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Who Is Better At Yoga, Kevin Garnett Or Alex Morgan?
Joe Johnson Hit Two Crazy Buzzer-Beaters In One Game
One is good, but two is better, especially when both shots are of the “how the hell did he do that” variety.
Tuesday night, the Nets hosted the Bucks in Brooklyn. Despite leading by 10 at halftime, the Bucks rallied, and Brooklyn trailed by three with seconds left. So Joe Johnson was like, "Yo."
Nothing like having to hit a three-pointer falling backwards, with Luc Mbah a Moute hurtling at you.
Johnson was pleased.
Overtime turned out to be a hard-fought, low-scoring affair — 12 points total in five minutes — and Johnson had the ball with seconds left again. He capitalized.
The Brooklyn Nets PR Team Won Twitter Last Night
Well done, guys. Well done.
NBA teams will often use their Twitter accounts or PR Twitter accounts to post stats about games.
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It's a common thing.
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So common in fact that they often will fly through your Twitter feed without you even really taking in the stat. So many stats. So many of them mean so little.
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But then the Nets PR team went and gave us the greatest stat Twitter has ever seen.
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New Details Emerge In Oscar Pistorius Murder Case
Shocking witness reports, “herbal remedies,” and empty bladders. Dispatches from Pistorius' bail hearing.
At Oscar Pistorius' bail hearing Wednesday, investigating officer Hilton Botha testified with witness reports from the night of Reeva Steenkamp's death.
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Witnesses apparently heard two to three shots and saw the lights in Pistorius' window come on. They heard a woman scream, then heard two to three more shots fired 17 minutes later. According to prosecutors, these witnesses also heard "non-stop shouting."
The defense countered that the bedroom is "pitch dark" when the curtains and blinds are closed. The witness also didn't say whether she heard the voices of Pistorius or Steenkamp specifically.
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There was also a dispute about how far away the witness lived — 300 meters or 600 meters.
Inspiring Arthritic Sea Otter Dunks A Basketball Like A Boss
Eddie may be old, but he's still the Michael Jordan of the otter kingdom. What's your excuse?
Eddie the sea otter has arthritis in his joints, so his handlers at the Oregon Zoo have to keep him active. The solution? A little hoops.
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And sure Eddie struggles sometimes.
But, as you can see, Eddie never gives up.
Is this the sea otter equivalent of Jordan from the free-throw line? You bet.
What If All The NFL Logos Were British
Teams like the Ravens and the Chargers become the “Beaky Bastards” and the “Dazzling Lightybulbs.”
Baltimore Ravens
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New England Patriots
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Cleveland Browns
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Rapper Wale Picked A Fight With The Toronto Raptors Televison Announcer
You can't just say Drake is better than Wale on TV and get away with it.
Biggie vs. Tupac. Nas vs. Jay-Z. Snoop Dogg vs. sobriety. All are legendary hip-hop beefs, but last night, Wale picked a fight with Toronto Raptors broadcast announcer Matt Devlin in what may be the biggest (and dumbest) feud of them all.
Rapper Wale was in attendance to watch the Washington Wizards host the Toronto Raptors. Apparently, Wale and new Raptor Rudy Gay are pals.
While running back on defense, Gay responded to something Wale had said earlier in the night.
QUIZ: Which Famous Person Holds The Unofficial World Record For Most Hookers In One Hotel Room?
The toughest quiz you'll take all week.
Hear NBA All-Stars Mangle "Call Me Maybe" And Other Love Songs
James Harden: excellent basketball player, terrible song singer.
To truly be an NBA All-Star, one has to give of oneself fully — you can't just show up and play ball, so to speak. You have to ENTERTAIN. Because, like, you're not going to actually try when you're on the basketball court; this game doesn't matter. The NBA knows this, so they make the players do goofy-as-hell things. For example: prerecording love songs to show on the Jumbotron. (All-Star Weekend does just follow Valentine's Day! It's timely!)
James Harden went first, taking on Rihanna's part from Drake's "Take Care" and sounding like a cat that inhaled helium before being dragged through a car wash.
Carmelo Anthony went next, and he wasn't much better on Adele's "Someone Like You." In fact, the word "better" should have a restraining order against Carmelo Anthony's singing voice.
Dwyane Wade MESSES UP THE WORDS TO "CALL ME MAYBE." At this point, more Americans know the words to "Call Me Maybe" than the Pledge of Allegiance.
NASCAR Driver Throws Delirious Child-Like Tantrum
Someone needs a time-out.
This is NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver Steve Park. He's a happy guy.
This is fellow driver Mike Stefanik. He looks like he's plotting a murder.
Why is Steve so happy and Mike so steamed? On the last lap of their race at Daytona, Park wrecked Stefanik in order to win the race.
Stefanik then delivered one of the best post-game interviews ever, sitting on the back of a white pickup truck.
A Freak Snowstorm In Arizona Turned A Golf Tournament Into Hoth
Somebody get a shovel.
The WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship began this morning at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, today — but a freak snowstorm has suspended the tournament and left the course blanketed with snow.
