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Beware The Softball Pitcher Playing Dodgeball<em></em>We’re the last member of the internet viral content economy to discover and post this video of a 15-year-old softball pitcher absolutely annihilating her teammates in a friendly game, but damn, it’s too good not to....

The Pro Bowl's Skill Competitions Were Surprisingly Fun<em></em>The NFL spiced up the normally staid Pro Bowl week with its first ever skills competition. Some of those skills were, predictably, boring (e.g: throw a football over there, catch a bunch of footballs), but a few were much more fun than expected. The NFC beat the AFC 3-2 in the five-challenge gauntle...

Trampoline Dodgeball Exists, And It Looks Extremely Fun I would absolutely play trampoline dodgeball, even though I didn't know it existed until about an hour ago....

Gronk Plays Dodgeball At Minor League Hockey Game, Loses

Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, who wasn't born so much as fermented in a vessel for two months, played dodgeball at Wednesday night's Florida Everblades game. Gronk's instinct was probably to catch any ball thrown near him, but it failed him this time. He got eliminated twice, by throws that loo...

Dodgers Backup Catcher Destroys Kid With A Dodgeball

While in New York for a series against the Mets, a few Dodgers players took some time to participate in a friendly game of dodgeball with some local school kids. For backup catcher Drew Butera, "friendly game of dodgeball" means "merciless and swift destruction."...

This Is The Best Dodgeball Story You'll Hear Today

Drew McWeeny from HitFix may have the greatest—and saddest—dodgeball story today. It involves some proficient ball-throwing teens and an easily flustered man as their victim. We won't step on the punchline....

New Hampshire School District Bans Dodgeball As Part Of Anti-Bullying Campaign

The Windham, N.H., school board voted overwhelmingly to ban dodgeball and "nine other 'human target' activities" from its schools. Admittedly, it's impressive that New Hampshire came up with at least 10 sports that use children as human targets. But that's all a thing of the past, and it's not becau...

Here's A Photo Of James Harrison Sucking At Dodgeball

It seems James Harrison has given this offseason dodgeball thing a try before. A reader named Kristofer just emailed me the action shot you see above; the photo shows the Steelers linebacker following through on one of his candy-armed throws at Pittsburgh's Allegheny Y last winter. Kristofer also sa...