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Hakeem Nicks Treated The Falcons To His Own Interpretation Of "The Dirty Bird" [UPDATE: Jamal Anderson Responds]
After splitting coverage and making the Atlanta Falcons defense look absolutely foolish, Giants receiver Hakeem Nicks celebrated his touchdown with his take on the Falcons' Dirty Bird—a dance popularized when Nicks was in the fourth grade. [Fox] ...

The Salsa Music That Played After Victor Cruz's Touchdown Sunday Was Entirely Planned By NBC
The NFL looks down upon premeditated celebrations, but it seems that restriction doesn't apply to the No Fun League's broadcast partners. Despite NBC's Bob Costas gasbagging about celebrations earlier this season, the Peacock Network elected to enhance Victor Cruz's celebration with a bit of Latin...

Sunderland's Ji Dong-Won Delivers Last-Second Winning Goal, Then Makes Out With A Fan
Sunderland continued a giant-killing weekend in the English Premier League by stunning Manchester City in the final seconds of stoppage time with a goal by Ji Dong-Won....

Montana Celebrated Their FCS Playoff Win Over Northern Iowa By Getting Stabby
Montana's Grizzlies crushed perennial FCS power Northern Iowa last night 48-10 in Missoula last night, and celebrated in a manner you might call.. unique? The Griz will take on the winner of Montana State and top-seeded Sam Houston State....

Artem Anisimov Breaks Out The Boomstick, Righteously Pisses Off The Lightning
After scoring his fifth goal of the season, a shorthanded tally in a tie game, Rangers center Artem Anisimov lowered the sights, pumped his stick, and let fly with one of the more demonstrative celebrations of the year. The Lightning took offense and swarmed Anisimov, setting off a penalty bonanza...

LeBron James Mimics Stevie Johnson Mimicking Plaxico Burress In Flag Football TD Celebration
LeBron James and Kevin Durant played flag football at the University of Akron last night for "LeBron's Flag Football Classic." There are plenty of highlights available on the YouTubes, if you're interested, but since we no longer have to pretend to entertain the question of LeBron playing football...

One Jet Thinks Stevie Johnson's "Airplane" TD Celebration Was A 9/11 Reference
You thought Bob Costas was stupid? You clearly didn't know how stupid human beings could get when discussing end zone celebrations. That apotheosis belongs to Jets tackle Sione Pouha, who's convinced that Stevie Johnson was out to mock the death of thousands....

"Giggly Giggly Girl" Celebrates Weight Loss With "Jiggly Jiggly" Video
Congratulations on reaching your goal, lady in the rainbow wig who made this video. You are to be commended....

The Tigers Needed A Moment To Spray Champagne In Tom Verducci's Face Before Talking To Him
Your morning roundup for Oct. 7, the day we discovered the toilet bike. Video via Gunaxin. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Let's Watch Marion Barber Land A Celebratory Back Flip With His Face
"Marion Barber of the Chicago Bears does a flip after making his first touchdown for the team in the fourth quarter against the Carolina Panthers at Soldier Field on Sunday." [Daily Herald] (H/T Disco Choo)...

This Is One Of Those Soccer-Fan Celebrations Best Seen In Slow Motion
This video comes from yesterday's UEFA Champions League match between Chelsea and Valencia. Specifically, it's in the 87th minute after Valencia's Roberto Soldado scored on a penalty kick after Chelsea's Salomon Kalou went "up with his arm to dink it away from a Valencia head. What idiocy. What ne...

Dan Uggla Celebrated His Home Run Last Night By Dong-Bumping David Ross (Video)
Uggla had just hit a two-run homer off Cole Hamels in the bottom of the third to put the Braves ahead, 3-1. There was a playoff spot riding on this game, of course, so there was reason to be excited. But ... what was that?...

Strippers Help Australian Youth Football Team Celebrate A Big Win
The East Brighton Vampires under-16 football team had a big win in the grand finals. Afterwards, the Aussie lads retired for a private party where "Vampires president Greg Wallace confirmed an adult entertainer had been present but was not sanctioned by the club. Alcohol was consumed ... and there ...

The 100 Worst Baseball Players Of All Time: A Celebration (Part 2)
Here's the second part of the roundup of baseball's low achievers. Part 1 is here....

The 100 Worst Baseball Players Of All Time: A Celebration (Part 1)
This is a celebration. I realize that sounds strange—compiling a list of the worst of something doesn't seem like a joyous occasion. But by worst 100 baseball players I don't just mean the objective worst, the statistical worst, the most physically discomforting to watch. I mean the players whose fa...

Lionel Messi Got A Stern Talking-To For Breaking An Airplane Wall (With Video)
It's all fun and games until a bunch of dudes celebrating their La Liga title on a plane take it one step too far. Specifically, hitting the wall of said plane so hard that a panel near the emergency exit falls off. Even more specifically, when the person doing the hitting is Lionel Messi of F.C. B...

Wayne Rooney Decided To Send A Message With Chest Hair Today
After his side clinched a record 19th English Premier League title with 1-1 draw vs. the Blackburn Rovers, cheeky Manchester United star Wayne Rooney simply posted, "Champions http://yfrog.com/h2cjceij."...

The Copa Del Rey Trophy Ended Up Lodged Under A Bus Bumper Last Night
As we alluded to earlier, Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos dropped the team's fresh Copa del Rey trophy off the top of a promenading bus in Madrid last night. Just hours after the team earned the title for the first time in 18 years (thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's header against Barcelona), Ramos let go....

Croatian Soccer Fans Turn The Sky Red For Their Team
Croatia's oldest football club, Hajduk Split, turned 100 this weekend. So, fans appeared to storm the castle and torch everything in sight. Or something like that....

England Cricketers Celebrate Ashes Victory With A Sprinkler Dance
This post, written by Josh Burt, is republished with permission from The Spoiler. Go there often if you like soccer stuff....