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April 27, 2011: Ryan Raburn makes the pantheon of baseball bloopers

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Ryan Raburn makes the pantheon of baseball bloopers

It's all downhill from here for Ryan Raburn. At age 30, he has become a baseball immortal. No matter what he does from here on out, no matter what level of success he achieves in Major League Baseball, he'll always have his place in history as the guy in the rain delay blooper highlight reel who inadvertently turned a warning track flyout into a solo homerun with one clumsy, awkward leap.

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Video: Ryan Raburn pulled a Canseco
The Victory Formation

No, he didn’t go on a reality show, or have a twin brother box in place of him, he just missed a flyball and it resulted in a home run. It wasn’t off his head, but still pretty bad...

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Meyer's daughter: He's not going to OSU
SPORTS by BROOKS

Urban Meyer’s daughter Nicki apparently is exasperated over talk that her famous father may soon take over as head football coach at Ohio State...

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Video: Rex Ryan makes cameo on CSI: NY
Bob's Blitz

Mike Tannenbaum and Rex Ryan's nervous appearance opens with Mac Taylor discussing diners, egg cream, and milk & cookies and Ryan is only allowed an H-Bomb...

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Former NHL goon charged in road rage incident
Sportress of Blogitude

Churla, currently serving as a pro scout for the Dallas Stars, has been arrested for an alleged road rage incident. He has been charged with criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct – both misdemeanors – for the following sequence of goonish events...

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Video: Stone Cold channels his inner Rick Astley
Force Of Wrestling

Austin took a page out of Rick Astley’s book by performing Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” single, a popular song amongst fans and RickRollers alike on YouTube...

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Patriots' Super Bowl ring available on eBay
The Last Angry Fan

Did I mention that it’s a “Buy it Now” type of auction?  Or that the asking price is $63,000, which means that average shmucks like you or I could never afford such a prized piece of memorabilia?

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What conference is Florida State in, Javon Walker?
Lost Lettermen

We hate to embarrass people for a slip of the tongue, but Javon Walker’s mistake was inexcusable...

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Serena Williams...rapper?
Jocks and Stiletto Jill

You know, I’m kind of not mad at Serena Williams testing out her rapping skills. If I was super rich and had some free time, I’d probably try out anything I remotely had an interest in just for the experience...

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Video: Ben Crane's latest: Dance! Dance! Dance!
Dogs Chase Cars

I still get a good chuckle out of Crane's videos. This is him showing how to dance, and it almost reminds me of some sort of Paul Rudd YouTube series...

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Five NFL teams looking to trade down
Red Zone Talk

With the 2011 NFL Draft quickly approaching on Thursday April 28, ESPN’s Adam Schefter recently indicated five teams that would like to trade down–mainly because they realize that some teams may be willing to surrender an extra draft pick to trade up...

 
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