Robbie Keane nutmegs defender, chips goalkeeper for amazing goal

The goal was so good that Bruce Arena bowed.Robbie Keane didn't start for the LA Galaxy because he was hurt. Well, he came off the bench and look prettttttty healthy. Now consider Bruce Arena, the Galaxy manager. He is 62 years old, has managed for more than 20 years, was the United States head coach for eight years and would best be described as something between a smart ass and surly.AND KEANE'S GOAL WAS SO GOOD THAT ARENA BOWED FOR IT.from SBNation.com...

Royals fan becomes king of the stands following awesome catch

Excellent catch. Now you are a god. If you're ever lucky enough to make an awesome catch at a major league game, then you need to follow the blueprint of this Royals fan.It's easy to get overwhelmed when the moment happens, so print this out and keep it in your wallet.Make the catch. THIS PART IS IMPORTANT. Strike a heroic pose and await adulation from your peers. Give EVERYONE high fives. Take a selfie. Call someone important (probably your mom)....

Cat runs onto track in the middle of NASCAR race

Here kitty, kitty, kitty. There are plenty of occasions in life you don't want to see a black cat cross your path, even if you're not the superstitious type. Headlining this list is almost assuredly "While leading a NASCAR race."Kevin Harvick was leading the Oral B 500 in Atlanta when this little kitty decided to wander onto the asphalt. Obviously the cat was okay, now it's the infield's problem.from SBNation.com - All Posts http://ift.tt/Y4p...

Sunday night's games are off to a very competitive start!

I'm sorry for lying to you.Tonight's first-half scores! Power-conference teams 31 Non-powers 0 Feel the rhythm!— SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) September 1, 2014 The college football Internet's biggest excitement so far: learning Baylor's pretty new stadium has faux brick.For shame Baylor http://ift.tt/Y4pyzF — Pod Katt (@valleyshook) September 1, 2014 As the NFL teaches us weekly, it's hard to have good games on Sundays.from SBNation.com - All Posts http://ift.tt/1nhK...

Baylor fans opened the season by trampling each other

Yeesh ... The first game in a new stadium is always a fun affair, but this crush of the Baylor Line went a little beyond the pale.If getting trampled is your favorite extracurricular activity, then Baylor is the school for you. Luckily it seems nobody was seriously hurt, because we've all heard those horrible post-Thanksgiving stories from Black Friday. The Baylor Line would be TERRIFYING if a $99 television was on the field.from SBNation.com -...

Transfer deadline day 2014: Rumors, updated constantly

All of the biggest transfer rumors, updated constantly until the deadline. Check out our done deals StoryStream, which only has confirmed transfers.Personal terms have yet to be agreed and a medical still needs to be passed, but Manchester United have confirmed that they're ready to sign Daley Blind:BREAKING: #mufc has reached agreement with Ajax to sign Daley Blind, subject to a medical and personal terms. http://ift.tt/1zWuqCo — Manchester United...

Transfer deadline day 2014: Done deals

This is your place to find all of the deals that have been completed on transfer deadline day. This space only includes deals announced by clubs. Check out our transfer rumors StoryStream.Atlético Madrid have reached an agreement with Torino for the transfer of Italy forward Alessio Cerci, the defending La Liga champions announced on Sunday. Atléti, who've lacked a certain spark after the summer sale of Diego Costa -- they drew 1-1 in their opening...

Stephane Mbia returns to Sevilla from QPR

Stephane Mbia moved to Sevilla on loan last season after Queens Park Rangers were relegated, and they've decided to keep him around going forward. Instead of going back to QPR now that they're in the Premier League again, Mbia has opted to sign for the team he helped make Europa League champions.Stéphane Mbia, nuevo jugador del #SevillaFC http://t.co/aeiQ59VFbh #SomosEquipo #SomosMbia http://ift.tt/1wWHcop — Sevilla Fútbol Club (@SevillaFC) August...

Falcon Stadium wants to warn you of your impending death

Good sign, Air Force.Sign above the visitor's tunnel leading into Falcon Stadium. Air Force's psychological intimidation is really subtle. http://ift.tt/1r0gxSw — Steve Holley (@writerinblack) August 31, 2014 There's nothing new about stadiums having motivational statements on their walls to get the home team ready for the game, but this might be the first time we've seen visitors warned of their impending death. Such is the case at Air Force's...

Toby Alderweireld set to join Southampton?

Most players in the Atlético Madrid squad would be loath to depart the defending La Liga champions and last year's European Cup runners-up, but Toby Alderweireld is a special case. A first-choice defender for Belgium, Alderweireld has consistently found himself blocked at club level by the centre back duo of Diego Godin and Miranda and even his secondary position at right back is occupied by Juanfran. Alderweireld needs playing time, and he's willing...

