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It’s not often that you hear a professional sports owner state to the media that he hates the sport of the team that he owns but Australia soccer owner Clive Palmer is not like any other owner. Palmer currently owns Gold Coast United, a bottom-feeder in Australia’s A-League and Clive decided it was a good…
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For the legion of Natalie Gulbis fans out there, some of them probably dream about being her caddie for a day and holding her…umm…golf clubs. Well, it appears that Miss Gulbis has allowed that dream to come true as she is auctioning off the rights to one lucky winner. That winner will have the chance…
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Jeremy Lin’s pastor tells him to resist NBA sin and temptations
Feb 19, 2012, 2:06 PM EST
For those of you wondering what Jeremy Lin’s pastor thinks of the rise of Linsanity, he was recently interview by the New York Post and had some words to remind Jeremy about resisting the NBA’s certain temptations. His name is Stephen Chen of the Redeemer Bible Fellowship, an English sect of the Chinese Church of…
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Italian soccer star Alessandro Del Piero helps wake girl from coma with video message
Feb 19, 2012, 1:24 PM EST
It is believed that talking to a patient in a comatose state has benefits that could even wake them from their coma. There has never been any concrete proof that talking does help but a story about Juventus forward Alessandro Del Piero might help prove the theory to be true. The parents of twelve-year old…
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Montana high school wrestler lets special needs opponent claim first victory
Feb 19, 2012, 12:34 PM EST
In life, there are classy moves and then, there is what high school wrestler Clancy Ludvigson did during a senior night wrestling event at Townsend high school in Montana last week. The sophomore wrestling talent from Cascade high decided to ask wrestling officials to let him wrestle a specific opponent on this night after his…
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Dereck Chisora spits in Wladimir Klitschko’s face, loses title fight with Vitali (video)
Feb 19, 2012, 10:06 AM EST
Earlier in the week, boxer Dereck Chisora got into an incident with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko as he slapped him during weigh-ins before their scheduled title fight in Munich, Germany last night. Before the fight even began, Chisora decided to make another enemy within the Klitschko clan as he got into incident with Vitali’s…
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Cal State San Bernadino’s Kwame Alexander soars over defender for Superman dunk (video)
Feb 19, 2012, 8:23 AM EST
When most people think of a Superman slam-dunk, they think of Dwight Howard’s “Superman Cape” stuff at the 2008 NBA All Star Game Slam Dunk Contest. Now, a division two basketball player by the name of Kwame Alexander might have pulled off his own version of a Superman dunk in a recent game against Cal…
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Reading is Tebowmental: Tim Tebow reads Dr. Seuss ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ (video)
Feb 18, 2012, 2:35 PM EST
On my bucket list of things that I’d like to see, Tim Tebow reading a Dr. Seuss classic was pretty high on that list. Recently, Tebow joined up with Pizza Hut’s “Book It!” program that encourages young children to read more books by incentivizing their reading. In the below animated clip, Tim reads the Dr.…
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One thing that you can’t say about the University of Alabama football recruiting process is that they aren’t persistent. Four-star running back recruit Alvin Kamara has been on Alabama’s radar and it appears that they really want him to be the next star tailback with the Crimson Tide. How badly do they want him? Kamara…
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Sorority girl asks Jeremy Lin to formal, calls him ‘Jerry’ (video)
Feb 18, 2012, 12:03 PM EST
As we’ve seen in the past couple months, college girls have done their best pleas on the Internet to try to get dates with professional athletes. Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow was already asked to a sorority formal and it was only a matter of time until Knicks guard Jeremy Lin was the next to…
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In case you lost faith in humanity this week, here’s a story about some Canadian minor league hockey players saving the life of a little puppy. Three players from the WHL’s Prince Albert Raiders found an abandon puppy in a truck on a frigid Saskatoon night back in January and sprung into action to save…
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TCU basketball fans storm court after upset win, even with lack of fans (picture)
Feb 18, 2012, 8:28 AM EST
Back on Tuesday night, the TCU Horned Frogs men’s basketball team pulled out a surprise upset win against the #11 ranked University of Las Vegas Runnin’ Rebels by defeating them 102-97 in overtime. Normally after an upset of that magnitude, thousands of fans/students would storm the court to celebrate with the team. Sadly, it appears…
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Rafael Nadal might sue French puppet television show over drug-related skit
Feb 12, 2012, 2:08 PM EST
The French television show “Les Guignols” is a popular satirical puppet show that makes light of current events and professional athletes. However, they recently got themselves into hot water after airing a sketch featuring a puppet version of tennis champion, Rafael Nadal. Nadal is currently mulling over a lawsuit against the show and the station…
