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Stat Line Of The Night — 8/6/12 — Jered Weaver
Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels has been having himself a Cy Young-worthy season, and he added to his already impressive resume during last night’s start against the Oakland Athletics. Weaver entered the game with an MLB-best 14-1 record and a 2.29 ERA, to go along with two complete games and one shutouts on [...]
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Double Amputee Oscar Pistorius Made History Yesterday By Running In The Men’s 400m Semifinal In London (Video)
Olympic athletes are inspiring enough as it is, what with all the hard work and dedication it took for every last one of them just to make it to the Games. However, even among Olympians, Oscar Pistorius is in a class all by himself. You see, this 25-year-old South African athlete was born with what [...]
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Yet Another Awesome Kick Save From Olympic Volleyball (Video)
Last week we told you about the incredible kick save made by Brazilian volleyball player Fabiana Oliveira. Well, apparently Don Suxho of the USA men’s volleyball team didn’t want to be outdone, so he provided a brilliant kick-save highlight of his own. During the first set of the USA’s match against Russia this past Saturday, [...]
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The 11 Dumbest Sports at the Summer Olympics
One of the best things about the Olympics is that you get to watch sports you don’t normally see. One of the worst things about the Olympics, however, is that some of these sports are just straight up dumb. What makes an Olympic sport dumb, you ask? Well, it could be any one of a [...]
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Russian Synchronized Swimsuits Pay Trubite To Michael Jackson (Photo)
No, your eyes have not deceived you. Yes, that is Michael Jackson on the front of the Russian synchronized swim team’s swimsuits! Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina paid tribute to the “King of Pop” by wearing swimsuits with MJ’s image on them and performing their technical duet routine on Sunday to a mix of several [...]
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This Day In Sports History (August 6th) – Carl Yastrzemski
It was on this day in 1989 that the Boston Red Sox retired the #8 formerly worn by Carl Yastrzemski. Yastrzemski spent his entire 23 year career with Boston and joined Bobby Doerr (#1), Joe Cronin (#4), Johnny Pesky (#6), Ted Williams (#9), Jim Rice (#14) and Carlton Fisk (#27) as the only players to [...]
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Usain Bolt Wins Gold in 100-Meters At Olympics…Also Has Bottle Thrown At Him (Video & GIF)
Yesterday we finally saw “the marquee event” (according to all the pundits) of the 2012 Summer Olympics—the men’s 100m sprint. And it turned out to be just as much a foregone conclusion as we thought it would be, with Jamaica’s Usain Bolt winning it fairly easily, snatching his second consecutive gold medal in this event [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 8/5/12 — Omar Infante
Several players from both teams were getting in on the offensive parade during yesterday’s game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, but it was none other than Tigers’ third baseman Omar Infante who was providing a majority of that offense at the most critical moments of the ballgame. Infante’s first offensive contribution came [...]
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Ethiopian Steeplechase Fail At The Olympics (Video)
Ethiopians have a reputation for being great long-distance runners, but when you throw a few hurdles into the mix, as the steeplechase event does, suddenly, they don’t appear to be so great anymore. For evidence of that, look no further than Birhan Getahun, who slammed hard into the final hurdle during the second heat of [...]
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This Venezuelan Boxing Fan Knows How To Pump Up The Crowd (Video)
The Olympics are always exciting on television, because the main networks really only show you the best events. But you have to remember that for every swimming final featuring Ryan Lochte or every track event featuring Ivet Lalova, there’s a team handball match between Angola and Croatia, or a rhythmic gymnastics event featuring a bunch [...]
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TNT Should Hire Irish Basketball Announcer Timmy McCarthy (Video)
It sure would be nice to be at the 2012 Summer Olympics in person, but let’s face it. Not many people have the time or money to fly halfway around the world to watch sports for two weeks. For this reason, the announcers are especially important when you watch the Olympics on television. They need [...]
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USA’s Alex Morgan Knees New Zealand Keeper In The Face (GIF)
Abby Wambach and Sydney Leroux scored goals in the 27th and 87th minutes, respectively, to give the USA women’s soccer team a 2-0 quarterfinal victory over New Zealand, ending the Kiwi’s hopes for an Olympic medal at the 2012 London Games. Despite being outplayed for much of the match, the Kiwi’s still had a shot [...]
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50 Cent Picked Up His Buddy Floyd Mayweather From Jail Last Night (Video)
Floyd Mayweather had a coming out party last night in Las Vegas. It was pretty much just like the traditional “debutante balls” thrown by rich aristocrats in the olden days to show off their daughters to would-be suiters. It was a big media event, and about 20 of his closest family members and friends were [...]
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15 Biggest Summer Olympics Scandals
When you gather 10,500 athletes from 205 nations together for a major international sports competition, you can expect a good scandal or two. But the 2012 Summer Olympics are just one week old, and we’ve already seen four fairly historic controversies—two regarding the outcomes of events, and one that almost kept an event from happening [...]
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Brazilian Volleyball Player Fabiana Oliveira Gives Us The Highlight Of The Olympics So Far (Video)
On Thursday, Hungarian water polo player Marton Szivos had the play of the Olympics, scoring a gorgeous backhanded goal after passing the ball to himself with his foot. But if you thought that play couldn’t be topped, you were wrong. As it turns out, one day earlier, there was an even more incredible play in [...]
