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9 Classic Sports Conspiracy Theories
You gotta love the versatility of sports. When things go the way we want, it’s exhilarating, incredible, inspiring, and heartwarming. When things don’t go the way we want, it’s boring, depressing, disenchanting, and heartbreaking. In either case, sports fans tend to lose their minds a little bit. In victory, people jump up and down, hug [...]
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This Day In Sports History (May 18th) – Randy Johnson
It was on this day in 2004 that Randy Johnson became the 17th player in MLB history to pitch a perfect game. At age 40, Johnson became the oldest player to accomplish the feat. Randy Johnson would strikeout 13 Atlanta Braves batters en route to his perfect game, which took place at Atlanta’s Turner Field. [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 5/17/12 — Brandon Beachy
The Atlanta Braves organization has developed some great pitchers throughout the past couple of decades. Among them are the likes of John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and Tommy Hanson. And now it is beginning to appear as though it won’t be long before we add Brandon Beachy’s name to that list. After going 7-3 [...]
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Eric Kelly Teaching Wall Street Nerds How To Box Is Hilarious (Video)
If you are a strong, determined, athletic young man looking to make a career in boxing, you go to Freddy Roach. If you are a Wall Street nerd who doesn’t have a single ounce of athleticism and enjoys being made fun of by a dude that could probably knock you out five times before you [...]
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Three Dead After Speeding Ferrari T-Bones Taxi In Singapore (Video)
When Cheng Teck Hock, a 52-year-old Singapore taxi driver, saw the stop light in front of him turn green on Saturday night, he did what every driver has been trained to do – proceed through the intersection. Little did he know that his adherence to that simple rule would result in a frightening accident that [...]
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21 Epic Sports Nut Shots (GIFs)
There are a lot of ways to get injured playing sports. And sometimes, the injuries can be pretty weird. But the mother of all sports injuries is the dreaded nut shot. It usually doesn’t leave any permanent damage—well, not physical damage; psychological maybe—but in terms of shear pain there is no comparison. Personally, I’d rather tear [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 5/16/12 — Kevin Garnett
Entering the 2011-12 NBA season, the biggest question surrounding the Boston Celtics was their aging roster. Many believed the condensed schedule from the lockout would be especially taxing on their senior players, but it hasn’t been taxing enough to prevent them from finishing fourth in the regular season and winning their first-round playoff series against [...]
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Why Yes, Manny Pacquiao DOES Have Some Thoughts On Obama’s Support Of Gay Marriage
Manny Pacquiao, not one to be outdone by nemesis-never-to-be-met Floyd “Money” Mayweather, has opened his mouth to reveal that Mayweather might not only be the lesser boxer, but that Pac-Man is giving him a run for his money in the bigotry department, as well. This rivalry knowns no bounds. Manny Pacquiao, in an interview with [...]
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13-Year-Old Boy Keeling Pilaro Granted Permission to Play on Varsity Girls Field Hockey Team
Usually when there is a controversy over boys and girls playing on the same team, we’re talking about a girl who wants to play on a boys team. That was the case last week when we told you about the ultraconservative Our Lady of Sorrows Academy in Arizona, which forfeited a championship baseball game because [...]
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11 Classy Baseball Wives of the 50s and 60s
It’s always seemed to me that baseball wives of the 1950s and 60s, in addition to being beautiful, were so classy and dignified when compared to the baseball wives of today. But I kind of figured this was probably a false perception—chalk it up to black and white still photography and the mystique of “the [...]
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Boxer Nick Casal Hit In Head With Golf Club…15 Times and Almost Dies
BoxerNick Casal was scheduled to fight on ESPN2 next month. In light of this weekend’s events, it doesn’t look like boxer Nick Casal will be fighting on ESPN2 next month.After he got a call from his girlfriend to pick her up at an unfamiliar address at 5 AM, Nick Casal was probably very suspicious. That [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night – 5/15/12 – Hunter Pence
The Philadelphia Phillies currently sit in last place in the National League East, and they have really missed sluggers Chase Utley and Ryan Howard so far, who are unavailable because of injuries. Last night the Phillies took on the Houston Astros at home in Citizen’s Bank Park, looking to build on a short two game win streak [...]
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Golf Ball-Shagging Dog Does Exactly What The Name Would Lead You To Believe (Video)
Because who really wears slippers any more? A man that we only know goes by the YouTube handle “RyHillz” has a very special best friend. His pet turns his backyard into a full-service driving range by chasing down and returning every ball hit out into the woods from the dude’s back porch. Note: the video [...]
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This Lacrosse Brawl Is Epic (Video)
Canadians sure do love sports brawls. Hockey games, baseball games, lacrosse games—whatever the sport, if it’s played in Canada, there’ll be a brawl sooner or later. I blame it on all the free healthcare. If they had to pay for the stitches out of their own pocket, it would be a different story. (I should [...]
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The 15 Worst Championship Rings Of All Time
Over the last month or so I’ve looked at a lot of really amazing championship rings. And while it’s been fun looking at the best the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB have to offer, I’m ready for something different. So today I’m doing a list of the 15 worst championship rings of all time. Now, [...]
