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Ryan Whitney Is Shocked SI’s Power Rankings Place Oilers Third (Video)
The Edmonton Oilers have accumulated a lousy 84 wins over the past three seasons. As a result, they have finished in last place in the NHL’s Northeast Division in each of those seasons, and they have actually finished dead last in two of those season (the other, last season, saw them finish second-last, ahead of [...]
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Watch This Kid Drain An Impressive Backwards Buzzer Beater (Video)
In basketball there are buzzer beaters, and then there are backwards, over-the-head, two-handed buzzer beaters taken by clumsy-looking chubby kids. The video you are about to watch is of the latter variety. Recently, an eighth grade kid named Matt DeMember made such a shot while playing a game in a co-ed hoops league at Greenridge [...]
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11 Big Questions Heading Into the 2013 NHL Season
Well here’s something I didn’t think I was going to get to write this year—a list of the biggest storylines for the upcoming NHL season. Just three weeks ago I had pretty much given up all hope that the groundless and maddening NHL lockout would ever end. Now here I am, very pleasantly surprised to [...]
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Check Out These Dancing Gonzaga Fans (GIF)
What is it about a live sporting event that makes people want to dance? Have you ever wondered that? Is the energy and excitement of the crowd just so intoxicating that you have to shake your hips and flail your arms? Is there perhaps a deep abiding desire to maybe get on television? Is it [...]
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Peruvian Goalkeeper Makes Not One, But Two Insane Saves in a Row (Video)
When a player on your favorite team exercises poor judgment or makes a major blunder, heartburn and hairpulling is often the result. However, every once in a while a boneheaded play actually sets up something truly remarkable. And that’s what we have for you here. During a recent match between Peru and Uruguay at the [...]
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This Day In Sports History (January 11th) – AFC & NFC Championship Games
It was on this day in 1998 that both the NFC and AFC Championship Games took place. The Pittsburgh Steelers hosted the Denver Broncos in the AFC while the Green Bay Packers traveled to San Francisco to take on the 49ers in the NFC. The Denver Broncos were led by their defense and running back [...]
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New York Times Uses Blank Cover Page To Commemorate Lack Of Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees
On Wednesday, the Baseball Writers Association of America announced their 2013 selections to the Baseball Hall of Fame. And the inductees are… Nobody. For the first time since 1996 not one candidate received 75% of the votes, which is the percentage required for induction. Now, this wouldn’t be such a big deal if not for [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 1/10/2013 — Paul George
How To Get Your Ex Back In the world of fantasy basketball, Paul George is what we like to call, “a stat filler.” Why do we refer to the Pacers' forwar How To Get Your Ex Back d as a “stat-filler,” you ask? Take last night's game against the New York Knicks, for example, as [...]
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Johnny Manziel's 47 Touchdowns In One Video
How to make wife jealous Johnny Manziel, a.k.a. Johnny Football, scored a remarkable 47 touchdowns during his Freshman year at Texas A&M. It was quite the impressive season for the first-year quarterback, as he broke the FBS Freshman record and th How to make wife jealous e SEC record for total offense in a season, [...]
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Dude With No Arms Plays Table Tennis With His Mouth And Feet (Video)
how to win back your ex There aren't many sports you can play without the use of your arms. And you'd think table tennis would be one of them, seeing as how most players tend to use their arms and hands to hold the paddle and strike the ball. However, as the following video is [...]
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Jose Mourinho Loses It After Cristiano Ronaldo’s Dive Goes Uncalled (Video)
Anyone who follows soccer even a little bit knows that Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest sports floppers in the world today. As talented and electrifying as the guy can be, all you have to do is look at him funny and he’ll fall over and grab his shins. Well, guess what? The referees? [...]
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Brandon Paul of Illinois Posterized Trevor Mbakwe of Minnesota (Video)
Last night in Champagne, Illinois, the #8 Minnesota Golden Gophers showed the Big Ten and the rest of the country that they are not a fluke by spanking the #12 Illinois Fighting Illini 84-67 on their home court. This convincing victory extended the Gophers’ record to an impressive 15-1 (and 3-0 in the Big Ten), [...]
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NBA Ref Caught on Camera Asking Coaches to Help Him Stall for TV Commercials (Video)
Well, the NBA referees didn’t like all the attention the NFL replacement referees got this year. They didn’t like it one bit. So they are doing their best to show the world that they can be crazy and incompetent, too! First there was the bizarre foul dance performed by referee Joey Crawford during a game [...]
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25 Best GIFs of the 2012-13 College Football Bowl Season
Now that all the Bowls have been played and the college football season is officially over, it’s time for teams to start thinking about next year. But me? I’m not still thinking about this year, and in particular about the highs and lows of the bowl season. And if you’re still stuck on that too, [...]
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Steve Nash Uses Towel to Dry His Pits, then Metta World Peace Uses Same Towel to Dry His Face (Video)
You know, “going green” is great. Whenever I stay at a hotel, I totally use those little cards that you put on the bed that tell the housekeeping staff that you’ll gladly re-use your sheets and towels to save water and energy. And of course, I recycle and drive a fuel-efficient car. But you know, [...]
