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Knicks Run Razzle Dazzle Fastbreak For Alley-Oop Dunk
Sure, after three quarters the Knicks are losing to the Houston Rockets by 24 on their way to a league leading 34th loss, but at least these three guys were able to run this nicely souped-up fastbreak! ...
Yeah, So, Andrew Wiggins Is Getting Good
There wasn't a whole lot to say about Andrew Wiggins in the early part of the season, because before dunking all over Kevin Love, he wasn't really doing much to get excited about. Lately, however, the 19-year-old rookie has started to look like a pretty damn good NBA player....
Here Is The All-Time "Albert Achievement Awards" Blooper Reel
Veteran announcer Marv Albert has been running blooper reels as a guest on David Letterman's program for decades. In his 126 appearances on either Late Night With David Letterman or Late Show, the "Albert Achievement Awards" (set, always, to that ragtime vamp) have established the canon of sports ...
Bad Knicks Goober Flings Hook Shot To Nowhere
That's Cole Aldrich, starting center for the New York Knicks, draining a sweet turnaround hook shot on the invisible ghost-hoop six feet to the right of the regular one. Good move....
Goddamn, Steph Curry Is Amazing
There may not be a better ticket in sports right now than the Golden State Warriors, and that has a lot to do with the fact that Steph Curry is liable to do something that will leave you slack-jawed and drooling on any given night....
Klay Thompson Throws Down Alley-Oop
We haven't even finished the first quarter yet and Warriors-Thunder is already the highlight reel-fest you'd expect when players like Curry, Westbrook, Durant, and Thompson get together on the same court for a (sort of, it's on NBA TV) nationally televised matchup. That being said, a Klay Thompson a...
Jimmy Butler Is A Bad, Bad Man
We already gushed over Jimmy Butler last week so no need to repeat it, but man is he fun to watch. Here he is throwing down a backdoor cut (down the middle of the court) alley-oop, just minutes after he absolutely stuffed James Harden to the ground on an attempted end-of-quarter buzzer beater....
Roy Hibbert's Attempted Game-Winner Was, Um, Not Good
Roy Hibbert's box score from last night's game against the Lakers is nothing to sneeze at—12 points and 11 rebounds in 29 minutes is ...fine—but the Pacers' giant did not end the game on a high note....
Jerian Grant Flies Through The Sky And Dunks Like A Goddamn Eagle
This is senior Notre Dame guard Jerian Grant doing one of the meanest things you're going to see in this world or the next against Georgia Tech victim Tadric Jackson. Poor Tadric....
Kobe Flips Out Because Jeremy Lin, Rest Of Lakers Are Morons
Kobe Bryant hit a clutch three last night to bring the Lakers within one of the Grizzlies at Staples Center. He did this with 24 seconds remaining in the game, which meant that Los Angeles needed to foul and stop the clock. Jeremy Lin, guarding the Memphis ball-handler, did nothing. So Kobe took mat...
Swansea Give Up Second Hilaribad Goal Of The Week, Now To Max Power
Fresh off this embarrassing performance Monday, Swansea City keepers are continuing their reign of clearance terror today in the FA Cup. This time, it's Gerhard Tremmel who can't get the ball past League Two side Tranmere Rovers midfielder Max Power. Who coaches these keepers?...
Fat Guy's 48-Yard Reception Enters Annals Of Legendary Fat Guy Plays
This isn't a Fat Guy Touchdown, but it's one of the best plays we've seen from a gentleman of girth in a long time....
Junior College Alley-Oop Is NBA-Worthy
Junior college basketball is occasionally home to a few highlight reel-worthy plays, like this one featuring Palm Beach State College at today's Daytona State Classic. Here's Ivan Canete, Bobby Conley and Jarrel Marshall teaming up for a wild alley-oop that really should have been witnessed by more ...
Heroically Lazy DeMarcus Cousins Takes An Entire Possession Off
Honestly, you have to respect the amount of effort DeMarcus Cousins puts into not giving a single shit on this possession. This would make Rasheed Wallace proud....
Oregon's Blowout Rose Bowl Win Over FSU As Called By "J.R." Jim Ross
Jameis Winston and the Florida State Seminoles got a beating tonight at the hands of the Oregon Ducks, so here's wrestling legend Jim "J.R." Ross calling every highlight of today's Rose Bowl....
Jameis Winston Falls Down, Throws Ball Backward, Gives Up Touchdown
Florida State is now down 45-20 to Oregon after Jameis Winston performed one of the most glorious and hilarious plays in college football history. The play features a referee eating it, too! The New York Jets only wish they could execute this perfectly. Here's how it sounded on ESPN Deportes:...
Blocked Field Goal Results In Kicker Getting Absolutely Destroyed
Somehow, he got back up from this. But never be a kicker. This play has taken what was a Cotton Bowl blowout and left Michigan State with a chance to win....
Maxx Williams Dominates Missouri Defense, Double-Hurdles Way To TD
We've highlighted Minnesota tight end Maxx Williams's feats here before, and now that it appears he'll be declaring early for the NFL draft, the time is nigh for him to impress the NFL scouts. They'll be plenty impressed with this play, as he hurdles not one but two Missouri defenders en route to a ...
Mississippi State Delays Orange Bowl Halftime With 42-Yard Hail Mary
The pass from Dak Prescott to Fred Ross was so unexpected it forced Orange Bowl organizers to get the prematurely-installed halftime show stage off the field so the Bulldogs could attempt an extra point. It's 21-20 at the half....