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This Fan Caught Four Foul Balls In One Game
The best part about this is that Greg Van Niel is not a ballhawk, that execrable subspecies who attend games solely for the purpose of collecting baseballs. Van Niel's just a regular fan, who happened to be sitting in the exact right spot to get four foul balls yesterday, all by the fifth inning....
Ilya Kovalchuk Joins The KHL, And He's Getting A Raise
Four days after Ilya Kovalchuk's shocking retirement from the Devils, he's found himself a job. As expected, Kovalchuk's deal with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL was made official today. Let's see how much he'll make, and then maybe we'll stop calling his NHL retirement "shocking."...
Never Mind This Futures Game Spectator Deep-Throating A Budweiser
I wish we could say he was living the high life, but he's not drinking Miller....
Chris Davis Hits Record-Tying Home Run
Chris Davis hit another home run Sunday, his fourth in as many days. He now has 37 on the season, which leads the league and ties Reggie Jackson's record for most home runs before the All-Star break. ...
This Long-Range Volley Might Win MLS Goal Of The Year
The Houston Dynamo visited the New England Revolution yesterday in MLS play. Houston won 2-1, which is fine, but what's really worth talking about is this filthy, filthy 25-yard volley from midfielder Adam Moffat to give the Dynamo the 1-0 lead....
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The Zimmerman Verdict: The World Of Sports Reacts [UPDATING]
Many athletes have thoughts on George Zimmerman being found not guilty of the murder of Trayvon Martin. Many, many thoughts....
Say, If You Get Near A Song: Play It
I once kept this up for three days. ...
Mariano Rivera Sets Another Record And Why In Hell Is He Retiring
Another day, another record for Mariano Rivera. He's the MLB career leader in saves, so naturally every one breaks that record, ho-hum. Friday*, though, he also passed Trevor Hoffman's mark for career 30-save seasons, with his 15th, and he's still going to retire at the end of this season. Which suc...
Even YES Can't Believe The Yankees Got This Call
It says a lot when even YES Network, the house organ to end all house organs in sports broadcasting, can't justify a call going the Yankees' way....
I'll Tumblr Fuh Ya
Each week, I'll hip you guys to a cool Tumblr site....
Baseball Sure Takes Its Sweet Time, Wall Street Journal Finds
Baseball. It sure goes slowly. Sometimes something happens. Mostly, nothing happens....
Chris Davis: Homer-Crusher, Ear-Penetrator
J.J. Hardy mashed a three-run homer last night to lead the O's to an 8-5 win over the Blue Jays in Baltimore, with Chris Davis and Adam Jones adding round-trippers as well. The latter pair got into some hijinks on the way back to the dugout after Hardy's bomb, with Davis giving Jones a textbook wet ...
Aussie Rules Football Player Scores Goal, Falls Down In Same Motion
Despite Australian Rules Football being one of our favorite sports here, we don't cover it often because pesky issues like time zones lead to matches being played while most of us are drunk or asleep. That's a shame, because at least two matches a week are aired here live, and they're almost always...
Excited Children Take Photo With Their Favorite Nashville Predators
Yesterday was Predators community day, as Preds prospects fanned out to area schools, food banks and hospitals. A good time was had by all, except perhaps these two....
Help! How Do I Get These Rust Stains Out Of My Shirt?
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
Pranked TV Station Reports “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Wi Tu Lo” As SF Crash Pilots
Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU purportedly learned the names of the flight crew of Asiana flight 214, which crashed last Saturday at San Francisco International Airport, killing two. These—"Sum Ting Wong," "Wi Tu Lo," "Ho Lee Fuk," and "Bang Ding Ow"—are not their names. The newscaster's credulous rea...
Everyone Thinks The Nets Are Up To Some Shady Shit
Yesterday, Andrei Kirilenko opted out of his 2013-14 contract with the Timberwolves ($10 million and a first-round playoff exit) in order to sign with the Nets ($3.1 million and a second-round playoff exit). This, naturally, leads to all sorts of questions....