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Jonathon Simmons Dunked All Over Meyers Leonard And It Was Gorgeous

Look at the image up there and tell me if this man is about to put that basketball in that hoop.

Tennis Player Hurtles Into The Stands, Hits The Ball Back Into Play

As if to prove that Roger Federer isn’t the only 35-year-old holding onto his gifts, French veteran Nicolas Mahut is still looking spry on the doubles court, doing the incredible.

Look At What Russell Westbrook Did To These People

If you’re still somehow unconvinced that Russell Westbrook is the NBA MVP, take a look at his box score from last night’s game against the Nuggets: [The smoldering remains of the city formerly known as Denver].

Bryan Bickell Scores First Career Shootout Goal In Final Game Before Retiring Due To MS

Bryan Bickell announced his retirement yesterday due to his multiple sclerosis diagnosis, and the Hurricanes started the longtime NHL forward for the final two games of his career—and gave him first crack when Carolina and Philadelphia remained deadlocked after overtime, even though Bickell had never scored a shootout…

Sergio Garcia Wins Masters In Playoff, His First Major In 74 Attempts

Sergio Garcia overcame choking an easy putt to win at 18 by beating Justin Rose in the first playoff hole to claim the Masters title and his first major championship after failing in his first 73 appearances.

Marc Albrighton Free Kick Stunner Caps Wild Opening Ten MInutes Of Everton-Leicester City

Four goals have been scored in the first 24 minutes of today’s Everton-Leicester City match, but none more impressive than Marc Albrighton’s free kick that beat Joel Robles in the tenth minute. That’s after a streaking Kevin Mirallas set up Tom Davies in the opening minute to give Everton a short-lived lead, and Islam…

USA Reigns Supreme Again After Overtime Win Over Canada In World Championship Final

The United States women’s hockey team is world champions again after Hilary Knight scored ten minutes into overtime to defeat Canada, its opponent in the previous 17 world championship finals.

Check Out This Mammoth Cricket Dong

Chris Lynn is absolutely raking for his Kolkata Knight Riders squad in today’s Indian Premier League bout against Gujarat Lions, but nothing sparked the Lynn-Sanity (and yes, that’s what they’re calling it) more than this massive six that the Australian clubbed into the second deck.

U.S. Strikes Pound Russian Defense

The U.S. has relentlessly pounded Russia’s defense with strikes as the American women commanded the first half of their international friendly tonight, carrying a 3-0 lead into halftime.

Tim Tebow Kills Baseball In First At-Bat; Ball Passes Over Outfielders' Heads For Home Run

Tim Tebow, author and former college football quarterback, kicked off his time with the class-A Columbia Fireflies this evening with a bang. The motivational speaker stepped up to the plate against the Augusta Greenjackets and socked a dinger in his very first at-bat.

Eric Thames Is Back In The U.S. And Ready To Mash Big Taters

Eric Thames never managed to stick in the majors. He got 633 at-bats between the Blue Jays and Mariners from 2011-2012, hit a few dingers, and then went to play ball in Korea. There, he became a damn folk hero, winning the MVP award, becoming the first KBO player to join the 40-40 club, and just generally knocking the…

Any Game Can Be A Home Game If You're LeBron James

In the first half of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 114-91 win over the Boston Celtics last night, LeBron James threw down a massive dunk, served up a demoralizing block on the other end, and then trotted into the crowd to bask in the attention of his adoring fans. This game was not in Cleveland.

Francisco Lindor Redeems Himself By Obliterating The Rangers With Dingers

Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor is one of the best defenders in the game, yet he committed a critical error in tonight’s game against the Rangers. In the fifth inning, Lindor handled a routine grounder from Shin-Soo Choo and overthrew his first baseman, allowing two runs to score instead of ending the inning. The…

Kevin Pillar Robs Manny Machado, Eats Fence

Baseball is back and with it comes the return of Kevin Pillar, one of the most reliably terrific defensive center fielders in baseball. Dinger-mashing Manny Machado tried to squeeze one past him tonight, but Pillar pounced on it, even if he had to run into the fence in the process.

West Virginia Pitcher Plucks Line Drive Right Out Of The Air With His Bare Hand

Alek Manoah is a big, talented pitcher for West Virginia who snagged this line drive out of the sky and got his team a slick double play.

Lionel Messi And Luis Suárez Are Extremely Good At Soccer

Barcelona and Sevilla, respectively the second- and fourth-placed teams in La Liga, are midway through what on paper should’ve been a tense, tough match. Only one of those teams has Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, so it’s already a blowout thanks to those the genius of those two.

