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Watch This Short UFC Fighter Beat The Living Shit Out Of This Huge UFC Fighter
Last night, 5'10 heavyweight UFC fighter Mark Hunt (9-7) took on seven-foot Dutchman Stefan Struve (29-6). Most casual spectators and diehards alike probably assumed that the larger, leaner Struve would beat Hunt, and maybe even make short work of the podgy kickboxer, because that's how fighting usu...

Turkish Soccer Fans, Banned From Stadium, Manage To Launch Flares Onto Pitch Anyway
Istanbul club Fenerbahçe's Europa League match last Thursday was a sight to behold. The game was played in an empty stadium as punishment for a December match in which fans hurled fireworks onto the pitch, so the team set up a large viewing screen outside. Fans launched dozens of flares attached t...

We’ve Translated This Apoplectic Irish Soccer Fan's Rant For Those Not Fluent In Crazy-Speak
A few weeks ago, Juventus defeated Celtic 3-0 in Champions League play. Soon after, this video of a mildly distressed Celtic fan appeared on the internet. We do not know who this young woman is, and we do not have any idea what she is saying in this video, but we do know that her grief is very rea...

A Collection Of Photos From NASCAR's Wild Day At Daytona
We've collected a sample of some of the most striking images from the terrifying wreck at the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona yesterday from both fans in the stands and professionals at the track yesterday. If you have come across any others please feel free to add them in the discussion below. Top image...

Ole Miss Football Coach Hugh Freeze Told Anyone With Evidence Of Him Cheating To Send An Email To Ole Miss Compliance, Crazy People Obliged
Ole Miss pulled in a great recruiting class this year with Laquon Treadwell, Laremy Tunsil, and Robert Nkemdiche. Many ranked the last, Nkemidche, as the best recruit in the nation. All had offers from practically every school in the country, and all chose Ole Miss, despite the fact that it is and h...

Guy Who Ran Onto The Court During A Toronto Raptors Game Wearing "Bucket List" Shirt Has Super-Lame Bucket List
Last night, a fan interrupted the Knicks-Raptors game in Toronto—during the fourth quarter, when the teams was within two—by running out on to the court and circling around a bit. His foray was short lived, as you can see in the photo above, and we salute the quick work of security personnel at the ...

Fans Dress In KKK Hoods At A North Dakota High School Hockey Game, Coach Calls It "Pretty Tacky"
And that was the better response from a school administrator. Someone is either very handy with the Photoshop and committed to making North Dakota-area high schoolers look bad, or there are some extreeemely intolerant and/or stupid North Dakota-area high schoolers. From The Grand Forks Herald:...

Bulls Fans Roared With Approval When They Realized LeBron James Was Injured By A Hard Foul
Midway through the final stanza of tonight's Heat-Bulls matchup, Chicago hadn't shown much bite. Down 16 and lacking much motivation at all, Chicago brought United Center fans to their feet, finally, when Nate Robinson chased down LeBron James and stopped the Heat star from making an easy transiti...

Oklahoma State Fan Charged With Beating 9-Year-Old Son Because The Kid Roots For Oklahoma
That's the story out of Perkins, Okla., which is about 15 minutes south of Stillwater, where Oklahoma State is located. Cops there have arrested 42-year-old Gannon Mendez and charged him with one count of child abuse. KFOR has the details:...

Josh Hamilton Says Dallas Isn't A Baseball Town, "True Baseball Fans" Won't Boo Him When He Returns
Josh Hamilton's in Anaheim now, after five up-and-down seasons in Texas. It was mostly down at the end, as the Rangers choked away the division and bowed out in a one-game playoff, with Hamilton hearing boos down the stretch for his declining numbers. (He blamed it in part on quitting tobacco.)...

As Charl Schwartzel Lined Up His Birdie Attempt At 17, A Couple In The Gallery Got Fingerbang-y
While the 2011 Masters remains South African golfer Charl Schwartzel's sole PGA Tour win, he hasn't exactly faded to obscurity like many other recent one-and-done major winners. Indeed, Schwartzel found himself a stroke away from a playoff at this weekend's Northern Trust Open in California, a mis...

These Fans At The Saddledome Last Night Are True Jagr Meisters
The world's favorite mulleted hockey enfant terrible isn't so much an enfant these days as elderly, but that doesn't stop fans of Stars winger Jaromir Jagr from showing up in arenas across the NHL to show their appreciation for one of the sport's greats. Several such fans showed up in Calgary last ...

How'd Those Fans Get There? A Deeper Dive Into The Facebook NFL Fandom Map
After weeks of us awkwardly guessing who wanted to watch which NFL games, Facebook finally used its terrifying trove of user data and made the map that no one else could. In our original post, we pointed out some of the more surprising fan pockets, but the data deserve a deeper dive. ...

Should You Storm The Court? An All-Purpose Guide
Four of the top five teams in college hoops lost on the road this week. When that happens, students storm courts. Illinois hits a last-second bunny to break a tie with No. 1 Indiana? That's a stormin'. TCU, heretofore winless in the Big 12, never trailed on the way to embarrassing No. 5 Kansas? That...

The Ball Went Into The Stands, A Fan Passed It Out To LeBron James, And LeBron Passed It Right Back To The Fan
LeBron James, who is leading the league in PER, plays in a league of two with Kevin Durant when it comes to estimated wins added, and is shooting 56% from the floor, took some time out from walloping the Clippers last night (without Ray Allen or Chris Bosh) to play catch with a fan....

Bizarro World Laker Bros Have The Sadface
The Celtics flew past the Lakers in last night's early national broadcast to the tune of a 116-95 score. It was an offensive explosion unseen from Boston until now, and it left some New England Lakers fans grasping for hope (or perhaps their sunglasses)....

Pitch Invader Rushes Onto Field During Argentina-Sweden Match, Kisses Lionel Messi
While the U.S. was busy losing to Honduras in a vital World Cup qualifying match, other nations around the globe spent their Wednesday engaged in international friendly matches. One such bout became especially friendly, as Argentina's road trip to Sweden turned romantic when a Barcelona jersey-cla...

Ravens Fans Storm M&T Bank Stadium After Super Bowl Parade
As we have come to learn, Baltimore was pretty fired up for the Ravens victory over the 49ers in Super Bowl 47. The zeitgeist continued Tuesday as most of Baltimore attended a victory parade and later spilled into M&T Bank Stadium for a rally....

Shirtless Ravens Fan Celebrates By Jumping Off Building Ledge, Landing In Tree, Falling Out Of Tree
There was certainly more idiotic revelry taking place in the Federal Hill section of Baltimore last night, but a consolation prize may be in order for this genius. I mean, what must this person have been thinking, filming a ridiculous moment like that vertically on a smart phone?...

A Brief Reminder From Last Night's Celebration In Baltimore: Don't Hang On Street Signs, Idiots
Baltimore's Federal Hill raged in "mostly peaceful" celebrations last night, with only one recorded near broken back on the corner of East Cross Street and This Seemed Like A Really Good Idea Five Minutes Ago Boulevard....