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At The End Of The First Quarter Last Night, Deron Williams Had Made More Threes Than The Wizards Had Field Goals
A few mind-blowing stats from Deron Williams's record-setting shooting night, in which he hit nine threes in one half (the record) and 11 overall: At the end of the first quarter, he had hit 8/9 shots, and was 7/7 from downtown. The Wizards, at that point, were six of 24 from the field, and had mi...
The Tampa Bay Lightning Have An Infomercial
Despite the presence of veteran pitchman Anthony Sullivan (Oxi-Clean, Sticky Buddy, etc.), we're going to chalk this one up to clever hockey marketing rather than desperation. Why? The Tampa Bay attendance has been pretty damned good. Though off to a disappointing start, the Lightning have had ann...
Worst Buzzer-Beater Ever: High Schooler Scores Game-Winner On His Own Basket
Last night, Oklahoma boys' 3A playoffs. Hugo High School inbounding, up one point on Millwood, 3.7 seconds left....
JaVale McGee Blocks Shot, Pretends To Sign Ball
Here's JaVale McGee's latest addition to his growing repertoire of awesome celebrations. We've seen the fingerstache and the finger-lickin'-good three-point celebration, and now we have this. After blocking a Matt Barnes layup attempt in the third quarter of last night's Clippers-Nuggets game, McG...
Boris Diaw Snotted All Over The Court Last Night
Spurs forward Boris Diaw hails from France. Does that mean he is a refined gentleman, schooled in the continental gentility demanded by the house rules at Pierre Gagnaire? Or is he more like the slovenly Gérard Depardieu? Watch this video from Wednesday night's Bulls-Spurs game, and make your own ...
Jamal Crawford Goes Between-The-Legs To Set Up Blake Griffin Windmill Alley-Oop
Just watch it. I could describe it for you, put it in context and all the usual jazz, but that would be time spent not watching a between-the-legs, windmill alley-oop. Why would you want to waste your time like that?...
Georgia Tech Upset Miami At The Buzzer
Marcus Georges-Hunt missed his initial shot, but followed up the miss with a tip-in as time expired for just his second field goal of the game. The Yellow Jackets won 71-69 in a game that saw the Hurricanes blow an 11-point second-half lead. Miami could have wrapped up outright possession of the r...
Do Not Lecture JaVale McGee On The Differences Between The Atmosphere And The Stratosphere
In the video above, you will see JaVale McGee throw down a very nice alley-oop during last night's Nuggets-Kings game. McGee enjoyed the play so much that he sent out the following celebratory tweet, in his usual house style:...
High School Coach Whose Wife Was Diagnosed With Cancer Hits Half-Court Shot For $20,000
This happened between the third and fourth quarters of last night's Lakers-Thunder game, and it's one of the best fan-makes-half-court-shot videos of the year. The fact that Heath Kufahl's perfectly executed shot is followed by everyone on the court freaking out jumping around to a Blur song makes...
Eric Fehr Used Some Kind Of Dark Wizardry To Score This Overtime Winner
I'm especially taken by the screengrab at the top of the Puck Daddy post on Eric Fehr's OT goal that gave the Capitals a 4-3 win over Boston last night, completing a comeback from 3-0. Fehr was all alone entering the Bruins zone, with two defenseman directly in front of him—Dougie Hamilton to his ...
In Canada, Beware Of Flying Footballs To The Face During Footwork Drills
Taylor Renaud, a former wide receiver for Nova Scotia's Acadia University, is here to teach us this valuable lesson. Renaud was working out with his roommate, Mike Benson, the long-snapper for the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos and another former Acadia player. Benson was supposed to throw the ball to Ren...
Manchester United Eliminated From Champions League Due To Ridiculous Red Card
Real Madrid recovered from a one-goal disadvantage to score a road win at Old Trafford and win the UEFA Champions League knockout round tie with Manchester United thanks to an absurd red card....
Here's More Proof That Larry Sanders Is The NBA's Best Interior Defender
One of the best things to come out of this year's Sloan Sports Analytics Conference was Kirk Goldsberry's paper on interior defense, in which he details which defenders are the best and worst at lowering opponent field goal percentage on shots at the rim. Surprisingly, the paper pointed to little-...
Bank-Shot Buzzer-Beater Wins Championship
St. Andrew's School (R.I.) led by two and was 3.3 seconds away from winning the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class AA title against Cushing Academy (Mass.) on Sunday. But Cushing sophomore Jalen Adams took the inbounds pass, dribbled a few steps across halfcourt, and la...
JaVale McGee Spikes A Shot Into The Crowd, Preens, Throws Down Alley-Oop
Some advice for Anthony Tolliver: Next time, just forgo the pump fake and shoot the ball over Wilson Chandler. Chandler may have gotten a hand in your face and disrupted your shot, but he probably wouldn't have infantilized you with a vicious volleyball-spike, mean mugged at the crowd until he got...
Pitcher Forgets He Is Playing Baseball, Tackles Runner Trying To Score
This is pretty bizarre, even for Division III college baseball. While the pitcher (Berry College) is winding up—with the bases loaded—the batter (Hendrix College) calls, and is awarded, time out. The pitcher continues his motion and throws home....
This Is One Of The Craziest Buzzer-Beaters You Will Ever See
I know I just posted a video of some sixth-grader hitting a buzzer beater to win the league championship. Forget about that stupid kid. He is meaningless. This shot right here might be the craziest thing I've ever seen. New Rochelle was trailing by 10 with three minutes to go and mounted a stron...
Sixth-Grader Hits Half-Court Buzzer-Beater
With two seconds left in a 33-33 tie in the Central Louden Loudoun (VA) Basketball League's championship game, Team Red attempted to inbound the ball but it was picked off by Alex, of Team White, who promptly drained it from half court....
17 Sports Moments That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity
It's been a rough week in the sports world for those of us who put faith in our fellow man and woman. From NASCAR drivers' alleged bigotry, to NFL execs wanting to know if Manti Te'o is gay, to a youth hockey coach being sentenced for tripping a little kid, it's tough to look at the sports world ...
D-Leaguer's Agent Really Wants You To Know His Client Dunked On Someone Tall
Chris Roberts is a 6-foot-4 guard who has bounced around the D-League for three years since going undrafted out of Bradley in 2010. Last night, Roberts dunked all over 7-5 Will Foster of the Sioux Falls Skyforce, and his agent was awfully proud of him for it. This was the email the agent sent us a...