With less than a week until the EPL kicks off another season of football, the stories begin to fly. (Or maybe it’s just that I begin to read them.)
Here’s the best one I’ve seen yet:
Rhain Davis, a 9-year old soccer player, has been recruited by Manchester United.
Looking at this clip, it’s easy to see why.

Taking it to the rack is such a high percentage shot that 3 kids decided to do it at the same time.

You’ve gotta love it when the kids have their fundamentals down. Pretty awesome.
Thanks to Christian for flipping it over.

A little mishap during the basketball playoffs in Chicago:
“The Bulls have a blimp — called the ‘Bull-imp’ — that soars majestically over the crowd during games, sometimes dropping little t-shirt patties onto the frenzied attendees. During Game 1, the blimp lost power and plummetted into the waiting arms of the fans, who grabbed onto and [...]

On the eve of Toronto’s first NBA playoff appearance in 5 years, here’s a great article on ESPN.com about why Toronto hates Vince Carter.
Executive summary? He’s a punk, and everyone in Toronto knows it.

Carter’s cause hasn’t been helped by (a) his being accused in the Tacoma News Tribune of tipping off the Seattle SuperSonics [...]

Ok, so I should have put it up a month ago when it was actually fresh. But damn, at least I put it up eventually. Dwight Howard is a force of nature.

Just in time for March Madness comes this little bit of pure bloody genius — a round-up of the worst college mascots working the football fields and b-ball courts today.
Here’s a sample:

Go look

This is absolute genius.
GO
Thanks Oli!

Via Deadspin, here’s an arena sign that’s too hot for TV.
GO LOOK

From ESPN Soccernet:
Portsmouth full-back Glen Johnson has been given an on-the-spot fine for stealing bathroom fittings.
England defender Johnson, on loan at Pompey from Chelsea, and Millwall striker Ben May were caught at B&Q in Dartford, Kent, on Wednesday.
The pair were spotted by a security guard putting a toilet seat into a box with a cheaper [...]

English soccer club Middlesborough is reportedly close to signing a South Korean international named Lee Dong-Gook. (Insert joke about how a little penicillin will clear that right up.)
On the basis of potential jersey sales alone, I’m going to declare it a brilliant move for the faltering Boro squad.
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