These guys could teach the “pros” a thing or two.
This dog has been chilling on her head all day...
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Mark Sanchez was on his feet for about two minutes this season.
This is just a hobby...
This guy skates for a living.
12 Animals With Far Better Balance Than Professional Athletes
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Introducing The Hot Dog Kayak Of San Francisco Bay
Yet another reason to check out a Giants game: a sausage boat.
McCovey Cove is the unofficial name of the bay beyond the right field wall of AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. Fans without tickets "park" their kayaks and boats out there to capture the atmosphere of the game and hopefully track down the occasional home-run ball.
And last night, ESPN decided to treat these fans to free hot dogs via their own kayak cart, because, hey, everybody loves a free wiener distributed from a stranger in a kayak.
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Dog Dressed As A Hot Dog Eats A Hot Dog While Hotdogging At A Baseball Game
This is what sports is all about.
From yesterday's Mets vs. Braves game at Turner Field in Atlanta:
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Enjoy.
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The Easiest Stolen Base You Will Ever See
This is what happens when your multi-million-dollar baseball players just stand there kicking the dirt.
During the second inning of Saturday's Tigers-Astros game, Detroit's Torii Hunter reached first on a routine single. Routine doesn't even begin to describe the way he reached second.
Hunter manages to catch the entire Astros infield in a state of near-comatose inactivity. The first baseman looks like he's basically nodding off before Hunter goes whizzing by.
And the pitcher? The pitcher is literally kicking the dirt like some bored seven-year-old stuck in left field during gym class.
It was the 37-year-old Hunter's first steal of the season. He knows it's not going to get any easier.
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J.R. Smith Has An Excellent Message For Fickle Knicks Fans
Some fairweather types were upset with his poor shooting yesterday.
Yesterday, the New York Knicks lost to the Indiana Pacers 102-95 in the home opener of their second-round playoff series.
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Before the game rumors were flying that Smith was in attendance and partying at the 40/40 Club the night prior and therefore not taking the Pacers seriously. After Smith's 4-15 shooting performance he didn't take kindly to the rumors.
Source: @TheRealJRSmith
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Hockey Player Loses Tooth, Wins Game, Creates New Tradition
THIS is how you win a hockey game.
The Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators have stumbled into a new tradition.
Via: Francois Laplante / Getty Images
In Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal game, Senators goaltender Craig Anderson took a shot off his face mask.
Via: Photo by Jim McIsaac / Getty Images
Resulting in this:
Gross.
Via: @joeyalfieri
And in Game 2, Canadiens goalie Carey Price took a skate to the mask...
Via: Christinne Muschi / Reuters
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The Patriots' Slot Receivers Have Something In Common
But I can't figure out what.
Meet T.J. Moe. A wide receiver out of Missouri, Moe was picked up as an undrafted free agent by the New England Patriots.
Via: Columbia Daily Tribune, Ryan Henriksen / AP
Moe still has to make the final roster. But if he does, he'll be joining Julian Edelman, pictured here (#11) doing something weird with his mouth...
Via: Matt Dunham / AP
...and Danny Amendola, who the Patriots signed to replace...
Via: Matt Dunham / AP
...Wes Welker, who walked to the Denver Broncos after six seasons with New England. Amendola, Edelman, and Moe all play the slot position for the Patriots.
Via: Matt Slocum / AP
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A Wisconsin Baseball Bar Created Civilization's Most Epic Bloody Mary
This novelty baseball food item actually looks worth eating.
Arguments over how to concoct the perfect Bloody Mary are as old as human history — older, even. (It's in the Bible. Trust me.) However, O'Davey's Pub in Fond du Lac, WI finally created a flawless recipe in honor of opening day for the Milwaukee Brewers. It is:
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PLUS
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Jose Canseco Drops Sick Burn On Shaq In Completely Random Retired-Athlete Feud
FIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHT
This is weird, but: over the weekend, Shaq and Jose Canseco got in a fight on Twitter. Canseco called Shaq a pussy for reasons unclear, and then Shaq called Canseco a snitch. Now Canseco wants to set up an organized fight. And the whole brouhaha carried over into today.
Yeah! That's actually a pretty sick burn. FEEL THE HEAT, BIG ARISTOTLE.
It was better than Shaq's comeback, anyway.
