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17 Footballers Taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Trends travel fast, and taking the ice bucket challenge, serving as a way to raise awareness for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or also Lou Gehrig’s disease) is a celebrity fad at the moment, which includes football stars like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Steven Gerrard and Mesut Ozil taking it head on.
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Roger Federer – Cincinnati Masters Leading up to US Open Title
He’s not back. Roger Federer never left. He has rough patches and slumps, but despite his age, the burdens of family life and the injuries that keep coming to nag him from time to time, the greatest player in the history of Tennis, fresh of his first Masters title (Cincinnati) in exactly two years, looks finally like someone who can win a Grand Slam, the up & coming US Open, again.
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Tony Stewart Won’t & Shouldn’t Be Racing Anytime Soon
For the second straight week, Tony Stewart is pulling out of a NASCAR race following the death of Kevin Ward Jr. a week ago, as the three-time Sprint Cup Champion ran into the driver of the sprint car. For all the parties concerned, it’s a good thing Stewart is staying away from the wheel for now.
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Fat Versions of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo & Other Football Stars
Some fantastic artwork by the Colombian Fulvio Obregon gives us the world’s biggest football stars in their fat version, including small guys like Lionel Messi or the perfectly built Cristiano Ronaldo looking like he hasn’t been to the gym for quite some time, making up for that time with visits to some burger joint and always asking for extras.
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Ryder Cup – Tiger Woods Isn’t Going to be in it
It hasn’t been a very good year for Tiger Woods in 2014 – injuries and simply playing badly, before and after his back surgery. While Tom Watson wanted to keep him in consideration, the biggest name in Golf has taken himself out of the running.
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AJ Allmendinger Wins at Watkins Glen – No One Cared About the Race
While the spotlight was on AJ Allmendinger, winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup race for the first time in his career, the atmosphere and thoughts at Watkins Glen focused on the death of Kevin Ward Jr. and the absence of Tony Stewart, who changes his mind and decided not to take part of the race so shortly after the tragic accident that took a man’s life.
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PGA Championship – Rory McIlory Proves He’s Special Once Again
The popular thing at the moment is trying to figure out just how great Rory McIlory can be by comparing him to the legends of golf, but simply focusing on the fact that he’s the best golfer in the world, winning the 2014 PGA Championship to make it two titles in that tournament and four majors over the last four years is enough to distinguish himself from the rest of the field.
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Jon Jones & Daniel Cormier in a Lovely Exchange of Threats
The world of MMA and UFC isn’t for those who are shy of dirty words, aggression and an explosion of testosterone. Even outside the cage, just a pre-fight hype talk between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier turned into an ugly affair filled with death threats and other kind and gentle words.
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Tony Stewart Runs Over & Kills Kevin Ward in Sprint Cup Racing Tragedy
Tragedy struck on the race track of a sprint car race at Canandaigua Motorsports Park, as NASCAR driver Tony Stewart, a 3-time champion, hit and killed Kevin Ward Jr. who stepped out of his car in order to confront him for a collision in the previous lap.
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Tiger Woods Won’t Let Injury Stop Him From Playing in the PGA Championship
It’s been one year since Tiger Woods last won a title, and it’s been much longer since he has seen success in a Major Tournament and specifically the PGA Championship. That drive to prove he’s still good enough to last four days against the best competition seems to be pushing him beyond the injury that cast a doubt over his participation in the final major of the year.