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Stat Line Of The Night — 3/5/12 — Kevin Love
When the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Clippers squared off last week, it was the T-Wolves’ bench doing most of the damage, as they outscored the Clippers bench 72-11, en route to the 109-97 victory. These two teams met once again last night at the Target Center in Minneapolis, and this time around it [...]
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Erie Otters’ Forward Plays Goalie, Allows 13 Goals Against, Named Game’s First Star (Video)
Luck has not been on the side of the OHL’s Erie Otters all season, and it was not on their side once again during Sunday’s game against the Niagara Ice Dogs. With one of their goaltenders, Devin Williams, sidelined with a concussion he sustained a few days earlier, and none of their other options in [...]
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The Greatest Athletes to Wear Each Number: No. 99 to No. 00
You know a superstar athlete has become a legend when his name has become synonymous with his jersey number, and there’s a banner with that number on it hanging in the rafters of every stadium of every team he ever played for. Ninety-nine? That’s Gretzky. Ten? Pele, of course. Forty-two? Jackie Robinson. Twenty-three? Jordan. Duh. [...]
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Brian McKnight’s Son Told To “Take That Sh-t Off Your Head” Before Singing NASCAR National Anthem (Video)
NASCAR is just about as American as apple pie. In fact, it is probably even more American than apple pie. So when the Star-Spangled Banner is about to begin prior to the start of a race, you better make sure you get on your feet and “take that sh-t off your head,” even if you [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 5th) – Derek Fisher
It was on this day in 2008 that the city of Los Angeles declared it “Derek Fisher Day” in praise of his work in the community, his love of his family and his commitment to his teammates. Fisher was honored downtown at a City Hall ceremony where he gave a speech and was presented with [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 3/4/12 — Deron Williams
Choosing a “Stat Line of the Night” winner following yesterday’s action certainly wasn’t an easy thing to do thanks to two incredible performances from the hard-court. In one corner we have the Boston Celtics’ Rajon Rondo, who recorded his second triple-double in three games after putting up an impressive 18 points, 20 assists and 17 [...]
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Drunk Zamboni Driver Caught On Tape (Video)
A zamboni driver from Apple Valley, Minnesota is being charged with drunk driving after a urine sample found that his blood-alcohol level was 0.32 percent – four times the legal limit in Minnesota, which is 0.08. On the night of January 30th, parents and players at Hayes Ice Arena had noticed that Joel K. Bruss, [...]
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15 Impressive Free Throw Distractions
Whether it’s college basketball or the NBA, the numbers are all pretty much the same: the average basketball team tends to make around 72% of its free throws, with good teams draining around 80% and terrible teams hitting around 65%. So if, on average, teams take about 22 free throw attempts per game, the difference [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 2nd) – Wilt Chamberlain
It was on this day in 1962 that Wilt Chamberlain scored an incredible 100 points in a single NBA game. Chamberlain accomplished the feat while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks. Wilt broke five records in that game: points in a quarter with 31, points in a [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 3/1/12 — LeBron James
The Superstars of the NBA were out in full force last night, as the likes of Kevin Durant (38 points, 8 rebounds), Dwight Howard (33 points, 9 rebounds) and Dwyane Wade (33 points, 10 assists) all put forth impressive performances. However, no star was shinning brighter than LeBron James on this night. With Chris Bosh [...]
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Tiger Woods Gets Annoyed With Reporters’ Questions (Video)
With “The Big Miss” set to be released March 27, Golf Digest began releasing excerpts from the book by Tiger Woods’ former swing coach, Hank Haney. Among them was this interesting piece regarding Tiger’s interest in becoming a Navy SEAL: “Tiger was seriously considering becoming a Navy SEAL. I didn’t know how he’d go about [...]
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15 Insane Auto Racing Crash GIFs
The 2012 Daytona 500 got off to a bit of a shaky start, didn’t it? For a while there, it was starting to feel more like a Major League Baseball game than a NASCAR race, with fans having to wait out not one but two rain-delays. However, once the race actually got underway Monday, we [...]
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Romania’s Stroe Brothers, Ages Five And Seven, Are Incredibly Strong (Video)
I’m not sure what it takes to be officially named “The World’s Strongest Boy,” but whatever it is, I’m sure Giuliano and Claudi Stroe can meet the requirements. Seven-year-old Giuliano and five-year-old Claudi live in Galati, Romania, and with little to do in their city (we assume), their father has kept them occupied by putting [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 1st) – Wayne Gretzky
It was on this day in 1988 that Wayne Gretzky surpassed Gordie Howe for the most career assists with his 1050th helper. Gretzky set up Jari Kurri in the first period against the Los Angeles Kings during a 5-3 Oilers victory. It was quite fitting that Kurri would score the record breaking goal as that [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 2/29/12 — Kobe Bryant
There was plenty of doubt regarding Kobe Bryant’s status for last night’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves after he sustained a concussion and a broken nose following a hard foul by Dwyane Wade at Sunday’s All-Star Game. But after passing all of the required tests and proving that he was symptom free, Bryant was cleared [...]