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6 Reasons Baseball Gloves Are Becoming Obsolete
Everyone at the ballpark seems to be ditching their gloves in favor of their headgear.
C.J. Wilson of the Los Angeles Angels snagged a foul ball in the dugout this Sunday.
Pedro Strop of the Baltimore Orioles also made a nifty grab on Sunday.
Even the fans are getting in on the action, like this all-star at the Mets vs. Rockies game in April.
Or this guy at the Tigers vs. Astros game last week.
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5 Awesome Artist's Renderings Of The New San Francisco Basketball Arena
This is cool.
The new arena will be located on Piers 30-32 on the San Francisco waterfront. And not only will that make for awesome Golden Gate views from the outside of the arena...
Source: (Snøhetta & AECOM) / via: nba.com
But because of the glass facade, you'll actually have a killer view of the bridge from INSIDE the arena.
Source: (Snøhetta & AECOM) / via: nba.com
Also being on the water creates a pretty awesome boardwalk situation outside the arena.
Source: (Snøhetta & AECOM) / via: nba.com
The new arena would move the Warriors from Oakland to San Francisco in 2017, and would mean giving up one of the best home court advantages in basketball, the very college-like atmosphere of Oracle Arena.
Source: (Snøhetta & AECOM) / via: nba.com
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College Basketball Star Took A 7-Year-Old Leukemia Patient To The Kentucky Derby
Adorable.
This is Kelly Melton. He's a 7-year-old with leukemia who spends a lot of time in the University of Kentucky Children's Hospital.
Source: @Kickinit4Kelly
This is Nerlens Noel. Kentucky basketball star and likely number one pick in this June's NBA draft.
Via: Andy Lyons / Getty Images
This weekend, Kelly was Nerlens' guest to the Kentucky Derby.
Via: Mike Coppola / Getty Images
It started with Kelly waking up Nerlens from a nap and telling him "Come on get ready!"
Source: @Kickinit4Kelly
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Ryan Lochte's Erection Is A Reality TV Star Now
Thanks a lot, E!
Dumb. Goofily happy. Oblivious to embarrassment. This is pretty much Ryan Lochte's reality show distilled into one image.
I hope you're proud of yourselves, E!
H/T A. Isaac at Guyism.
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The Bulls' 5'9" Third-String Point Guard Stole A Win From The Heat
Nate Robinson went off at the end of Game 1 to help the ultra-shorthanded Bulls beat the Heat in Miami.
The Heat are the presumptive NBA title favorites. They have been for months. They still are today. But at least for a moment, after stealing Game 1 in Miami, the shorthanded Chicago Bulls have become a huge obstacle in the champs' path.
Via: Joe Skipper / Reuters
Against the best team in the league, on the road, with two minutes left in a tie game, here's what Mr. Third-String did.
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Fantastically Loud Shrieking Spurs Fan Ruins Amazing Game For Everyone
This double-overtime thriller will forever be known as “The Screaming Spurs Lady Game.”
Via: Tim Sharp / Reuters
Last night the San Antonio Spurs played the Golden State Warriors in a game that went into double overtime. Stephen Curry scored 44 points and Manu Ginobli hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left to play. It was quite a game, with many fine performances.
Despite this, the only person ANYONE could think about during or after the game was a woman screaming in the stands whose high-pitched shrieks of excitement were inadvertently picked up by TNT's microphones.
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Behold The Visage Of The Most Classless Fan In Sports
Seriously dude, get a clue.
As everyone in the English-speaking world already knows, the phrase "Boston Strong" has been a rallying cry of support in the weeks since the bombing at the Boston Marathon.
Via: Jim Rogash / Getty Images
In the wake of the tragedy "Boston Strong" has been an uplifting slogan that has spread across the country.
Particularly among runners...
Via: Keith Srakocic / AP
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Stephen Curry's Heroics Were Matched By Jarrett Jack's Anti-Heroics In Last Night's Loss
A lights-out performance from the league's best pure shooter couldn't stop a huge San Antonio comeback and Game 1 win.
Let's be clear: Stephen Curry shoots the ball better than anyone right now. It's not even close, when you can do what he did in the third quarter last night. Here's all 22 of his points in that frame:
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It's like Curry has already kicked off his 2013-14 MVP campaign. Without him, the Warriors are nowhere close to competitive with the Spurs, a team they hadn't beaten in San Antonio since 1997.
