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Epic Australian Slip 'N' Slide Basketball [VIDEO]

Jeremy Fenech — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:27:32 +0000

You may remember the Australians who take a sport and find a way to super-size it. In one video, a guy throws a Frisbee off a bridge, and another guy catches it... after jumping off a speed boat. There's another where they set a Guinness World Record for a basketball shot from 45 stories. Now they've taken basketball to even more of an extreme.

Watch the Most Unbelievable 3-Point Shooting Display Ever

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:49:17 +0000

There are sharp shooters and then there are razor sharp shooters. In a display of 3-point shooting accuracy that makes Stephen Curry look like Helen Keller, Laurie Koehn sank a mind-boggling 132 of 135 triples in a five-minute span. Five minutes! That’s longer than the time it took to realize the last ‘Die Hard’ was [...]

Twitter Celebrates NBA Center Jason Collins Coming Out as Gay

Emerald Catron — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:09:56 +0000

If you’ve been hiding under a rock, or just somehow not on the internet at all today, here’s a newsflash — Jason Collins is now the first active NBA player to be openly gay. The Washington Wizards center came out in an interview with Sports Illustrated. Obviously, the world is going bananas, and his name [...]

Buzzer Beaters: Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees, Francona Gets Lost Outside Ballpark and More

Chris Chaberski — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:19:30 +0000

Today’s top sports stories: Rick Pitino, Bernard King, Gary Payton and several others were announced as the next members of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. The 2013 class will officially be inducted on September 8. [ABC] New Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona, who is now living in downtown Cleveland, got lost making the two-block walk [...]

Watch The Best Slam Dunk of the Year

Kyle Dowling — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:55:41 +0000

Honestly, you don't even need to be a sports fan to enjoy this one.

During a recent game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Detroit Pistons, the Clippers own DeAndre Jordan rocked the house when he successfully landed a "monster" alley-oop over Pistons player Brandon Knight. It was a shot that caused an immense uproar inside the Staples Center, one which you might still be able to hear.

Cheerleader Makes Unbelievable Half Court Shot

Emerald Catron — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:32:28 +0000

The internet has been on a roll with the half court shot videos lately. Still, in terms of impressiveness, this one is going to be pretty hard to beat. It’s hard enough to sink a shot from half court, but this cheerleader also did some fancy gymnastics stuff first. It’s a miracle the ball didn’t [...]

Young Basketball Player Lands Most Amazing Last-Second Shot Ever

Emerald Catron — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:25:20 +0000

You just don’t see magic like this in the NBA. Mostly because a professional athlete would probably never lob the ball backwards over his head. While looking in the direction you’re chucking the basketball is a very sound method usually, apparently it isn’t absolutely necessary. Plus, you get more cheers this way. Like waaaay more. Because this [...]

'The Office' Final Season Casts Basketball Legend "Dr. J"

Kevin Fitzpatrick — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:34:35 +0000

As 'The Office' prepares to head into its final run of episodes, finally closing the door on Dunder-Mifflin after nine years, we've been expecting a flurry of guest stars to come out of the woodwork. Mind you, we figured most guests would belong to seasons past, particularly one Steve Carell, but a Basketball Hall of Famer is just as good! So what could bring Julius "Dr. J" Erving to 'The Office's' final season, and what might it mean for Jim Halpert?

Check Out the Worst Free Throw In Basketball History

Kyle Dowling — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:28:10 +0000

We’re not positive what just happened but we are absolutely elated that it did. Coming in as the basketball shot heard around the world, this guy makes Shaq’s abhorrent excuse for a free throw look like a game-winning miracle. This isn’t to say that we don’t understand completely the immense pressures the free throw line [...]

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: Ohio State and Louisville Headed To 2012 Final Four

Joe Student — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:52:42 +0000

Louisville and Ohio State became the first two teams to advance to the 2012 Final Four in New Orleans next weekend. Here’s a recap of Saturday’s regional finals. East Regional Ohio State 77 — Syracuse 70 Jared Sullinger had 19 points and seven rebounds and Ohio State beat Syracuse 77-70 on Saturday night in the [...]

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: Ohio State, Florida, Syracuse and Louisville Advance

Joe Student — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:05:32 +0000

Ohio State and Florida joined Big East powers Syracuse and Louisville in advancing to the regional finals of the 2012 NCAA tournament on Thursday. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s NCAA tournament games: East Regional Ohio State 81 — Cincinnati 66 Deshaun Thomas scored 26 points and teammate Jared Sullinger had 23 points and 11 rebounds, [...]

NCAA Basketball Tournament Report: Cincinnati, Ohio and Xavier Win To Advance To Round Of 16

Joe Student — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:00:42 +0000

Ohio, Cincinnati and Xavier all won on Sunday to join Ohio State in the NCAA basketball tournament round of 16. Top-seeded North Carolina and Michigan State also won to advance to the regional semi-finals. Here’s a full recap of the day’s action in the NCAA tournament: Midwest Regional North Carolina 87 — Creighton 73 After [...]

March Maddness Takes Over The Workplace

Carl Coffey — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:00:33 +0000

March Madness is under way, along with office pools across the country. Twenty-percent of the respondents in a new CareerBuilder poll have taken part in an NCAA basketball championship pool at work. Men tend to participate more than women, with 27-percent of the guys but just 13-percent of the women saying they’ve put money into [...]

Lapeer West + Lapeer East Face Off Tonight

Tim Gray — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:48:01 +0000

Don’t miss any of the action tonight when Lapeer West faces Lapeer East at Lapeer West tonight at 7:30 PM. US103.1 WQUS will broadcast the game live. Tonights hometown rivalry is brought to you by: Rick’s Service Center 48 W. Genesee St Lapeer 810-664-1851 L.A. Auto Sales of Lapeer 48 W. Genesee St Lapeer 810-660-8241 Video Game [...]

Jacob Tucker Proves Some White Men Can Jump Extremely High [VIDEO]

J. Patrick — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:59:58 +0000

Jacob Tucker attends Division III Illinois College, and, at 5’11, stands about a foot shorter than slam dunk champion Blake Griffin. Yet, judging from this video, the guard with the amazing 50-inch vertical leap can match just about any of Griffin’s award-winning dunks. [via CBS News Sports]

Basketball Trick Shots Old And New [VIDEOS]

Tim Gray — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:37:30 +0000

Trick shot videos are surfacing on the internet daily; football, basketball and next there will be soccer or baseball. You may remember the original McDonald's commercial with Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, then the remake with LeBron James and Dwight Howard; now there's these guys from American University doing some basketball trick shots. Check out all three videos after the jump.