This is something you don’t see every day. While J.D. Drew may have had fans throw batteries at him, he never had a guy smash him on the head with a stick. And that’s exactly what happened in the KHL on Sunday. During a playoff game between Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg and Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Salavat Yulaev backup goalie Vitaly Kolesnik was attacked by a crazy fan.
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Brittney Griner’s arrival on Baylor’s campus was met with much fanfare. The Texas native is one of the few women in history who can throw down. Sure, her variety of dunks is more Shawn Bradley than Shaquille O’Neal — but we’re still impressed.
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File this under: things that are funnier when they happen to somebody else. It probably feels pretty good to know that you’re a professional athlete at any level. That’s why these German soccer players probably don’t have much to be ashamed of… even though they look like idiots. In a match between TSV Wimsheim and TSV Grunbach, Grunbach accidentally scored on themselves off of a goal kick with help from a strong gust of wind.
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Bryce Harper hasn’t had much trouble adjusting to college baseball. Through Valentine’s Day the 18-year-old was hitting .362, had an OBP over .420 along with three homers and 15 RBI at the College of Southern Nevada. You can see Bryce Harper’s first college homer here.
Here’s the video of his third career homer on Sunday. Harper takes the first pitch deep over the right field wall. As you can see, the kid has immense power. Though, he may have to work on his swing mechanics a bit. He seems to have an exaggerated “toe tap” timing step much like BJ Upton.
Talk about your all-time backfires. File this under: things that seem like good ideas but clearly are not. A zealous Ranger fan attended the matchup between the Rangers and Lightning yesterday to do more than just watch the game. He figured he’d make a grand gesture and propose to his girlfriend on the jumbotron. Instead, he was embarrassed in front of 20,000 people in the arena and thousands more watching at home.
During the second period, the man’s message flashed on the MSG scoreboard saying, “Melissa, Will you be my Blueshirt bride? – Nick” Melissa was immediately overcome by emotions — which seemed logical. But other than being surprised, she doesn’t really react as “Nick” points to the message. When she’s finally able to uncover her mouth, Melissa gives him the stare of death before turning around and leaving while shaking her head. The announcers have some fun with it and one even says, “Let’s talk about a pre-nup.” Ouch.
Here’s the video:
American soccer player Landon Donovan is hated all over the world. In most parts, it’s because he’s a girly man with a super hot wife. But in Mexico, it’s because he’s an girly man with a super hot wife that happens to be American. The Mexican company Grupo Televisa decide to capitalize on that in a recent television commercial.
UPDATE: Landon Donovan actually broke up with his super hot wife.
Grupo Televisa decided that Donovan would be a fine pitchman for their “Gana Gol” lottery ticket. Donovan plays his gringo self — except he’s dressed up as a “typical Mexican” as described by Laura Martinez of AdAge. Hilariously, two stereotypes clash as Landon poorly attempts (note: Landon Donovan can speak Spanish well) to speak Spanish while dressed up as a Mexican man wearing a poncho and a fake mustache.
AdAge highlights the fact that the lack of political correctness is not an issue in Mexico. Aspects of life such as “illegal immigration” are not considered controversial subject-matter. Mexican author Carlos Monsiváis said, “It’s hard to have national pride offended by something like this.” Clearly, Mexican people are misguided and maybe someday they will reach the level of enlightenment that we have in the United States. Oh wait, five million people tuned in to watch the Jersey Shore finale on MTV. What were you saying about stereotypes, AdAge? Well played, Laura Martinez.
Here’s the video:
Bryce Harper’s got his GED so he could enroll at the College of Southern Nevada. Things are going swimmingly as Harper has just completed his first four games. He even managed to hit a solo shot in his last game.
If you didn’t know, Harper is pretty much the real life version of Brendan Fraser’s character in The Scout. He can hit 500 foot bombs and can also throw a fastball in the high 90’s. And he’s only 17. Scott Boras and his agency discovered Harper when he was only 13 and Boras currently serves as his advisor.
Harper enrolled in college to expedite his path to the majors. He’s widely expected to be the number one overall pick in the upcoming MLB Draft. That’s probably why the Nationals, who own the first pick, sent five scouts to evaluate Harper at CSN.
