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College Football

An Eight-Lateral Touchdown Doesn’t Have To Count To Be Awesome

Billy Haisley

Manchester United's English striker Marcus Rashford (L) scores his team's second goal past RB Leipzig's Hungarian goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi during the UEFA Champions league group H football match between Manchester United and RB Leipzig at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, north west England, on October 28, 2020.

Soccer

Marcus Rashford’s Hat Trick Was A Ball-Striking Fetishist’s Wet Dream

Sports Highlight Of The Day

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Kid’s Well-Earned Vengeance

Patrick Redford

Seattle Seahawks receiver D.K. Metcalf closes in on his prey.

D.K. Metcalf’s Lung-Busting Chasedown Of Budda Baker Was So Goddamn Cool

Ajax' Dutch forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar (C) scores the 0-10 goal during the Dutch Eredivisie football match between VVV Venlo and Ajax Amsterdam at De Koel stadium in Venlo, south-eastern Netherlands, on October 24, 2020. - Ajax won 13-0 against VVV Venlo, the biggest victory in the history of the Dutch championship.

Watch Ajax Hogtie VVV-Venlo, Strap Them To A Rocket Ship, Launch The Ship Into Outer Space, Load Up Another Rocket With Nukes, And Fly The Second Rocket Into The First, Causing An Explosion Of Gory Radiance The Likes Of Which The Eredivisie Has Never Before Seen

Stoke City's English striker Peter Crouch gives instructions to team-mates as he comes on as a substitute during the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Stoke City at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England on November 20, 2017.

A Modest Suggestion Regarding The Art Of The Soccer Highlight Reel

Defector Up All Night

Do A Good Sports Play, Do A Cool Prank, We’ll All Have Fun


<p>Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.</p>


Dan McQuade

A player stops a goalie's throw with his foot, and the ball bounces into the net

This Implausible 90th-Minute Goal Should Probably Have Been Disallowed

Kyler Murray Is Different

Robert Lewandowski Now Has 2 Adult Sons

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