Turkey vs. USA results: Americans learn lessons in 98-77 win

USA Basketball took three quarters to figure out a Turkish team that slowed the tempo and took Coach K's squad out of its game.The rest of Team USA could use a little bit of Kenneth Faried's relentlessness. The forward led the United States with 22 points and eight rebounds in a testy 98-77 victory against Turkey on Sunday. It was far from the 114-55 blowout against Finland a day prior.USA's second win in the FIBA World Cup was filled with lessons...

Seattle Reign vs. FC Kansas City: Final score 1-2, KC win NWSL title

FC Kansas City are the champions of NWSL.TUKWILA, Wash. - What was supposed to be a coronation day for one of the greatest women's soccer teams in North American history instead turned into a story of redemption.FC Kansas City got a pair of goals from Amy Rodriguez off two assists from Lauren Holiday to beat the Seattle Reign 2-1 in the NWSL Championship Game on Sunday in front of 4,252 fans. FCKC, who has quietly been the 2-year-old league's most...

James Harden's bad defense reel gets longer

There's a famous 11-minute video of James Harden's terrible defense during the 2013-14 season. He's been generally good for Team USA thus far ... at least until this play. This is about as bad as it gets.We think this mask is appropriate. from SBNation.com - All Posts http://ift.tt/1vBe...

Kyrie Irving scores a floater by accident

Kyrie Irving's alleys don't need an oop: from SBNation.com - All Posts http://ift.tt/VZ6...

Sometimes the goalkeeper puts the ball in his own net

There are bad own goals, and then there is this. St. Etienne goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier will not look back fondly on Sunday's match. But we will.That's because we like funny things and him putting the ball in his own net is hilarious. That he slides back trying to get it and is sitting in his own goal as Paris Saint-Germain celebrate is just perfect.The good news for Ruffier is that Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat trick and St. Etienne lost 4-0...

Philippines loses at basketball, wins at nut-punching

Not cool.If you've ever watched the PBA or read Rafe Bartholomew's Pacific Rims, you know sneaky dirtiness is particularly popular in basketball in the Philippines. Greece's Kostas Papanikolaou learned that the hard way when L.A. Tenorio gave him a little downstairs high-five toward the end of Greece's win Sunday: Unnecessary. Funny, but unnecessary.from SBNation.com - All Posts http://ift.tt/1ngP...

Toronto FC fire manager Ryan Nelsen, hire Greg Vanney

TFC have sacked the embattled Ryan Nelsen and will hope that Greg Vanney can take them to the playoffs for the first time ever.Toronto FC have fired manager Ryan Nelsen and replaced him with Greg Vanney. Vanney has been given the permanent post, as TFC have opted against an interim coach. Toronto are still putting together the rest of the coaching staff, with one of Nelsen's assistants offered a job to stay on, but Vanney will have to fill out the...

The Fantasy War Room is LIVE!

The SB Nation Fantasy War Room is live until 9 p.m. ET. Trying to figure out your last minute lineup decisions? Have thoughts on a trade or a waiver pick-up? We're here for you!Welcome back to the War Room! This marks the third season of a chat room that offers you the most extensive fantasy football advice on the Internet. In 2012, SB Nation created a live chat called the Fantasy War Room, in order to help you better prepare for your fantasy football...

Atlético Madrid, Torino, agree deal for Alessio Cerci

Atlético Madrid have reached an agreement with Torino for the transfer of Italy forward Alessio Cerci, the defending La Liga champions announced on Sunday. Atléti, who've lacked a certain spark after the summer sale of Diego Costa -- they drew 1-1 in their opening match before scraping past newly-promoted Eibar on Saturday -- are obviously hoping that the 27-year-old, one of the top wide players in Serie A last year, will provide more firepower and...

Sporting Lisbon score hilarious goal with butt assist

He got an assist. He got an assist with his #butt. Congratulations to Andre Carrillo, the wonderful owner of the butt assist. He, being the brave man that he is, put his butt in harm's way to create a goal and a place for himself in the Butt Hall of Fame.And then there is Islam Slimani, the villain in all of this. He just had to run in and knock the ball over the line from a yard out, making this a butt assist instead of a butt goal. He is a ruiner...

Wake Up, College Football: The awesome, unexpected and meaningful of Week 1

Dan Rubenstein and Ryan Nanni catch you up on the things that mattered most during college football's opening weekend. from SBNation.com - All Posts http://ift.tt/1lD2...

