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Vancouver’s Jannik Hansen Gave Marian Hossa a Dirty Elbow to the Back of the Head (Video)
Twelve different Western Conference NHL teams have taken a shot at beating the Chicago Blackhawks in regulation in 16 tries so far this season. None have succeeded. Oh sure, Minnesota, Vancouver, and Anaheim beat the Hawks in overtime, but in today’s NHL an overtime loss isn’t the same as a regulation loss. So Chicago’s record [...]
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French Daredevil Guerlain Chicherit Nails the World’s First Car Backflip (Video)
Doing a backflip while standing, running, biking, or riding a skatebaord can be very dangerous. You can very easily wind up with broken bones and a concussed brain. However, in all but the most extreme cases, the penalty for failure in these endeavors is rarely death. That is not the case when one tries to [...]
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The 16 Female Drivers to Race in NASCAR’s Top Series
I know sports fans—and race fans in particular—are growing a little tired of hearing about Danica Patrick. The chorus these days seems to be, we get it, she’s attractive, but where are the results? However, the fact is that, despite being an annoying willingness to put her name on anything for a hefty paycheck, Danica [...]
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Dallas Cowboys’ $2.5 Million Bus: ‘The Elegant Lady’ Features Tiffany Crystals, Marble Counters, Nine TVs (Gallery)
Why have the Cowboys been so incredibly mediocre in recent years, despite being the most valuable franchise in the NFL and the third-most valuable franchise in the world? Well, we could go into a long explanation based on the basic premise that owner and general manager Jerry Jones doesn’t know anything about evaluating coaching and [...]
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Vicious Two-Handed Slash in QMJHL Game Leaves Player with Broken Jaw (Video)
A vicious two-handed slash that results in an injury that requires surgery and keeps a guy out of action for 4-6 weeks surely deserves a lengthy suspension, right? If described like this, then the answer is an obvious “yes.” But what if you add one little detail—namely, that the player doing the slashing had his [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 20th) — Billy Smith
It was on this day in 1993 that the New York Islanders retired goaltender Billy Smith’s number 31. In doing so, Smith became one of six former Islanders players to have his number retired by the organization. Billy Smith was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings, but in 1972 he was selected by the [...]
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D.C. Rapper Wale Confronted Toronto Raptors Announcers After They Insulted Him On-Air (Video)
We learned two things about the Toronto Raptors television announcers last night. One, they are serious homers who are very defensive of the team’s players. Two, they don’t know much about hip hop. The Raptors, you see, were in D.C. taking on the Wizards, and Matt Delvin and Leo Rautins, the Raps’ broadcast team, observed [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 2/19/2013 — Tony Parker
Tony Parker was in Houston over the weekend taking part in the fifth All-Star Game of his NBA career. And in his first game back from the break, he put up some very All-Star worthy numbers. Taking on the Sacramento Kings at the Sleep Train Arena, Parker was simply unstoppable, scoring 30 points, and adding [...]
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Illinois State’s Jackie Carmichael Delivers a Karate Kick Rebound (Video)
When it comes to grabbing a rebound, there may be no maneuver that is more effective than the karate-kick rebound. Illinois State’s Jackie Carmichael put it to use during Sunday’s game against Wichita State with his team leading by five and under 50 seconds remaining. Check it out: In this instance, the karate-kick-rebound certainly worked, [...]
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Carey Price Was On, Cam Ward Was Not Last Night (Videos)
During last night’s game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre, we saw a tale of two goaltenders who were having themselves two very different nights. On the one hand, there was Canes’ starting goaltender, Cam Ward, who did manage to make 23 saves on the evening, but there were [...]
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Moroccan Goalie Smacks Head on Turf, Loses Consciousness, Swallows Tongue, Nearly Dies (Video)
There is so much flopping and feigned crying in the sport of soccer that it can be easy to forget that, every so often, serious injuries do happen. Some of these injuries are gruesome and career-threatening. Then there are others that, although less gruesome, prove to be life-threatening. The clip you are about to watch [...]
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Lakers Owner Jerry Buss Dies, ‘World Series of Poker’ Considers Renaming an Event in His Honor
As you have probably heard, Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss passed away on Monday at the age of 80. With his passing, the NBA lost a true giant. Buss was born in Utah and raised in Wyoming. He graduated from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in just two and a half years, [...]
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16 Winningest Team Owners
The sports world lost a giant on Monday. Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss died as the result of renal failure brought on by cancer. He was 80 years old. Of course, anybody who follows the NBA at all knows that, under Buss, the Lakers became what they are today: a championship juggernaut. So today, [...]
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Avs’ Matt Duchene Scores a Goal From a Mile Offside (Video)
If you’re a hockey fan, then you probably heard a lot of pundits saying we should expect some pretty sloppy hockey to start the 2013 NHL season. They said that with the extended lockout and the six-day training camps, there was no way teams would start out as well-oiled machines. Of course, this line of [...]
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Lil Wayne-Miami Heat Feud: Weezy Says He Slept with Chris Bosh’s Wife (Video)
Throw Lil Wayne out of a basketball game? He’ll show you. Last week, Weezy tweeted that the Heat kicked him out of the American Airlines Arena in Miami because, in his own words, he was “rootin 4 da lakers.” The Heat, of course, denied that this was the case, and instead claimed that the rapper [...]
