Saturday 29 August 2015

10 Reasons The Toronto Blue Jays Are Guaranteed To Win The World Series

Team. Of. Destiny.

The magical parrot that helps designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion hit home runs.

The "official" history of Encarnacion's distinctive home run trot is an obvious cover story. All fans know he is giving rides to the invisible magic bird from which he draws his power.

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Munenori Kawasaki.

Absolutely everyone loves this guy. Fans love him, teammates love him. Even opposing players root for him and against themselves. Other than the fact that he can't really hit and had to be sent down to the minor leagues, he's the perfect baseball player.

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The Blue Jays have the only starting pitcher in baseball who throws a knuckleball. And the knuckleball is wizardry.

Look at that thing. It goes left-right-left-right-down. How are you supposed to hit that? The knuckleball is the equivalent to finding a glitch in the Matrix. It's cheating physics. If Dickey was around 200 years ago we'd be burning him at the stake for witchcraft.

How does it work? The short answer: black magic. The medium answer: by throwing the ball with hardly any spin you create a drag force behind the ball that causes it to jolt and shimmy in unpredictable ways. The long answer is here.

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They literally committed highway robbery to trade for Josh Donaldson.

Here's what must have happened. One day during the off-season Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane (yes, the one played by Brad Pitt in Moneyball) was walking down a dusty country road when he suddenly found himself surrounded by intimidating Blue Jays executives.

The execs forced Beane at knife-point to trade them third baseman Josh Donaldson for a less good, often injured third baseman and a couple B-list prospects.

Donaldson now leads the league in runs batted in and could end up the American League's Most Valuable Player. Oakland is last in the American League.

Now wanted by authorities for the steal of the century, Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos manages the team through dispatches from his various Central American hiding spots.

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Former Liverpool FC Player Ryan Babel Goes On Sexist Twitter Rant

Babel has been heavily criticised for his string of sexist tweets at a female fan.

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Friday 28 August 2015

Can You Name Every NFL Franchise In FIVE Minutes?

How good is your knowledge when the clock is ticking?

The timer will start when you being typing, good luck!

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How Arsenal Are You?

Oooh to be a Goo-ner.

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How Are Your Team Going To Do This Weekend?

A totally scientific analysis. Only Premier League teams (for now).

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This Guy Got Cristiano Ronaldo To Do The Sweetest Thing For A Boy Affected By The Nepal Earthquake

Faith in humanity restored.

Photographer Omar Havana was a first-hand witness to the Nepal earthquake in April this year.

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While covering the recovery efforts, Omar met a young boy named Jetin, who was playing football when the earthquake struck.

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Jetin, an avid fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, says he stopped playing, waited for the earthquake to cease, and then kept on playing.

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Omar set about trying to contact Ronaldo's team to do something for the boy.

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Don't Dehydrate Looking At These Half-Naked Rugby Players

Once you go All Blacks you never go all backs.

New Zealand Fashion Week is on and for the second year in a row, the Kiwi undies brand Jockey brought out players from the All Blacks and All Blacks Sevens to model their new line.

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Here's Hika Elliot of the All Blacks and DJ Forbes of the All Black Sevens keeping it monochrome.

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Malakai Fekitoa plays centre for the All Blacks and can use his own centre as a washboard.

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Andy Ellis of the All Blacks, and Scott Curry - who was recently announced as captain of the All Blacks Sevens.

That sentence is how a LOT of my fanfic is going to start.

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26 Reasons Why It's Great To Be A Michigan Wolverine

HAIL TO THE VICTORS.

There is no greater feeling in the world than being in The Big House with hundreds of thousands of people who share your passion for Michigan football.

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Michigan has some of the most dedicated fans out there who are willing to camp out days and nights just to get the best seats.

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Nothing beats waking up at 7 a.m. to get ready for a Saturday morning tailgate.

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You can buy so much cool stuff at The M Den. Whether it's game day overalls or masks, anything that's maize and blue is somehow totally acceptable.

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This Depiction Of Rugby From An Indian Movie Has Got Rugby-Playing Nations Going WTF

Umm, boys. I think we added too much masala.

Saturday 29 August 2015

The magical parrot that helps designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion hit home runs.

Munenori Kawasaki.

The Blue Jays have the only starting pitcher in baseball who throws a knuckleball. And the knuckleball is wizardry.

They literally committed highway robbery to trade for Josh Donaldson.

Friday 28 August 2015

The timer will start when you being typing, good luck!

Photographer Omar Havana was a first-hand witness to the Nepal earthquake in April this year.

While covering the recovery efforts, Omar met a young boy named Jetin, who was playing football when the earthquake struck.

Jetin, an avid fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, says he stopped playing, waited for the earthquake to cease, and then kept on playing.

Omar set about trying to contact Ronaldo's team to do something for the boy.

