To celebrate the Community Shield, can you name the eight players who’ve played for both Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League era? It’s harder than you think.
Can You Name The 8 Players Who've Played For Arsenal AND Chelsea In The Premier League Era?
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14 Things We Learned From Arsenal's 1-0 Win Over Chelsea
Arsenal managed an historic first win against Mourinho’s Chelsea, and here’s what we learned…
This guy called it in June.
It's not hard to head a football.
This beautiful, wondrous Vine shows Jose Mourinho after Ramies missed a first half header to put Chelsea level.
See, Ramires, it's not hard, mate.
Arsenal are playing as a team though, but their success will still be dependent on consistency.
Arsenal look magnificent, all their players are on the same wavelength and they're incredibly organised in the final third.
Barring the occasional capitulations we've come to expect from them over the past few seasons, they could actually have the best chance to win the league since The Invincibles.
But while their quality isn't in question, their ability to go the distance is. With Arsenal, Man City, Man United and Liverpool all making improvements over the summer, let's hope this season is more exciting than the last.
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Bat Boy Program Suspended After 9-Year-Old Kaiser Carlile Killed By Stray Swing
Kaiser Carlile was taken to a Wichita, Kansas, hospital Saturday after suffering blunt trauma to the head from a baseball bat; he died from his injuries the next day. His injury triggered an outpouring of support from the Kansas sports community and sympathy from around the world.
Following the death of 9-year-old Kaiser Carlile on Sunday, the National Baseball Congress (NBC) has suspended the use of bat boys and bat girls for the remainder of the NBC World Series.
"We suspended the program for the rest of the tournament because of the situation that happened this weekend," said Jason Ybarra, operations manager for the NBC Baseball Foundation, to USA Today Sports on Tuesday.
Kaiser died after being struck in the head with a bat.
He was a bat boy with the Bee Jays, a semipro baseball team from his hometown of Liberal, Kansas. The injury occurred as the team was playing on Saturday in the NBC World Series.
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15 Ways Australia United Behind Adam Goodes Over The Weekend
Goodes will return to training tomorrow after taking a break from the game after being the target of racial abuse and constant booing.
After months of division and anger over the way Adam Goodes has been treated by many AFL fans, the code united over the weekend to get behind the star player.
Players, fans, politicians and celebrities all had one message for Goodes, pleading with him to don the number 37 guernsey again.
On Saturday the Sydney Swans players ran through a large banner calling for respect before their game with the Adelaide Crows.
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Before Goodes' teammate Lewis Jetta performed an Aboriginal dance after kicking the first goal.
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In one of the more special moments of the 2015 season, Swans fans gave the absent Goodes a standing ovation in the seventh minute of the third quarter in the game against Adelaide.
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This Guy Just Surfed A Tahiti Beach On His Motorbike
More like BOATerbike. lol.
Motorbike stunt rider Robbie Maddison has made history by surfing waves off the coast of Tahiti on a modified motorbike.
The stunt saw Maddison carve it up alongside other surfers and prove his worth on the Tahiti swell.
Don't worry, no one got hurt.
And speed across the water faster than anyone else.
It's all pretty wild stuff.
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Manchester United's New Women's Kit Has Been Labelled Sexist
The plunging neckline on the women’s version of the new kit cuts far lower than on the men’s.
Manchester United released their new Adidas kit last week, and the plunging neckline on the women's version of the shirt has caused controversy among fans.
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Ronda Rousey Is Set To Star In A Movie Based On Her Autobiography
Hopefully the film will be longer than her recent fights.
Current UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is on a high after this weekend's 34-second victory over Bethe Correia.
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On top of Rousey kicking ass in UFC, Variety just announced that she's set to star in a movie based on her autobiography, My Fight/Your Fight.
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Paramount Pictures has secured the rights to the book, but there has been no announcement as to when the movie will start production.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Says He Doesn't "Give A Fuck" About Qatar And Storms Out Of Interview
The Real Madrid star wanted to promote his new headphones during an interview, but it didn’t go as planned.
Cristiano Ronaldo stormed out of an interview on US television yesterday after being asked about the FIFA corruption scandal.
The Real Madrid star believed he was being interviewed in order to discuss his new brand of headphones, but CNN Español interviewer Andres Oppenheimer had a different line of questioning.
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"Do you want me to be honest? It doesn't worry me at all. I do my profession, my job, I give my all for my club … The rest doesn't matter to me. I don't care what happens on the outside."
"[We talk] about music, about women, about fashion, about shoes, about suitcases/bags, about jewellery, about haircuts … any more you want me to list?"
