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X Games Rider Celebrates On Last Jump, Crashes, Loses, Cries
Australian Meghan Rutledge had the supercross gold in the bag, until she allowed herself a fist pump at the top of her very last jump. Her race ended in tears....
Moto X Competitor Spices Up His Tricks With A Little Air-Humping
This is one of Blake Williams's runs from last night's Moto X Freestyle competition at the X Games. Williams pulls off some pretty Xtreme tricks here, but we would like to draw your attention to the two he pulls off at the 1:03- and 1:26-marks of the video....
Kids' <em>Jeopardy!</em> Ended With The Most Heartbreaking Wrong Answer Ever
It's Jeopardy! Kids Week, which is heartrending enough with the amount of pressure put on small children—there's more than a little bit of the Roman Arena in tuning in to watch tiny dreams be crushed. But last night's Final Jeopardy was a shitshow from top to bottom....
Usain Bolt Makes His Entrance On A Rocket, Because He Can
Usain Bolt took a lap around the track on Friday at the Anniversary Games on a rocket. Yeah, a rocket. That thing belongs to Bowser in Mario Kart....
Mike Tyson Says He Sucked At <em>Punch-Out!!</em>
"I couldn't even beat Glass fucking Joe," Tyson told TMZ....
<em>Jeopardy!</em> Flummoxes Contestants With Tough "Sports Movies" Category
How many of these answers from tonight's Jeopardy! can you get? All of them, probably....
Vladimir Putin Invites Russia's Critics To “Try Some Viagra”
Russia wiped the floor with the competition at the World University Games, garnering 292 medals—with 155 of them being gold—at the 12-day competition. People complained that Russia brought in Olympians at an event for students, to which president Vladimir Putin says: Play some sports or pop some bon...
Bored Baseball Fans Play Baseball Video Games At Baseball Game
We've got two bored baseball fans to share today, both of whom find virtual baseball games played on one's smartphone to be more compelling than actual baseball. The image above comes to us from a recent Cubs-White Sox game....
Competitive Wii Bowling Leagues Exist, And These Seniors Are Undefeated
Bowling leagues' popularity hit its zenith sometime in Ronald Reagan's first term, but they appear to be making a comeback among the elderly in competitive leagues played on Nintendo's Wii console....
Today In Disinterested Baseball Fans: A Kid Doing Origami
This picture comes to us from reader Michael, and it was taken at a recent Twins-Brewers game. ...
I Always Feel Like (Somebody's Watching Me)
Jeff MacGregor's latest at ESPN:...
A Woman Won A Million Dollars On <em>Wheel Of Fortune</em> Last Night
A $1 million prize was added to Wheel of Fortune in 2008, but it's only been won once since then, because it's really freaking hard to do....
The Six Saddest Things About Martin Brodeur's Biggest Twitter Fan
As they do each year, the folks at EA Sports are conducting a fan vote to select the cover player for NHL 14. It's come down to Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, probably in line for the Vezina, and Devils legend Marty Brodeur. Fans can vote on Twitter with a specific hashtag. Sometimes this goes ve...
ESPN Still Doesn't Require X Games Competitors To Wear Safety Equipment
When snowmobiler Caleb Moore died due to injuries suffered competing in January's Winter X Games, event owner ESPN responded that it "works closely on safety issues with athletes." Events this weekend in Barcelona suggest the Worldwide Leader's concern only goes so far....
Get Smart
Andrew Marcus sold me his broken-down Intellivision system when we were in 5th grade for $20....
