Category: Featured

  • Seven Sissy Sports Mascots Made Fearsome By Design [Infographic]

    Seven Sissy Sports Mascots Made Fearsome By Design [Infographic]

    It’s rough sometimes in the sports world. There are a limited ammount of names available for your franchise and mascot, especially in the pros. It’s the same in the college ranks – how original is it naming your team ‘Tigers’ when the name has been used by so many already? That leaves teams with not-so-intimidating animals, objects and ideas to choose from. There’s no need to worry. Even if you have a lame mascot, at least initially, there’s always a way to make it much more fearsome and awesome looking. Here are the seven finest examples of Mascot fearsome factor enhancment we could find –

  • Life After Edwin van der Sar – Who Will be the Next Manchester United Goalkeeper?

    With Edwin van der Sar determined to leave Manchester United and soccer for that matter when the season ends, here are the most likely replacements for the 40 year old legend.

  • How to Break the Backboard

    It can mean you’re too heavy. It can mean you hung on the rim for just too long. It can mean the board or rim weren’t built right. It can also mean you amazingly strong or just plain awesome. Either way, it’s always great to see that glass shatter after a dunk.

  • Paul, Rondo or Rose – Who is the Best Point Guard in the NBA?

    We usually do our best-by-position posts before the season begins, but this on is slightly different, a bit more narrowed down. I think there’s no arguing about the point guard position being the deepest in the NBA right now, full of All-Star caliber players. Still, with all due respect to Westbrook, Nash, Deron Williams and Tony Parker, the three best point guards in the league are Chris Paul, Rajon Rondo and Derrick Rose. Who’s the best right now?

  • Seven Examples of Rugby Hitting at its Best

    It’s an old time argument about Rugby and American Football – Which is the tougher sport, where is the hitting harder, pads and protection against going commando. Here are the best rugby hits we could find to state Rugby’s case. We’ll be following up soon with the NFL’s answer.

  • When Sport Fans Attack

    With news of Jose Mourinho’s bodyguard stabbed last week in A Coruna airport, probably aiming at the Real Madrid head coach, here are other famous incidents when fans crossed the line and attempted (sometimes succeeding) to harm players and referees.

  • The (Probable) Title Matches in England, Spain and Italy

    Spring is just around the corner, meaning that the title races in the European leagues are gearing towards their final push. In England, Italy and Spain, three rivalry matches between the top two teams in each league (Premier League, Serie A and La Liga respectively) are going to be the title deciders, to a certain degree, on the identity of the 2010-2011 champions.

  • Rookie of the Year – Ranking the Last Ten Winners

    From Mike Miller to Tyreke Evans, we ranked the last 10 Rookie of the year winners based on their debut NBA seasons and where would Blake Griffin rank among them.

  • Soccer Tackling – The Strong, The Dirty and Roy Keane

    Soccer players don’t always dive and fake it. Sometimes it really really hurts. Sometimes things get broken and can’t be put together again. Here are some of the fiercest and dirtiest tackles seen in recent years on the Premier League’s pitches plus an added bonus from the Champions League and a US – Canada Match.

  • NBA Trade Deadline 2011 – All the Deals

    Trade deadline is over, with the biggest moves being the Carmelo Anthony + Chauncey Billups arrival in the Big Apple while the Knicks shipped half their team to Colorado and Deron Williams leaving Utah and the Jerry Sloan mess behind him, giving New Jersey an A-Lister. Still, there were plenty of other moves the last few days, including some at the very end, and we’re here to recap for you.