Fighter Knocked Out by Brutal High Kick (VIDEO)
The fighter doing the kicking is apparently a student of the Sambo school, which is a kickboxing form that translates to ‘creates large medical bills.’
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Athletes That Could Have Been NFL Players
An all-star cast of athletes that could’ve been NFL players. I developed an offensive and defensive lineup of players based on prior football experience, size, speed, and all-around athletic ability.
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World Series: Umpires blow two calls in Game 2
A forgettable fall for umpires rolled on Thursday night with two more blown calls, these in the late innings of Game 2 of the World Series.
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25 Greatest Cheerleader Halloween Costumes
While others are busy compiling Halloween costume lists to prevent you from embarrassing yourself with the ladies, we’ve been on the prowl for the “25 Greatest Modern Day NFL Cheerleader Halloween Costumes.”
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What Happens to the Losing Team’s Championship Shirts?
After a big game in any sport, from a league championship to the World Series, Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, etc., people are going to be clamoring for commemorative merchandise. So it would make sense to have two sets printed up—declaring each team the winner.
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Bob Knight Turns Down an Invitation to His Own HOF Induction
The General clearly has no ill-will towards his old employer, judging by his declining the HOF induction and the current lawsuit he’s got running against IU.
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Six signs parity is dead in NFL
Rest in peace, parity. The NFL’s decades-long effort to produce equality on the playing field is dead and buried. In fact, it suffered a gruesome, unwatchable demise in Week 7 of the 2009 season.
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Phillies Hope To End 364-Day World Series Drought
The last time the Philadelphia Phillies brought a World Series title back to the City of Brotherly Love, the nation’s financial sector was in complete ruin, the cost of a gallon of milk was only $2.74, fans watched the Fall Classic while huddled around their slightly-less-streamlined high-definition television sets,
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Twenty Years Ago, One Hit Changed Two Lives Forever
After a collision on the field, Gaines, a tailback for Vanderbilt, got up and headed back to the huddle. Mullins, a safety for Mississippi, never moved again. Brad Gaines now makes a 175 mile trip 3 times a year to the tombstone of a man he never really knew.
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The Hardest Pop Warner Hit Ever (Video)
The camera man’s reaction says it all. Some may think that when these little guys play football, the impact of their hits is nothing to be concerned about, but that was not the case here. Don’t believe me? Just listen to the sounds made at impact of the hit.
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An Amazing Interview with the Bengals Cheerleaders
The finer things in Cincinnati: Skyline Chili, Montgomery Inn, Graeter’s Black Raspberry Chip Ice Cream. The finest: BenGals Cheerleaders.
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World Anti-Doping Agency wants answers for Agassi drug case
The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency wants tennis authorities to shed light on Andre Agassi’s admission that he used a banned drug and escaped a suspension by blaming his positive test on a spiked drink.
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Phillies Defeat Yankees in Game 1 of World Series
The Philadelphia Phillies have defeated the New York Yankees to take a 1-0 lead in the 2009 World Series. The final score was 6-1.
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Redskins Keep Alienating Fan Base: Owner Now Disallows Signs
Let’s see if we can get this all straight. The Washington Redskins are 2-5, last in the NFC East and averaging an inept 13.7 points. So what do the upper reaches of management do? They tacitly tell the salary-supporting, skybox-filling, Bentley-providing fanbase to shut up. That’s right: Signs have officially been banned.
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The Origins of All 30 NBA Team Names
The Hornets were supposed to be the Spirit, while the Grizzlies were almost named the Mounties. Why is a team in Los Angeles nicknamed the Lakers, and what’s a team called the Jazz doing in Utah? As the NBA season tips off tonight, here’s the story behind the nicknames of all 30 teams.
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Top 10 Revenge Games in NFL HIstory
Revenge is all the rage in the NFL these days, and with Brett Favre heading back to Lambeau soon, you’re gonna hear even more about it. Here’s the all-time revenge games.
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Forget Guitar Hero, It’s All About Football (Soccer) Hero
A group of footballers play a Guitar Hero style game by hitting lit panels against a wall. The freestyle footballers are Paul Wood, Paul Klein, Darryl Stewart, Tom Pett, Lewis Foster & Harry Adcroft. What an incredible display of skill and timing!
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Guy Shoots Friend in Head while Checking Football Scores
When we’re hanging out around the house with our buddies, we can’t skip an opportunity to point guns at our friend’s head just for the heck of it. And to make it more exciting, why not actually pull the trigger? The safety is on right? Oops.
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