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Cheese-rolling event cancelled after 200 years

376 votes | submitted 2010-03-14 05:25:07 by 0ldB0y | 53 comments

For nearly two centuries, runners and spectators have gathered on a steep Cotswolds hill for the Whitsun cheese rolling. The rough and tumble spectacle sees daredevil competitors chase a 7lb wheel of Double Gloucester down the 200-yard incline in one of Britain's most eccentric traditions. But organisers have been forced to cancel this year...

Tamgho Sets New World Record In Triple Jump

94 votes | submitted 2010-03-14 18:02:04 by courtman | 8 comments

Teddy Tamgho of France has set a new world record distance to win the triple jump at the world indoor championships.

Manny Pacquiao Dominates Joshua Clottey for Decision

284 votes | submitted 2010-03-14 07:06:28 by Lovelezz | 88 comments

With the biggest fight crowd in the U.S. in 17 years cheering him on at Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao dominated a strangely passive Joshua Clottey from the opening bell Saturday night to retain his welterweight title and cement his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

Manny Pacquiao Won't Have an Easy Win vs. Clottey

186 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 23:03:21 by webtickle | 31 comments

Pacquiao is widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, but that's always a tenuous perch. And he's facing a guy who may be as much as 15 pounds heavier when the fight begins. Clottey is a significant underdog in the eyes of the casual fan, but he's not nearly as big of an underdog to those in the boxing business.

The Lowdown on Bike Types and How to Choose Your Ride

181 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 19:35:36 by tbhurst | 36 comments

Likes Like shoes, it's wise to only buy a bike that fits properly. This means not only that the geometry of the frame suits your body, but also that gearing matches your pedaling power.

Life ban for Younus Khan, Mohammad Yousuf

320 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 10:08:00 by nikki4digg | 58 comments

The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned former captains Mohd Yousuf and Younus Khan for life, besides imposing a 1-year ban on Shoaib Malik in the wake of the team's disastrous tour of Australia.

Maybe the most ridiculous (or awesome) pooltable ever.

1171 votes | submitted 2010-03-07 20:50:10 by MrBabyMan | 81 comments

Obscura Digital Cuelight Interactive Pool Table. It turns a game of pool into an amazing interactive art display. Obscuras projection, sensor and tracking system reveals images and animations that follow the movements of the pool balls as players hit them around the table.

The 50 Biggest Screw-Ups in Sports History

495 votes | submitted 2010-03-07 23:39:29 by 1KrazyKorean | 58 comments

Screw-ups, blunders, bloopers, errors, mess ups, or mistakes; whatever you call them, sports are full of them. However, there are some screw-ups that rise above the rest. Some so embarrassing that they live forever in infamy...

Daily fantasy sports provides players instant gratification

214 votes | submitted 2010-03-06 05:14:56 by AmyVernon | 7 comments

Here's a tip for the thousands of people participating in the growing phenomenon of daily fantasy sports: Watch out for Tippy. He's consistently a top performer on sites like FantasySportsLive.com and FanDuel.com. Tippy also runs two sites—FantasyHandicapping.com and FantasyBasketballDaily.com—dedicated to daily fantasy strategy. He has no mercy.

Wrestling Fans Admit and Then Forget It Is Fake

323 votes | submitted 2010-03-06 21:26:45 by vigilante1 | 67 comments

During a recent screening of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, wrestling enthusiast David Graziano fluctuated between an awareness that the match he was watching was completely scripted and a willingness to treat the event as though it were 100 percent real.

Poker Stars European Tournament Robbed ... on Live TV! (VID)

1477 votes | submitted 2010-03-06 20:08:31 by rwbrinso | 211 comments

Where does a poker tournament fit into the pantheon of armed robbery? The European Poker Tour found out when six men armed with machine guns strolled into the tournament and hijacked everyone for 1 million Euros.

Top 10: Sportsmen Who Blew Their Second Chance

206 votes | submitted 2010-03-05 23:36:01 by RoddSerling | 8 comments

These sportsmen just didn't learn their lessons.

Can you tell why they call this 'the scorpion'?

412 votes | submitted 2010-03-04 21:33:57 by louiebaur | 55 comments

The 8 Most Intense Sports Intros of All Time

330 votes | submitted 2010-03-04 20:10:16 by CB810 | 35 comments

Professional and collegiate athletics have become less about the performace and more about the show.

Introducing 'Skyaking': skydiving with a kayak

240 votes | submitted 2010-03-04 14:59:21 by mekkamen | 31 comments

Paddling across the sky, 13,000ft up in a kayak has become a new daredevil craze dubbed Skyaking.

Spank that Ass Roller Derby! (GIF)

468 votes | submitted 2010-03-04 04:10:57 by jdyme1 | 45 comments

I would pay double to watch those girls.

These sports banners really should be banned

240 votes | submitted 2010-03-03 18:26:45 by WordsnCollision | 40 comments

The sports world is rife with totems celebrating athletic excellence, such as the 17 Boston Celtics championship standards displayed at Boston's TD Garden. Then there's the other stuff; the lamest banners in the sports world. Here are a few examples.

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