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This Weekend in Sports: The Preakness Stakes and NASCAR All-Star Race
The second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown and NASCAR's All-Star event highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:
Fan Gets Massive Back Tattoo of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Everyone has someone in their lives who claims to be a big sports fan of a league, team or player. But while a superfan might name his children after his favorite athletes or paint his house in team colors, it takes a special sort of fan to tattoo their entire back in honor of a sports star...
2013 NBA Playoffs Recap — Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat Advance to Conference Finals
The Memphis Grizzlies advanced to the finals of the Western Conference, and the Miami Heat moved on to the finals of the Eastern Conference. Here's a recap of Wednesday night's action in the NBA:
Memphis Grizzlies 88, Oklahoma City Thunder 84
Zach Randolph had 28 points and 14 rebounds and Mike Conley scored 13 points and dished out 11 assists, as the Memphis Grizzlies upset the Oklahoma City Thun
2013 NHL Playoffs — Conference Semifinals Preview
With an exciting first round of the 2013 NHL playoffs now complete, eight remaining teams will continue their quest for the Stanley Cup in the conference semifinals beginning this week. Here's a preview of the four NHL playoff series ready to get underway:
All series are best-of-seven...
Possibly Drunk High School Umpire Passes Out On Field, Fights Medics, Gets Tased and Arrested
C'mon, Blue: you're seeing double out there!
Disney Can Turn You Into A Stormtrooper Figurine This Spring
Did you forget to purchase something 'Star Wars' themed for yourself on May the 4th? Worry, you should not; just snag a plane ticket to Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida for one of their 'Star Wars Weekends' this spring and have yourself turned into a Stormtrooper figurine...
Random Guy Gets Drunk, Declares Himself Eligible For NBA Draft, Gets Response
When most post-college guys get drunk, they make booty calls; others decide to file for the NBA Draft despite never having played college basketball. That's the case of one Hoboken, N.J. resident who graduated from the University of Miami in 2010...
Mike Tyson To Solve Mysteries With Cursing Pigeon In New Adult Swim Cartoon Show
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has led an interesting life: youngest heavyweight champ of all time, a prison sentence, ear biting in the ring, 'The Hangover' and a reality show in which he raised pigeons. His next step: a new animated series on Adult Swim called 'Mike Tyson Mysteries,' which will feature Tyson solving crimes with a cursing pigeon...
Manny Ramirez Dressed Up As The Hulk In Taiwan
With his major league career behind him, former Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez is now playing baseball for the EDA Rhinos in Taiwan. As you can imagine, baseball is a little different in other countries. The players aren't quite as skilled, the fans' chant through much of the game and sometimes players dress in Halloween costumeson train trips...
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:
10 Funniest Tweets From Comedian Rob Delaney’s MLB Twitter Account Take-Over
Writer and comedian Rob Delaney is a Twitter God.
Groundhog Threatens New Jersey Little League
An enormous groundhog terrorized a New Jersey Little League complex, broke out of captivity after being captured and was still at-large on Tuesday. Really.
Kacey Musgraves — Celeb Crush
Texas-born Kacey Musgravesis a 24-year-old country music artist whose first full-length recording, 'Same Trailer, Different Park,' just dropped in March. The album debuted at No.2 on the Billboard charts. Her first single 'Merry Go Round' hit radio last fall...
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 — Conference Semifinals Preview
Eight teams are still alive in the chase for the NBA title. Five of the eight first-round NBA playoff series were won by the higher seeded teams, with sixth-seeded Memphis being the lowest seed still remaining. Here's a look at the match-ups for the Eastern and Western Conference semifinals:
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...