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Sweedish Soccer Keeper Nutmegs Opponent (Video)
Unlike the players, most soccer goalkeepers tend to work their magic with their hands, rather than their feet. So I guess you can say that BK Häcken’s Christoffer Källqvist isn’t like most keepers, as he recently showed off some of his smooth footy skills when he nutmegged Mjällby AIF’s Marcus Ekenberg during a game in [...]
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The 9 Most Memorable Sports-Related Tributes To Boston
In case you just haven’t gotten enough coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and the fallout, we’ve got some good news and bad news. Bad news first: This is a list of nine tributes to the tragedy and its victims, so if you’re sick of the coverage, or want to take a break from the [...]
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Astros Fan Catches a Home Run With a Popcorn Bucket (Video)
The man in the video you are about to watch is not the first person to catch a baseball in a popcorn bucket. But he is the latest, so that’s why we’re talking about him. It took place during Sunday’s series finale between the Indians and the Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston. With [...]
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Neil Diamond Sings “Sweet Caroline” at Fenway Park (Video)
Last Wednesday, just two days after the Boston Marathon Bombing, Bruins fans encapsulated the strength of their city by coming together and singing the Star Spangled Banner in unison during the B’s first home game since the tragic act of terrorism. On Saturday, it was Red Sox Nation’s chance to put Boston’s strength on display, [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 22nd) – Pat Tillman
It was on this day in 2004 that ex-NFL player turned soldier, Pat Tillman, was killed by friendly fire in the mountains of Afghanistan. Tillman joined the United States Army Rangers in May of 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Pat Tillman attended the Arizona State University, where he excelled as a [...]
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Liverpool’s Luis Suarez Bites Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic on the Arm (Video + GIF)
Back on November 20, 2010, while playing for Ajax in the Dutch Football League, Luis Suarez was suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount of money for biting PSV’s Otman Bakkal on the shoulder. So, did he learn his lesson following that incident? Apparently not. During yesterday’s Premier League battle between Liverpool and [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 4/21/2013 — Mark Cundari
There were several impressive stat lines being put together by athletes around the sporting world yesterday, including Tuukka Rask‘s 28-save shutout against the Florida Panthers, Paul Georges‘s triple-double in Game One of the Pacers’ first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks, and Barry Zito‘s seven scoreless innings during the San Francisco Giants’ victory over the [...]
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Feel-Good Story: Reds’ Todd Frazier Hits a Home Run For Bat Boy With Down Syndrome (Video)
With all of the talks about bombings, shootouts and manhunts dominating the day’s news, I bet many of you sure could use a heart-warming, feel-good story right about now. Well here it is. It comes to us courtesy of the Cincinnati Reds and one of their biggest fans, Ted Kremer. You see, Teddy, 29, has Down [...]
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NBA Playoffs 2013: 9 Big Storylines to Watch
After 5½ months, the regular season has come to a close, the standings have been finalized, and the 2013 NBA Playoffs are set to begin on Saturday. Just like last year, this year’s NBA postseason is stacking up to be very interesting. Big stars are injured, new teams are looking to join the elite ranks, [...]
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Umpire Balk! Bill Miller Goes to Punch Out Batter, then Changes Mind and Calls a Ball (Video)
Every baseball umpire worth his salt has a good punchout move that he busts out after a big strikeout. These little sprinkles of theatricality add character to the game, and pretty much everybody loves them—including the umpires themselves. Unfortunately, from time to time you’ll come across an umpire who loves doing his punchout move a [...]
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Did Two NFL Prospects Trash Their Hotel Room at the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine?
If you thought it was offensive that some NFL teams reportedly asked certain prospects about the sexual orientation, imagine how awkward it’s going to be in the future when they ask them, “do you have the tendency to trash hotel rooms and throw urine and feces all over the place?” Yahoo! Sports recently reported that [...]
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Chandler Parsons Thinks Blake Griffin May Be Wanted By The Police
The Clippers’ Blake Griffin and the Rockets’ Chandler Parsons have a very interesting relationship. They’re not from the same home town, and they didn’t play college ball together, but the two appear to be friends. And publicly, at least, their friendship pretty much consists entirely of the two giving each other sh*t on Twitter. Back in [...]
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Baseball Is Back, and So Are the Drunken Dancing Fans (Video)
Drunk dancing baseball fans are back. Thank goodness. Of course, you can see drunk fans dancing like idiots at lots of different sporting events—hockey games, basketball games, football games, you name it. But no sport produces as many drunk dancing fans as baseball. I don’t know what it is. Actually, that’s not true. I do [...]
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This Clip of Jay Onrait Making Fun of Alex Ovechkin Is Why We Love Canadian SportsCentre (Videos)
In America there’s SportsCenter. In Canada, there’s SportsCentre. Notice the difference? On the surface it’s small—the former is spelled with an “er” at the end and the other is spelled with an “re.” However, the real difference actually goes a little deeper than that. You see, while they like to keep things pretty loose on [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 19th) – Rosie Ruiz
It was on this day in 1982 that Boston Marathon cheater Rosie Ruiz was arrested in New York and charged with forgery and grand larceny. This was just one of many arrests for Ruiz, whose life seemed to go downhill after she was caught cheating at the 84th annual Boston Marathon. Rosie Ruiz crossed the [...]