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Cristiano Ronaldo Played Soccer In Disguise And Nobody Recognized Him
“Can I have your number?” “No.”
Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and ROC decided to play a little prank on the people of Madrid, and it was insane. He got in full disguise, and it took hours and a reveal for people to notice him.
Ronaldo was put in a bodysuit and given a wig and some epic facial hair to hit the streets.
He then set up shop in Madrid with his adorable Westie, and started playing around with a soccer ball.
And people were less than enthused to play with him.
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The Definitive Ranking Of This Season's Premier League Kits
Who’s finished top of the fashion table this year?
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WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella Answers 27 Totally Random Questions
The Total Divas star answers everything from what her favorite Disney princess is to what’s her biggest pet peeve.
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Nikki Bella, alongside her twin sister Brie, has dominated the Divas division in WWE since she first began her wrestling career back in 2007. Today, she's the reigning Divas champion and one of the stars of the highly popular reality series Total Divas on the E! network, now in its fourth season.
The champ stopped by BuzzFeed to answer some very important questions.
What's your favorite workout song?
"Black Widow Iggy."
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Who is your favorite Disney princess?
"Pocahontas."
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University Of Oregon Settles With Student Allegedly Gang-Raped By Three Basketball Players
The student will receive $800,000 and compensation for student fees and housing from the University.
Basketball coach Dana Altman
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The University of Oregon reached an $800,000 settlement Tuesday with a student who claimed she was raped by three basketball players – one of whom had been accused of sexual assault at a previous school.
In a lawsuit filed in January 2015, "Jane Doe" said that the University of Oregon and basketball coach Dana Altman demonstrated "'deliberate indifference' to the safety of its students" by choosing to recruit Brandon Austin, who'd been accused of sexual assault during his freshman year at Providence College. The University has claimed they were unaware of Austin's suspension at Providence College when he was recruited.
In June 2014, Austin, along with teammates Dominic Artis and Damyean Dotson were found responsible by the University for gang-raping Jane Doe in March of that year. While under investigation by the university, the three players were allowed to play for the school in the NCAA March Madness tournament. They were eventually suspended from the University for four years, which allowed them to withdraw from the school without being expelled.
The three players enrolled at new schools, with Dotson and Artis finding spots for Division I teams. Austin was given a basketball scholarship at Northwest Florida State College.
Jane Doe's lawsuit said that Austin's recruitment to the basketball team had violated her rights under Title IX.
Under the settlement, Jane Doe will receive $800,000 from the University (Dana Altman was dropped from the lawsuit) and a "full waiver of tuition, housing, and student fees for four full years of further education at the University of Oregon, available at both the undergraduate level or in any University graduate program to which she is admitted." With two years left in her undergraduate program, only two of those compensated years can be used for graduate school.
Also included in the settlement filing is a statement that the University will "continue to pursue a policy change requiring all transfer applicants to report any disciplinary history they have at their current or prior schools."
The settlement is not an "admission of liability," according to the document.
In a message posted to the University of Oregon website, President Michael Schill announced that the University had hired a "Title IX Coordinator" to help launch "new programs on sexual violence and harassment."
"I do not believe any of our coaches, administrators, or other university personnel acted wrongfully," Schill asserted in the statement. "Nor do I believe that any one of them failed to live up to the high moral standards that we value and that they embody in their work every day."
"The underlying incident that gave rise to the litigation is an affront to each and every one of us," Schill said. "The University of Oregon will not tolerate sexual assault or sexual violence. [...] We will show our students that we have zero tolerance for sexual violence by expeditiously investigating and taking action without sacrificing due process."
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Stephen Curry Just Posted A Photo Of His Daughter Kissing Her Newborn Sister
First press conferences, then the “Nae Nae,” and now Riley Curry just owned the whole big sister photo.
We all know that Riley Curry is a precocious press conference princess.
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It's also a well known fact that she has one of the cutest "Nae Nae" dances around.
Well she's about to kill you with cuteness one more time, because her dad, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, just posted this photo of Riley kissing her newborn sister Ryan Carson on Instagram.
So cute, you can't help but cry.
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Someone Is Selling An "Adam Goodes Imaginary Spear" On eBay
“…In perfect working order and capable of terrifying an entire small-minded crowd.”
An "Imaginary Spear" has shown up for sale on eBay, in commemoration of Adam Goodes' "war dance" celebration during an AFL match in May.
The 'spear' also comes with "user instructions from race relations and cultural expert Eddie Maguire (sic) (warn people before expressing your culture, even if it is in the context of an Indigenous themed round)". and an "imaginary framed certificate of authenticity."
