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Yasiel Puig Makes A Marvelous Diving Catch; Mets Fans Cheer For Him
Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig made a pretty sweet catch tonight to take what seemed like a sure hit away from Mets shortstop Wilmer Flores....
A List Of People You May Cross The Street To Avoid
You are walking down the street. Someone is coming at you. Will they hurt you? Kill you? Throw you into a van and molest you? They might! But are you worried enough about it to flee?...
Dude Gets Crossed Up By Hot Sauce, Then Demolished By An Alley-Oop
Hot Sauce, cult hero of the And1 Mixtapes and so forth, has played his way back into the public eye and this website after completely murdering this one defender in a recent clip. Seriously, the defender might be dead. ...
Edwin Encarnacion Hit The Crap Out Of A Baseball
See that big white billboard? That thing is on the top of a building that sits across the street from Fenway Park, on the other side of the green monster. Last night, Blue Jays slugger Edwin Encarnacion nailed that billboard with a home run ball....
Watch Every Single Three-Pointer Steph Curry Made This Season
He didn't quite keep his record-breaking pace from last season, but watching Steph Curry splash threes for 17 uninterrupted minutes is still a great time....
Cricketer Makes Amazing, Acrobatic Catch
This is Kieron Pollard of the Mumbai Indians making one of the coolest catches you will ever see, in cricket or elsewhere. ...
College Freshman Runs Wind-Aided 9.77-Second 100 Meters
Baylor freshman Trayvon Bromell crushed the competition this weekend at the Big 12 track & field championships, turning in a ridiculous 9.77 in the 100 meters—albeit with a wind reading that rendered the time ineligible for any records....
Michigan Outfielder Robs Would-Be Walkoff Homer In NCAA Tournament
Michigan outfielder Lindsay Doyle snagged a line drive at the wall to preserve a 5-4 Wolverines win over Arizona State last night at the NCAA softball regionals in Tempe....
Algerian 800m Runner Loses Race After Celebrating Too Early
At less than two minutes, the 800 meters is not an especially long race. That didn't keep Algerian star Taoufik Makhloufi from cruising the last few strides at yesterday's Diamond League competition in Shanghai, waving his arms and wagging his tongue in victory. That premature celebration cost him t...
Obafemi Martins Scores From Absurd Angle, Astounds Goalkeeper
The sole goal in Seattle's 1-0 victory over San Jose was scored by Obafemi Martins, and it was awesome....
Jeremy Chardy Saves Match Point With Amazing Forehand, Beats Federer
47th-ranked French tennis player Jeremy Chardy didn't appear to have much of a chance against Roger Federer today in Rome, especially when facing match point in the third-set tiebreaker. Then he pulled this unbelievable forehand winner off—and leveraged it to a 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) win....
We Need To Talk About Thabo Sefolosha Dunking On DeAndre Jordan's Face
With all of last night's Thunder-Clippers foolery, it feels like this play, in which slightly-harmless Thabo Sefolosha pumps JJ Redick, drives baseline, then two-handedly yams on Clippers center DeAndre Jordan isn't being discussed enough. We should probably address it....
Paul Pierce Got What He Asked For, And LeBron Went Off
Before last night's Game 4 between the Nets and Heat, Paul Pierce announced that he would be guarding LeBron James. It was an inspired bit of gamesmanship from the wily veteran. The likely idea was to get LeBron thinking about all those Celtics teams that stifled him in the playoffs—I'm an old dog, ...
Richard H. Lee Duffs An Easy Shot Not Once, But Twice
The 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass was one to forget for poor Richard H. Lee, as he whiffed twice in a row during the Players Championship....
Drexel Lacrosse Scores Three Goals In 11.3 Seconds On Penn
Who's ready for some college lacrosse highlights? You're ready for some college lacrosse highlights....
Tracy McGrady's Professional Baseball Debut Did Not Go Well
Former NBA star Tracy McGrady made his debut on the mound with the Sugar Land Skeeters tonight, and left it 1.2 innings later with a 10.80 ERA. We've compiled the "highlights."...
League 1 Semi-Final Produces Wondergoal Of The Year
What you see here is Preston North End striker Joe Garner drilling home an equalizer in the first leg of his team's League 1 semi-final against Rotherham United. We're struggling to think of a more impressive goal in any league this season....
Animated Soccer Highlights Are Awesome
Artist and filmmaker Richard Swarbrick created an animated highlight reel for Liverpool's season and it is so cool. We need more of these for every sport. ...
Now <em>That</em> Was A Russell Westbrook Game
If any player in the NBA can accurately be described as basketball cocaine, it's Russell Westbrook. When things go badly, like they did when he shot 9-of-26 in Game 3 against Memphis, he can make you regret that you ever even considered him a viable source of fun. But when things go right, like they...
Pablo Sandoval Proves That He Really Will Swing At Anything
It's impossible not to be charmed by Pablo Sandoval's free-swinging ways, and that's why this botched hit-and-run swing from yesterday's game against the Pirates is a cause for celebration rather than ridicule. ...