The Immaculate Reception

“The Immaculate Reception” is the name given to a 60-yard touchdown play that helped the Pittsburg Steelers win an AFC divisional playoff game over the Oakland Raiders with 5 seconds left in the game on December 23, 1972. The play, which was chosen the greatest and most controversial of all times by NFL Films helped … Read more

Lawro Audit 2: EPL Week 21

So we’ve had a glut of football over the past week, and if you include transfer deadline day, things have been absolutely manic. Sure, we didn’t get a great transfer deadline day, there was very little to catch our attention, but the midweek football more than made up for it. We had an amazing Watford … Read more

Lawro Audit 2: Midweek Madness 3

It’s time for a Midweek Madness edition of the Lawro Audit, as the English Premiership gets back into action after a manic weekend of FA Cup Fourth Round matches. I say manic, but there were some mental results, not least Liverpool losing to Wolves in the weekend’s second game after Derby drew with Leicester. We … Read more

The Joe Carter Walk-Off World Series Winner

During Game 6 of the 1993 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies, Joe Carter scored a last gasp home run to give the Blue Jays the World Series. Aside from the 1960 Mazeroski home run, Carter’s home run is the only other home run to have ended a World Series. … Read more

Lawro Audit 2: FA Cup 2

Welcome back to the Lawro Audit, where I’m going through the season auditing every single one of Mark Lawrenson’s predictions on the BBC Sport website. It might only seem like yesterday that we were laughing at Lawro’s terrible FA Cup predictions, but we’re back for the fourth round of the competition, and there are some … Read more

The D’Angelo Russell/Nick Young Snapchat Controversy

Prank wars are a common part of locker room fun in many sports franchises and it is no different at the Lakers. They can be a great bonding gel between teammates when done within limits but when taken overboard, they have the capacity to unsettle a team and even destroy careers. That is a lesson … Read more