Tag Archives: suspension
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This Headshot from the Swedish Elite League Is as Vicious as They Come (Video)
This week, NHL fans saw a pretty reckless (if not vicious) headshot from the Ducks’ Corey Perry on the Wild’s Jason Zucker that landed the talented sniper a four-game suspension. However, the crisis of headshots and concussions in hockey is not limited solely to the NHL. It’s a problem anywhere and everywhere the game is [...]
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Corey Perry Should Be Hearing from Brendan Shanahan After This Headshot on Jason Zucker (Video)
Over the last several years, the NHL has really been trying to reduce the number of serious head injuries by reviewing dangerous plays and doling out lengthy suspensions. The process has been far from perfect, obviously, with a lot of questionable plays going unpunished. But at least they’re doing something, and NHL discipline czar Brendan Shanahan even [...]
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This Day In Sports History (January 17th) – Dennis Rodman
It was on this day in 1997 that the NBA handed out an 11 game suspension to Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman. Rodman was suspended for kicking cameraman Eugene Amos in the groin. The incident occurred two days earlier when the Bulls took on the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center. After a missed free [...]
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Check Out this Vicious Two-Handed Slash from a British Ice Hockey Game (Video)
The NHL may have a monopoly on the best hockey players in the world, but they certainly don’t have a monopoly on violence. Every league has it’s goons, apparently. Even Great Britain’s Elite Ice Hockey League. During a game between the Sheffield Steelers and the Nottingham Panthers back on December 27, after the Steelers had [...]
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Bulgarian Soccer Player Suspended 6 Games for Body Checking Referee (Video)
In pretty much every sport at every level, touching the officials on the field is strictly forbidden. If you push them, grap their arms, bump into them, or even throw your hat in their general direction, chances are you’ll be ejected and then suspended or fined. So obviously, it goes without saying that you can’t [...]
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Metta World Peace Was Throwing Elbows On CONAN Last Night (Video)
The faces of all NBA players may be safe for the time being, as Ron Artest, a.k.a. Metta World Peace, is still serving his seven-game suspension for elbowing James Harden in the face during an over-enthusiastic post-dunk celebration. The face of Conan O’Brien and his sidekick, Andy Richter, on the other hand, were at serious [...]
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Brendan Shanahan Suspends The Pane Of Glass That Fell On David Krejci’s Head (Video)
After withstanding a barrage of criticism from all angles for his decision to allow Shea Weber to go unpunished for his turnbuckle-style head-smash on Henrik Zetterberg during Game One of the Western Conference Quarterfinal series between the Red Wings and the Predators, it appears as though Brendan Shanahan is doing everything in his power to [...]
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Mario Balotelli Given Nine-Match Ban For This Dangerous Tackle On Alex Song (Video)
Mario Balotelli was left off the Italian National Soccer Team’s roster for their friendly against the United States just over one month ago because of a four-match ban he had received for a stomp on Scott Parker during an English Premier League match against Tottenham. It was his third red card of the EPL season. [...]
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Houston Dynamo’s Colin Clark Suspended Three Games For Homophobic Slur (Video)
Homphobic slurs are certainly nothing new in sports, despite an attempt by most leagues to eliminate such instances of hate and discrimination from their game. The MLS is the latest league to be confronted with such an issue, and they have responded accordingly, handing down a three-game suspension to Colin Clark of the Houston Dynamo [...]
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Duncan Keith Nearly Took Daniel Sedin’s Head Off Last Night (Video)
It is no secret that the Chicago Blackhawks and the Vancouver Canucks don’t like each other, and perhaps no player on either team holds more hatred in his heart than Hawks defenseman Duncan Keith. Never was that more evident that during last year’s first-round playoff series between these two teams. After watching Brent Seabrook, go [...]
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Shane Doan Has A Meeting With Brendan Shanahan Because Of This Elbow (Video)
The Phoenix Coyotes’ Shane Doan has only been suspended once during his NHL career following a late, blindside hit on Dan Sexton during the 2010-11 season. That is quite the clean record for someone with a gritty style of play like Doan’s, but it appears as though another blemish could be added to that record [...]
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NMA World Explains The New Orleans Saints’ “Bounty-Gate” (Video)
Like they have done for just about every other news story that has surfaced over the past couple of year, the people at NMA World took their shot at explaining the recent revelations surrounding the New Orleans Saints and defensive coordinator Greg Williams’ involvement in “Bounty-Gate.” It should be noted that the Taiwanese animated news [...]
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Ryan Braun: “I’ve Never Had An STD” (Video)
Ryan Braun took the podium today to speak about his positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, his resulting 50-game suspension, and the eventual decision by an arbitrator to overturn the suspension because of the mishandling of evidence. For those not already aware, Braun tested positive for PEDs back in October. The positive sample, which was collected [...]
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Kevin Love Suspended Two Games For Stomping On Luis Scola’s Head (Video)
Being a hard-nosed player has always been a characteristic of Kevin Love’s game. Being a dirty player hasn’t. That may all change following an incident during Saturday night’s game against the Houston Rockets, as the Timberwolves’ power forward, who usually does his damage above the rim, was inflicting some damage on the Rockets’ Luis Scola [...]
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Yorvit Torrealba Suspended In Venezuela For Punching Umpire In Face (Video)
It appears as though Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba is still upset about losing the 2011 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. And he is taking his anger out on the Venezuelan umpires. While playing for the Caracas Lions of Venezuela’s professional baseball league during the MLB offseason, Torrealba had some [...]
