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Melky Cabrera Tries To Throw A Baseball. It Does Not Go Well
Here's the GIF that pretty much sums up your season, Blue Jays fans....
Fan At Braves Game Drops Foul Ball, Lunges, Goes Splat
The ball had initially bounced a few rows back before caroming softly right toward him. Damn. He almost [THUMP!] had it....
Kick Returners Are Getting Screwed By The New Pro Bowl Rules
The big news to come out of yesterday's announcement is that the Pro Bowl is switching to a draft format instead of the old conference-vs.-conference setup. But there were a mess of new rules tacked on, and one of them will cost certain players some big money....
The Pro Bowl Will Move To A Fantasy Draft Format
The Pro Bowl! The single most pointless sporting exhibition until the WNBA adds that dunk contest they've been considering. Now the NFL is doing that thing where you ignore the vet's advice and spring for yet another surgery, even though you know deep inside that it's time to just put down the poor ...
Scott Feldman Throw Nearly Decapitates Manny Machado
The Orioles had the shift on against David Lough, and Lough tried to take advantage by bunting the ball to the left side to lead off the Royals' half of the third. O's pitcher Scott Feldman had help, with Manny Machado charging to make the play. But Feldman decided to take it himself....
Can I Flip It?
Allen Barra once gave me a set of Major League Writers trading cards. ...
Young Boston Red Sox Fan Is A Dirty Liar
Boston is home to a generally amoral and disgusting fanbase on the whole but this...this goes beyond the pale....
Ceremonial Skydiver Crashes Into Baseball Player
The music kills me. It really adds to the scene as anticipation mounts. ...
Dirk Nowitzki Sings Terribly In Very Strange Music Video
I really don't know what the hell is going on here. I have no idea who is responsible for making this video, and its intended purpose eludes me. Enjoy, I guess....
Well, This Is Just A Miserable Soccer Play All Around
You might've missed the Haiti-El Salvador Gold Cup match last night. Now you've seen all you need to see....
Aussie Rules Football Player Scores Goal, Falls Down In Same Motion
Despite Australian Rules Football being one of our favorite sports here, we don't cover it often because pesky issues like time zones lead to matches being played while most of us are drunk or asleep. That's a shame, because at least two matches a week are aired here live, and they're almost always...
Fan Throws Home Run Ball Back, Nearly Drills Torii Hunter
A fan at Comerica Park with no use for Alejandro De Aza's solo home run ball yesterday sent it back, as home fans tend to do when visiting players hit one out. All well and good. Except that this fan tossed it right at Torii Hunter, who clearly wasn't ready for the return of the rejected baseball....
<em>Fox & Friends</em> Anchor Throws Basketball Into Baby's Face
And not just any baby! No, this is the very same baby whose awful shooting form somehow turned him into an internet sensation a few months ago....
Brazilian Soccer Player Injures Self Celebrating First-Ever Pro Goal
In what we can only term "pulling a Gramatica," 19-year-old Internacional striker Maurides found himself on a stretcher tonight after a celebratory backflip turned his first goal as a professional into a painful injury....
Fan Hit In Head By Scorched Home Run Ball
A fan in the first row in left field at Citizens Bank Park took Anthony Rendon's screaming line-drive home run right off his head in the fifth inning of tonight's Phillies-Nationals game. ...
Reporter Gets Run Over By Football Player While Conducting Interview
Here's Fox Sports Next reporter Amy Campbell conducting a run-of-the-mill interview while at a showcase for the nation's top high school football recruits. Everything is going fine until HOLY SHIT AMY LOOK OUT!...
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....
Hey The Cubs, Heads Up!
Alberto Callaspo popped a foul ball toward the Cubs' bullpen in the top of the ninth. Things got a little chaotic. The ball was not caught....