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This Weekend in Sports: The Players Championship and NBA, NHL Playoffs
One of the PGA Tour's most lucrative tournaments and the NBA and NHL playoffs highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:
Syracuse Comedy Troupe’s ‘Boeheimian Rhapsody’ Spoofs ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Under the heading of 'why didn't somebody think of this sooner,' file the 'Boeheimian Rhapsody' video that Syracuse-based comedy troupe Humor Whore released earlier this week. The parody of the Queen song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' neatly works in the surname of Syracuse men's basketball head coach, Jim Boeheim, the Orange's impending move from the Big East to the ACC and the basketball team's decades-lo
LeBron James Named 2013 NBA MVP
The NBA named Miami Heat forward LeBron James its Most Valuable Player for the 2013 season on Sunday. It was the fourth time in five years James, 28, has won the award. A day before the Heat were to begin the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Chicago Bulls, James joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, as the only players in league history to win the
2013 NBA Playoffs Recap: Chicago Bulls Beat Brooklyn Nets, 99-93, To Advance To Second Round
Joakim Noah had 24 points and 14 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets, 99-93, in Brooklyn on Saturday night to win Game 7 and capture the first-round, best-of-seven NBA playoff series. Luol Deng (illness) and Kirk Hinrich (calf) both missed the game for Chicago...
2013 NBA Playoffs Recap: New York Knicks Hold Off Boston Celtics, 88-80, To Advance To Second Round
Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points, and the New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics, 88-80, in Boston on Friday night to win Game 6 and take the first-round, best-of-seven NBA playoff series, four games to two. It was the Knicks' first playoff series victory since 2000...
MMA Fighter Has His Eye Accidentally Glued Shut During Match
As if MMA fighters don't have enough to worry about during a fight — fists, elbows, knees and roundhouse kicks from out of nowhere — add Super Glue to the list. During the recent WOCS 25 MMA card in Brazil, fighter Carlos Alberto Lobo had his eyed glued shut by his own corner...
Minor League Baseball Team to Replace Umpires With a Judge & Jury of Little League Players
The St. Paul Saints, an independent minor league baseball team with a history of wacky promotions, are fulfilling the dream of many managers: getting rid of all the umpires. During their May 11 game against the Gary SouthShore Railcats, the Saints will replace umpires with a judge and a jury...
Yankees Superfan Refuses To Miss Baseball Game For His Sister’s Wedding
A New York Yankees superfan takes his fandom so seriously that he delayed attending his sister's wedding to go to a baseball game. "Bald" Vinny Milano is the unquestioned leader of the Bleacher Creatures, the New York Yankees' fan group which performs the Yankee Stadium tradition of the "Roll Call" — chanting the names of the Yankees' starting players until each player acknowle
NFL Draft Hopeful Tharold Simon Arrested in His Hometown a Day Before ‘Tharold Simon Day’
NFL draft prospect Tharold Simon of LSU was already famous in his hometown of Eunice, La.; now he's also infamous. Simon, 22, was arrested in his hometown on Thursday night, one day before Eunice officials were to proclaim “Tharold Simon Day” in the city...
Rick Pitino Gets Louisville Tattoo, Keeps His Promise
Earlier this month, we mentioned that Louisville basketball head coach Rick Pitino promised his team prior to the NCAA tournament that he'd get a tattoo if they won the national championship. Well, Pitino kept his promise.
Rick Pitino said he’d get a tattoo if Louisville won the National Championship...
Miami’s Shane Battier Gets a Truckload of Free Beer After Mentioning His Favorite Brew
It's good to be an NBA player. Million-dollar salaries, basketball groupies and comp drinks are a pretty fantastic way to live. Shame Battier knows this. While talking about superstitions during the Miami Heat's 27-game winning streak, Battier expressed his love for Bud Light in an interview:
“Athletes are all superstitious and even if they don’t admit it, there’s a routine and just a cadence to o
Watch The Amazing Mixtape of Seventh Woods, the Best 14-Year-Old Basketball Player in the World
Freshman Seventh Woods of Hammond High School in Columbia, S.C. was scheduled to participate in the Hoop Group Jam Fest for high school basketball players in Pittsburgh this past weekend. Woods, 14, didn't play due to a concussion he received when he hit his head on the backboard...