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Goalkeeper Blows Game With Enormous Boner In Added Time
Poor Dimitrios Konstantopoulos. It's bad enough the Middlesbrough goalkeeper cost his team a point today against QPR by allowing a goal in the 94th minute, but it's how he did it—by completely whiffing on a clearance and allowing Bobby Zamora the chance to walk in a goal—that is utterly embarrassing...

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Blake Griffin Gets Way Up There For A Huge Putback Dunk
Sure, it's fun to watch Blake Griffin destroy another human being with one of his signature moves, but I've always had a soft spot for the ones he throws down when nobody's in his way. ...

Report: Darrelle Revis Goes To The Patriots For One Year, $12 Million
The biggest free agent was free for roughly five hours. After the Buccaneers cut Darrelle Revis earlier today, he agreed to terms with the Patriots for a season. You can guess who broke the deal....

Unchill UCSB Bro Confronts Opposing Coach, Player On The Court
UC-Santa Barbara students are generally known for being especially chill bros. Tonight one fan broke out of character as he rushed onto the court in the middle of the game to shout profanities at Hawai'i coach Gib Arnold, then taunted a Rainbow Warriors player. ...

With Celtics Losing Big, Fans Cheer For Tupac Lookalike In Stands
The Celtics were thoroughly drubbed by the Warriors tonight, but Boston fans found one thing to cheer for. During a break where the Celts were down by 30, the Jumbotron showed a man wearing his bandana like Tupac, and fans began to chant for him....

Team's Pizza-Box Protest Halts 10-Year-Old Boys' Basketball Tournament
A boys' basketball tournament in Canada ended early when one team organized a protest on the court after being eliminated from the championship game for breaking a gameplay rule....

Klay Thompson Dunk Sends Kyle Singler Stumbling Into Crowd
There are better dunks and worse posterizations than this Thompson-Singler affair, but Singler's exit makes this fantastic. Despite his efforts to remain upright, he stumbles back for what feels like forever, until he runs into the cameraman. It's at this point that he gives in to momentum and just ...

Even When LeBron's Not Playing, He's Yelling At Mario Chalmers
Criticism of Mario Chalmers never misses a game....

San Francisco 49ers CEO Sons Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio
Earlier today, Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio ran a sort of weird story about the Cleveland Browns having nearly traded for San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh....

Jermaine O'Neal Makes Game-Saving Block, Is Very Pleased With Himself
You can give Steph Curry the credit for last night's Warriors' victory if you want to—he did tie the game with a preposterous layup at the end of regulation before scoring seven points in OT, after all—but I prefer to think that this game belonged to old-ass Jermaine O'Neal....

Pussy Riot Members Attacked With Whips At Attempted Sochi Protest
Members of the anti-Putin punk protest collective Pussy Riot attempted a demonstration in Sochi today, but were quickly set upon by security forces with whips....

Dog Invades Pitch During Argentine League Match, Takes A Shit
Today's Rosario Central-River Plate match was interrupted for several minutes by an adorable dog who evaded security and shat on the pitch. ...

Mario Balotelli Kicks Ball Really Hard
Mario Balotelli dug deep in his bag, pulled out his driver, and damn-near tore the cover off the ball to score from 40 yards or so in today's AC Milan vs. Bologna match. He might not be as visible on a shitty AC Milan squad, but he's still capable of jaw-dropping moments of brilliance like this....


Peruvian Finishes 30 Minutes Behind Winner, Who Meets Him At Finish
Your feel-good Olympic story of the day features Roberto Carcelen, cross country skier and Peru's first-ever Winter Olympian. Carcelen broke a rib in training but elected to compete in today's 15K Classic anyway; he struggled through the course and finished dead last. ...

Falling Chunk Of Disco Ball Delays Warriors Game
Did you know there is a big disco ball hanging from the ceiling at Oracle Arena? I did not know about this big disco ball. ...

LeBron James Ruins The Warriors With A Last-Second, Game-Winning Shot
In retrospect, not doubling LeBron James seems unwise. But would it have really helped?...

Marreese Speights Dominates: The Spectacle Of The Fattish NBA Gunner
About halfway through the second quarter last night, Marreese Speights missed a step-back three. It was the first shot he'd missed all night, and it seemed to be off more because Speights got tired from bludgeoning the 76ers with their own dismembered arms and legs than because of anything Philadel...

Mario Balotelli Cries; Everyone Thinks It's Because Of Racist Chants
There's a story going around that Mario Balotelli was reduced to tears after being subjected to racist chants in Italy today. This would not be shocking—there is a history here—but it's not at all clear that racism was behind his tears. ...