Normally, an NBA MVP and star sneaker pitchman going down with a massive knee injury would be a brand’s marketing nightmare. But Adidas and Derrick Rose have managed to turn that scenario on its head. How? The magic of YouTube and social media. A series of short web videos called “The Return of D. Rose”…
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell talks during a news conference addressing the rash of NFL players involved in domestic violence, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York.Image: Jason DeCrow/Associated Press One week after his disaster of a press conference last Friday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams detailing what the league has so…
The L.A. Kings handed its Twitter account over to a local morning show host, who ended up having to apologize for his posts Tuesday evening. Kevin Ryder is co-host of L.A. radio station KROQ’s Kevin and Bean show. He took over the Kings’s Twitter page as a promotion during its playoff matchup against the San…
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Every betch loves a good party. With the Super Bowl coming up on Sunday, there are a few necessities any competent party-planner should include. Whether you're cheering for the Seahawks, the Patriots, or just cheering for the game to end, make sure to take this shopping list with you as you get ready to black…
Guess what? The New England Patriots got caught cheating. Again. Don't worry, Tom Brady and his beautiful entourage will still be in the Super Bowl. But the NFL will probably have a pretty severe punishment for the latest controversy to take the NFL by storm. The Patriots deflated eleven of their twelve balls on Sunday…
A group of youth hockey players narrowly escaped harm at an ice skating rink when the roof began to collapse. Luckily, the kids were already off the ice, and had time to run before the roof of the Slovakian skating rink completely caved in. The video is covered by YahooSports and DailyPicksAndFlicks. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojSenjaE2so] Read…
There’s been a trick shot video for nearly every sport imaginable, but on the Internet, the envelope is always being pushed another step. So what is the latest trick shot video? Vinyl records. Just check out this video published by ADFinPlanet that is already featured on TheDailyWhat and CollegeHumor. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIoQyOHqgAw] Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/05/14/vinyl-records-trick-shot-video/
Olympic Fails [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmCtGKwgJ2k] 1. Bell Ringing Fail Before the 2012 Olympics were off and running, this flop by the British Culture Secretary happily made its way around the Internet. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hRwnXmdRCo] 2. Public Relations Fail In an effort to emulate the pomp and circumstance surrounding the Games, London Mayor Boris Johnson got himself stuck…
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTAT_ATF’); }); While olympians in general are absolutely incredible, paralympians are particularly inspiring. Not only do they have to qualify, but they must do so with what most people see as physical limitations. That being said, watching them in action proves that they have absolutely zero limits. This British advertisement for the 2016…
YouTube’s Funniest Sports Freak-outs [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-k-rUvtmgM] 1. Handball Player Drops His Shorts and, Uh, Does Other Things Too This Italian handball player instantly entered the pantheon of all-time sports meltdowns recently when he, shall we say, overreacted to a sarcastic peck from an antagonistic opponent. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82BPA5QAaQ] 2. “I’m a F#$%in’ Soldier!” Kellen Winslow, Jr.…
The sports obsessed crew of Dude Perfect ditched the three pointer trick shots to perform some sick slam dunks in their newest video. They use trampolines, but that just makes for even sweeter slams, so we’ll let it pass. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgvuBIdW5GU] Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2014/01/28/slam-dunk-trick-shots/
A 540 in skatboarding terms is when a boarder jumps and spins the board one and a half times. It’s not not a simple trick that the average skateboarder can pull off. But nine year old Sabre Norris from New South Wales, Australia was determined. After watching Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins pull off a 540 she was inspired…
The career of a professional athlete, regardless the sport, usually has a very brief life compared to other professions. According to science, the average human’s physical prime usually begins to fade from the early to mid-30s, quite a young age by social and biological standards. So what happens when professional athletes have to retire and…
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Mamadou Ndiaye kind of takes the fun out of being on high school basketball team. He’s so tall, he doesn’t even have to try to score countless dunks and layups. The 7 foot-5 player for Brethren Christian High School in California is sure to have a prosperous future ahead of him, even with only moderate practice. Read more…
http://mlb.mlb.com/shared/video/embed/embed.html?content_id=25368881&width=600&height=336&property=mlb Hey, non-sports fans: meet Coco Crisp. He doesn’t just possess one of the sweetest names in sports — he’s also capable of completing, dare we say, really crispy catches like the one above. His homerun robbery of Tigers star Prince Fielder on Tuesday night helped the Oakland A’s to a 2-0 MLB playoff win…
First times are always scary. Sometimes, it helps to psych yourself up. ‘You can do this, you can do this…’ This 4th grader stood at the top of a ski jump, and you can really hear the fear in his voice. But he forces himself to take the jump, and afterwards cheers, ‘Just the suspense…
To promote their new Hyperdunk+ shoe line, Nike teamed up with slam dunk specialist, Jus Fly. Wearing the new data transferring shoes, Fly performed a flip, grabbed the ball off the ground, launched into the air, and slammed like no one else. He actually reached just over 42 inches of air! The video is shared on Facebook and StuffIStole. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Ttzreu-Mg]…
Ever since the Cleveland Cavaliers lost in the NBA Finals last summer, people have been wondering how Cavs superstar LeBron James would prepare himself for another long season ahead. Given what he said to the press after practice yesterday, the rest of the league should be very scared. I spent the whole summer thinking about…