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Yasiel Puig Does It Again, Goes Opposite Field For Grand Slam
Yasiel Puig has played in four Major League Baseball games. He has made three curtain calls already....

FBI: Browns Owner Jimmy Haslam's Company Engaged In A Lot Of Fraud
Pilot Flying J, the truck-stop empire of which Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is the most prominent scion, had its Tennessee headquarters raided Monday by the FBI and IRS. Today, we know why: The Bureau says the company engaged in a five- to seven-year fraud, and that Haslam knew what was going on....

Cleveland Browns Owner Jimmy Haslam's Company Raided By FBI And IRS
On Monday, FBI agents in Knoxville, Tenn., raided and locked down the corporate headquarters of Pilot Flying J, a nationwide chain of truck stops and convenience stores. The CEO of Pilot Flying J, Jimmy Haslam, also happens to be the new owner of the Cleveland Browns....

DUNK CITY: Here Are All Of FGCU's Postseason Slams, Compiled For Your Viewing Pleasure
FGCU performed the impossible, defeating San Diego State last night to earn the first-ever Sweet 16 trip for a 15-seed. They did it with top-notch coaching, execution, and devastating slam dunks. Here's all of Florida Gulf Coast's postseason dunks, starting with their Atlantic Sun quarterfinal agai...

LeBron James's Pregame Warmup Dunk Was Better Than Anything In The Dunk Contest
If you are an optimist who dreams of a better, more just world, then surely you have envisioned a world in which LeBron James participates in the NBA's annual Slam Dunk Contest. What would he do? An alley-oop, perhaps? A free-throw line jam? Or something really cool that we don't even know about y...

Futility: A 2013 Slam Dunk Contest Supercut
It's no secret the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest has sucked for years. With a lack of actual All-Stars competing in what is supposedly part of the league's All-Star Weekend, only spectacular performances from the NBA's lesser-known players could save it from being a complete disaster. No such performanc...

Here's Your NBA Slam Dunk Contest Final Round GIF Collection
Terrence Ross wins!...

GIF: Eric Bledsoe's Second Dunk
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GIF: Kenneth Faried's Second Dunk
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GIF: Jeremy Evans's First Dunk
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GIF: Terrence Ross's First Dunk
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GIF: James White's First Dunk
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GIF: Gerald Green's First Dunk
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Jamaal Franklin Goes Off The Backboard At Full Speed For This Dunk Of The Year Candidate
Will any other dunk during the 2012-13 college basketball season eclipse this insane moment of instinct, confidence, and sheer ballsiness? The correct response, almost assuredly, is "no." And by the eighth or ninth time you watch this, check out the Fresno State players' heads turn in every concei...

Minor League Mascot Placed On DL With Third-Degree Costume Burns
Uncle Slam, mascot for the Class A Potomac Nationals, was placed on the 60-day disabled list and will miss the remainder of the season. The release, from the baby Nats:...

Andy Murray Is Going To The Wimbledon Final, Britain Loses Its Mind
Well, the second semifinal today between Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga may have been a battle between basket case and head case, but we have a winner: Andy Murray, trying to become the first Brit to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry 76 years ago, is going to the men's final....

Sentimentalists, Rejoice! Roger Federer Beats Novak Djokovic, Heads Back To Wimbledon Final
And now the soap opera that is the men's tennis game just got a completely unexpected twist: Roger Federer is going back to the Wimbledon men's final after beating Novak Djokovic in four-set shocker....

At Last, A Women's Final Worth Watching: The Serena Williams-Aggie Radwanska Match Will Be Awesome
When the Serena Williams-Victoria Azarenka Wimbledon semifinal started today, Mike Tirico and Mary Joe Fernandez made it pretty clear that they considered the match the de facto final. This was a popular theory, but it's wrong. Serena's straight-set victory put her into the final against Agnieszka ...

"I Am A Little Worried To Be...On The Electronics": Thunder Storm Terrorizes Professional Baseball Grounds Crew
Courtesy of Aaron Morse, the voice you hear broadcasting, comes video of this wild thunder storm rain delay. The game between the Joliet Slammers and Southern Illinois Miners on Friday night was delayed for rain and what appears to be heavy winds. The grounds crew put down the tarp and even, accor...

Shock! Rafael Nadal Loses In Second Round Of Wimbledon To—Wait, Who? Lukas Rosol!
So: Greatest upset in Grand Slam history?...