But the Spurs mounted a furious comeback to end regulation on an 18-2 run, capped off by this shriek-inducing three-pointer, which Danny Green hit after the Warriors' Jarrett Jack got lost guarding him.
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Amazingly, the Warriors almost pulled the game out in double OT after being down 5 with a minute to play, as rookie Kent Bazemore (who?) gliding in for a transition up-and-under layup with a few seconds to play.
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L.A. Dodgers Star Gives Disabled Fan Everything Including The Shirt Off His Back
The most heartwarming moment of the 2013 baseball season, brought to you by Matt Kemp.
Over this past weekend the L.A. Dodgers were swept at the hands of their bitter rival, the San Francisco Giants.
Via: Jason O. Watson / Getty Images
Nonetheless, in the aftermath of one the losses Dodgers star Matt Kemp produced one of the most heartwarming and underpublicized moments of the 2013 season.
The two-time All-Star met a disabled fan and his family...
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The NBA Playoffs' Newest Hero Was Put On The Street By His Mom At Age 13
Jimmy Butler's road to the big time required him to do a lot more than just becoming a good basketball player.
Via: Joe Skipper / Reuters
Along with Stephen Curry and Nate Robinson, who've been scoring like the basket's locked and they're the only ones with the keys, Jimmy Butler is the breakout star of the 2013 NBA playoffs. A second-year player out of Marquette, Butler started off the season slow but showed signs of becoming a force starting in January; since the new year, he's averaged 10.4 points and 4.8 rebounds a game and shot over 40% from three-point range. He's also established himself as a terrifically talented defender, making it easy to understand why he's a favorite of coach Tom Thibodeau, who prizes defense uber alles.
If there was any skepticism regarding Butler's place in an NBA starting lineup, it's disappeared this postseason. As a badly-needed asset for the heavily-depleted Bulls, who stole Game 1 against the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals despite lacking three of their top players (Derrick Rose, still sidelined with the Most Controversial Knee Injury In The History Of Mankind; Luol Deng, leaking spinal fluid; and Kirk Hinrich, ordinary calf thing) Butler has played 144 straight minutes in the team's last three games, or all 48 minutes of action in three close contests. (To give you some perspective on how impressive this is, the highest minutes per game average this season in the NBA was held by Butler's Bulls teammate Deng at a mere 38.7 MPG.)
Because of the clandestine way in which Butler became an important NBA player — impressive but unheralded college career; last pick of the first round in 2011; slow, steady rise as a bench player over two years — he's an unknown quantity for most NBA fans. But as far as professional players go, his pre-college path was incredibly unusual. He transferred from a junior college to Marquette after going largely unrecruited out of high school, partially thanks to his inability to play AAU ball, as revealed in this Chad Ford profile.
Why didn't he play AAU ball? Because he was kicked out of his mother's house at age 13. His father left him when he was an infant, meaning that he was homeless in his early teens. And after bouncing around friends' places, he was eventually taken in by a woman named Michelle Lambert and her family, which already included seven children. Butler's new family helped guide him through the process of reaching the NBA, and, most importantly, overcome this remark, which is what Butler told Ford was the last thing his mother ever said to him.
Via: Lynne Sladky / AP
10 years later, he's guarding LeBron James in the NBA playoffs, with the support of millions of people. There's something superficial about the public's love of athletes — there are many things superficial about the public's love of athletes — but at the same time, it's a pretty clear repudiation of such a terrible rebuke from the person who's supposed to back you most unconditionally. Butler once completely lacked confidence; now he has it. That might be the best thing that sports can do for a person.
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Michelle Obama Gives "Kaepernicking" A Try
She's the best.
"Kaepernicking" is a trend that started during the 49ers run to the Super Bowl last December. It was inspired by quarterback Colin Kaepernick's touch down celebration of kissing his bicep.
Via: The Sacramento Bee, Hector Amezcua / AP
The trend quickly spread on social media as 49er fans did their best impression of their new hero.
Via: Instagram
Via: Instagram
The trend had slowed during the offseason, but that might change now. Because today, Colin Kaepernick met Michelle Obama, and Kaepernicking got its most famous participant, yet.
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