AC Milan vs. Lazio: Final score 3-1, Filippo Inzaghi starts with a win

New AC Milan coach Filippo Inzaghi started his tenure with a season-opening 3-1 win over Lazio on Sunday.Filippo Inzaghi made a dream start to life as AC Milan coach with a 3-1 victory at home to Lazio on Sunday. The rossoneri endured a terrible pre-season under their new tactician, though things came together surprisingly well in their Serie A season opener.They netted the game's opening goal less than 10 minutes into the match, when they struck...

La Liga, Round 2: Barcelona and Real Madrid in action

Barcelona faces an early season test with a trip to El Madrigal to face Villarreal, while Real Madrid travels to face struggling Real Sociedad.The defending champions Atlético Madrid stumbled out of the blocks with a scoreless draw against Rayo Vallecano. Atléti looked tired after their Spanish Super Cup triumph the week before, lacking their usual energy especially in the final 15 minutes of the match. Head coach Diego Simeone will once again be...

Leicester City vs. Arsenal: Final score 1-1, hardworking Foxes hold Gunners

Alexis Sánchez's opening goal was cancelled out by Leonardo Ulloa as the Gunners dropped points for the second straight week.Arsenal had managed to earn three points through late goals so far in this young season, but there was no late escape for them against Leicester in the King Power Stadium. Although Alexis Sánchez handed the Gunners an early lead, the Foxes fought back bravely and gave as good as they got, securing a 1-1 draw and leaving Arsenal...

Watch the Goal of the Day, a twisting and acrobatic scissor kick

Flying through the air and contorting your body is hard, but David Lafata made it look easy. And cool. And he scored. Czech club Jablonec were good to David Lafata. He played more than 160 matches for them and they did nothing but love him. Then last year he signs with Sparta Prague and when they played Jablonec on Sunday, how did he repay his former club?By doing this to them. By crushing Jablonec with a dirty, filthy, amazing goal.Has he no conscience?...

Shinji Kagawa rejoins Borussia Dortmund, signing from Manchester United

Shinji Kagawa's horror stay at Manchester United is over. He is back at Borussia Dortmund.Shinji Kagawa is back with Borussia Dortmund. The midfielder, who starred for BVB before moving onto Manchester United, has been sold back to the German club in a move that he hopes will reignite his career.Borussia Dortmund confirmed the deal, which comes the day before the transfer deadline. Manchester United will reportedly get €8 million for Kagawa, which...

Oregon State fans playing foil chainsaw air guitar

Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY The chainsaw is an Oregon State (and state of Oregon) thing, seeing as it is the piece of equipment that best enables a human to perform the duties of a beaver, OSU's mascot. These fans at Saturday's Portland State game added musical elements, albeit ones differing from those offered by the school itself: from SBNation.com - All Posts http://ift.tt/1qYH...

Aston Villa vs. Hull City: Final score 2-1; Villa earn important win

Villa dominated for most of the match, but a late fightback from Hull City made the margin of victory far closer than it needed to be.This should have been more comfortable for Aston Villa, who completely dominated most of the game and would have been surprised to only emerge from their clash with Hull City with a one-goal win. But the late blip that let the visitors back in won't matter too much to Paul Lambert: his team put in perhaps their best...

Tottenham Hotspur vs. Liverpool: Final score 0-3, Spurs smashed by rampant Reds

Liverpool put in an impressive performance to demolish Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 on Sunday.Liverpool smashed Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 at White Hart Lane on Sunday, as Mauricio Pochettino suffered his first defeat as Spurs boss. Goals from Raheem Sterling, Steven Gerrard and Alberto Moreno guaranteed a handsome victory for Brendan Rodgers' outfit.The game kicked off at an extraordinarily high-tempo, and it took just three minutes for Liverpool to create...

NASCAR Atlanta 2014: Start time, TV schedule for Oral-B USA 500

The 55th annual Oral-B USA 500 will be run at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday night, with all eyes on Tony Stewart in his first race since the incident that killed Kevin Ward, Jr. ESPN will provide television coverage for the race, the 25th of 36 races in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and the penultimate race before The Chase begins.Stewart will start the race in Row 6, qualifying in 12th place with a speed of 187.907 mph. Kevin Harvick starts...

Deutsche Bank Championship 2014: Tee times, pairings for Sunday's round at TPC Boston

Jason Day and Ryan Palmer share the midpoint lead in Boston, where a secondary cut will need to be made on Sunday.It's a Sunday on the PGA Tour, but at the Deutsche Bank Championship, that means we're only halfway home. The annual stop at TPC Boston is the only tournament on the schedule with a pre-planned Monday finish, utilizing the Labor Day holiday for the final round. The field, which started with 93 of the top 100 players in the FedEx Cup standings,...

