billyhaisley
Billy Haisley
billyhaisley
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Eh, I can see how they got Balotelli and Sturridge confused—neither are playing much these days. Read more

My favorite MJ competitive story was from one of Sam Smith’s books where the Heat were leading the Bulls late and started to trash talk Michael, who was having a going-through-the-motions kind of game. He then went on a one-man 8-0 run in the last two minutes (ending on what Smith called a “SO THERE” dunk) and after Read more

Jordan than purchased the floundering Charlotte basketball team, achieved a little success, re-branded the franchise the beloved Hornets, got everyone excited for the 2014-15 season, and then ran them into to ground as one final piece of payback for Gill’s transgression.
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In addition to the different skillsets these continental players bring, never overlook the fact that England fans are secretly some of the most xenophobic in soccer. Just because they don't throw bananas and chant monkey noises at black players doesn't mean they don't secretly want the Premier League to be proper Read more

Given the way the players surrounded the ref, I'm pretty sure that's actually Chelsea de Sarandí. Read more

I'd love to see what Gareth Bale would do to the NBA if he had chosen to play basketball instead of soccer. Read more

From the Guardian: "The general secretary of the Montenegro football association, Momir Djurdjevac, described the fans who forced the match to be abandoned as hypocrites and barbarians. "These fans sing 'Montenegro we love you' but throw flares, insult rivals and cause all sorts of incidents every time they turn up Read more

True story: I was in London in 2010 and asked my hotel concierge how to get to Upton Park so I could buy some West Ham crap for my brother and he took a deep breath and refused to tell me how to get there because it was too dangerous. Instead he sent me to Lillywhites in Piccadilly Circus. Read more

We public-records searched the dude, and he graduated in 2008. Keep hanging on to that collegiate glory (and university email account), guy! Read more

"they are the sons and daughters of Thomas Jefferson" Read more

UVa alums have a long history of being total, total dickheads. Shortly after it was founded, because of the gambling and the rioting and the proclivity of the gentlemanly blueblooded cavaliers who attended the school to ride around on horseback firing rifles on the quad, Thomas Jefferson, the school's founder, Read more

You thought this was their final form, but then Dragon Ball GT came out. Read more

Everybody gets whistled at the Bernabeu. Even the likes of Zidane, Figo and Fat Ronaldo has suffered that. To mind very few players have not suffered their wrath. Raul, Roberto Carlos and Makalele comes to mind. Read more