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How Do Televised Sporting Events Offer So Many Great Angles? (Infographic)
Have you ever wondered exactly how the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NASCAR and MLS are all able to bring us such extraordinary live television coverage of all the action that takes place in their respective sports from just about every possible angle? As you will see in the infographic below, it is all about the [...]
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The 9 Weirdest Sports Stories Of 2011
Huh. After researching this piece, it would seem that 2011 wasn’t THAT weird a year for sports. Sure, there were a handful of really bizarre small stories, and a few somewhat bizarre big ones (Tebow, Paterno), but it seems as though athletes were on fairly decent behavior this year. What is the world coming to? [...]
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The 9 Most Shocking Sex Scandals In College Sports
In the wake of the Penn State scandal (see below), which has dominated the headlines, the question has been asked, “Is it the biggest scandal in college sports history?” Maybe. Probably. We’ll see. Many of the biggest scandals don’t compare, but there are a few that captured law enforcement and public attention on a scale [...]
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9 Hottest Winter Sports Girls
Well, it’s November, and there’s no basketball in the foreseeable future, so that means that the more esoteric winter sports will get more love than they normally do this time of year. It’s hard to keep up with winter sports athletes in non-Olympic years because there’s just not the exposure. Well, we strive to do [...]
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Eight Myths About College Sports (Infographic)
Have you ever been engaged in a conversation regarding college football when someone tells you that these sports programs make millions of dollars for their schools? Or perhaps someone has come up to you and told you that the only reason we see the likes of Alabama, Oklahoma, Florida and USC at the top of [...]
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9 Greatest Sports Movie Heroes
Last week we brought you a list of the most sinister sports movie villains. So obviously, we had to come back this week and balance things out with a list of the greatest sports movie heroes. As you would expect, it’s a list of nobodies, underdogs, long-shots, and has-beens who fought through adversity and came [...]
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9 Can’t Miss Sports Conventions
For us hardcore sports nuts, it’s not just enough to watch the games on television. We’ve gotta read about it on the internet and listen to grown men argue about it on the radio. We’ve gotta buy the hat, the shirt, and the giant foam finger. When our team wins the championship and Sports Illustrated [...]
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9 Most Sinister Sports Movie Villains
In both sports and movies, while it’s always great to have someone to root for, it’s even better if you also have someone to root against. It’s only logical, therefore, that a lot of great sports movies would have truly great villains. Sure, sometimes these characters are over the top with their sinister plots and [...]
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9 Older Stadiums That Need To Go
For any huge sports fan, the stadium his or her team plays in, even if brand new, should be a of kind of shrine to legendary accomplishments, players, and memories. Unfortunately, some stadiums aren’t up to the task. Rather than serving as monuments to past achievements or future hopes, a handful of run-down stadiums suck [...]
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9 Sexiest Sports-Themed Commercials
In today’s piece, we’re going to show you a ton of commercials, and we’re not getting a dime. Why? On account of their sexiness. Sports commercials have long dabbled in the flash trade, which makes total sense, considering guys like sports and guys like pictures of naked girls. Well, most guys do. So we’ve assembled [...]
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The 9 Greatest Sports Podcasts
Face it: We are knee-deep in the digital age, and podcasts have fast become a viable way of getting your sports news regardless of geography or area of interest. The good news is anyone can do one. The bad news is anyone can do one. So here’s a brief guide to let you know a [...]
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5 Notorious Sports Groupies
Perhaps “groupies” is too strong a word, considering these girls’ identities don’t exactly hinge on who they date. But “serial athlete daters” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, so let’s run with groupies, no? For one reason or another, these women have found comfort in the arms of athletes, and, strangely enough, not [...]
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9 Most Memorable Sports Riots
In light of the stupid Vancouver riots that took place earlier this week, we decided to investigate some of the most memorable riots in history, seeing how fans (and players) can react so violently and dangerously to both winning and losing. While none of these actions are forgivable, some were certainly foreseeable (see entry number [...]
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5 Reasons to Kill the BCS
The reasons to drop the BCS system have been bandied about since the program was instituted. I’ve never heard a compelling argument in favor of the current system. In fact, I’ve never heard anyone except athletic administrators and BCS “officials” (whatever the hell they do) even try to validate the system. And their reasons stem [...]
