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The Only Thing Real About Lingerie Football Are the Bone-Crushing Hits (Video)
The LFL is always putting sensational videos up on YouTube, and a lot of them come off as staged. There was, for example, that supposedly real (but probably fake) fight between coaches that somehow found it’s way to the web. And then, just a few weeks ago, there was that profanity-laced locker room tirade by [...]
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Mario Balotelli Says Real Madrid Can Sleep with His Hot Girlfriend if They Come Back Against Dortmund
The semifinals of the 2013 UEFA Champions League pit two teams from Germany’s Bundesliga against two teams from Spain’s La Liga. Bayern Munich is taking on Barcelona; Borussia Dortmund is taking on Real Madrid. You would have thought these would be competitive matchups. However, you would have been wrong. Last week, the Bundesliga sides absolutely [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 30th) — Monica Seles
It was on this day in 1993 that Monica Seles was stabbed in the back by an obsessed fan during her quarterfinal match against Magdalena Maleeva. The incident occurred in Hamburg, Germany at the Citizen Cup tournament. Monica Seles entered the 1993 season as the world’s top ranked female player. She was the three-time reigning [...]
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ESPN Basketball Analyst Chris Broussard Heavily Criticized for Anti-Gay Comments (Video)
Yesterday, journeyman NBA center Jason Collins made history by becoming the first athlete from one of the major pro sports leagues to come out as gay while still active. For the most part, the world reacted positively. Pretty much everyone in mainstream media praised the man’s courage, and some were going as far as calling [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 4/29/2013 — Chandler Parsons
Even with Russell Westbrook out of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s line-up, the Houston Rockets still don’t stand much of a chance of coming back from 3-0 down to win their best-of-seven series against the Western Conference’s top-ranked team. But they can at least make things interesting with a few victories, and they got one [...]
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NBA Player Jason Collins Comes Out As First Openly Gay Pro Athlete
The NHL has been around since 1917, the NFL has been around since 1920, the NBA has been around since 1946, and the MLB has been around since 1869. Gay men have been around forever. Surprisingly, it has taken until 2013 for a player playing in one of the aforementioned North American sports leagues to [...]
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Tampa Bay Rays Sideline Reporter Kelly Nash Captures Near-Death Experience with Selfie, Posts It on Instagram (Photo)
Of all people, you would expect a professional sideline reporter to understand how important it is to never turn your back to the play. If these people aren’t taking beatings themselves, they’re doing interviews with people who did. But apparently some folks just like to throw caution to the wind. You can include Kelly Nash [...]
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The Likelihood of Each of the 16 NHL Playoff Teams Winning the Cup
After a strange, lockout-shortened regular season, the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs get underway Tuesday night. So who will win the greatest championship tournament in pro sports? Well, I personally am against making straight forward predictions. One of the best things about sports and one of the reasons we get so worked up about it is [...]
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Is This Behind-the-Back Save by AHL Goalie Drew MacIntyre the Save of the Year?
For the last couple of years, the AHL’s Toronto Marlies have enjoyed some extra attention from Toronto hockey fans come playoff time because the NHL’s Maple Leafs had gotten into the habit of booking tee times instead of charter flights come April. However, this year things are different. The Leafs don’t suck, Toronto hockey fans [...]
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Roy “Big Country” Nelson Lands a Big Knockout Punch (GIF)
Jon “Bones” Jones received plenty of accolades for beating Chael Sonnen by TKO during the first round of their UFC 159 main event, despite dealing with a disgusting broken toe. But one honor that he would not receive on Saturday night was “Knockout of the Night.” That award went to Roy “Big Country” Nelson, who [...]
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Ilya Bryzgalov Gives One Last Legendary Interview to Philadelphia Reporters Before His Departure (Video)
Back when the Flyers were Eastern Conference contenders and the subjects of HBO’s popular 24/7 documentary series, the long-and-winding sound bites we got from their wacky goalie, Ilya Bryzgalov, were positive. Sometimes he would wax philosophic about the nature of the cosmos. Other times he would joke about his fear of bears. But he almost always [...]
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Lakers Fan Really Into Heckling San Antonio’s Matt Bonner (Video)
What is an NBA fan to do when his team of high-priced underachieving superstar players is on the verge of getting swept right out of the first round of the playoffs? Well, for one Lakers fan on Sunday, the answer to that question was “heckle the Spurs’ Matt Bonner without mercy.” Why Matt Bonner? The [...]
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Legendary Boxing Promoter Don King Gets Into Post-Match Fight Outside the Ring (Video)
Good old Don King is much more than just a legendary boxing promoter with a funny haircut and colorful vocabulary. He’s also a former bookie who killed two people—one who was robbing him, another who owed him $600—before he became an American icon. So while he might seem like a harmless circus clown, the reality is you [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 29th) – Roger Clemens
It was on this day in 1986 that Roger Clemens became the first pitcher in MLB history to strikeout 20 batters in a nine inning major league game. Clemens accomplished the feat against the Seattle Mariners in a game played at Fenway Park. Clemens would achieve this mark in only his third full season, at [...]
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Jon “Bones” Jones Beat Chael Sonnen With a Disgusting Broken Toe (Photo)
Jon “Bones” Jones was able to come out of Saturday’s UFC 159 light heavyweight title fight against Chael Sonnen with the belt still around his waist, but he didn’t exactly exit the match unscathed. After dominating his opponent from the get-go, Jones put an end to the bout just 4:33 into the first round. It [...]
