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Corey Dickerson Boned Himself Out Of An Inside-The-Park Home Run
With his team down 6-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning of yesterday's game against the Brewers, Corey Dickerson stepped to the plate and ripped a pitch into the right-field wall. With the ball caroming sharply into no-man's land, it looked like Dickerson had himself a guaranteed triple and a possi...
Brewers Score Three Runs On Wild Pitch
Here's something you don't see every day: a bases-clearing wild pitch. With the bases loaded for Aramis Ramirez in the top of the third, Rockies starter Christian Friedrich threw a wild pitch that Michael McKenry couldn't handle and one run scored. Then McKenry threw it past Friedrich as he tried to...
Clayton Kershaw's Powerade Bath, In Extreme Slow Motion
Clayton Kershaw earned a sports beverage shower for his dominant performance in throwing a no-hitter tonight. The beverage looks pretty cold! Here's the moment slowed down to a ridiculous speed. Congrats, Clayton....
Patent Office Rules Against Redskins, Cancels Trademark
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled today in Blackhorse v. Pro-Football Inc., a suit brought by a group of Native Americans seeking to have the Washington Redskins' trademarks canceled on the grounds that the name is disparaging. The plaintiffs achieved...
Mississippi Car Dealer TV Ad Features Awkward Version Of "Ride Wit Me"
Is this genius? Is this insanity? Or is this just Mississippi?...
Man Holding Kid Casually Catches Troy Tulowitzki's Home Run Ball
Troy Tulowitzki's two-run homer in today's Rockies-Giants game created a solid Father's Day moment for one man in the stands. Catching a home run with one bare hand while carrying a kid was no big deal to this dude....
Rex Brothers Pitched The Fifth Immaculate Inning Of The Season
Colorado Rockies reliever Rex Brothers added another immaculate inning to the 2014 MLB season in the eighth inning of Saturday's game against the San Francisco Giants....
One Accidental Backswing Sparked Two Beanings And Four Ejections
Does this fall under one of baseball's unwritten rules, or were the Braves just grouchy while losing during Thursday's game against the Rockies?...
Everyone Named Their Kid After Maradona During The 1986 World Cup
Diego Maradona in 1986 was essentially an archangel, razing down everything but Argentina on the way to winning the World Cup. This sparked any number of legacies, from a merchandising empire based chiefly on t-shirts with his and Che Guerva's face on them, to, it seems, thousands and thousands of k...
Actually, LeBron James Was Drinking Gatorade Last Night
Brand fights are the worst of all fights, Gatorade's sustained trolling of LeBron James's cramps due to a supposed lack of proper hydration lacked some pretty key context: James had been drinking Gatorade all night....
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Colombian Striker Radamel Falcao Will Miss The World Cup [Update]
It's official: Radamel Falcao won't play in this summer's World Cup. Colombia's superstar captain tore his ACL while playing for his club, AS Monaco. He wasn't able to recover in time, and today, we found he was left off of his nation's final, 23-man roster going to Brazil. ...
Ultramarathon Interrupted By Out Of Control Car
South Africa's Comrades Marathon is the granddaddy of ultramarathons, having been held first in 1921 and nearly every year since inviting runners to traverse the 56 miles between Durban and Pietermaritzburg. This year runners were also invited to avoid spectators fleeing an out-of-control automobile...
Phil Mickelson Investigated For Insider Trading
Update, June 11: The New York Times rows it back a little:...
A Gay Basketball Player Goes To Bible Study
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a nationwide organization that often uses college athletic facilities to host weekly meetings. On the nationally ranked 2003 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team, FCA exerted a strong influence, and nearly half of the players attended meetings and Bible ...
Astros Prospect's First Home Run Of Season Caught By His Dad
Conrad Gregor, a Houston Astros prospect currently playing for the Quad Cities River Bandits, unintentionally gave a souvenir to his father, who was attending Saturday's game....
Tom Brady Stays Goofy As Hell In Group Photo At Preakness
Off the field, Tom Brady might be one of the goofiest athletes ever. Cameras seem to catch him at the funniest moments....
Jackie Bradley, Jr. Now Has A Glorious Afro
Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley, Jr. undid his braids, and now he's got a fantastic afro....
How To Suck: A Special Message To The Graduating Class Of 2014
This is all about sucking, so I'll begin with me, in a parking lot, parked too close to the adjacent car. I open my car door and inadvertently hit the other dude's door. I pray that I haven't left a scratch, or a dent, or something substantial that would require insurance-card swapping and 10 minu...
Tracy McGrady's Professional Baseball Debut Did Not Go Well
Former NBA star Tracy McGrady made his debut on the mound with the Sugar Land Skeeters tonight, and left it 1.2 innings later with a 10.80 ERA. We've compiled the "highlights."...