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Titans fan tries to woo Peyton Manning with song, ‘Gotta Have Peyton’ (video)
Feb 12, 2012, 12:40 PM EST
It will probably be at least another month or so until we know if Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning will be staying with the Colts, retiring, or moving onto a brand new NFL team. A couple of Tennessee Titans fans would love to see #18 wearing the blue and navy, so they decided that creating…
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Former Miami coach Randy Shannon stayed in Cortez Kennedy’s apartment to prevent him from eating
Feb 12, 2012, 10:55 AM EST
As defensive lineman Cortez Kennedy became the second Seattle Seahawks player to be named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, you can understand his excitement to reminisce about the good old days. Kennedy recently did an interview with Seattle sports radio KJR’s “Mitch in The Morning” and was asked a question about knowing when…
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Rory McIlroy once posed as a photographer to follow Tiger Woods
Feb 12, 2012, 8:26 AM EST
Before Rory McIlroy became the toast of PGA Tour, Rory was just like every other young golfer idolizing the success of one, Tiger Woods. Back in 2006, McIlroy was playing in Dubai for the Desert Classic as an amateur and decided to use his resourcefulness to find a way to pursue Mr. Woods. McIlroy posed…
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New York Giants Jason Pierre-Paul to make guest appearance on TNA’s Impact Wrestling
Feb 12, 2012, 6:18 AM EST
One of the benefits of winning the Super Bowl for New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is the chance to make guest appearances on popular television shows such as TNA Impact Wrestling. Pierre-Paul filmed his guest role on Saturday night in Orlando, Florida and his wrestling debut will be seen on TNA’s upcoming episode…
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Kristin Cavallari defends Gisele Bundchen comments about Tom Brady
Feb 11, 2012, 2:33 PM EST
Just when you thought that you had heard everyone’s opinion about supermodel Gisele Bundchen’s comments about the New England Patriots wide receivers not performing for husband, actress Kristin Cavallari decides to chime in. Recently, Kristin posted these Tweets defending Gisele for sticking up for her husband but also commenting that she shouldn’t have said those…
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Tennis player Dominika Cibulkova dons white bikini in lottery commercial (video)
Feb 11, 2012, 12:35 PM EST
Slovakian tennis star Dominika Cibulkova was previously mentioned on this site for her dancing exploits with Caroline Wozniacki but in this post, Dominika is front and center as she stars in the below commercial. The advertisement is for the Slovakian lottery game, “Keno 10” and starts out with three men sitting in a hot tub…
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We all know that professional athletes use aliases at hotels to prevent crazed fans and members of the media from finding out where they are staying. For Miami Heat star Lebron James, he decided to use an old stand-by from the movie “Wall Street” as we learn from NBC Washington “Bullets Forever” writer Sarah Schorno…
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MMA fighters crash through faulty ring door, both get knocked out (video)
Feb 11, 2012, 8:22 AM EST
The odds of a double knock out happening in a Mixed Martial Arts fight are pretty low but two MMA fighters recently experienced one due to a faulty cage door. The incident happened at MMA event in Shepherdsville, Kentucky in a match between Brandon Bishop and Braedon Ward at Hardrock MMA 43. Before Ward and…
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How to properly act at a Super Bowl Party without looking like an idiot (video)
Feb 5, 2012, 2:00 PM EST
For those of you heading out to attend the Super Bowl party of your choice, you might want to take a gander at the below video to learn how to act properly at one of these events. Sure, not every Super Bowl party in the same but there are certain things that you just shouldn’t…
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Wes Welker’s favorite part of Tom Brady’s new mansion: the toilets
Feb 5, 2012, 12:55 PM EST
Ah, the spoils of being rich! When you eventually make enough money like Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, you can buy whatever you want and buy the best. Recently, Tom and wife Gisele moved into a brand-new eight-bedroom estate in Brentwood, California with all the bells and whistles that an NFL quarterback wants. It appears that…
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Eli Manning gets parody song based on R Kelly classic, ‘I Believe In Eli’ (video)
Feb 5, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
Earlier today, we featured another fan-made song about New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski called, “I Wanna Gronk” based on the Twisted Sister classic power ballad. For all you Giants fans out there, I’m not going to leave you hanging without a Giants parody music video. Recently, this gem has been unearthed using Eli…
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Poll: Married women would rather have sex than watch Super Bowl
Feb 5, 2012, 9:26 AM EST
Last week, we covered a story about an Internet poll asking married women would they rather cheat with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady or New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. This week, another website called Babycenter decided to ask some of their readers (mainly mothers/married women with kids) in a poll, would they prefer…