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The dance has caused headlines across the country, sparking a debate about racism in Australia and Australian sport.
The bidding started on the 1st of August at $8.50 and has so far reached $10,001.
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Can You Name ALL 22 Clubs From The First Premier League Season In Five Minutes?
Well… can you?
There were 22 clubs in the first ever season of the Premier League (1992/93), but can you name all of them?
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World's Greatest Freediver Natalia Molchanova Disappears, Feared Dead
The 53-year-old disappeared while diving off the coast of Spain on Sunday. She held multiple world records and could dive to a depth of more than 300 feet.
Natalia Molchanova reacts after she set a new world record, holding her breath underwater for 7 minutes and 16 seconds, on Aug. 26, 2005.
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Natalia Molchanova was diving in the Balearic Sea off the coast of Spain Sunday when she vanished, according to an announcement posted on her Facebook page and on the site of AIDA, a world freediving association. At some point, Molchanova became separated from her peers and was caught in a strong underwater current. She was not wearing fins and had been diving to a depth of more than 100 feet, the statement added.
A search ensued, but by Tuesday had not located Molchanova. Her son, Alexey Molchanov, told the New York Times that it was unlikely she would be found.
"It seems she'll stay in the sea," he said. "I think she would like that."
She held 41 world records and won the freediving world championship 23 times. According to the statement posted Tuesday, she could hold her breath for nine minutes, and had dived to a depth of more than 300 feet.
Her website includes a long list of records and championships that she held.
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Youth Basketball Team Disqualified From Tournament For Having A Girl On The Roster
Charlottesville Cavaliers
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Last Saturday afternoon, a youth basketball team from Virginia was disqualified from a national travel tournament for having a girl on their roster.
After winning in the Elite Eight to advance to the Final Four of the National Travel Basketball Association Boy’s National Championship, the Charlottesville Cavaliers were disqualified because 10-year-old Kymora Johnson had played a few minutes in earlier rounds. The team the Cavaliers had eliminated in the Elite Eight advanced after the disqualification and went on to win the tournament.
It was a tournament for boys teams — with a separate event for girls at the end of June — but the optics were bad, and the incident quickly made local, then national news. Attention on opportunities for girls to play organized sports has exploded in the year since Mo’ne Davis stunned on the mound in the Little League World Series, and has surged again in the weeks after the U.S. Women’s National Team won the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
While to some, disqualifying a team for letting a girl on their roster appears callous and unfair, the NTBA says their bylaws are clear about gender eligibility for the National Championship. Girls are allowed to play on boys teams in regional tournaments, however, if they file paperwork ahead of time and are given a waiver. Kymora had always been cleared to play with the Cavaliers, but when her team wanted to go to the national championship, the inconsistent rules of eligibility would have left her behind.
Established bylaws or not, it’s a symptom of a fractured pipeline for girls who want to play organized sports at a higher competitive level — one that had severe consequences for Kymora and her teammates.
Kymora began playing basketball when she was only 3 years old, her mother Jessica Thomas-Johnson told BuzzFeed News this week. By the time she was 5, Kymora was ready to play with a team, but there were no competitive teams near them in Virginia for girls under 12, so she was signed up to play with the Cavaliers’ kindergarten team.
Her teammates never treated her differently because of her gender, Thomas-Johnson said, adding that her daughter "played in plenty of tournaments with boys and no one has ever had a problem with it." Kymora has even participated in the NTBA National Championship in previous years without getting the same harsh sanctions she got last week, just a few days after her 10th birthday.
In the five years since Kymora began playing basketball with a team, more opportunities for girls have popped up locally. Thomas-Johnson signed her daughter up for those teams when she realized she'd get more playing time and a better chance at developing her skills. But they definitely want to keep participating with the Cavaliers, "if they will have us," she said.
After the Cavaliers won the morning Elite Eight game, the opposing team sent a photo of the team while Johnson was on the court and complained to the NTBA. The team — not just Johnson — was then disqualified from the rest of the event.
Thomas-Johnson said that prior to the event she had checked the NTBA’s eligibility rules on their website, but saw nothing about gender restrictions. The specific rule regarding girls on regional teams versus national — which is buried under “Other Info” and then “Rules & Regulations” — states:
Players must play with their gender. Girls are not permitted to play on boys teams and boys are not permitted to play on girls teams. NTBA will grant a waiver for a girl to play on a boys team in certain regular season tournaments. Please contact us for more info if you would like to request a waiver. For the National Championship, you must play with your gender as NTBA offers both a Girls National Championship and a Boys National Championship.
