Soccer

Over the years, we’ve seen some pretty memorable athlete freakouts but this clip from an African Cup of Nations qualifying match between Egypt and Central African Republic ranks up there as one of the best.

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Every sport has its celebrations -- T.O.'s Sharpie in the sock, Ron Artest's elbow to the head -- but these days soccer players take the cake. You can get a yellow card if you take off your shirt after scoring a goal, but EVERYTHING else is fair game -- thumb-sucking (which I've never gotten), sambas, flips, 3-act plays...all these guys would need are some special effects. Hey, wait a minute...

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After a sports rich Memorial Day weekend, welcome back, 'On The Sidelines'.

Tonight is a first for 'On The Sidelines'.

It is an all soccer night as soccer junky (like me), Gus Contreras, takes a time out to join me and help review the past season in the English Premier League and look forward to next season

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Another leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, Europe’s biggest annual soccer event and the NBA and NHL playoffs highlight this weekend’s sports schedule:

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In the rest of the world, if your soccer team sucks badly enough, they send it to the minor leagues. It's called relegation, and it can be as harsh as it sounds. Big money, big TV, big player contracts -- all gone because you lost. Midfielder Rogier Meijer's team, De Graafschap, was relegated on the final day of the season. The catastrophic loss sent him to the turf...where his daughter came out to console her dad!

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(PATRIOT STADIUM, El Paso, TX) — Naoyas Aizawa sandwiched an assist between two goals, and while it wasn’t quite a feast for the El Paso Patriots, a 3-1 win over the North Texas Rayados was satisfying enough to whet their appetite for more in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

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According to Swedish soccer star Freddie Ljungberg, modeling underwear for Calvin Klein can have some unforeseen drawbacks.

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The English Premier League's 2012 season was voted its best-ever, and after the finish in it's most important season-ending game Sunday, it would be hard to argue. (Check this video while you can -- it might disappear!)

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It is hard to believe that it has been 25 years since the passing of Hernell “Jeep” Jackson. On May 2nd, 1987, the UTEP point guard was playing in a benefit basketball game at Fort Bliss.

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The best thing El Paso could -- and should -- build for itself is a soccer complex. This would be better than building a baseball stadium. Better by far than another arena. Better than swimming pools, multi-purpose gyms and skate parks.

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