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CBC’s Intro Montage for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals Featured Neil Young’s, “Hey Hey, My My” (Video)
I’m starting to wonder if some big shot at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has a niece or nephew working in the editing department on Hockey Night in Canada or something, because those people are producing some pretty epic intro montages to each game of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals. I mean, I can understand going [...]
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This Day In Sports History (June 18th) — Billy Martin
It was on this day in 1979 that George Steinbrenner re-hired Billy Martin to manage the New York Yankees. This was Martin’s second of an incredible five stints as manager of the Yankees. Martin first began managing New York in 1975, when he took over for the fired Bill Virdon, and led the Yankees to [...]
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The Tahiti Soccer Team, Made Up of Truck Drivers and School Teachers, Is Playing in the Confederations Cup (Video)
Tahiti is an island nation of just 178,000 inhabitants, and it is obviously known more for its tropical beaches and gorgeous ocean vistas than its ability to field a competitive international soccer team. Oh sure, there is a Tahitian National Team, but there is just one professional player on it. The rest all make livings [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 6/17/2013 — Tuukka Rask
Should the Boston Bruins go on to win the Stanley Cup, Gary Bettman and company could have a hard time deciding who to hand the Conn Smythe Trophy to as the playoff MVP. The entire line of David Krejci, Nathan Horton and Milan Lucic could garner plenty of consideration, as they currently sit in first, [...]
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Frank Calhoun Is LeBron James’ Flopping Coach (Video)
If you watch enough basketball, you may be tempted to suggest that no one knows the art of flopping quite as well as LeBron James, but you’d be wrong. You see, James wasn’t born with an inherent ability to flop. Just like Luke Skywalker learned “the force” from Obi-Wan Kenobi, King James also had a [...]
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Bob Costas Is Not Impressed With the Mets’ Walk-Off Celebration (Video)
Following a three-run homer in the ninth inning to cap off a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Chicago Cubs, the New York Mets improved their record to 25-39 on the season. That still leaves them 13.5 games back of the Atlanta Braves for top spot in the NL East, and an identical 13.5 games back [...]
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The 20 Best Pitching Games Scores in MLB History
In baseball, when we talk about amazing pitching performances, we usually end up just talking about no-hitters and perfect games. However, not all no-hitters and perfect games are created equal. In fact, just last year we did a whole list of the worst no-hitters of all-time. So wouldn’t it be nice if there were some [...]
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Mario Balotelli Scores Goal, Tiziano Crudeli Loses His Mind (Video)
I don’t know who first came up with the idea to put a TV camera on AC Milan play-by-play announcer Tiziano Crudeli, but it really must have been a no-brainer. I don’t think any announcer in sports today gets as worked up and gives as many over-the-top reactions as he does. Of course, Crudeli’s allegiance [...]
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Jaromir Jagr Was Jaromir Jagr’s Favorite Player Growing Up (Video)
Could you imagine what it would be like to get the chance to play on a pro sports team with your childhood sports idol? The odds are so incredibly slim. For one thing, the ever-so-vast majority of us aren’t even born with the slightest chance of making a living as an athlete. On top of [...]
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Check Out This Incredible Hole-in-One from the 2013 U.S. Open Courtesy of Shawn Stefani (Video)
Justin Rose won the 2013 U.S. Open yesterday, becoming the first Brit to do so in over 40 years. However, it was a player who finished tied for 59th that gave us the highlight of the tournament. That player was Shawn Stefani. Not a whole lot went right this weekend for the 31-year-old Texas native [...]
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Did Russian President Vladimir Putin Steal Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl XXXIX Ring?
Who is more believable: a billionaire industrialist or a former Soviet KGB officer-turned-residential dictator? This is the question a lot of people are asking today after Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, accused Vladimir Putin of stealing his Super Bowl ring during a visit to Russia back in 2005. The accusation came on [...]
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Sergio Garcia Heckled at U.S. Open for Racist ‘Fried Chicken’ Remarks Towards Tiger Woods (Video)
You think sports fans in Philadelphia were going to cut Sergio Garcia a break at the U.S. Open this weekend? Yeah right. These are the same fans who booed a Hooters ball girl for not scooping up a foul ball. And if they can’t handle that, there’s no way they can handle some Spanish golfer [...]
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This Day In Sports History (June 17th) — Boston Celtics
It was on this day in 2008 that the Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA championship. The Celtics beat the Lakers 131-92 in Game 6 in the most lopsided championship clinching game in NBA history. The 2007-08 Boston Celtics enjoyed the biggest turnaround in NBA history as the previous year they won only 24 games, [...]
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Rays’ Alex Cobb Hit in Head by Line Drive (Video)
Earlier this season it was Toronto’s J.A. Happ. Last year it was Oakland’s Brandon McCarthy, Houston’s Mickey Storey, and Detroit’s Doug Fister. Now the latest pitcher to join the “clocked in the head by a line drive club” is Tampa Bay’s Alex Cobb. On Saturday afternoon during a game against the Kansas City Royals at [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 6/16/2013 — Manu Ginobili
Manu Ginobili struggled mightily during the 2012-13 NBA season, as his 23.2 minutes per game and 11.8 points per game were both the lowest totals of his career since his rookie season. And while a decline in performance should be expected from the Spurs’ guard at 35 years of age, on Sunday Ginobili proved that [...]
