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Patrice Evra Celebrates Man U’s Premier League Title By Biting an Arm, à la Luis Suarez (GIF)
On Monday, Manchester United secured their 20th Premier League title via a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa—coupled with Manchester City’s 3-1 loss to Tottenham one day earlier. That was reason enough to celebrate on the field at Old Trafford, and winning the award for oddest choice of celebration was Patrice Evra, who decided to take a [...]
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Referee Takes a Spill During Clippers-Grizzlies Game 2 (Video)
NBA referees may not be quite as hilariously awful as the replacement referees who worked the first few weeks of the 2012 NFL season. However, over the course of an entire five-month basketball season they’ve given us just as many awkward moments. We’ve seen a guy accidentally keep a ball inbounds and give the Heat [...]
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Padres Fan Makes Awesome Diving Catch on Home Run Ball (Videos)
With each passing week, that guy who let the home run ball hit his girlfriend in Arizona is looking worse and worse. First he got shown up by the Reds fan who caught the home run ball one-handed while holding his kid. Then he got shown up by the Astros fan who caught the home [...]
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13 Biggest NBA Playoff Upsets
The 2013 NBA Playoffs are officially underway, and so far the best teams are dominating the way they are supposed to. However, that doesn’t mean we won’t see any upsets this year. You never know when an underdog will pull it all together, or when a powerhouse will stumble. Maybe Kevin Durant will sprain an [...]
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Boxing Fans Fight in the Parking Lot After Alvarez-Trout (Video)
The super welterweight championship bout between Canelo Alvarez and Austin Trout at the Alamodome in San Antonio this past Saturday had a pretty interesting storyline. Alvarez already held the WBC title and he was looking to win the WBA title as well—a title that his own brother, Rigoberto Alvarez, lost to Trout back in 2011. [...]
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Darrelle Revis Threw Out the First Pitch at the Rays-Yankees Game, and He Didn’t Blow It (Video)
Throwing out a ceremonial first pitch sounds like it would be a cool thing to do, but it’s actually just a really elaborate way to embarrass yourself. If you mess up, a whole stadium full of people will laugh at you in person. Then you’ll get home, turn on your computer, discover that you’re on [...]
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Here’s a Video of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarvaev Being Terrible at Wrestling…Set to “America, F#@& Yeah”
When Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding in a boat on Friday evening, the world let out a huge sigh of relief. After that, everyone’s attention turned to the 19-year-old suspect and the obvious but perplexing question: why? Why did a 19-year-old college kid—an American citizen who has been in the USA [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 23rd) – New York Mets
It was on this day in 1962 that the New York Mets earned their first franchise win. After losing the first nine games of the season, the Mets would finally get their first win by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 in a game played at Forbes Field. The 1962 New York Mets were one of [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 4/22/2013 — Jimmy Howard
The Detroit Red Wings have made it to the post-season in each of the past 21 season, which is easily the longest active streak in the NHL today. However, their streak appears to be in jeopardy, as they entered last night’s game against the Phoenix Coyotes on the outside of the Western Conference playoff picture, looking in. [...]
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Runner Collides With Wheelchair Athlete During London Marathon (Video)
Despite the events that unfolded at the Boston Marathon less than one week earlier, the London Marathon still took place on Sunday, as planned. And while most news outlets will tell you that the event went off without incident, that’s not entirely true. You see, the 2013 London Marathon may have come and gone without [...]
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David Ortiz to Boston Red Sox Fans: “This Is Our F*cking City”
It was an emotional day at Fenway Park on Saturday, as the Boston Red Sox played their first home game since the tragic events at Monday’s Boston Marathon. Most of those in attendance put their emotions on display in a safe-for-work manner, whether it be through the use of signs, by chanting “U-S-A,” or by [...]
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University of Nebraska-Omaha Player Performs Great Escape During a Rundown (Video)
When a baseball player gets caught in a rundown, it is probably fair to assume that about 95% of the time they will get caught, resulting in an out. As for the five percent that get away, four percent are likely the result of an error by a defensive player, while the other one percent is the [...]
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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 [...]
