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Stupid Rules Prevent Former UCLA Player From Winning Free Car After Winning Promotional ContestCollege basketball promotional contests have a way of displaying the athletic ineptitude of fellow classmates or visiting alumni to the delight of an observing crowd. But every now and again, someone will show up to dominate the competition in way that’s just as exciting....

Knicks Fan Scores From Half-Court Before His Team Makes A Field Goal<em></em>The NBA’s schedule-makers were kind to the New York Knicks, giving them an evenly-matched opponent for their home opener: the Atlanta Hawks. As expected, almost two minutes of game time passed before either team scored, but the Hawks soon took early control of the game. They went up 10-2 on the Knic...

Mom Makes Half-Court Granny Shot, Goes NutsBethany Academy in Bloomington, Minn., held a fundraiser, and the family who raised the most money received the opportunity to take a half-court shot for a grand prize: half-off tuition at the school next year. Grace Ramey raised the most, but her mother Angela took the shot. The video is fantastic....

Gareth Bale Has Ugly Shot And Dumb Headband, Still Hits Half-Court Shots

Hm, this is a tough one. You’d think maybe Gareth Bale would flaunt going 3-of-5 in this half-court challenge thing, because damn, that’s some pretty good shooting. But then you remember what his awkward shooting motion looks like, and how goofy he looks with that headband, and you think, You know G...

Blazers Fan's Half-Court Shot Is Confounding And Terrible

A lucky Blazers fan got to take a half-court shot at last night's game, and I'm sure he would have won some kind of sweet prize if he had made the shot. He did not win a prize, though, because he somehow managed to do this: ...

High School Coach Whose Wife Was Diagnosed With Cancer Hits Half-Court Shot For $20,000

This happened between the third and fourth quarters of last night's Lakers-Thunder game, and it's one of the best fan-makes-half-court-shot videos of the year. The fact that Heath Kufahl's perfectly executed shot is followed by everyone on the court freaking out jumping around to a Blur song makes...

Sixth-Grader Hits Half-Court Buzzer-Beater

With two seconds left in a 33-33 tie in the Central Louden Loudoun (VA) Basketball League's championship game, Team Red attempted to inbound the ball but it was picked off by Alex, of Team White, who promptly drained it from half court....

Cheerleader Makes Ridiculous Half-Court Stunt Shot

Time after time, a video of some unbelievable sports stunt goes viral only for us all to discover it was a hoax perpetuated by some marketer executing a viral ad campaign. That might be the case here, but we're pretty sure this is from halftime of tonight's William Carey game at home against Aubur...