The language of the rule carries parallels to the design of Title IX, which requires boys teams to allow a girl on their roster if there is no equivalent opportunity for girls to participate in the sport. In a news release, the NTBA pointed out that their restrictions are consistent with other youth tournaments, and that the Amateur Athletic Union enforces more stringent restrictions.
Kymora Johnson
Courtesy of Jessica Thomas-Johnson
Kymora would have been fine with sitting in the stands with her parents and five siblings while her teammates carried on without her, but despite pleas from her mother — which she says was met with understanding by the NTBA President John Whitley — the sanction was not lightened against the Cavaliers boys.
Though she has exceptionally supportive teammates, Kymora felt disappointed and angry that she could not go on in the tournament, but especially guilty over the team disqualification, simply because she played a few minutes in early games. She’s felt uncharacteristically anxious, her mother added, her usual carefree demeanor interrupted by intermittent breakdowns.
William Bray, an attorney who represents the NTBA, admits that a child’s hurt feelings as a result of logistics handled — and miscommunicated — by adults is a frustrating outcome of the incident. He compared it to the sanctions against Jackie Robinson West, the Little League team out of Chicago that was stripped of its world series title after a competitor revealed they had recruited players outside of designated boundaries.
Should children be punished for the actions of adults? Bray says the precedent should be established even if a moral judgment would offer a different result. If the rules are applied inconsistently, he said, it will cause more problems down the line.
Bray also elaborated on why a precedent for team disqualification was important to uphold even when brought to light by the Cavaliers’ case. A team could bring ineligible players who would play at a high level and carry the team deep into the tournament, he said, and if only the individuals were eventually disqualified, the team would still be in the final rounds. Bray acknowledges that was not remotely the case with Kymora and the Cavaliers — she played only a few minutes in each game and scored just 3 points — but asserts the precedent should be upheld.
Meanwhile, in a news release issued jointly by the NTBA and the Charlottesville Cavaliers, both organizations stated their commitments “to offering equal competition opportunities to boys and girls in the sport of basketball.”
“In an effort to ensure that nothing similar happens in the future, the NTBA is examining its rule policies, as well as its tournament intake procedures,” the organizations said in the statement. “Further, CCB is committed to ensuring that, in the future, its coaches and families are aware of all tournament rules well in advance.”
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English Cricket Fans Just Delivered A Masterclass In Trolling Australians
Australia were all out for just 60 runs in the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, and English fans seized the opportunity to troll their old friends.
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The Greatest Moments In Premier League History, According To Jamie Carragher
He’s played it, he’s lived it, and now he’s telling BuzzFeed why it’s the world’s greatest.
With the 2015/16 Premier League season ALMOST upon us, BuzzFeed Football spoke to this man...
Liverpool legend and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher has given us his favourite Premier League moments – the moments that prove it's the greatest league in the world.
From 23 years of drama, goals, elation and heartbreak, Jamie's nailed it down to just 10 key moments.
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10) Steven Gerrard's goal against Manchester United in 2001...
Yeah, OK, we know what you're thinking, Of course Jamie's going to pick a Liverpool goal against Manchester United, but hear him out:
"To score against the old enemy, against midfielders like Keane and Scholes," says Jamie.
"He announced himself to the world as the man to take the mantle as the best midfielder in the country."
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9) The Arsenal Invincibles going unbeaten in 2003/04...
"The unbeaten run – that team they had can't ever really be topped. That was the best side we've seen in the Premier League. Sadly they didn't do enough in Europe. They were good enough to win Champions League but didn't."
And Carra thinks there's only one man who could match Wenger's achievement in that incredible season:
"If anyone is going to match it, it will be Mourinho and Chelsea. If anyone is going to do it, it will be him."
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8) Gary McAllister's winning goal against Everton in 2001...
Another Liverpool moment, and here's why:
"[It was] a derby game, in the Premier League, and if there was one ground you wanted to win at most as a Liverpool player, I'd say Goodison.
"That goal set us on our way in the year we won our cups. We got Champions League qualification for the first time, and without that goal, we wouldn't have got it.
"We won the match from a 40-yarder!"
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What's The Greatest Sports Movie Of All Time?
Are you more of a Rocky Balboa or an Air Bud?
Even non-sports fans can agree that sports movies are some of the best out there.
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You've got your good natured comedies like The Sandlot.
Where a preteen boy inexplicably doesn't know who Babe Ruth is.
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Your inspirational tearjerkers like Remember the Titans.
What's more inspirational than Denzel Washington uniting a segregated high school football team in the South?
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You've got your sci-fi basketball crossover classics like Space Jam.
Remember that time MJ retired from basketball and made a movie about aliens in his free time?
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