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21 Sports Plays with Bizarre Names
If you’re an avid fan of a particular sport, all the terminology and lingo sounds totally natural to you. You don’t think about how weird the name of a particular play is; that’s just what it’s called—always has been, always will be. But if you hear the names of some plays with fresh ears, you’ll [...]
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Check Out The Rock's Botched Table Stunt During the Royal Rumble (Video)
When it was all said and done, Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock, emerged from his main event bout against CM Punk at last night's Royal Rumble with the WWE Championship Belt around his waist. However, it wasn't all smooth sailing for the Brahma Bull. You see, The Rock was pinned for a three-count at one [...]
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Rose and Ashley Battersby Suffer Nasty Injuries During Women’s Ski Slopestyle at the Winter X-Games (Videos)
If you’re last name is Battersby, you had a pretty bad day at the Winter X-Games yesterday in Aspen. Now, I know what you’re wondering: how many people named “Battersby” are there at the Winter X-Games? Well, the answer is two. And both competed in the women’s ski slopestyle competition, though they are not related. [...]
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This Day In Sports History (January 28th) – Super Bowl XXX
It was on this day in 1996 that Super Bowl XXX was held at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17 to win their third Super Bowl in the past four years. Cowboys’ cornerback Larry Brown was the unlikely hero of the game, as he intercepted two Neil [...]
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Run-Away Snowmobile Crashes into Spectators at the Winter X-Games (Video)
This past July at the Summer X-Games in Los Angeles we saw a run-away motocross bike. It ended up running over its rider—an Australian by the name of Clinton Moore. Now, at the Winter X-Games in Aspen, we have a run-away snowmobile. However, it didn’t run over its rider—another Australian. Instead, it ran over a [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 1/27/2013 — Kobe Bryant
Despite the additions of Dwight Howard and Steve Nash in the offseason, the Los Angeles Lakers have struggled mightily this season, putting together a 17-25 record through their first 42 games of the season. That abysmal record had many suggesting that perhaps the team would be better off if their high-scoring superstar, Kobe Bryant, ditched [...]
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Daniel Bodin, Caleb and Colten Moore All Suffer Nasty Snowmobile Crashes at X-Games Aspen (Videos)
If there was an award for “most dangerous X-Games competition,” the Snowmobile Freestyle would look like an easy choice following last night's final at X-Games Aspen 2013. The competition, which consisted of only seven competitors, somehow managed to produce three horrifying crashes. We'll start with the least damaging, but nastiest looking crash of the three. It [...]
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Big Leage Bros: 20 Notable Pairs of Brothers Who Played on the Same MLB Team
In case you missed it, there was a pretty big trade in the world of baseball yesterday. The Braves sent All-Star second baseman Martin Prado to the Diamondbacks in exchange for center fielder Justin Upton. That alone would be pretty big news for the middle of January. But what makes this transaction particularly interesting is [...]
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Junior High Kid with Down Syndrome Sinks Two 3-Pointers, Makes SportsCenter Top Ten (Video)
The power of social media is pretty impressive. In Rochester, Michigan, an 8th grader made a couple of three-pointers in a basketball game. Then his classmates started a Twitter campaign to get him on SportsCenter, and the next thing you know, there he is on SportsCenter. That kid’s name is Owner Groesser. He is an [...]
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This Day In Sports History (January 25th) – Super Bowl XXXII
It was on this day in 1998 that Super Bowl XXXII was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The Denver Broncos defeated the Green Bay Packers 31-24 to win their first of back-to-back Super Bowl titles. The Broncos rode San Diego native, running back Terrell Davis to victory as he was the centerpiece [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 1/24/2013 — Eric Staal
After acquiring Jordan Staal and Alexander Semin in the offseason, a lot was expected from the Carolina Hurricanes heading into the lockout-shortened 2013 NHL season. But after dropping their first two games, they were looking to get into the win column against the previously unbeaten Buffa how to win his heart again lo Sabres, and [...]
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18 Sports GIFs Featuring People Doing Weird Things with Their Tongues
I was browsing around the web the other day when I stumbled upon a hilarious GIF of a certain famous, widely despised MVP basketball player (okay, it’s LeBron) doing something very weird with his tongue. And as I watched the GIF repeat, over and over and over again, I starting wondering, there have to be [...]
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This Day In Sports History (January 24th) – Super Bowl XVI
It was on this day in 1982 that Super Bowl XVI was held at the Pontiac Silverdome, home of the Detroit Lions. The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 to capture the franchise’s first Super Bowl title. The 49ers took a 20-0 first half lead, led by quarterback Joe Montana, who ran for [...]
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Tiger Woods Is Dating Lindsey Vonn
Are you ready for this? Tiger Woods is dating Lindsey Vonn. Yes, that Lindsey Vonn, the world champion downhill skier with the stunning good looks who is one of the most Googled female athletes on the web. I’m sure the world would like to know how one convinces a beautiful and supremely successful woman that [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 1/23/2013 — Marian Gaborik
The New York Rangers entered the lockout-shortened 2013 NHL season with the highest of expectations after finishing atop the Eastern Conference standings last season and making it all the way to the Conference Finals before losing to the New Jersey Devils. But despite those expectations, the Rangers kicked off the year with losses to the [...]