3 things we learned from LSU's 28-24 win over Wisconsin

The Tigers' late surge was too much for the young Badgers to withstand.For three quarters, Wisconsin was running LSU out of the building. The Badgers were dominating the Tigers on both lines of scrimmage and appeared to be on the verge of making themselves the clear favorite in the Big Ten West. But LSU's defense dug deep and came up with some big second-half stops and turnovers, giving its offense just enough of a jump start to get back in the game...

Jake Peavy has no-hitter through 7 innings vs. Brewers

Another Giants starting pitcher is threatening a no hitter, this time it's Jake Peavy. He is through seven innings against Milwaukee.Giants starter Jake Peavy has a no-hitter through seven innings against the Brewers on Saturday night at AT&T Park in San Francisco.The Giants lead Milwaukee, 3-0.Peavy retired the first nine batters he faced before walking Carlos Gomez to open the fourth inning. Peavy has walked three on the night while striking...

Jake Peavy has no-hitter through 7 innings vs. Brewers

Giants starter Jake Peavy has a no-hitter through seven innings against the Brewers on Saturday night at AT&T Park in San Francisco.The Giants lead Milwaukee, 3-0.Peavy retired the first nine batters he faced before walking Carlos Gomez to open the fourth inning. Peavy has walked three on the night while striking out seven. He has thrown 99 pitches through seven innings.San Francisco acquired Peavy from the Red Sox for minor league pitchers Edwin...

NASCAR Nationwide Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway results: Kevin Harvick cruises to win

A dominant Kevin Harvick made it look easy in winning the Atlanta Nationwide Series race.Leaving no doubt who had the best car, Kevin Harvick stormed to a dominant Nationwide Series victory Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.Harvick never relinquished the lead after passing pole-sitter Chase Elliott on Lap 37 -- the only lead of the night -- and was out front for the final 159 circuits. It was Harvick's third series victory of the year and 43rd overall."This...

Jameis Winston hits ridiculous career-long TD run

28 yards and just about the entire Oklahoma State defense stood between Jameis Winston and the end zone, but that didn't matter: A hurdle, a juke, and just enough power and speed to burst past the last few defenders into the end zone, and yep, that's the guy who won the Heisman last year. (Never mind that the hurdle is actually over his own player.) He hasn't looked perfect tonight -- two picks -- but my goodness, that move.Air Jameis! After the...

Florida State is on upset alert, as you can tell by these sad fans

Uh-oh. UH-OH. Sad dudes in costumes, sure, but let's not overlook the horrified fan in front of them.from SBNation.com - All Posts http://ift.tt/VYV...

Wisconsin kicker Rafael Gaglianone has a sexy chunky kicker dance

Look, if a large kicker dances, we are going to set it to "Pony." Those are the rules.Rafael Gaglianone is a true freshman for Wisconsin. He's 5'11 and 230 pounds, which is more linebacker weight than kicker weight. And after drilling his first career field goal, a 51-yarder, the Brazilian native showed he knows how to samba with all 230 of those pounds: Yes, we added Pony to this: We are now Rafaele Gaglianone fans.from SBNation.com - All Posts...

Idaho-Florida delayed nearly three hours by thunderstorm

Florida's season opener against Idaho was delayed until 9:50 p.m.. from its original 7 p.m. start time. That represents a significant bummer for the fans in attendance at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, but at least we got some cool lightning pictures out of it.It started out looking like a great day to play football in Gainesville. The sun was out, the field was looking well-maintained, and Florida fans were beginning to pile into The Swamp in hopes of...

Clemson-Georgia in exactly one image

http://ift.tt/1tZSmnI — SB✯Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) August 31, 2014 from SBNation.com - All Posts http://ift.tt/1pv5...

3 things we learned from Auburn's win over Arkansas

The Hogs showed they were no pushover, but the Tigers ground out a win at home to start their 2014 season.The Auburn Tigers and Arkansas Razorbacks slugged it out to a tie through two quarters, but Auburn was able to pull away and earn a 45-21 win in a disjointed, weather-delayed second half.The much-publicized contrast in styles between these two teams was fully evident from the start. Gus Malzahn's Tigers were frenetic, moving the ball as fast...

NFL cuts 2014: Notable players released as 53-man rosters finalized

The Broncos released Duke Ihenacho, the Saints scrapped both kickers on their roster and more notable names who didn't make it through Saturday's roster cuts unscathed.The final wave of NFL roster cuts got underway over the weekend, and all 32 teams made it down from 75 to 53 players by the 4 p.m. ET deadline on Saturday. There were some big names that are now eligible to be claimed on the waiver wire or signed on the open market. Here's some notables:Best...