1) It’s tough being a gaffer – stuck on the touchline, unable to let loose on opponents. Full marks, then, to the Club América coach Ricardo La Volpe, who makes his own rules and does his own tackling – dispossessing the Chivas right-back Jesús Sánchez in Mexico’s Clásico Nacional. He joins a big list of managers who can’t help but get involved, including: Alan Pardew, of course (with bonus coverage on Sky from Paul Merson: “Something’s gone on here, Jeff, something’s gone on”); the Ayachucho manager Rolando Chilavert beating Garcilaso’s Iván Santillán to a long ball; Fiorentina’s Delio Rossi weighing up then reacting to his own player Adem Ljajic sarcastically applauding his substitution; Nigel Pearson giving James McArthur a quick strangle; Paolo Di Canio calming down then taking on Leon Clarke; and, at the top end of the scale, the Turkish club Ankaragucu’s manager Umit Ozat dealing with a pitch invader. He was fined and banned.

2) And here’s another Pardew tribute, from an unlikely source: the British MMA fighter Joe Harding taking time out to taunt his opponent John Segas with a Pardew-at-Wembley dance. It doesn’t end well.



3) Montage time: baseball’s worst ever pitches. As in bad throws, not mud. On the same theme, some all-time worst celebrity pitches, featuring the all-time worst comedy soundtrack. And here’s Charlie Brown showing how it should be done. Good grief.

4) More from the week in football. First, the power of strike action in a Vietnamese league game. The referee gives Ho Chi Minh a late penalty to make it 3-2; Long An players react by refusing to continue playing, and it ends 5-2 in farcical scenes. And second, Blackburn have another new manager as the Venky’s nightmare rolls on. A good time, then, to relive the 25 second clip that sums it all up.

Play Video 0:56 Vietnamese football team refuse to continue playing after controversial penalty – video

5) It’s cold out, so here’s some snowboard action in “House of Dan” – Dan flying through his gnarly garden in Truckee, California.



6) Roger Donaldson’s new film McLaren is out soon – the story of how Bruce McLaren made it to the top of global motor racing, with contributions from big names such as Emerson Fittipaldi, Sir Jackie Stewart and Mario Andretti. Here’s the trailer. And here’s some less conventional car action: Hot Wheels car plus camera plus glow sticks plus flames = Hot Wheels psychedelic nightmare.

7) And finally, when PR stunts go bad. Sutton’s #Piegate joins a low-rent list – headed by Nicklas Bendtner’s underpants.

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