mavs’ shootaround today, and they even let him put on a pinnie and run some sets.