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Yeah, So, Andrew Wiggins Is Getting Good
There wasn't a whole lot to say about Andrew Wiggins in the early part of the season, because before dunking all over Kevin Love, he wasn't really doing much to get excited about. Lately, however, the 19-year-old rookie has started to look like a pretty damn good NBA player....
Goddamn, Steph Curry Is Amazing
There may not be a better ticket in sports right now than the Golden State Warriors, and that has a lot to do with the fact that Steph Curry is liable to do something that will leave you slack-jawed and drooling on any given night....
Klay Thompson Throws Down Alley-Oop
We haven't even finished the first quarter yet and Warriors-Thunder is already the highlight reel-fest you'd expect when players like Curry, Westbrook, Durant, and Thompson get together on the same court for a (sort of, it's on NBA TV) nationally televised matchup. That being said, a Klay Thompson a...
Jimmy Butler Is A Bad, Bad Man
We already gushed over Jimmy Butler last week so no need to repeat it, but man is he fun to watch. Here he is throwing down a backdoor cut (down the middle of the court) alley-oop, just minutes after he absolutely stuffed James Harden to the ground on an attempted end-of-quarter buzzer beater....
Jerian Grant Flies Through The Sky And Dunks Like A Goddamn Eagle
This is senior Notre Dame guard Jerian Grant doing one of the meanest things you're going to see in this world or the next against Georgia Tech victim Tadric Jackson. Poor Tadric....
Fat Guy's 48-Yard Reception Enters Annals Of Legendary Fat Guy Plays
This isn't a Fat Guy Touchdown, but it's one of the best plays we've seen from a gentleman of girth in a long time....
Junior College Alley-Oop Is NBA-Worthy
Junior college basketball is occasionally home to a few highlight reel-worthy plays, like this one featuring Palm Beach State College at today's Daytona State Classic. Here's Ivan Canete, Bobby Conley and Jarrel Marshall teaming up for a wild alley-oop that really should have been witnessed by more ...
Heroically Lazy DeMarcus Cousins Takes An Entire Possession Off
Honestly, you have to respect the amount of effort DeMarcus Cousins puts into not giving a single shit on this possession. This would make Rasheed Wallace proud....
Oregon's Blowout Rose Bowl Win Over FSU As Called By "J.R." Jim Ross
Jameis Winston and the Florida State Seminoles got a beating tonight at the hands of the Oregon Ducks, so here's wrestling legend Jim "J.R." Ross calling every highlight of today's Rose Bowl....
Blocked Field Goal Results In Kicker Getting Absolutely Destroyed
Somehow, he got back up from this. But never be a kicker. This play has taken what was a Cotton Bowl blowout and left Michigan State with a chance to win....
Maxx Williams Dominates Missouri Defense, Double-Hurdles Way To TD
We've highlighted Minnesota tight end Maxx Williams's feats here before, and now that it appears he'll be declaring early for the NFL draft, the time is nigh for him to impress the NFL scouts. They'll be plenty impressed with this play, as he hurdles not one but two Missouri defenders en route to a ...
Mississippi State Delays Orange Bowl Halftime With 42-Yard Hail Mary
The pass from Dak Prescott to Fred Ross was so unexpected it forced Orange Bowl organizers to get the prematurely-installed halftime show stage off the field so the Bulldogs could attempt an extra point. It's 21-20 at the half....
Here's A Glorious Photo Of Joe Flacco In High School
Commenter Keisertroll shared a photo of possibly elite quarterback Joe Flacco—back when he was a student at Audubon (N.J.) High School—during Gawker's search for notable people in their readers' yearbooks. Flacco looks so over it....
TCU Kicks Off Peach Bowl With Perfectly-Executed Trick Play
Were you late in tuning into today's Peach Bowl? Then you missed TCU taking advantage of a Bo Wallace interception on the opening drive to run this perfect trick play for a touchdown. New Year's Eve is often the sneaky best day for bowls, and this one's already turning out to be worth the watch....
High School Sophomore Dunks From Just Inside The Free-Throw Line
Michael Porter Jr. is a high school sophomore who is already a five-star recruit. This is why:...
Ban On "I Can't Breathe" Shirts Overturned For HS Basketball Teams
The boys and girls basketball team at Mendocino High School (California) will now be able to wear "I can't breathe" shirts during warmups at a tournament after they were banned by the Fort Bragg High principal as a "security precaution." ...
The Cavaliers Are Stinking Out The Joint
The Cavs got their asses kicked inside-out by the terrible, terrible Pistons last night, 103-80, in Cleveland. They're 18-12 on the season, 5-5 in their last 10 games, fifth in the woeful Eastern Conference. They stink....
New York Jets Allow Longest Play Of 2014 Season
Here's the Dolphins' Lamar Miller going 97 yards on a rush against the New York Jets, who provided us this wonderful gift as a testament to their efforts this season at being incompetent in every way. ...
Dez Bryant Is Still Doing Amazing Things
Dez Bryant has been a human highlight reel this season, and this play against the Redskins today was so outstanding officials initially called it an incomplete pass. The play was reversed upon review, and declared a touchdown....