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Man Breaks Record For Most Backflips On A Pogo Stick
We throw the word "hero" around a lot on the internet, but sometimes there is simply no other word for doing more backflips on a pogo stick than any other person in the history of human-and-pogo-stick coexistence. ...

Metta World Peace Did The Weather Report Again
This is becoming an annual tradition: the Lakers get eliminated, and Metta World Peace does a local weather report....

We Have No Idea Why Kobe Bryant's Wife Posted This To Instagram
Vanessa Bryant's Instagram sometimes can be a valuable source of actual news. Today, it featured an image of these four photos, which were taken yesterday at a barbecue....

Seattle Mariners Botch Final Out Of Game, Allow Tying Run To Score
It's right there! The ball's right there!...

Say Goodbye To The Premier League On ESPN With This Outtake Reel
Yesterday marked the end of ESPN's Premier League coverage, and to commemorate it, the network aired this blooper reel of Ian Darke and Steve McManaman, the best soccer broadcasting duo on American television. ...

Chelsea Player's Adorable Son Adorably Scores Adorable Goal
After Chelsea's final match of the season, friends and family gathered on the pitch to listen to the retiring Paulo Ferreira's farewell speech. But even Ferreira had to pause as Josh Turnbull, son of goalkeeper Ross Turnbull, made a run on net....
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ESPN's Darren Rovell And The Fitness Model: A Brief History [Update]
May 11, 2009: Darren Rovell writes about Nora Tobin, a model he's never heard of whom he saw in an advertisement on his CNBC blog:...

Minivan Gets Huge Air In This Russian Car Accident
This is the latest horrible wreck brought to you by Russians' predilection for dashboard cameras. ...

Personal Best
From Pauline Kael's 1982 review of one of the great sports movies:...

Buck Showalter Argued That A Double Should Have Been A Foul Ball. After Review, Umps Called It A Home Run.
A truly magical moment: managers from both teams, simultaneously arguing the umpires' call. Buck Showalter? Wrong. First-base ump Dan Iassogna? Wrong. Joe Maddon, claim your prize....

Hey, It's 15 Years (And A Day) Since The Yankees' And Orioles' Classic Brawl
Damnit, we keep missing these important milestones by a matter of hours. Oh well. Tell it to the internet police....

Ottawa's Double-OT Winner Was Not A Thing Of Beauty
It damn well took long enough, but the 2013 postseason had its first multiple-overtime game. And sure it was sloppy, even downright ugly at times, but there's nothing quite like the home-ice reaction to Colin Greening's 2OT goal to keep the Senators alive....

OK, Who Wants To Sign Dwight Howard?
After two years of trade requests and petulance and a stock-lowering season with the Lakers, it's time for the Dwight Howard free agency sweepstakes—and four teams have emerged as potential landing spots should Howard decide to leave L.A....

Miguel Delivered A Diving Leg Drop To Two Fans At The Billboard Awards
Miguel's career in music may be over after this freak accident tonight at the Billboard Awards, but we're sure he has a future in the WWE—especially after we matched this slobberknocker to Jim Ross audio....

NBC Learns What Happens When You Interview Torts During The Game
We don't know why TV networks insist on trying to interview coaches while games are in action—Fox baseball broadcasts, you're the worst culprit—but when NBC's Pierre McGuire tried to get a few words from Rangers chief John Tortorella during today's game against the Bruins, he got one more than he b...

Roy Hibbert's Block On Carmelo Anthony Last Night Was A Work Of Art
While the narrative from last night's series-seizing win for the Pacers over the Knicks has mostly been Lance Stephenson's inexplicable 25-point, 10-rebound performance, the highlight of the evening was unquestionably Roy Hibbert's manhandling of a Carmelo Anthony attempt at the rim....

Quick, Everyone Notice That Mark Reynolds Leads The AL In Homers
With his 12th tater of the 2013 season, a guy named Mark Reynolds took over the lead in the American League in home runs. Mark Reynolds plays for the Cleveland Indians, which is why you can be forgiven for having no idea who Mark Reynolds is. But that doesn't bother Mark Reynolds....

Sadistic Media Targeted "Carolina Way," Whinges Ex-UNC Chancellor
Pro tip for anyone trying to make sense of a scandal. If the person at the center of it starts claiming that "the media" are persecuting them, it's usually (though not always) a solid bet that they are patently full of shit. It's the equivalent of shooting the messenger and then claiming self-defens...

Oxbow Wins The 2013 Preakness Stakes
Oxbow won the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes this evening at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Oxbow led wire to wire, and the win was a feel-good story for the jockey, Gary Stevens. Stevens, 50, retired in 2005 and worked as an analyst. He returned this January....

Watch David Beckham Leave The Field For The Last Time In His Career
David Beckham played in the last game of his career today after announcing his retirement from soccer last week. He started and was given the captain's armband for his club, Paris Saint-Germain, in their last home match of the season against last-place Brest....