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Figure Skaters Crash Into Each Other's Faces; One Later Busts Ass
At the Lexus Cup of China, the International Skating Union's Grand Prix of Figure Skating, there was a real humdinger of a bell-ringer between China's Han Yan and Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu in warmups. YouTube shows both men gliding backwards at concussion-ready speeds and turning into one another, chin...

Army Beats UConn After Pick-Six On Would-Be Tying Touchdown Pass
Tonight's UConn-Army game from Yankee Stadium gave fans an especially unique experience: watching the first West Point win in the Bronx since 1960....

Auburn Attempts Field Goal At End Of Half, Gives Up Touchdown Instead
Auburn was expected to cruise past a Texas A & M team without its starting quarterback today, only to find freshman Kyle Allen throwing four touchdown passes against them in the first half and a further deficit thanks to this breakdown at the end of the half, a ten-point swing that left the intermis...

Notre Dame-Arizona State First Half Highlights, As Called By Jim Ross
Notre Dame gave up 34 points to Arizona State in the first half today. Here's all the highlights, as called by pro wrestling legend Jim "J.R." Ross....

Jaelen Strong's Phenomenal TD Catch Puts ASU Up On Notre Dame
Yes, Arizona State's Jaelen Strong used two hands to catch this ball for a touchdown against Notre Dame, but he hauled it in with one—and the twist in his body necessary to come down inbounds makes this a true highlight play. Arizona State's up 10-3 on Notre Dame in the first quarter....

Maxx Williams's Sideline Catch Is One Of The Best All Season
How good was Maxx Williams's catch today for Minnesota against the Hawkeyes? So good that officials declared it incomplete, before reversing after replay review. ...

Here Are All 71 Of Lionel Messi's Champions League Goals
Stop us if this sounds familiar: Lionel Messi played soccer the other day, dragging Barcelona to victory with two crucial goals and winning him yet another goalscoring record, this time as the Champions League's joint all-time scorer. The video above shows each one of his 71 goals, from the first ...

FSU Sorority Girl Burns Everyone On Flag Football Touchdown
Delta Gamma's Michelle Roque channeled her inner LaDainian Tomlinson and toasted four defenders in a flag football game at Florida State. As a former flag football ref (for one semester), I can determine she did not use her hands to prevent any defender from grabbing one of her flags, so her moves a...

Blazers Fan's Half-Court Shot Is Confounding And Terrible
A lucky Blazers fan got to take a half-court shot at last night's game, and I'm sure he would have won some kind of sweet prize if he had made the shot. He did not win a prize, though, because he somehow managed to do this: ...

Andy Dalton Has No Use For Your Football "Rules"
You'll have to forgive Andy, it's his first day in Pop Warner and he's not quite clear on how to play football yet....

Gerald Green Dunked The Lakers Back Into Their Mausoleum
The shit-ass Lakers are now 0-5 after dropping a home game to the not-shit-ass Phoenix Suns last night. While Kobe Bryant was out there racking up 39 points on 37 (37! Thirty-seven!) shots, Suns swingman and dunk specialist Gerald Green was yamming on the Lakers without mercy. ...


Vladimir Tarasenko Will Make You Pay Attention
The 22-year-old Tarasenko was named the NHL's first star of the week yesterday, after putting up five goals in three games—including his first career hat trick. And then he waltzed into Madison Square Garden and did something vicious:...

Anthony Davis Comes Out Of Nowhere For The Putback Dunk
Welcome to the latest edition of Anthony Davis Does Something You've Never Seen Before. Today we have him launching himself from just in front of the dotted line, extending his Groot arm to collect a shot that clanged high off the rim, and then throwing down the putback dunk over poor Zach Randolph—...

Nerlens Noel Stuffs James Harden, Shits In The Graves Of His Ancestors
James Harden went for a buzzer-beating dunk to end the third quarter tonight in Philadelphia. Nerlens Noel had something to say about that. Specifically: "Fuuuuuuck no."...

Anthony Davis Is A Goddamn Demon
Anthony Davis is going to own the league sooner rather than later, because Anthony Davis is a shot-devouring, rebound-snatching, dunking monster who is now armed with a solid mid-range jumper and respectable handles. Dunks and smooth jumpers and blocks are great, but if you really want to see what m...

Brilliant Goalie Knocks Over Own Net Rather Than Face A 2-On-0
Thirty-year-old David Leggio has never made the big show—but you don't spend that long in the minor leagues without learning a few tricks. In a game yesterday, the netminder for the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers saw his team turn the puck over at center ice, so he immediately toppled his own net t...

This Set Play From The Clippers Is Beautiful And Unfair
The Clippers lost to the Kings 98-92 yesterday, but they came out ahead on style points after running one of the prettiest plays of the young season late in the fourth quarter....

