The New York Times

Bam! Why counter-attack goals are football’s most thrilling spectacle

Hugo Ekitike caps off a Liverpool counter-attack with a goal at Eintracht Frankfurt Alex Grimm/Getty Images The ball was in the Liverpool penalty area. Eight seconds later, it was in the Eintracht ...
Yahoo! Sports

Secondary kicker ties Indiana football record with field goal at No. 2 Oregon, gives Hoosiers lead

Brendan Franke might ask for two entries in the Indiana football record book. After all, both kicks were good. But, thanks to Dan Lanning's icing timeout, Franke had to make the kick twice. The first ...
CNN

NFL kickers have gotten so good. What if we upped the ante?

Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers holds the record for the most points scored in a season without a touchdown and the highest field goal percentage in a season (that is: 100% perfection). In the ...
WFAA8

Should field goals from 60+ yards be worth 4 points? You'll be able to see it soon (kind of)

DALLAS — Four-point field goals are coming to football soon. No, not in the NFL (at least not yet), but to the United Football League (UFL), formerly known as the XFL. The UFL announced Tuesday a ...
The New York Times

Breaking down Lionel Messi’s 900 career goals

Lionel Messi on the occasion of his 900th goal Leonardo Fernandez/Getty Images Measuring Lionel Messi’s career by the number of goals he has scored is rather like judging Shakespeare by the number of ...