New Zealand Fashion Week is on and for the second year in a row, the Kiwi undies brand Jockey brought out players from the All Blacks and All Blacks Sevens to model their new line.

Here's Hika Elliot of the All Blacks and DJ Forbes of the All Black Sevens keeping it monochrome.

Malakai Fekitoa plays centre for the All Blacks and can use his own centre as a washboard.

Andy Ellis of the All Blacks, and Scott Curry - who was recently announced as captain of the All Blacks Sevens.

There is no greater feeling in the world than being in The Big House with hundreds of thousands of people who share your passion for Michigan football.

Michigan has some of the most dedicated fans out there who are willing to camp out days and nights just to get the best seats.

Nothing beats waking up at 7 a.m. to get ready for a Saturday morning tailgate.

You can buy so much cool stuff at The M Den. Whether it's game day overalls or masks, anything that's maize and blue is somehow totally acceptable.

A clip from 2004 Telugu movie Sye is being circulated on the internet as it is possibly the most bizarre depiction of rugby ever.

The video resurfaced after a Reddit user posted it to the site saying, "We need more sound effects in rugby!"

So for those of you who aren't too familiar with the game of rugby, rest assured that is not how it is actually played.

And no, the players most definitely cannot take a smoke break between the game to indulge in a gigantic cigar.

"What is it about matchdays that just screams gilets and tweed?"

"Can you name two songs?"

"Did you win the World Cup in 2003?"

"When was the last time you won a Grand Slam?"

Thursday 27 August 2015

A Reddit user has uncovered Rugby Union / League superstar Isreal Folau's high school yearbook, and in it Folau seems to have a pretty good idea of where he's heading.

Every kid has a hero, and Lilley's is Port Adelaide AFL star Jarman Impey. So last week as he walked by, Lilley had a special message for "Jars."

But a lady can hope, and McLachlan promised to keep his fingers crossed. Sure enough, a few days later Jarman came to say hi.

The pair exchanged flowers.

Here's what one of the receivers looks like in action at Santa Clara's Levi's Stadium.

Usain Bolt continued to crush the competition at the athletics World Championships in Beijing today, winning the 200m final with a time of 19.55, having already won the 100m.

But he couldn't escape the cameraman riding a Segway who crashed into him moments after he'd crossed the finish line.

This Vine is even better, thanks to the Italian commentator.

Wednesday 26 August 2015

Over the weekend, Drake aka Champagne Papi and Serena Williams aka The Greatest Athlete In The World were spotted canoodling at a restaurant in Cincinatti.

We think we might know what kinds of surprises Drake has waiting for Serena.

Running her bath water with coconut oil imported from a small island off the coast of Canada.

Tuesday 25 August 2015

ESPN has removed former MLB pitcher and current baseball analyst Curt Schilling from an assignment calling Little League World Series games after he tweeted a photo comparing Islamic extremists to Nazis on Tuesday.

Schilling, who was hired by ESPN in 2010, tweeted and posted to Facebook this photo:

10,000 meter runner Molly Huddle got a little too excited about winning the bronze medal at the 2015 Beijing World championships, and ended up losing her place right before the finish line.

There goes first, second, and Molly Hud—uh oh....

And to make matters more disappointing, Huddle would have been the first non-African born runner to place in the women’s 10,000 meter race since 2007.

Infeld told Universal Sports she actually felt a little guilty "because I feel like Molly let up a little. I don’t think she realized how close I was. I was just trying to run through the line. I’m really thrilled.”

This is Veronica Watson. She's a 23-year-old artist, and she's turned her childhood love of LEGO building into an art form.

Watson's most recent art piece is a tribute to the most talked about name in tennis right now: Serena Williams.

Monday 24 August 2015

Daredevil Laso Schaller decided to jump off this nearly 200-feet-high cliff in Switzerland for the sake of Red Bull and setting a new world record, and he got one of the most insane POV jumps ever.

So let's go over how tall 200 feet really is. That would be like jumping off something a few feet taller than the LEANING TOWER OF PISA into a tiny-ass pond.

Luckily, his helmet cam captured everything he was seeing. *Sweat drips down face*

Well, here goes nothing. *Holds breath until one passes out*

Here's a GIF of Hayne's first return:

Sunday 23 August 2015

With college set to begin for another year, many incoming freshmen are taking out student loans for the first time. However, one Ball State University student's tuition just became cheaper thanks to his incredible on-court skills.

Lem Turner was randomly plucked from the crowd at a pep rally in Muncie, Indiana, on Thursday night. If he sunk the half-court shot he'd win a semester of free tuition.

NOTHING BUT NET, BABY. ?

One more instant replay...

Luckily, his helmet cam captured everything he was seeing. Sweat drips down face

Well, here goes nothing. Holds breath until one passes out