Going to CSN was a great decision by Harper. He’s coached by a family friend and the Scenic West Athletic Conference is one of the few college conferences that uses wooden bats. In his debut, Harper was 1 of 3 with a walk and a sac fly. More recently, he went 2 of 4 with a solo homer in an 8-5 victory over Arizona Western. Here’s the video:
Nani is Manchester United’s 23 year-old winger. Acquiring Nani cost the club around £14-17 million and he had been maligned as of late. Some observers thought Nani was playing his way out of Manchester. That was until his Man of the Match performance against Arsenal yesterday.
Nani also had an assist in the match but his performance will be remembered for his spectacular goal. Technically, the tally was counted as an “own goal” by Arsenal goalie Manuel Alumnia — but Nani did all of the work. The Man U winger received a pass near the right sideline about 25 yards from the end line before taking on two Arsenal defenders. He somehow cuts back behind his plant foot to split them and break free. A quick feint and cut to the right dismisses a third Arsenal defender before Nani sublimely chips the ball towards the net. To his good fortune, Alumnia gets a finger on the ball that may have knocked it in.
Now maybe Nani can get back to working on his celebrations. Here’s the video of the goal:
Vincent Lecavalier may be on the trading block but that doesn’t mean he’s not an excellent hockey player. Vinny and the Lightning took on the Canadiens on Wednesday night and Lecavalier scored a glorious goal. The Tampa Bay center managed to put home a goal with his stick between his legs (spot-shadowed above).
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It’s easy to hate Cristiano Ronaldo but the kid has skills. Ronaldo is one of the headliners on Real Madrid — which is the equivalent to the Yankees of the soccer world. Over the weekend, CR9 booted two goals before he was kicked out of the game in a victory over Malaga.
Ronaldo managed to (sort of) pull off a soccer version of the Gordie Howe Hat Trick. He had two goals in the game before he was given a red card with 20 minutes left. It was his second red card while with Real Madrid and he’ll have to miss the next game.
The second of Ronaldo’s two goals was absolutely stunning. He received a pass that he couldn’t quite settle down with his first touch. Then with the ball still bouncing, Ronaldo unleashes a volley to the right side of the net. You can see that he puts vicious swerve on the ball and it takes a sharp right turn when it’s about halfway to the net. It’s hard to hate a finish like that — even when it comes from a colossal douche.
Rangers head coach John Tortorella and New York Post writer Larry Brooks don’t exactly have the best relationship. A few years ago while coaching the Lightning, Tortorella told Brooks to “get the f*ck out” of the press area after a game. The two had a similar tiff yesterday after the Rangers lost to the Flyers.
Much of the post-game Q&A focused on the Marian Gaborik and Daniel Carcillo fight. The two got tangled up while a scrum was breaking out when Gaborik decided to drop the gloves and promptly got his ass beat. Some of the reporters wanted to know why none of the other Rangers’ players jumped in to rescue the team’s leading scorer. When Larry Brooks asked about the incident, Tortorella jumped all over him. You can check it out below (happens a bit after 2:00):
Clearly, Tortorella wasn’t really interested in answering Brooks. He was still fuming about a recent column where Larry Brooks said he thought Wade Redden getting into a fight was “funny.” Gaborik getting his ass handed to him by Carcillo wasn’t certainly ideal. I can’t really blame Brooks for asking about it but I also can’t really blame Tortorella for snapping back. Here’s the video of Gaborik dancing with Daniel Carcillo:
Carey Price probably regrets his decision to leave the net in hindsight. The Canadiens goalie left his crease to play a puck and was punished by Cam Janssen. It may not have been intentional — but the results was a huge hit.
It’s tough to decide whether or not skaters should be allowed to hit a goalie. In this case, Price was far from his crease and pretty much forced Janssen’s hand. Janssen was chasing the puck when he leveled Price with a hit. Immediately, a Canadiens player starts to take Janssen to task and even Price drops his gloves to prepare for a fight. Yahoo’s PuckDaddy blog notes that, although Price ditched his loves, he forgot to remove his helmet.
The Blues ended up shorthanded after the play. Janssen was giving a roughing penalty and his own goalie, Ty Conklin, received a minor penalty for trying to get in on the action. Canadiens netminder Carey Price didn’t receive a penalty while teammate Roman Hamrlik was given a roughing minor. You can check out the video of the collision below.
