Tag Archives: charity
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Jack Hoffman Rookie Card Sold for $6,100 for Charity, But the Winning Bidder Won’t Pay Up
Remember the story of Jack Hoffman, the brave little seven-year-old battling brain cancer who got to play in the Nebraska Cornhuskers’ spring game and score a touchdown? Yeah, that was a pretty awesome story, and for a while it was getting even better. You see, Upper Deck produced a small batch of special edition rookie [...]
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LeBron James Sings Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You” at South Beach Battioke (Video)
LeBron James is the best basketball player in the world, and when it’s all said and done, he’ll probably end up as one of the top three or four of all time. Moreover, with his natural athleticism, he probably could have been a superstar in a number of sports, including football and maybe even soccer. However, [...]
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Mark Wahlberg Challenges Tie Domi to a Charity Boxing Match (Video)
Mark Wahlberg is actively involved in several different charities, as the actor has sacrificed plenty of cash and time to help those in need. And it appears as though “Marky Mark” is also willing to risk sacrificing a few teeth for a good cause, as the man who played Mickey Ward in The Fighter recently [...]
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Class Act: Andre Johnson Spends $20,000 on Christmas Gifts for At-Risk Children
Andre Johnson has been on fire lately, as he has accumulated a total of 517 receiving yards over the course of the past three weeks. However, the biggest and most impressive number that the Houston Texans' receiver has put up over the past month didn't come on the football field—although, those 14 receptions for 273 yards and [...]
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22,000 Teddy Bears Tossed Onto The Ice During Calgary Hitmen Game (Video)
Every year, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, the Calgary Hitmen hold an event known as “The Teddy Bear Toss.” The Hitmen, in case you didn’t realize, are a junior hockey team (named after legendary WWE wrestler Brett “The Hitman” Hart) that play in Canada’s WHL and are owned by the Calgary Flames. When [...]
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11 Athletes Who Shaved Their Heads for Charity
As we told you about yesterday, over the weekend two Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders, inspired by the battle of coach Chuck Pagano, shaved their heads in order to raise $20,000 for cancer research. And while this is certainly the most memorable charity head-shaving in sports history, it is hardly the first. Teams have been shaving their [...]
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Two Colts Cheerleaders Got Their Heads Shaved as a Reward for Raising $20,000 for Leukemia Research (Video)
Well, here are two Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders who just ensured that they won’t be getting cut from the squad next year. Or probalby ever. Because on Sunday in Indianapolis, during the Colts’ 20-13 victory of the Buffalo Bills at Lucas Oil Field, they got their heads shaved as part of an effort to raise money [...]
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Delonte West Has A Terrible Arm (Video)
What is it with basketball players? At times they have no problem draining half-court shots, but they couldn’t throw a baseball five feet if their life depended on it. That was the case for Wizards guard John Wall, who served up what may very well be the worst opening pitch in the history of opening [...]
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Who Wants To See Yu Darvish Dressed In Drag And Singing Shania Twain? (Video)
Hazing the rookies is a time-honored sports tradition. It’s a privilege a player acquires after paying his dues in the big leagues, and when exercised judiciously, the results can be hilarious. But here’s a question: what if one of the rookies isn’t really a rookie? What if he’s been a superstar pitcher in Japan for [...]
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9 Extremely Charitable Sports Wives
When people talk about the wives and girlfriends of pro athletes, it usually has something to do with how hot they are. And we here at Total Pro Sports have certainly been known to put out a list of hot WAGs (or even hot ex-WAGs) from time to time. But we shouldn’t focus solely on [...]
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Now Dennis Rodman Is Coaching A Stripper Basketball Team!
One month ago we announced that Spud Webb would be taking his talents to New York City to coach a basketball team composed of dancers from Rick’s Cabaret NYC. Spud’s team was expected to take on teams made of dancers from the other Rick’s Cabaret locations around the United States, but the league (Rick’s Basketball [...]
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Calgary Hitmen 2011 Teddy Bear Toss Was A Hit! (Video)
Every season for the past 17 years the Calgary Hitmen have held their annual Petro-Canada Teddy Bear Toss Game. It is a popular event that urges fans to come out to the Saddledome for a pre-etablished game and throw as many fluffy, stuffed animals as they can onto the ice following the Hitmen’s first goal. [...]
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Rajon Rondo Uses His Head To Make An Alley-Oop Pass (Video)
Being a pass-first point guard, Rajon Rondo has probably heard the words “use your head” plenty of times over the course of his playing career. he Celtics star may have taken that advice a little too literally during a charity game in Boston over the weekend, as he use his forehead to dish off a [...]
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9 of the Most Charitable Athletes of All Time
Professional athletes worked hard to get where they are, and they continue to work hard day in and day out to stay on top of their game. However, the guy who picks up my garbage works pretty damn hard, too. Same goes for the dude who drives the bus down my street and the lady [...]
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Keenan Cahill Teams Up With The Giants’ Brian Wilson And Cody Ross To Sing “Dynamite” (Video)
When Keenan Cahill started his YouTube channel, it was supposed to be nothing more than a kid enjoying his hobby. It has turned into much more than that, and suddenly he has become an internet sensation, performing in videos with popular artists like David Guetta, DJ Pauly D and 50 Cent. As for his latest [...]