This morning, conditions were cold, but playable.
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Image by Matt Sullivan / Reuters
Later that day...
WEATHER!
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33 Reasons Why It Ain't Easy Being A Mets Fan
Spring training is usually a time for optimism, unless you're a New York Mets fan.
Storage companies don't even respect us.
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This picture of David Wright and Jose Reyes exists.
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We're always a punchline.
Jose Canseco Takes Shots At Bill Nye The Science Guy
How dare you, Jose? How dare you?
This week, Jose Canseco shook the scientific world by revealing his theory of "Ancient Gravity."
The Huffington Post asked Bill Nye about Canseco's claims, and The Science Guy was happy to oblige.
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Insane Behind-The-Back Table Tennis Shots Shouldn't Be This Easy
Quentin Robinot, we bow at the mercy of your deft hand-eye coordination.
France's Quentin Robinot pulled off the table tennis shot of the year at last weekend's Kuwait Open. Belarus's Kiryl Barabanov was the unfortunate recipient.
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Did Barabanov even have a chance at returning this?
No, he certainly did not.
h/t Deadspin's Barry Petchesky
Definitive Proof That Washington DC Might Love RGIII Too Much
Maybe find another hobby, Redskins fans.
The following is a story [probably] based on true events: A diehard Washington Redskins fan feels down on his luck until, miraculously, a rookie quarterback named Robert Griffin III leads the 'Skins to the playoffs. "How splendid!" the fan exclaims. He sits on his recliner and thinks about how to properly express his dedication to this newfound footballing hero? "Aha! I'll buy a vanity license plate."
The next day, that fan arrives at the local Virginia DMV. "RGIII Time, it should say!" The clerk punches letters into her computer and an error message pops up. The clerk explains to the fan that "RGIII Time" has already been taken. As has "RG3 Time," "RGIIItme," "RG3thyme," and several other combinations. "How about 'RG3TYM'?" The clerk punches in the letters again and, huzzah, "RG3TYM" is open for the taking.
3 months later, "RG3TYM" goes to the supermarket.
College Coach Hits A Half Court Shot, Wins Free Tuition For A Student
This is awesome.
Canada's Brandon University has a promotion where a student can take a half-court shot at Friday home games to win free tuition for the semester. But this season, no one was able to win it, so for the final home game of the season last Friday, a student could choose anyone in the building to shoot for him. Mason Kaluzniak chose BU's basketball coach Gil Cheung.
Cheung took the charge seriously and made sure to thoroughly prepare.
No for real. This guy got loose.
And then...
Why Commas Are Super Important
A lesson from a major university's Twitter account.
Earlier today, the official Twitter for Wisconsin's football team tweeted the following.
Wha?!
WHAAAA?!?! THAT'S TERRIBLE! But if you insist...
Oh it was just a #CommaFail. Whew.
The Most Terrifying Mascot In All Of Sports
Is it a cotton ball? A marshmallow? Doesn't matter, this Canadian curling mascot will haunt your dreams.
Here's "Scotties Little Softie," the official mascot of Canada's women's curling championships, during last year's tournament.
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For the uninitiated, Scotties is a brand of tissues sold in Canada.
Why a tissue company requires its mascot to have lifeless, nightmare-inducing eyes is anyone's guess.
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And yet, here's Scotties Little Softie making yet another unwelcome appearance at today's curling championships. Good from far ...
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The 9 Types Of NBA Trade Deadline Deals
The different flavors of good, bad, and ugly that NBA trades come in.
The "State Of The NBA" Trade: Juwan Howard For Christian Laettner (Also Known As: The Trade For The Sake Of Trading)
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Sometimes, a trade represents more than just basketball things — exchanging one player for another, or four players for another four players, or one player for a booster pack of Pokemon cards. Sometimes, a trade represents THE ZEITGEIST, i.e. basketball as a philosophical enterprise, i.e. the Spirit Of The League. For example, exchanging Juwan Howard and a bunch of dudes for Christian Laettner and a bunch of dudes is like the American Graffiti of the early-2000s NBA: a bunch of steroidal contracts and supplemental players being treated like leading men. It's glorious stuff.
The "I'm An Idiot" Trade: The Celtics Reacquire Antoine Walker
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Oh, Danny Ainge. First, you trade Antoine Walker, the cornerstone of your team and primary reprobate, to the Mavericks nine days before the start of the 2003 season. Then you get him back at the 2005 trade deadline. (You will once again trade him away in 2006, but let's not get hung up on that.) Not only was this trade a weird mea culpa toward the bonkers Walker, but it also saw the Hawks — the second team Walker played with since being traded by Ainge originally — just being like, OK, this isn't going to work, we'll take that first-round draft pick. Antoine Walker is a Greek tragedy.
This Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Dunk Has No Regard For Human Life
Sorry, Greg Monroe. This throwdown was about so much more than you.
That Charlotte lost to Detroit was almost secondary to this vicious Michael Kidd-Gilchrist slam. (Extreme caution is advised.)
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