1) The worst miss ever. Or, at least, the worst miss ever since the last worst miss ever. And until the next worst miss ever comes along. Though future candidates are going to have to go some to eclipse this spectacular piece of ineptitude.
2) Some people really shouldn't be allowed to drive golf karts (other than Andy Powell). And while we're on the subject of rugby misdemeanours, here's Ronan O'Gara going wince-inducingly Wayne's World.
3) We've already had one video appreciation of Manchester United's retiring (in more ways than one) midfield maestro, but there's always room for a couple more. Here's some chunky retro Paul Scholes from 1995-96 and an equally chunky montage of some of his best bits.
4) Jed Mildon pulled off the world's first triple backflip on a BMX in stunning style in his hometown of Taupo, New Zealand this week. Don't try this at home.
5) The brilliant Front de Libération Nationale football team.
6) Gaelic football sides Kerry and Down play an exhibition match at Wembley in 1961. Worth watching for the commentary alone: "All the aggression of rugger, soccer and prize-fighting, but what the rules are, you'd have to ask an Irishman … "
Our favourites from last week's blog
1) The 23-year-old JR Hildebrand had been enjoying a stellar debut in the Indianapolis 500. The Panther Racing driver was on the final lap, leading and ready to claim his maiden IndyCar victory. The crowd were roaring home the man they call Captain America. But on the final corner an attempt to lap a backmarker backfired rather spectacularly. The world's first electric car race had similar drama (though it was much quieter and better for the environment).
2) Good touch for a little lad.
3) Getting bashed to the baseball – Vancouver's Rodney McCray hits the wall and just keeps on going, and sometimes you can't even trust your own team-mates. Both escaped without serious injury.
4) Pre-match atmosphere, Copa Libertadores style.
5) A 22-foot tall, 550-foot halfpipe not tough enough for you? Then why not cut a great load of chunks out?
6) The late, great Terry Jenner, mentor to Shane Warne, offers a spin bowling masterclass.
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Comments in chronological order (Total 69 comments)
2 June 2011 9:15AM
This is the song they're singing at the Copa Libertadores match.
2 June 2011 9:24AM
I have avoided watching the indy 500 clip till now, i still had to match through my fingers, it's horrible knowing he's going to stack it with the win right there.
Damn, he'll be defined by that one corner for the rest of his life. He shouldn't moan though he's racing cars. I drive a desk.
2 June 2011 9:29AM
I hate that Dubai advert.
"Every day is an oppourtunity" my arse.
2 June 2011 9:34AM
Shocking ineptitude in front of goal. He must have been coached by Harry Redknapp at some point.
2 June 2011 9:46AM
It gets a bobble.
2 June 2011 9:51AM
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2 June 2011 9:55AM
And the first touch was so good...
2 June 2011 9:58AM
Jackass pushed the boundaries of golf kart driving.
2 June 2011 9:59AM
Even Darren Bent could have scored that.
2 June 2011 10:05AM
It was a bad miss, but surely not as bad as John Fashanu's miss playing Manchester United Europe on the Amiga in the first ever episode of Gamesmaster..
(0:50 if you're in a hurry)
2 June 2011 10:06AM
Every Day is an opportunity to be locked up for showing your elbow.
2 June 2011 10:10AM
Quickly, Arsene, sign him up. He looks better than Bendtner.
2 June 2011 10:11AM
Wakeboarding mishap
Intense...
2 June 2011 10:13AM
Messi v Mario..
2 June 2011 10:14AM
Fergie Fergie sign him up
2 June 2011 10:27AM
When bowling machines strike back. It's not even some punter, its one time alright cricketer David Fulton. waaaiiiiiit for it.
2 June 2011 10:28AM
High-level staring action. The stamina these guys show is incredible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWgg20IqibM
2 June 2011 10:30AM
Radar
extreme going to bed?
2 June 2011 10:30AM
I'm not sure which I dislike more, the promotion of Dubai or red bull.
2 June 2011 10:34AM
I've seen that same miss dozens of times when playing football myself. There's something about being on a pitch that has proper goals with nets that leads a certain type of player to believe he has to slam it in the back and make it bulge at every opportunity.
2 June 2011 10:35AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJjNK-ywl-Q
Woosh... woosh... wossh.... clunk.... AGghhhhh
2 June 2011 10:48AM
High-dive belly-flopping
2 June 2011 10:50AM
Panathinaikos basketball fans
2 June 2011 11:08AM
One wise cricket interview .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzx00lQzNIQ
2 June 2011 11:12AM
When presented with an open goal never try to blast it in. Never use the outside of your foot. Like a putt in golf use the side of your foot.
2 June 2011 11:36AM
Since the last couple of weeks have featured computer games, I thought I'd throw in my tuppence and say that the arcade game Tehkhan World Cup is one of the finest football games ever.
It looked like this: http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/109/1096573117.jpg
Your players were controlled by a trackball with one kick button and allowed an amazing amount of control, skill and variety. Many hours of a misspent youth were dedicated to mastering that game. I've seen very few games in the arcade since that match it for skill and playability.
The video isn't that exciting, but worth a look if you like this kind of thing or want to indulge in some nostalgia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbAzuqk0WZc
And while I'm at it, Kick Off and Kick Off 2 were vastly superior to Sensible Soccer.