Yasiel Puig Shows Us How Much Fun Catch Probability Will Be

Former one-man highlight reel Yasiel Puig made a sprinting catch at the foul line to rob Padres center fielder Manuel Margot of a hit in the top of the third of last night’s game in Los Angeles, and thanks to recent additions to MLB’s Statcast technology, we know exactly how difficult that catch was to make.

The Spurs Forced Overtime On A Beautifully Designed In-Bounds Play

Down two against the Grizzlies with just 2.7 seconds remaining, you’d probably expect the Spurs to try and get the ball into Kawhi Leonard’s hands. That’s what the Grizzlies thought too, so when LaMarcus Aldridge screened Leonard’s man, Wayne Selden, his defender, Brandan Wright, went with Leonard too. That was a…

This Steph Curry Sequence Was Ridiculous, Even For Him

Steph Curry is at it again, right in time for Kevin Durant’s looming return and the Warriors’ forthcoming playoff run. In just over a minute, the Warriors scored 11 points, all of which were either scored or assisted by Curry. He nailed a pair of threes, assisted Klay Thompson for another three, then found Andre…

Carlos Gomez Smacks Mammoth Dinger

The Cleveland Indians, last seen ceding a 3-1 World Series lead to the Cubs, are back at it this evening and things are not going well thus far. Corey Kluber gave up a second-inning dinger to new horse owner Rougned Odor, then shortly afterwards, allowed Carlos Gomez to murder one of his pitches and send it to the…

Maple Leafs Go Crazy, Score Three Goals In 43 Seconds

The Maple Leafs are locked a tight race down the stretch of the season to secure one of the last three Eastern Conference playoff spots still in the balance. The team got off to the best possible start this evening against Buffalo, scoring three goals in 43 seconds in the first period to chase Sabres goalie Robin…

This Bicycle Kick From Jong Tae-Se Is Just Gorgeous

Jong Tae-se scored the only goal for Shimizu S-Pulse of the J1 League in its 3-1 loss to Júbilo Iwata yesterday, but it sure was a beauty:

Mississippi State OT Buzzer-Beater Downs UConn, Ends 111-Game Winning Streak

UConn is out of the NCAA tournament and its 111-game winning streak is over after Morgan William hit a buzzer-beater at the end of overtime to send Mississippi State to the women’s championship game by the score of 66-64.

High School All-American Dishes Out Around-The-World Alley-Oop

Colin Sexton is heading to Alabama next year to play for the Crimson Tide, but not before he lights it up one last time at the high school level. He’s playing in the All-American game tonight, and he’s spending his time creating outrageous highlights, such as this gyroscopic alley-oop assist.

These Roger Federer Volleys Almost Hurt To Watch

Roberto Batista Agut did about as well as you can do against the greatest these days, pushing him to two tiebreaks in the fourth round of the Miami Open, but, just, c’mon—these fucking nonchalant volleys.

Alexis Sánchez Steps Up And Bashes In A Perfect Free Kick

Chile need to beat Venezuela today to keep pace in CONMEBOL’s final 2018 World Cup qualifying round and they got off to a perfect start this afternoon, scoring three times in the first 22 minutes. Alexis Sánchez hadn’t had a great weekend leading up to the game (he got popped for a speeding ticket) but he erased…

Russell Westbrook Did It All In Thunder's Fourth-Quarter Comeback Win

The Oklahoma City Thunder went on a 14-0 fourth-quarter run to beat the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night, 92-91. Human lightning bolt Russell Westbrook scored 12 of those 14 points—including the game-winner with seven seconds left.

Bosnian Taekwondo Teen Defeats Army Of Concrete Blocks With His Head

Oh, you thought breaking one wooden board was cool? How quaint. This weekend, 16-year-old taekwondo guy Kerim Ahmetspahic broke 111 concrete blocks in 35 seconds with just his dome.

Fearless Goalkeeper Stares Down Four-On-One Attack, Comes Up With Heroic Save

Argentine club Belgrano’s keeper probably should’ve been terrified with four River Plate players bearing down on him with no help in sight, but instead he went all “NAH FUCK THAT” and stood up brave and tall and psyched out the attackers, somehow saving a goal and earning the glory.

Jirí Veselý Goes Between The Legs For Winner

American Jack Sock took the first set against Jirí Veselý tonight, but even if the Czech loses their Miami Open match he’ll go home knowing he delivered the highlight of the match: a between-the-legs winner off what was a near perfect lob volley from Sock. Don’t try this at home.