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Basketball Is Basically Interpretive Dance

[Robin Lopez and Nicolas Batum battle with Tim Duncan for a rebound during the first half of Game 1 of a Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series, Tuesday, May 6 in San Antonio. Game 2 tips off in San Antonio tonight at 9:30 ET on ESPN 2. AP Photo/Eric Gay.]...

SI's Tribeca Film Festival Awards

The good people over at SI's Extra Mustard Blog have put together awards for the best sports movies that screened at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. They've handed out a number of awards, from Ragtag Success Story to Best Fanboy Director. Above, the trailer for Next Goal Wins, a documentary follo...

Images From The 140th Kentucky Derby

[Horses round the first turn during the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs on Saturday. AP Photo/Matt Slocum.]...

Scenes From Three Game 7's In One Night

[Goalie Semyon Varlamov of the Colorado Avalanche looks on as the Minnesota Wild celebrate a goal by Nino Niederreiter of the Minnesota Wild to tie the score 3-3 in the third period at Pepsi Center on April 30, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. Niederreiter went on to score the game winning goal as the Wild...

Ping Pong Players Staring At Balls

Ping pong and tennis photos are the most consistently wonderful forced perspective shots in sports. Hypervocal put together a gallery of AP photos from the 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo. Take a look. ...

[Referee Steve Kozari works the game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers in Game Six of the First Round of the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images.]...

[Bulls center Joakim Noah and Wizards center Marcin Gortat battle for control of the ball during the second half of Game 4 in Washington, Sunday. The Wizards defeated the Bulls 98-89. AP Photo/Alex Brandon.]...

Blues Fan Has Facepalm For The Ages After Toews Goal

A hearty thank you to reader Justin for pointing this out because it is wonderful. Look at this man who probably smacked himself in the face with such force that his whole section heard the thwack! Go ahead and expand this one to get the full experience, but don't stop there. There's a lot more goin...

The Long History Of Pitchers Getting Caught Red-Handed

Yesterday Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was suspended for 10 games for his use of pine tar during Wednesday's game against the Red Sox. The New York Times has put together a nice collection of photographs of pitchers getting caught in the act. Above, knuckleballer Joe Niekro was found with a nail f...

Rare Photos Of Wrigley's Scoreboard Mark Its 100th Anniversary

[A view of the field from inside Wrigley Field's iconic scoreboard during a baseball game between Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs. With Boston's Fenway Park and Wrigley the only two stadiums in the majors with primary manual scoreboards, it has been a job largely shrouded in mystery until the Cu...

[Chandler Parsons of the Houston Rockets shoots over Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge in Game One of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images.]...

Scenes from the Boston Marathon

[A man limps by after finishing the Boston Marathon. Today marks the 118th Boston Marathon; security presence has been increased this year, due to two bombs that were detonated at the finish line last year, killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images.]...

[Meb Keflezighi celebrates his victory in the 118th Boston Marathon. AP Photo/Charles Krupa.]...

Here's Milan Lucic's Nutshot On Danny DeKeyser

This is why no one feels bad for the Bruins after Game 1. ...

John Daly Drives A Golf Ball Out Of A Woman's Mouth

John Daly's still got it, if "it" is trick shots from a tee in a woman's mouth....

[A Boston Police officer stands guard at the finish line of the Boston Marathon prior to the flag raising ceremony commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images.]...

Man Covers Himself In 100 Pounds Of Bees To Sell Honey

Beekeeper She Ping completely covers himself in 460,000 bees in Chongqing, China last Wednesday to promote his local line of honey. The bees, weighing in at 100 lbs, fell 35 lbs short of the world record set by India's Vipin Seth in 2008. The Atlantic's In Focus blog has a great collection of photog...

Scenes From North Korea's Marathon

Yesterday for the first time in the 27-year history of the Pyongyang marathon, North Korea allowed foreign amateur and professional runners to take part. Competitors from 27 countries ran in front of crowds gathered in Kim Il Sung Stadium and around Kim Il Sung University in part to celebrate Kim Il...

[Bubba Watson stares down a ball on the 16th green, surrounded by a sea of sweaty, colored shirts. The 35-year-old won his second Masters in three years Sunday, finishing 8 under par, three shots in front of Jonas Blixt and exciting rookie Jordan Spieth. Photo by David Cannon/Getty]...

Ryan Smyth Says Goodbye

[Oilers forward Ryan Smyth played his final game Saturday night after 19 seasons in the NHL. He was understandably emotional, going out on the ice to thank Edmonton's fans afterwards. Smyth spent the majority of his career with the Oilers, and was named a captain for his last game. Photo by Derek Le...