Phoenix Downs Edmonton on OT Buzzer Beating Goal

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It's tough being an Edmonton Oiler these days. Losers of 19 of the last 24 games, the Oilers fired their coach less than a week ago.

And Tuesday night, they found a new way to lose. Though they did technically get a point for it.

Tied with the Arizona Coyotes 3-3 in overtime and the clock running down, it looked for sure like the game would be heading to a shootout.

Only it didn't.

With 0.3 seconds left on the clock, Oliver Ekman-Larsson rifled a shot from just left of the goalie while heading up the ice at full speed.

The shot of course went right past the goalie and in the net. Game over, Oilers find yet another way to lose.

Momma, There Goes That Man Again... Messi For The Win

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Iran held with the Argentinians for 90-plus minutes, for what would have been their greatest moment ever in the national sport, but it took (naturally) another moment from one of the best in the world for the three points.

See just how ridiculous the game-winner was


And on their way to the knockout stage they go...

Here's the long version

When Live Shots Explode...Sometimes, It's Funny...

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Drew Carney is KGW-TV's man about town in Portland...

He was promoting a beer garden constructed just for the events in Brazil for the next month or so. His timing was squared with the USA-Ghana match to being with and his live shot was going on during the latter stages of the match.

You can make a pretty good guess as to exactly WHEN his live shot happened...

Sometimes, you just need to be lucky. And the HQ thinks that Carney will have to be live during the Portugal match this weekend...

Jus' saying...

Mike Keenan Goes All Mike Keenan On KHL Officials

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Keenan took over the Metallurg Magnitogorsk squad in the KHL this season and is one win away from getting a title by beating Lev Praha... the series was 3-2 and Game 6 was in overtime when Keenan went all off on officials when the game was over...

Here's the overtime period...and the nutty is around the 12:30 mark...


What Keenan was so hot about was the non-call behind the Lev goal where it looks like one of his own was pinned down and not allowed to get up and get back in the play. It created a man-advantage and, eventually, the goal that created a Game 7...

"If you're going to call it, call it," Keenan said before his string of imperatives at the men in the zebra shirts...

No truth to the rumor that Game 7 is what President Putin wanted in the first place...

Copa Goes To Real

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Thanks to Gareth Bale


Hell of a run... and that's why they paid all that money to Spurs to get him to La Liga...

The 2-1 win gives Madrid their 19th Copa del Rey and the first trophy under coach Carlo Ancelotti.