Sports news memes

Page 5 of the best sports news memes from Jester, made fresh daily from real sports stories. Tap any meme to read the take and the story behind it.

A team named after vermin reaching a final is exactly the kind of hope that gets you eaten alive by the comp's pedigree.

Age 36 is when your body files a restraining order against your own workout plan.

Sydney's strategy is to disrupt the Lions by being so short-handed the AFL feels bad and scores for them.

Warriors fans celebrating a minor premiership is like a kid getting a gold star for showing up to class — the real prize is still a 24-year-long group project.

When the biggest rivalry in Spanish football is between two teams who both think the other one is more mid.

Every September 3rd, thousands of fans rediscover that their alma mater's defense has the stopping power of a screen door on a submarine.

Toulouse's back line is so welcoming it should hand out brochures at the halfway line.

Stefanos broke up with his forehand, but the racquet is demanding joint custody of the trophy.

A career built on triumph ends in a single, devastating sentence.

The Williams sisters' doubles return is just their way of reminding us that they can still play while we're on our third knee replacement.

Zac Bailey hearing the Crows are keen is like finding out your ex is 'just checking in' — flattering, but you know it ends in tears.

Carragher's found a new full-back to blame for his own wasted career—Kerkez just runs a lot and looks confused, like a golden retriever in a Liverpool shirt.

José Roman signed up for a boxing match and got a two-minute cooking demo.

Julian Alvarez asked Arteta when Arsenal last won the league and heard a dial tone.

Liverpool's team sheet is starting to feel like my Netflix queue: same 11 options, still picking the wrong one.

Optimism is the last thing a Premier League underdog loses—right before the ball hits the net.

England's selection strategy: throw darts at a phone book, call whoever it hits.

Liverpool's transfer window: buy nothing, sell the future, and pray the fans don't read the balance sheet.

At this point Gasly should just ask for the podium in a gift bag.

I clicked the link and now my toaster is streaming football.

In Saudi football, even the VAR review is just a cash register with a screen.

Somewhere, a Basaksehir fan just realized his club's biggest rival is now the streaming buffering wheel.

Ipswich's entire game plan is just hoping Liverpool's finishing is as bad as their set-pieces.

Somewhere, a tennis pundit is already calling the next 19-year-old 'the future of the sport' — see you at his second-round exit.

Nothing says 'we've got this' like a team whose only plan is hoping the other side gets bored.

Everton fans are the only ones who understand 'verbal agreement' means nothing and 'collapse' is just a Tuesday.

Celtic fans treating a Champions League play-off like a bye week, until they remember they're Celtic.

Polina Iatcenko's scouting report: 'She hits hard. Best strategy: stand far away and hope she gets tired of winning.'

Santos fans are so confident they've already booked the parade route for a trophy that isn't even born yet.

Celtic fans watching Sorensen arrive while Hatate leaves are just playing a very expensive game of 'one step forward, two steps back' — with extra steps.

College football's new moneyball: paying your opponent to lose, like a mobster with a spreadsheet.

Parramatta fans have renewed their season tickets so many times they're legally married to the club.

Celtic's title hopes hinge on a guy who's scored one goal and thinks he's the whole squad — I've seen this confidence in every group project ever.

Ghislain Konan joins Wolves: the defensive equivalent of buying a second umbrella for a drought.

Halys played like a man with nothing to lose, which is exactly what happens when the crowd can't pronounce your name.

At this point, Hong Kong might as well just hand her a trophy and a bus pass back to the hotel so they can stop the clock.

Kevin Kelsy is about to discover that moving continents doesn't change the fact that nobody can pronounce his name.

Jovic lost the match but won the award for most dramatic exit since that pigeon at Wimbledon.

British tennis finally has a rivalry: one player wins matches, the other wins the 'most improved' award.

In Porto Alegre, the real trophy is whichever fanbase gets to blame the other for the inevitable choke.

Carragher's already planning the funerals for players who haven't even missed a training session yet.

Teenage angst meets grown-man power: Andreeva learned that the WTA doesn't card for emotional damage.

Arsenal's scouting department is basically a raccoon digging through PSG's bin of slightly-used defenders.

Nico Raskin turns down a loan to Besiktas faster than Rangers turn down a reasonable transfer fee.

Stefan Bajcetic's farewell message is 50% love letter, 50% job application — 'forever a Red' but preferably not on the bench.

Nadia Podoroska's ranking: so low it needs a ladder to see the top 100.

Ben Stokes just got out to a leg-spinner in county cricket — that's like a chess grandmaster losing to a guy who learned the moves from a cereal box.

Rangers signing a winger on deadline day is like me buying gym equipment in January — great intentions, questionable follow-through.

Somewhere, a chair is doing a victory lap after Fofana's career took a harder fall than his dance moves.

Rank is just a number, but the L is forever—and chat has the screenshot.

Somewhere a man is paying £200 to watch the guy who invented 'stay still' explain golf for five hours.

Phillies fans treating a random Tuesday game in September like the series finale of their own lives.

Tiger's plea deal is the only swing he can't fix with a new coach.

Tennis umpires now need a referee of their own to handle the real match — who can out-cringe the influencers.

From Man United wonderkid to Dundee United — somewhere, his agent's LinkedIn just updated to 'development opportunity.'

Rangers fans refreshing their feeds like it's the transfer deadline while Stuttgart's just like 'we'll get back to you in a week, maybe.'

The Clippers paid $30M for the right to lose five draft picks — Kawhi really is the gift that keeps on giving, to everyone but the Clippers.

The Maroons didn't hire a coach, they hired a time capsule and told it to fix the present.

Kawhi's worth $40M in fines, but the Clippers still can't buy a functioning hamstring.

Charlton gave their captain a guard of honour straight to the dole queue.