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Dodgers Work Together To Give Scott Van Slyke A Hot Foot
It took teamwork and patience by the Dodgers dugout, but they successfully gave outfielder Scott Van Slyke a hot foot....

Giovani Dos Santos Scores Golazo: Here's How It Sounded In Mexico
Giovani Dos Santos hammered home a tremendous golazo to open the scoring early in the second half for Mexico against the Netherlands. Here's what it sounded like on Mexico's Azteca Deportes TV....

Islanders GM On Draft Pick: "He'll Fit Right In; They Shit On Me, Too"
The New York Islanders traded back into the first round and selected Josh Ho-Sang with the 28th pick in the NHL draft Friday night. Islanders GM Garth Snow apparently saw something of a kindred spirit in the much-discussed 18-year-old out of the Ontario Hockey League because now he thinks he's got s...

Tim Lincecum Throws No-Hitter, Dresses Up Like Patriotic Knight
This is how you celebrate a no-hitter. After throwing his second in as many seasons against the Padres earlier today, Tim Lincecum threw on a USMNT shirt and a knight's helmet, and paraded around the locker room to the delight of his teammates....

Tim Lincecum Just No-Hit The Padres, And That's Awesome
Tim Lincecum just finished the second no-hitter of his career in today's game against the Padres. He threw 113 pitches in nine innings, striking out six and walking one....

Stupid Spurs Billboard Is Stupid
Dammit, San Antonio. Keep this up, and you'll become the NBA's answer to Cardinals fans....

Elvis Andrus After Getting Hit With Pickoff Attempt: "AW SHIT!"
ESPN's love of microphones gave us an unexpected Sunday Night Baseball moment when Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus was tagged in the arm on a failed pickoff attempt from Angels pitcher Matt Shoemaker. We hear the "AW SHIT" before we know its reason....

Hunter Pence And His Goofy Swing Crush A Ball Into The Upper Deck
Hunter Pence's goofy-ass swing shouldn't work, and yet sometimes, everything in his hitting motion connects, and a baseball visits the upper deck of Chase Field....

Padres Reliever Alex Torres Is First To Wear Padded Cap On MLB Mound
Padres reliever Alex Torres became the first MLB pitcher to wear a protective cap during last night's game against the Dodgers. The hat was very noticeable....

Rare Video Of Tony Parker And Boris Diaw Training Together As Teens
Here's some very cool, never-before-seen (by me) footage of Tony Parker and Boris Diaw balling together at Paris training center INSEP in 1999, when both were just 17 years old....

All 15 Of Clayton Kershaw's No-Hitter Strikeout Pitches In One GIF
When Clayton Kershaw came within one error of a perfect game Wednesday night, he added "no-hitter" to a list of accolades and achievements that already included three ERA titles, two Cy Young awards, and a Triple Crown. In fact, he did more than that—going by Bill James's old game score metric, he p...


Tony Gwynn Was The Babe Ruth Of Not Striking Out
Since Tony Gwynn died Monday, many stories have been written about what a great player he was. But among all the mentions of his eight batting titles and 15 All-Star games, there's an extraordinary facet of his game that goes slightly underappreciated even as it's constantly mentioned—his incredible...

Donald Sterling Left Furious Voicemails For Two Doctors
Your two favorite people were back in court today, with Shelly Sterling seeking an injunction against Donald Sterling, accusing him of threatening her lawyer and two doctors who had him declared mentally incapacitated. I know you're not sick of hearing Donald Sterling's voice on tape yet, so please ...

Celebrating Spurs Fan Falls Out Of His Moving Truck And Onto His Face
The face plant is funny, but it's the momentary daze, followed by the hurried waddle that carries our hero out of the frame that really makes this. That is the gait of a man who is convinced that if he just keeps moving, the massive amount of pain that awaits him will never come....

Clayton Kershaw's No-Hitter Was Inexpressibly Ridiculous
Clayton Kershaw is the kind of pitcher who can win two National League Cy Young awards in three years for one of the most glamorous teams in baseball and still go a little underappreciated. Maybe it's because so much of the country sleeps through so many of his starts; maybe it's because he's not th...

Ellen Kershaw's Reaction To Her Husband's No-Hitter Was Great
One of the best things about Clayton Kershaw's dominant no-hitter is the fact that Kershaw's wife, Ellen, was there to witness the whole thing in person. The broadcast showed Ellen watching nervously from the stands throughout the night, but things really got good when her husband finally recorded t...

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....

Clayton Kershaw Hurls A Dominant No-Hitter Against The Rockies
Clayton Kershaw became the second Dodgers pitcher this season to spin a no-hitter, but his was a bit more impressive than Josh Beckett's. And it could have been a perfect game if not for one Hanley Ramirez throwing error in the seventh....

Santiago Is Partying After Chile's Victory Over Spain
After Chile upset Spain 2-0 today to seal La Furia Roja's flame-out, Chile fans swarmed downtown Santiago to celebrate and make tons of noise, because that's what a country does when it takes out the defending World Cup champions....