Tag Archives: dive
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Chris Paul’s Flop Against the Kings is an Embarrassment to Basketball (Video)
Lob City? More like Flop City! Chris Paul may be the best point guard in the NBA at the moment, but his flop during last night’s loss to the Sacramento Kings can only be described as a travesty to the game of basketball. It’s one thing to embellish contact. But Paul wasn’t even contacted by [...]
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21 Ridiculous Hockey Dive GIFs
In case you haven’t notice, there is an epidemic sweeping the sports world. It’s got a few different names depending on what sport you’re talking about, but the problem is the same. I am talking, of course, about diving or flopping. What seems to have started in soccer quite noticeably crept into basketball. Now even [...]
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An Epic Flop And A Nasty Nut Shot From The Same CFL Game (Videos)
Flopping, it seems, is becoming a pandemic in the world of sports. Soccer players, of course, have been diving all over the field for years, and we just laughed at them. However, it turns out that flopping is contagious, and has made it’s way to North America. First the basketball players started flopping. Then the [...]
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Czech Players Involved In Some Weird On-Field Incidents At Euro 2012 (Videos)
Through their first two games at Euro 2012, the Czech Republic has had its ups and downs in terms of results. They got hammered by Russia in their first game, but then rebounded to defeat Greece 2-1 in their second game. They’ve also had some players involved in a couple of notable on-field incidents during [...]
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When Basketball Floppers Collide, You Get An Embarrassing Double-Flop (Video)
We have been reminded time and time again that there are plenty of floppers playing in the NBA. But what happens when two of those floppers collide? We were provided with an answer to that question on Sunday when the San Antonio Spurs hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder during Game One of the Western Conference [...]
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Tony Campana’s Amazing Dive Earned Him His Own Theme Song (Video)
Prior to Tuesday’s game against the Houston Astros, the Cubs’ Tony Campana wasn’t exactly a household name in the Majors. In fact, he wasn’t even a household name in Chicago. But the incredible elusiveness that he displayed during his dive into third following an errant pick-off attempt by Astros pitcher Wilton Lopez may have changed [...]
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Watch Guillaume Néry Dive Into NEMO 33, a.k.a. The Deepest Swimming Pool In The World (Video)
In 2002, Guillaume Néry broke the free-diving world record, as he plummeted 87 meters into the Villefranche-sur-Mer harbour in Alpes-Maritimes, France. Two years later he improved that record to 96 meters at Saint-Leu, la Réunion, and two years after that he broke his own record once again, this time descending 109 meters into the water [...]
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21 Hilarious Soccer Dives (GIFs)
I love soccer. Always have. That’s why I wish the old European dudes who oversee the world’s most popular sport would make it easier for me to defend “the beautiful game” to the haters here in North America by coming down hard on dives. You see, it’s hard to make a case for the game [...]
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A Few Funny GIFs Of Ryan Kesler Diving (Video + GIFs)
During Game One of the Western Conference Quarterfinal series between the Vancouver Canucks and the Los Angeles Kings, there appeared to be moments throughout the sixty minutes of action where Canucks forward Ryan Kesler was more interested in trying out for the American diving team, and less interested in playing hockey. There were several instances [...]
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Watch This Soccer Diver Pull The Peek-A-Boo Act (Video)
There are times when I absolutely love the game of soccer, thanks to the brilliant displays put forth by players like Peter Crouch, Lionel Messi and Hulk. And then there are times when I absolutely hate the game of soccer, thanks to the classless, gutless showing from players like Brahian Aleman of Defensor Sporting in [...]
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Mick Pinnisi Gives Us The Worst Flop In Basketball History (Video)
Chris Bosh, LeBron James and Kemba Walker have all provided us with some great basketball flops, but none may be more embarrassing, or more comical, than the flop provided by Mick Pinnisi of the Philippines Basketball Association. After mixing it up with Will McDonald under the basket, Pinnisi was on the receiving end of a [...]
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How Did Tom Brady Avoid Breaking His Back On This Touchdown? (Video)
While most people were busy trying to figure out how Billy Cundiff missed a 32-yard game-tying field-goal attempt with 15 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of yesterday’s AFC Championship Game, I was still busy trying to figure out how Tom Brady didn’t break his back during his go-ahead touchdown leap on fourth-and-goal from just [...]
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Let’s Watch The Chicago Bulls Flop Around The Court (Video)
I enjoy watching the Chicago Bulls play on a regular basis. With players like Derrick Rose, Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer occupying the floor for them, they always seem to provide some excitement. Last night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks was no different, as the Bulls erased a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to beat Atlanta [...]
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Here’s Danny Coale’s Amazing Catch That Was Ruled No Catch (Video)
While watching the first overtime of last night’s All-State Sugar Bowl between Michigan and Virginia Tech, I thought I had just witnessed the greatest catch of the 2011-12 NCAA Bowl season when Hokies wide receiver Danny Coale made a diving grab at the edge of the end zone, as he secured the ball in his [...]
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Giants Defenders Were Diving Like Soccer Players Last Night (Video)
Here is a note for the NFL and the defensive players on the New York Giants: If I wanted to see grown men diving all over the field, I’d watch soccer. So how about we leave the diving and injury faking antics to the boys who play the other brand of football? With the St. [...]
