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Estonian Soccer Team Plays Human Bowling For Goal Celebration
Nomme Kalju's Hidetoshi Wakui scored a wholly unremarkable goal on Saturday, but made up for it with a winning celebration. Wakui scored the first goal of the Tallinn derby against F.C. Flora, picked up the ball, and immediately began choreographing the bowling pin celebration. It did not disappoin...
Cleanthony Early Hammers Dunk Over Kentucky
Fred Van Vleet found Cleanthony Early streaking to the rim near the end of the first half of Wichita St.-Kentucky and it was just all over. Done. Said Shockers coach Gregg Marshall, "I just wish we had more time in the half." Same....
Is The Stanford Band Smuggling Booze In Tubas?
Despite this GIF, and initial reports, the answer is "no." A reporter for WDRB in Louisville initially reported that Scottrade Center security had a run in with the Stanford band and then later backtracked on the claim and deleted the initial tweet....
This Is The Bananas Dunk That Won The NAIA Dunk Contest
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics held its inaugural dunk contest Saturday and Taylor Inman of Southwestern Christian stole the show. This dunk is nuts. He tosses a pass to himself from halfcourt, sprints to just inside the foul line, leaps, catches, and dunks it all in the same ...
Alley-Oops Are Always Fun
Nik Stauskas and Glenn Robinson III (Big Dog's son) teamed up for this moment of eye candy late in the first half of Michigan-Texas. The second half is just about to get under way and Michigan leads 43-30....
Evgeni Malkin Beats Tampa Bay Lightning
Evgeni Malkin scored or assisted on every goal for the Penguins today in a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Malkin tied the game and gave Pittsburgh a one-goal lead with two goals in five minutes late in the third period. Nevertheless, the Lightning forced overtime with just over a minute left ...
This Is Not Buzz Williams
The Buzz Williams era at Virginia Tech got off to an inauspicious start when Virginia Tech welcomed the former Marquette coach by appending a picture of his former assistant—another cherubic bald man—to Williams's entry in the staff directory....
Mercer's Monty Brown Doesn't Remember Yesterday's Upset Over Duke
Mercer big man Monty Brown suffered a concussion yesterday and played only four minutes in the Bears' huge win over Duke. Brown was held out of the game after the hit you see above and will not play tomorrow. Rachel Nichols also reports that Brown can't remember anything about the game....
Hockey Fan Pounding On Glass Sent Flying From Check Into The Boards
This is from the Canadiens and Blue Jackets game in Montreal Thursday night. A fan, pounding on the glass, is absolutely hammered back into the seats when a Blue Jacket and Canadien collide in the exact same spot she was hitting. Amazing....
Mercer Alum Sam Mitchell Celebrates Win Over Duke With Irish Jig
Sam Mitchell played four years at Mercer and is the leading scorer in Bears history. He went on to play for the Timberwolves and Pacers before coaching the Toronto Raptors for four seasons and change. He's now an analyst for TSN and NBA TV and while on set today, he busted out this little bit footwo...
Mercer Stuns Duke; Mercer Bro Dances His Ass Off
Mercer beat Duke 78-71 this afternoon, to the delight of everyone but most of all themselves. Earlier in the day our Nae Naeing bro, Kevin Canevari, was crossed up something awful but he looks no worse for the wear. ...
Greatest Inbounder, Dumbest Guy, And Other Unsung Heroes Of Showtime
My interview with Jeff Pearlman, author of Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, which was recently excerpted on Deadspin. We spoke about Pearlman's complicated portrait of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the "historically dumb" Mark Landsberger, why Kurt Rambis was t...
NMSU Forces Overtime With Long-Range Three After SDSU Turnover
A wild night of overtimes got longer after New Mexico State scored five points in the final 15 seconds to force overtime against San Diego State....
North Dakota State Upsets Oklahoma In OT Thanks To Bonkers, Tying Three
A night of overtimes continued as Lawrence Alexander hit a wild, off-balance three-pointer with twelve seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime against 5 seed Oklahoma and set up his North Dakota State Bison to win 80-75 after the extra period. The battle left NDSU coach Saul Phillips ready...
Tyler Ennis's Bucket Mimics The Pretty Spin Move That Made It Possible
Tyler Ennis pulled off this nifty little move in the first half of Syracuse's second-round game against Western Michigan. Ennis spun his way around the Broncos defense and through the lane, dropping off a finger roll that spun its way around the rim and through net. ...
Dayton Upsets OSU, Has Pizza-And-Dance Party In Locker Room
Dayton won the first game of the day moments ago, upsetting Ohio State 60-59. The Flyers celebrated the win the only way a thing can truly be celebrated: with pizza and dancing. ...
Man Guesses Showcase Price Within $244, Belly Flops On Car
Sometimes a man wins The Showcase on The Price Is Right and politely shakes hands with his opponent and the host, hugs his family, and scoots over to get a closer look at the prizes he just earned. Sometimes a man wins both Showcases and belly flops on a car. Meet Scott, he's a belly flopper. ...
The Giants (Stole) The Pennant
I was toolin' around Longform the other day because it's one of my favorite places on the web and found a link to Joshua Prager's 2001 Wall Street Journal article about the Giants in 1951. The piece was the basis for Prager's book The Echoing Green....