Funny Football Moments
LAFC missed its first penalty; the Union responded by sailing in its first attempt. LAFC drilled its next two kicks, while goalkeeper John McCarthy turned into a brick wall and kept stonewalling Philly. With LAFC up 2-0, Ilie Sánchez narrowly beat the Union keeper to seal LAFC’s thrilling win. On September 23, at Dodger Stadium, where Pujols himself said he rediscovered his joy for baseball, the slugger hit home runs nos. 699 and 700. One was a moonshot and one was an absolute missile.
At the last second, Burrow managed to fling the ball away—that errant, incomplete pass keeping Donald from recording his third sack of the game. The stat total didn’t matter; that moment capped an utterly dominant postseason run by the greatest defensive player of this generation. But then he started playing like the prize for winning the tournament was not a green jacket but the privilege to punch Greg Norman directly in the face.
However, before all that came his unforgettable reaction to receiving a red card. If his radical response is not enough, factor in the referee's comic tumble and Nigel Winterburn's infamous flinch. Sadly for Khalid Askri, his side eventually lost the shootout by a single goal.
But if it was so absurd that it had no merit, why did Niemann have his butt cheeks scanned at the U.S. Niemann even said he’d play naked to prove he wasn’t cheating. For Karl Power, that was exactly what happened on the night of 18 April 2001. Galvanised by this incredible setback, the Americans proceeded to play with style, grace, panache and poise, losing 6-1. Ok, this one is a little over-played, a little obvious, but can you really deny either its outrageousness, or its hilarity?
Former 49ers head coach Jim Tomsula apparently had some weird jobs before his tenure in San Francisco. Hocker would miss the kick, so this moment should make it to the Beer Belly Hall of Fame. We're pretty sure you can make out the fan yourself. As great as the high-tech on-field microphones can be for broadcasts, they can sometimes catch unwanted sound that might include some expletives. Arizona Cardinals backup quarterback Drew Stanton was so excited by an Andre Ellington touchdown during a Week 10 game against the Seahawks that he celebrated on the sidelines like a little kid. In a moment of madness, he unravels and dramatically breaks down, completely forgetting where an almost motionless football is.
It works as well, but there is always a twist with this kind of story, and so it comes as the terrified pooch proceeds to urinate all over Greavesie’s pristine white England jersey. A truly classic World Cup moment, one that legendary Brazil star Garrincha enjoyed so much, he took him home as a pet . The 1994 World Cup, being held in the USA, was always going to be viewed with suspicion.
They have not dropped under .500 since, their net rating has been in the league’s top 10 for most of the season, and they’re firmly entrenched in the Western Conference’s playoff race. There are fans in Sacramento who have been waiting their entire lives for this. There have been sparks before (Tyreke Evans’s rookie season, a few solid Boogie Cousins seasons) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ne85PrB2c-Y but for the most part, it has been 15 years of absolutely dreadful, completely unwatchable basketball. We are literally a generation removed from the crowds that made Arco Arena the most intimidating place to play in the early 2000s. Many wondered whether that type of local commitment would ever return to Sacramento and the new Golden 1 Center.
That’s because Alo brought just as much national visibility to Hawaii high school sports as she did to collegiate women’s softball. Alo is a sensation, a superstar, a defining player of the sport and of the young, rising generation of future softball fans and stars. Alo ends her career with 122 home runs, 22 more than Pete Incaviglia and 27 more than Lauren Chamberlain, her predecessor as the signature slugger of Oklahoma Sooners softball. Alo’s record-setting home run came in her home state of Hawaii, after she had walked 16 times as pitcher after pitcher refused to give her the record-setting pitch. Did baseball, the American sport most intrinsically tied to nostalgia, lean a little too hard into nostalgia at their nostalgia event?
The next day, Carlsen dropped out of the tournament entirely. Sportsbrief.com also listed the NFL teams that have never won a ring in the tournament's history. The NFL's final, Super Bowl, is one of the world's most popular and famous sports events. While some teams might have been lucky to have won it, some have yet to be so fortunate. Charlie is an accomplished journalist specialising in football, but with extensive interest across every and all sports, and their intersection with the betting industry.
But on 1 November 1975, in a game between Lee’s Derby County & Hunter’s Leeds United, the two stamped their names into the history books in indelible ink for all the wrong reasons. At this point, a fired up Di Canio pushed Alcock with both hands in the chest. Out of order of course, but the manner in which the referee stumbled theatrically to the ground following the push was not only bizarre, but utterly hilarious. There are few things more nerve wracking in football than the penalty shootout. Standing in the way of Jan Molby when the tannoy announces half price burgers perhaps? But for sheer edge of your seat tension, the old shootout has to be the king.