Tag Archives: mario balotelli
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Mario Balotelli Finally Has a Twitter Account
Twitter is made for people like Italian soccer player Mario Balotelli—people with impulse control problems who regularly do and say crazy things. In the last year alone, this guy has stolen a camera from a Manchester City photographer, commissioned a life-sized statue of himself, and wagered sex with his girlfriend that Real Madrid wouldn’t come [...]
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Mario Balotelli Says Real Madrid Can Sleep with His Hot Girlfriend if They Come Back Against Dortmund
The semifinals of the 2013 UEFA Champions League pit two teams from Germany’s Bundesliga against two teams from Spain’s La Liga. Bayern Munich is taking on Barcelona; Borussia Dortmund is taking on Real Madrid. You would have thought these would be competitive matchups. However, you would have been wrong. Last week, the Bundesliga sides absolutely [...]
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Mario Balotelli Scored a Gorgeous Goal for Italy Against Brazil Yesterday (Video)
Sometimes you forget why everybody makes such a big deal about Mario Balotelli all the time. After all, he’s not the first unpredictable, eccentric character in the history of pro sports, and he certainly won’t be the last. But then “Super Mario” goes and scores a brilliant goal, and you remember why he’s a big [...]
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Mario Balotelli Has Commissioned a Life-Sized Statue…of Himself
Mario Balotelli makes my job fun. Some days you have to write about heroes murdering their girlfriends, or teenage boxers being killed in the ring. But then there are days when you get to write about a dude like Mario—a dude who builds an ATV racetrack in his backyard, sets his house on fire by [...]
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Mario Balotelli and Robinho Celebrated AC Milan’s Upset of Barcelona by Doing the Harlem Shake…Sort Of (Videos)
AC Milan’s 2-0 win in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League matchup against Barcelona was a huge upset, and not only because Barca is kind of the best soccer team in the world with the best player in the world in Lionel Messi. It was also a huge upset because AC Milan was without [...]
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Two Astronauts Came a Long Way to Watch Italy Play Holland in Soccer Last Night (Video)
Mario Balotelli is a volatile guy. You never know what he’s going to do. Maybe he’ll steal a team official’s camera. Maybe he’ll strut around the beach in bright purple underwear. Maybe he’ll score a goal and celebrate by taking off his shirt and doing a bodybuilder pose. Anything is possible. So last night, when [...]
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AC Milan Fans Riot While Celebrating Arrival of Mario Balotelli (Video)
As big as football is in the United States, the sport still cannot quite boast about having the country’s undivided attention the way, say, hockey captures the undivided attention of Canadians. And as big as hockey is in Canada, it still somehow pails in comparison to the love of soccer pretty much everywhere else. Need [...]
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Story Time! Jose Mourinho Talks About Mario Balotelli On CNN (Video)
You know how you can tell Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is a larger than life character? Because even when other important figures from the world of sports are being interviewed, his name always seems to come up. Take Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho, for example. The guy currently coaches one of the two or [...]
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Kid Recreating Mario Balotelli’s Muscle-Man Goal Celebration Is The Cutest Thing Ever (Video)
On June 28, 2012, Mario Balotelli ripped off his shirt and flexed for all of those watching after scoring his second goal of the match on a screamer from the top of the box during Italy’s 2-1 semi-final victory over Germany at the 2012 European Championships. At the time, the goal inspired the creation of a [...]
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Mario Balotelli Kicks Off The New EPL Season By Stealing The Lens Off A Team Photographer’s Camera (Video)
The 2012-13 English Premier League season may have just started this weekend, but Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli is already in midseason form when is comes to causing mischief. In a very short time, the 22-year-old Italian striker has become the league’s biggest personality. During his two full seasons with City, he has been in a [...]
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If He Weren’t A Soccer Player, Mario Balotelli Would Be A UFC Fighter (Video)
If Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli weren’t a world class footballer, what would he be? Many probably believe he would make a great underwear model, while others would be inclined to believe that he would be perfectly suitable for a job as an ambassador for fireworks safety. As for Balotelli himself, he seems to believe [...]
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Check Out This Figurine Commemorating Mario Balotelli’s Shirtless Flex Celebration At Euro 2012 (Pic and GIF)
Italian striker Mario Balotelli is a controversial player in the world of soccer. While with Inter Milan, he was accused by coach José Mourinho of phoning it in at practice and not playing up to his potential. Then he made the Inter fans go apesh*t when he made a television appearance wearing an AC Milan [...]
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Mario Balotelli Shows Off His Awesome Purple Underwear While Vacationing In Ibiza (Pics)
Italian striker Mario Balotelli (Manchester City) is a magnet for paparazzi thanks to his enigmatic on-field performance and off-field activities that are sometimes heroic, sometimes weird, and sometimes just plain questionable. Thus, with the flamboyant 21-year-old enjoying a nice long holiday in Ibiza after a grueling club season and Euro tournament, there were swarms of [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 6/28/12 — Mario Balotelli
Mario Balotelli is always capable of making an impact on the match every time he steps on the pitch. The only question is whether that impact is going to be one that hurts or helps his team. During yesterday’s Euro 2012 semifinal match against Germany, the Italian striker had a large impact on the game, [...]
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Italy’s Mario Balotelli Prepars For Euro Semi-Final By Getting His Ears Flicked (Video)
Practically every soccer team at every level across the world plays “keep-ups,” or “kick-ups,” or whatever you choose to call it. However, not all of them play by the same rules. In Sweden, they refer to it as “Butts Up,” as the player responsible for allowing the ball to hit the ground is penalized by [...]
