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High School Basketball Game Ends With Shattered Backboard
Click to view It only served to turn a 14-point loss into a 12-point one, but an Oregon high-school sophomore's dunk ended the game with a shattered backboard, it's a watchable novelty....
Here's Video Of Wayne Rooney's Brilliant Goal For Manchester United Today
The English Premier League match between first-place Manchester United and third-place Manchester City was tied at 1 in the 78th minute ... until cheeky boy Wayne Rooney fielded a pass from Nani roughly 10 yards from goal. His upper-corner, overhead-kick game-winner was the stuff of highlight lege...
The Cleveland Cavaliers Are On A One-Game Winning Streak
Your morning roundup for Feb. 12, the day Mars-commute impregnating became a non-starter in the name of continuing the colony....
Ray Allen Humbly Breaks The NBA's 3-Point Record
Last night, Ray Allen made the 2,561st three-pointer of his professional career in a 92-86 loss to the Lakers and gave Reggie Miller a hug. He did this, as he reportedly does everything else in his life, quite humbly. Even if it is true that all 2,562 of those three-pointers (he knocked down another...
HS Hoops Team Gets Its Racist Coach Suspended
Last night, Emma brought you the sorry tale of Jason Popp, whose 15-0 Richmond Heights High School boys' basketball team was trying to overthrow him since he regularly called them the n-word....
There's A 14-Year-Old In Canada With A 39-Inch Vertical Leap
This young man is Jamar Ergas. He is in the eighth grade and can pull off a 360-degree dunk. Ergas will enter the ninth grade at Christian Faith Center Academy in Creedmore, N.C. next year and, barring any rule changes, will play one season of college basketball somewhere around the year 2015....
Holland’s Wesley Sneijder Scores A Pretty Goal Against Austria
Go on, admit it — you thought the international break for a load of pointless friendlies would be about as much fun as watching beige paint evaporate, didn't you? Well, to be honest, so did The Spoiler....
HS Baseball Coach Cuts Double-Amputee Pitcher; Quickly Becomes Worst Human Ever
This young man is Anthony Burruto, a sophomore at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando and an aspiring pitcher. Burruto was born without a shinbone in his left leg and without a fibula in his right, and doctors amputated his lower legs when he was just a baby. He's been playing baseball since he was ...
Here's The Crazy 4-Point Play That Ended The Villanova-Rutgers Game
After trading threes in the final minute, Rutgers senior Jonathan Mitchell converted a four-point play and the unranked Scarlet Knights knocked off No. 10 Villanova, 77-76. Impressive, but worthy of the storming of the court? I always lose track of the rules....
HS Hoops Team May Boycott Its Racist Coach
At Richmond Heights High School in Cleveland, the boys' basketball team has started the season undefeated, at 15-0. But earlier this week, the players and their parents came together to attempt to unseat their coach, Jason Popp, as he allegedly calls them the n-word on a regular basis....
UConn QB Takes On Doors, Baskets, Pizza Delivery Vans In Trick Shot Video
Finally, the trick shot video diversifies into the world of football. UConn backup Johnny McEntee does some incredible things with a ball, and, presumably, a patient cameraman. Man, if this guy's just the backup, I don't know what Robert Burton's so mad about....
Potentially The Worst Miss In The History Of Ever?
Excuse us for being a bit late with this, but after reading Tim Vickery's always excellent South American football column on the BBC website, we thought we'd take a look at the miss of Ecuador Under-20 player Marlon de Jesus to see if it is as bad as he said....
Cardiff’s Craig Bellamy Scores A Brilliant Goal
See, there is good football being played in the lower divisions. It's not only the Premier League that produces the best games and the best players....
Gary Neal Hits (Sort-Of) Game-Winning Circus Shot
Neal's miracle heave at the end of the first quarter would prove to be the difference in an 89-88 Spurs win. Of course, by that logic, any two points were the difference. (Antonio McDyess's tip-in was the actual game-winner.)...
A $60 Million Reminder That Texas Cares About High School Football
Allen High School in Allen, Tex. is constructing a $60 million football stadium, where its teenage boys will learn the game. "Football has always been a big deal here," says district athletic director Steve "Bubba" Williams. "It's about tra-di-tion."...
Dozens Of Female Athletes Suspended For (Accidental) Locker Room Photos
The Lady Broncos teams at Falls High School are suffering a temporary loss of (wo)manpower after athletes in hockey, basketball, track and field, volleyball and cheerleading were suspended for taking pictures in the locker room. Easy now....
Ronaldinho Does A Goal From Behind The Goal
This is more like it! None of your sexist pundit stuff here — just MAD SKILLZ!...
I Guarantee You've Never Seen A Ball Ride The Rim This Long
Little Earl Boykins circles the drain for the rare 1440° mid-range jumper. I think the broadcast misses the entire second quarter while showing the super slo-mo replay....
The Most Unlikely Basket You'll See All Day, Unless Hasheem Thabeet Gets Garbage Time Minutes
Is this planned? Probably not planned. But if I'm the kid making this inbounds pass, I'm telling everyone this went off exactly the way it was drawn up....
Drogba Kicks The Ball Hard And Does A Goal
The Spoiler loves a cheeky little chip or an intricate Tiki-taka goal, but sometimes you just can't beat someone kicking the ball proper hard....