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Arizona Cardinals Unveil Special Edition Rashad Johnson Novelty Foam Finger (Photo)
When one of your players gets the tip of his finger chopped off during a game, you might as well make the best out of a nasty situation and get some good publicity out of it, right? That’s my opinion, anyway—and also, apparently, the opinion of the Arizona Cardinals. As you will recall, on Sunday […]
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Here’s a Rap Video with Miley Cyrus Wearing a Jordan Jersey as a Bikini (Video)
Um, do you remember a few weeks ago when we showed you those Instagram pics of Miley Cyrus wearing a no. 23 Michael Jordan Bulls jersey as a bikini? Well, as it turns out, that was her wardrobe for a music video she was shooting. The song is “23″ by Mike Will Made It, featuring […]
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This Day In Sports History (September 26th) — Roger Maris
It was on this day in 1961 that Roger Maris hit his 60th home run of the season, tying Babe Ruth’s record for most home runs in a single season. The 1961 season marked the first season that the MLB extended its schedule to 162 games. Prior to the start of the season, Maris was […]
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Brewers and Braves Brawl Following Carlos Gomez Homer (Video)
Milwaukee Brewers All-Star center fielder Carlos Gomez knows how to hold a grudge. Back on June 23, he got hit in the knee by a fastball from Atlanta Braves pitcher Paul Maholm, and he never let it go. So on September 25, when he crushed an off-speed pitch from Maholm for a long home run […]
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Stat Line of the Night — 9/25/2013 — Evan Longoria
Entering Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Rays were sitting atop the AL Wild Card standings, one game up on the Cleveland Indians and two games up on the Texas Rangers. And with both the Rangers and the Indians earning victories later that evening, the Rays would need a win against the Yankees in order to maintain […]
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NFL Quarterbacks Conversation on Facebook: Week 3 Round-up
If I told you that after three weeks of NFL regular season action we’d be listening to Jay Cutler and Ryan Tannehill talk about their 3-0 records, Colin Kaepernick and Aaron Rodgers defend their 1-2 records, and Brian Hoyer gloat about his perfect (1-0) start to his professional career on the latest edition of the […]
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Italian Distance Runner Tries to Cheat Drug Test by Using Fake Penis to Provide Urine Sample
Say, did you hear the one about the guy who used a fake penis to beat a drug test? No, it’s not a joke. It’s a real news item. It seems that an Italian distance runner named Devis Licciardi, who runs for the Italian Air Force Team, tried to beat a drug test administered by […]
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Braves Fan Fondles His Girlfriend’s Breasts at Turner Field (Video & GIF)
Compared to some of the other intimate acts we’re seen at baseball games over the years, over-the-shirt breast-groping is pretty tame. Still, it’s not exactly something you want your mom or (worse) her dad to see you doing on television. So the best policy is probably to make sure the ballplayers are the only ones […]
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25 Athlete-Celebrity Power Couples
It’s not easy being married or otherwise romantically attached to a professional athlete. Or at least, I assume it’s not. I’ve never dated one. Sure, they usually make lots of money, but they basically are required to be workaholics, and during the season (whichever sport we’re talking about) they’re away from home half the time. […]
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Korean Baseball Player Flips Bat on a Foul Ball That Wasn’t Even Close (Video)
Back in May we told you the hilarious story of Jeon Jun-woo, the Korean baseball player for the Lotte Giants who flipped his bat and walked out of the batter’s box as though he’d just crushed a game-tying home run when, in actuality, he just popped out to end the game. At the time, it […]
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This Feel-Good Story About High School Wrestlers Ought to Get You Through the Rest of the Week (Video)
This story is almost a year old, but somehow we missed it at the time. However, we figured if it’s new to us, it very well may be new to you, too. And it’s just too good not to tell you about it. It involves two kids from Georgia named Demetrius de Moors and Michael […]
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When Evan Gattis Isn’t Hitting Fans in the Junk with Home Run Balls, He’s Hitting Foul Balls into Vendors’ Drink Buckets (Video)
You’re always going to see some strange things happen during the course of a Major League Baseball season. Every team plays 162 games, which works out to a whopping 2,430 games played in total. That provides numerous opportunities for oddities—so in a way, the unexpected is almost expected. That being said, nobody expects multiple oddities […]
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This Day In Sports History (September 25th) — Nolan Ryan
It was on this day in 1981 that Nolan Ryan recorded a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was Ryan’s fifth career no-hitter. Ryan was 34 years old at the time and his last no-hitter had come six years earlier against the Baltimore Orioles. As for this no-hitter, it came while Ryan was pitching […]
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Mariano Rivera Bobblehead Day at Yankee Stadium Was a Huge Disaster (Pics)
Yesterday was Mariano Rivera Bobblehead Day at Yankee Stadium, which would have been a hugely popular promotion under normal circumstances. However, the circumstances aren’t exactly normal for the Yankees or their fans. For one thing, Rivera, the greatest closer of all-time, is retiring at the end of this week. For another thing, the Yankees will not […]
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Stat Line of the Night — 9/24/2013 — Michael Wacha
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth during yesterday’s game between the Washington Nationals and the St. Louis Cardinals, Cards rookie pitcher Michael Wacha found himself just one out away from the first no-hitter of his short career. Then, the Nats’ Ryan Zimmerman had to go and ruin all of the fun by […]
