Piojo's mad, Jonny's skilled and Freddy's back


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THE WORLD WIDE WEB — Sports can be rough.

Sure, the hard work and dedication are worth the moments of success when winning a championship, a title, or even a single game for many athletes.

But then comes the "otherwise" moments — that is, the times when criticism, press dialogue and television analysts are coming at coaches and wondering if they are the right men for the job.

But don't take out your anger the way some of these famous people in the sports world did.

Also, make sure you don't get angry after winning one of the biggest events in your region.

Here are three things that caught our eyes from convergence of sports and social.

Mexican manager allegedly punches TV reporter

The now-former Mexico men's national team manager Miguel Herrera has had a bit of a contemptuous relationship with the local media during El Tri's run to the Gold Cup title.

But he probably could've held it in better.

According to reports, "El Piojo" was caught slugging TV Azteca's Christian Martinoli at the Philadelphia airport less than a day after Mexico's 3-1 win over Jamaica in the Gold Cup final at Lincoln Financial Field.

Within minutes, the memes were released to document the occasion — as if Mexico fans had simply been waiting for the Fight of the Century.

Miguel Herrera #thuglife en Filadelfia http://t.co/n6p9KgPAKspic.twitter.com/tt8MVAAOvM — Sopitas (@sopitas) July 27, 2015

Mexico officially released Herrera as national team manager Monday morning. It is unknown if this incident is related to his release.

Teach me how to Jonny

You've probably seen this one before, but that's OK. It's the Internet, where video gets recycled daily.

BYU rugby star-turned-punter Jonny Linehan posted a video on his Twitter page in which he boots a field goal through the uprights at BYU's Indoor Practice Facility — without using a kicking tee or even his hands.

FIELD GOAL TRICK SHOT #BYU#ThisIsY#SCtop10pic.twitter.com/n6tZ4oDZAO — Jonny Linehan (@jlinehan9) July 26, 2015

It isn't the first time Linehan has used his feet to impress BYU fans. His drop-kick in the 60th minute of last spring's Varsity Cup final helped set up Jared Whippy's try to seal the win over Cal and cap the Cougars' fourth-straight national title.

On a related note, BYU opens fall camp in a week. Get prepared by watching KSL SportsBeat's College Football Preview on YouTube.

Guess who's back?

Former Real Salt Lake (among many, many others) midfielder and teenage soccer phenom Freddy Adu signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League last week, marking his 13th club since 2004.

I owe everything to this beautiful game! pic.twitter.com/BezSlq7w6o — Freddy Adu (@FreddyAdu) July 28, 2015

In the Rowdies, Adu reunites with former U.S. youth national team coach Thomas Rongen, and he's already had an impact with his second-division teammates. Adu had an assist in the Rowdies' 3-1 loss to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers last week, and he nearly brought the Tampa squad back in stoppage time, according to at least one local report.

Has Adu already washed out of a pro soccer career after stops in the United States, Portugal, Finland, Turkey and Brazil, among other countries? That's not for us to decide — but he is only 26 years old.

Also, he can still do stuff like this.

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