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Awesome Ways to Distract Free Throw Shooters

Jack Blankenship, Alabama basketball fan, and his Giant Head prop have become an internet sensation and getting dubbed “SEC Basketball Photo of the Year.” He isn’t the first, or the last basketball fan, trying to get creative while disrupting a free throw shooter.

February 17, 2012
Records and Milestones in the 2011 NFL Season

The 2011 NFL season was the year of the quarterback, although kickers (Janikowski, Akers), return men (Sproles, Peterson, Cobb) and Tight Ends (Gronkowski) made an impact. Still, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Drew Brees, with Cam Newton dominating the rookie department, stood above everyone else during the regular season. The postseason was all Eli Manning.

February 17, 2012
Bulls Don’t Need Rose to Dominate Celtics

Derrick Rose was MIA for the fourth consecutive game for the Chicago Bulls, but it didn’t stop them from beating the Boston Celtics 89-80, with Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer both leading them team scoring 23 points, while the overrated and too dependent on Rajon Rondo Boston Celtics just didn’t have enough to keep up with a better team.

February 17, 2012
Stating the Obvious – Fernando Torres Admits He has a Scoring Problem

Fernando Torres has been a complete and utter failure for Chelsea since arriving from Liverpool for the ridiculous fee of £50 million just over a year a year ago. There’s no way of sugarcoating it, because strikers, no matter how well they play, need to score goals. And Torres hasn’t been playing that well anyway.

February 16, 2012
Jeremy Lin Already Has an Infographic

Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks keep winning, with their 100-85 home win over the Sacramento Kings being their seventh consecutive W. Lin took a step back from scoring, focusing on feeding his teammates, notching up a career high 13 assists as the Knicks finished with 7 players in double figures.

February 16, 2012
On Kevin Martin Stopping Durant, Westbrook and Thunder

Kevin Martin finished with 32 points, but he was stuck on 30 all through the fourth quarter, before heading to the line with 23 second on the clock, hitting both shots and giving the Houston Rockets a 96-95 lead. Both Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook had a chance to win it for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but both missed.

February 16, 2012
Athletes Who Lost All Their Money

Allen Iverson and Terrell Owens are just the latest example of athletes who made huge amounts of money during their careers, sometimes eclipsing the $100 million mark, and still managed to blow it all away before they even turned 40. A combination of fast living, bad friends and bad investments usually does the trick.

February 16, 2012
Milan vs Arsenal – Zlatan Ibrahimovic Rules in First Leg Thrashing

Zlatan Ibrahimovic needs to put all the Champions League criticism behind him, and his sublime performance against Arsenal, leading AC Milan to a 4-0 thrashing of a helpless and confused Arsenal side with one goal and two assists, was a good start on his way to the Champions League quarter finals.

February 15, 2012
Just How Bad Are the Charlotte Bobcats?

From a playoff team in 2010, the Charlotte Bobcats made the opposite road that’s usually expected of a young expansion team finally making the postseason for the first time. Instead of solidifying and cementing its place as a playoff contender, things have taken a turn for the worst, and the Michael Jordan owned franchise is at a league worst 3-25.

February 15, 2012
Henry Can Grant Arsene Wenger Vital Parting Gift

Theirry Henry will be playing his final game in the very short second stint he’s had at Arsenal, facing AC Milan at the San Siro. Although this won’t neccesarily be Henry’s final Arsenal match, there’s that usual melancholy feeling of a legend leaving a bit too soon.

February 15, 2012