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Devil Ball Proving Ground: adidas Puremotion and Crossflex golf shoes
Welcome to Devil Ball's Proving Ground, where we put the latest golf equipment through its paces. Today, we take adidas' Puremotion and Crossflex golf shoes for a spin around the course. Testers --...
View ArticleFormer softball coach sentenced to 17 years in jail after secretly...
A high school softball coach was sentenced to 17 years in jail after being convicted on some of the more disturbing charges imaginable: He secretly videotaped his players while they changed in the...
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Create-a-Caption: Kevin Love is a gold-medal eavesdropper
Hey, Kevin Love? Let's get something straight. There's a difference between "getting" your teammates and purposely spying on their private conversations. I mean, I know you're a news-breaking...
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman provides needles for your CBA optimism balloons
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said on Wednesday that there's a "wide gap" between the owners and the players after the NHLPA's "alternate" proposal was released this week — and he's right. I didn't...
View ArticleLionel Messi is far too nice to pitch invaders
International friendlies tend to have a more relaxed atmosphere and near the end of 10-man Germany's 3-1 loss to Argentina, we saw that they can have more relaxed security as well. In the 89th minute,...
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With the WAC nearing collapse, Boise State will pony up to join the Big West
It will take quite a bit of extra cash, but Boise State appears to have ensured that moving its football program to the Big East won't doom its basketball program to the dying embers of the WAC. Boise...
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Perfect game! Felix Hernandez finally gets his moment with masterpiece...
Felix Hernandez has been called the "king" for almost as long as he's been in the public eye, but it wasn't until Wednesday afternoon that the big Seattle Mariners righthander received his true...
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Former U.S. women’s coach denies Hope Solo’s claim that he shoved her in 2007
Hope Solo has returned home after winning her second Olympic gold medal as a member of the U.S. women's national team, but claims made about the 2007 World Cup fallout in her well-timed new book...
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Hakeem Olajuwon says JaVale McGee should dominate the NBA
Over the past few years, we've discussed Hakeem Olajuwon's very pricey coaching sessions on NBA post play with players ranging from LeBron James to Dwight Howard. Yet, while Hakeem's tutoring has...
View ArticleRory McIlroy admits he overslept before the final round of the PGA Championship
If you go back and look at the tape of Rory McIlroy's final round at the PGA Championship, one thing that seems to stand out was how calm the 23-year-old looked going down the stretch as he turned a...
View ArticleKentucky’s Joker Phillips plays bass in the most cliched country music video...
Unlike his coaching peers who often seem too laser-focused on their jobs this time of year to have any fun off the field, Kentucky's Joker Phillips appears to be more than capable of balancing business...
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Brian Scalabrine thinks anyone who mocks him is an idiot
Over 11 seasons, Brian Scalabrine has made a name for himself not necessarily as a particularly adept forward, but as a fan favorite. Particularly from 2005 to 2010 with the Boston Celtics, Scal...
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Athletics cheer Felix Hernandez perfecto on TV
KANSAS CITY — Upon seeing the final out, a load roar boomed from the big room inside of the visitors clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium. And smiles permeated several faces on the Oakland Athletics, many of...
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U.S. win in Mexico for the first time ever
It was just a friendly, both sides left out key players and the intimidating Estadio Azteca had a lot of empty seats, but the U.S. still beat Mexico 1-0 for a shocking and historic first ever win in...
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How often does the Michigan sweep happen?
When the green flag waves for Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway, it will have been an astonishing nine weeks since Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s last Sprint Cup Series victory....
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Tony Romo’s more worried about Jason Witten as a person than as a player
It was bad enough for the Dallas Cowboys that they were involved in one of the ugliest football games you'll ever see -- their 3-0 snoozer over the Oakland Raiders on Monday night provided a pretty...
View ArticleMariners minor leaguers react to Felix Hernandez’s perfect game — including...
As one historic scene played out at Safeco Field in Seattle on Wednesday afternoon, an equally cool scene was playing out over 2,000 miles away at Pringles Park in Jackson, Tennessee. That's where the...
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Steelers LB Lamarr Woodley singlehandedly wipes out pay-to-play fees in...
Professional athletes love to say that they are doing something for the communities they came from, yet those efforts are sometimes much more talk than actual action. Steelers linebacker Lamarr Woodley...
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New Orleans judge asks for more information in Saints bounty lawsuit
Based on the statements she made in her August 10 hearing of the NFL's appeal of New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma's defamation suit against Roger Goodell, it seemed that U.S. District...
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Wayne Simmonds agrees to 6-year deal with Flyers, indirectly agrees to...
After Jeff Carter and Mike Richards and James van Riemsdyk, you'd figure players would be wary about signing long-term deals with the Philadelphia Flyers. Unless, of course, they've got a cousin who...
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