2 June 2011 11:38AM
OK, this time with correct links. Idiot.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/109/1096573117.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbAzuqk0WZc
2 June 2011 12:23PM
I would like to believe that guy threw the game, i.e match fixing. Otherwise, he should face a lifetime ban on playing football, and I think the ban should extend to his children, maybe grandchildren too.
2 June 2011 12:44PM
Classic miss from John Fashanu........the guy's touch past the keeper was brilliant though
2 June 2011 1:15PM
Vintage skill from the great Pat Nevin:
http://www.youtube.com/user/razer4660#p/u/1/ZA8cQW-zbkM#t=7m45s
You don't see that these days when teams 'park the bus'.
2 June 2011 1:22PM
That really is the worst miss ever. I don't think I can envisage a worse one. Five yards out, no pressure, middle of the goal, no weird ball movement. Sandra Redknapp could've scored that one.
2 June 2011 1:32PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5jMOK87N7A&feature=related
Shaquille O'Neal has retired. This is a Shaq Attack.
2 June 2011 1:39PM
Minimus
This is worse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLBLic_KhFs
2 June 2011 1:42PM
There's some talk on another page about Sliding Doors moments in sport. Most have seen Devon Malcolm tearing apart South Africa with 9/57 after being thumped on the head by a de Villiers bouncer, his "You guys are history" moment. After a bit of digging, i've
turned up the ball that started it. from a very interesting looking Jack Bannister fronted highlights package on the series.
Also check out here for the dropped catch that wouldve had Lara out for 18 on instead of the 500* he got for Warwickshire in 94.
Any more from that year? good. Athers rubs dirt into ball. Allegedly. Judge for yourself
2 June 2011 1:49PM
The URS is in now to prevent howlers, and yes even Aleem Dar gets it wrong sometimes, but really, well, who would've thought AB de Villiers was an aussie?
What's the opposite of sportsmanship?
2 June 2011 2:10PM
2011 Miss of the Year Contenders Compilation III (Apr 1 - May 31)
Amazing stuff! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIT9qjm3tLQ
It has been a very active year. Three compilations in 5 months! (and of course there are many more misses that are out there and have not been included so far). Here are the previous two 2011 goal miss compilations...
January 1 - February 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxjmwUwoUd8
February 14 - March 31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Oi5Vrcses
Top 11 from 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5mhEnJK-n0
2 June 2011 2:12PM
Oops - apologies to all for the bad link to the Nevin clip, which should be this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA8cQW-zbkM#t=7m45s
It's on 7m45secs if the link doesn't take you straight to it, as it should with #t=7m45s on the end.
2 June 2011 2:16PM
Ahh the many hours and coins spent on Tehkhan and pinched side of the hand gained... Thanks for the badge.
2 June 2011 2:57PM
Snoop Dogg putting the hizzay on the tizzay during what can only be described as a proper basketball match, during a summer league. theres a crowd and refs and subs and apparently Magic Johnson. Sweet lay up on the run from a man who is most likely to be found in a fug of weed smoke and a bathful of gin, ho's and thc.
And in honour of Mr. O'neal retiring, way back in 1992 he launched his first Shaq Attack on the Miami Heat
2 June 2011 3:05PM
Im living in Argentina, and the atmosphere at games are really great at most matches.
One of my favourites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PERsc9IJylo&feature=related
2 June 2011 3:09PM
And, as we've had some retro games, NBA Live '95. The BEST basketball game ever made. Check out the themem music straight from The Fresh Prince, as well as the classic names.
I dug this out recently and have been enjoying it even in the era of LA Noire. They both share excellent gameplay, age is no barrier.
2 June 2011 3:56PM
you may have spotted this in the background of Get Him To The Greek. it is an excellent sport. also, a good example of python/fast show comedy.
Good use of the phrase "fringing the ring" too.
2 June 2011 4:15PM
It must've been featured before; but for young'uns who don't remember football before all the feinting and petulance: Terry Butcher's blood bath.
It's antithesis, by all accounts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6-8ZDvnVFY
2 June 2011 5:01PM
Penarol - Velez was bloody awesome. Ended up having to fork out for way over price for tickets as they had sold out in pretty much no time at all. The atmosphere is something else completely
2 June 2011 6:22PM
A baseball fan struggles with his priorities.
2 June 2011 6:37PM
Jesus, the Indy 500 really is a crock of shite though, isn't it? What kind of an idiot makes that sort of mistake on an oval? Steer left, don't drive into a wall. God help us if a moron like that ever has a crack at Suzuka, Spa or even whatever's left of Silverstone. I mean, for God's sake, Tomas Scheckter, the man who proved driving ability isn't genetic, came 6th.
2 June 2011 8:23PM
Stunning try for the Manly Sea Eagles from last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoTEC1CDenQ
2 June 2011 8:37PM
As you seem to be an expert on this, I suggest you travel to the States and make your services available. It's clear you'll win everything with this sort of insight.
2 June 2011 8:52PM
What's the point in flying all the way to America just to drive around in a circle?
2 June 2011 8:56PM
Fame? Money? Prestige perhaps?
It's clear you're on a troll. Good luck with it.