Tag Archives: ball boys
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19 Funny Ball Boy GIFs
In the world of pro sports, athletes get 99% of the attention. And that’s probably fair, since without them nobody would watch. But there are a lot of other people involved in making sports happen, and every once in a while it’s nice to give them a shout-out. A few months back we tried to [...]
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Ball Boy Fail: Kid Falls on His Head During Controversial Man United-Real Madrid UCL Match (GIF)
The biggest story from yesterday’s Champions League match between Real Madrid and Manchester United was, without a doubt, the controversial red card handed out to Man U’s Nani. Early in the second half, the Portuguese national was going for a ball that was about chest high and ended up catching Real’s Alvaro Arbeloa in the [...]
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Chelsea’s Eden Hazard Kicked a Ball Boy (Video)
In this week’s edition of “Soccer Players Behaving Badly” we have something that I don’t think I’ve ever seen before: a player kicking a ball boy. Â And not in an “oops, I didn’t see you there buddy” kind of way, but rather, in a “give me the god–mn ball you little sh-t” kind of way. [...]
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Dodgers Ballboy Makes Good Effort, But Ends Up In The Stands Without The Ball (Video)
Whenever a ballboy, ballgirl, or old ball dude makes a great catch, they get a rousing ovation from the crowd and some notoriety on TV and the internet. So it’s understandable why they would be tempted to put themselves in harm’s way and go for the highlight reel grab when the opportunity presents itself. However, [...]
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Buffalo Bills Ball Boy Face-Plants, Injures Himself (Video)
Usually in the NFL, if you hear somebody got injured on the kickoff, you assume it was a player. Maybe somebody on the kicking team didn’t see the receiver signal a fair catch, or perhaps the kicker pulled a hamstring—something like that. But during the New England Patriots’ historic second half run against the Buffalo [...]
