Alabama high school football coaches fight after game (VIDEO)

Everyone knows they take their football pretty seriously in Alabama but these two gridiron coaches took their passion to another level Friday night.

The two rival high school coaches skipped the post-game handshakes for a knockdown fistfight after a close game in Jaspar, Alabama. The midfield slugfest went on as police, players and other coaches struggled to separate the two men.

The fight followed a hard-fought game between Cullman and Walker high schools. Video of the rumble shows Cullman assistant Matt Hopper jaw briefly with Walker coach John Holladay as other coaches try to herd players off the field. Holladay cracks Hopper with a big right hand, and the fight is on.

Both men tumbled to the turf as cops, players and coaches rushed in.

Hopper came out bloodied, with his shirt ripped and an ugly purple knot swelling below his left eye.

He continued to shout after the coaches were separated, and police officers had to take him down a second time when he suddenly lunged forward.

Cullman had just beaten Walker, 13-10, on a 6-yard run with 18 seconds left in the game, the Daily Mountain Eagle reported.

The game, marred by 20 penalties, was an especially bitter defeat for Walker after an official’s mix-up cost the team possession of the ball late in the second half.

Hopper took the worst of the fight that followed, but he might end up better off than his opponent. His bosses in the school district told the Cullman Times he wouldn’t face any disciplinary action.

School board President Suzanne Harbin said, "I understand there is no need to reprimand our coaches and players, that they acted with class and dignity during the situation."

"Our duty at this point is to document the facts surrounding this incident," Jasper police Chief Connie Rowe said. "We will be taking statements and reviewing video and photographs that may have captured the incident."

The Alabama High School Athletic Association has launched its own investigation.

Great way to set an example for the kids.

El Salvador's crazy Fireball Festival is like dodgeball with flaming projectiles (VIDEO)

The northwestern municipality of Nejapa in El Salvador celebrated the annual Fireball Festival on Sunday, a reenactment of a fight between the town's patron saint and the devil. As groups of young men battled each other by hurling massive balls of gasoline-soaked rags at each other, spectators lined the narrow street and cheered them on.

Think of it as dodgeball with Molotov cocktails.

Looking more like a war-zone than a celebration, the two teams of young men, with their faces covered by war paint, throw flaming fireballs at each other, surrounded by hundreds of bystanders. Equipped with gloves and clothes soaked in water, the combatants throw and at the same time, evade the flaming fireballs made from rags and dipped in fuel. Some of their clothes do catch on fire, and some of the participants are often hit point blank in the face,  but despite the danger, few injuries have been reported over the years. 

"Las Bolas de Fuego", as the locals refer to this bizarre event, is actually a reenactment of the fight between San Jeronimo and the devil. But others think it is in remembrance of the volcano which destroyed the village almost 400 years ago.

Either way, we'll stick to bouncy red utility balls.

Although. If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a fireball.

Paraguayan soccer player kicks referee in the face after a red card (VIDEO)

Being a soccer referee is never easy but,when you call the shots in some countries, it might be among the most dangerous gigs in the world.

Here's one instance of player-on-referee violence which takes place in soccer-mad Paraguay in the Liga Regional del Sud championship game last week between Coronel Romero and Porvenir.

During the contest Porvenir's Marcos Leguizamon protested a red card by jump-kicking a referee square in the face.

Not surprisingly, the game was halted after the 71st minute melee.  Coronel Romero ended up winning 2-0 — which had been the score when the incident broke out. 

Astros groundskeeper busts some awesome moves during game (VIDEO)

Being a Houston Astros groundskeeper takes a lot of special skills including cutting grass, raking and chalking the infield. But Sunday night, one tarp-puller turned maintaining Minute Maid Park into his own version of Dancing With The 'Stros.

This energetic groundskeeper showed off some impressive dance moves during a game against the Mariners and even managed to pull off a pretty good version of The Worm.

The umpire in the foreground didn't look too impressed but I gave the guy extra points just for his retro socks.

Toledo Mud Hens turn crazy 7-2-4-3 game-ending triple play

Triple plays are rare. Game-ending triple plays are even rarer. Incredible game-ending triple plays? As rare as they come.

The Toledo Mud Hens — Triple-A affiliate of the Tigers — turned such a play on Saturday night against the Indians-affiliated Columbus Clippers.

With runners on first and third, Clippers shortstop Ryan Rohlinger hit a fly ball to left for the first out of the inning, but that was only the beginning. By the end, the game was over and the Mud Hens had won 4-1.

Corporal Klinger is smiling somewhere.

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Amorous fans caught having sex on pitch after Danish soccer match (PHOTO)

In the game of soccer, players get red cards for flagrant fouls on the pitch. Now, a pair of Danish fans have been given a red light for what could be called their own in flagrante delicto on the same field of play.

Looking to see a score somewhere, after an unexciting 0-0 draw between two bottom-dwelling Danish teams, the amorous couple created their own more titillating match-up on the pitch.

According to AFP, the naked pair were pictured having sex in the middle of Brondby's Copenhagen stadium under floodlights on the mid-field circle by the security staff and a photo was posted on Twitter.

It is not known who posted the picture on the social media site and the unidentified couple were told to put their clothes back on and leave the stadium.

The photograph of the unidentified fans has since been removed. Brondby IF spokesman Mikkel Davidsen told AFP, "I do not know who posted the pic" after their match against Randers FC.

"Great match, but disappointed over the 0-0 and many missed chances. But the couple ... in the centre circle helps the mood," Davidsen wrote on Twitter.

"We have several eye witnesses," he added.

Brondby and Randers are both currently near or at the bottom of the Danish Superliga championship tournament.

One of the beautiful game's most honored traditions is a pitch invasion — when fans swarm the turf after the match is over to celebrate a win.  I kind of like the way the Danes celebrate a tie.

Josh Reddick wears Georgia Bulldogs football gear before game

No, that wasn't the Oakland Athletic's catcher Kurt Suzuki sporting a Georgia Bulldogs face mask while sitting in the team's dugout Saturday afternoon — it was college gridiron fan and A's rightfielder Josh Reddick.

Before the A's game against Tampa Bay, the Georgia native warmed up wearing a University of Georgia football helmet and cycling jersey to celebrate his favorite team's opening game against Clemson. It's too bad the Tigers outlasted Reddick's Dawgs, 38-35.

Earlier in the week, the Rays' David Price donned a full Vanderbilt football getup during his warmups.

It's good to see that SEC football is alive and well on Major League baseball diamonds across America.