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March 12, 2012: Suddenly, a new Dunk of the Year candidate emerges

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Suddenly, a new Dunk of the Year candidate emerges

Gerald Green has laid low after winning the 2007 Slam Dunk Contest. After Sunday's Nets-Rockets game, he's in the running to dethrone Blake Griffin's posterization of Kendrick Perkins as this year's best jam.

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Gerald Green's alley-oop windmill dunk
FootBasket

David Stern must put this man back in the dunk contest.

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Tiger Woods withdraws from Cadillac Championship
Dogs Chase Cars

When Tiger picked up his ball on the 11th hole, got in a cart and was driven off to his car to go home and nurse his left leg injury [updated to an Achilles injury], you knew something was up. It had to be.

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J.R. Smith fined for tweeting lewd photo of hip-hop model
Los That Sports Blog

As if the Knicks aren’t having enough problems trying to reconcile the hype with their actual performance, here comes another obstacle.

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Brees speaks out about bounties
The Victory Formation

It took a little while, but the face of the New Orleans Saints, Drew Brees, has finally broken his silence on Bounty-Gate. 

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Tebow cancels media interviews
IMAGE CPR SPORTS

Tebow’s decision to cancel media interviews is highly unusual. He’s always willing to speak with reporters. Of course, all of the questions would focus on [Peyton] Manning’s visit to Denver...

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A's OF turned to 'Moneyball' for help
Ted's Army

Josh Reddick was surprised to find out he was traded to Oakland... Even worse than the shock was the lack of knowledge he had of the organization that he was headed to. So he watched "Moneyball" on his way to Oakland to get a bit of a history lesson.

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Video: Golfer hits hole-in-one, caddies thinks he wins car
Next Impulse Sports

Paul Casey had a hole-in-one today at the Cadillac championship on the 15th hole... What made the ace even better was the reaction of Paul’s caddie who was celebrating quite emphatically, and for good reason. On the 15th tee Paul Casey had told caddie Craig Connelly he’d give him the car, which he thought was a prize, if he aced it. Unfortunately...

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Biggest first-round upsets in NCAA history
Rant Sports

As many of us are aware of, it's impossible to predict a majority of upsets. No one could predict a 37-point underdog (Coppin St.) could beat a #2 ranked powerhouse (South Carolina) in 1997. Here's a look at the top ten biggest upsets in NCAA tournament history.

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Ottawa Senators anthem singer forgets lyrics
NESN.com

Where is Mo Cheeks when you need him?

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Video: The Media Captain Minute weekend recap
The Media Captain's Sports Studio

In case you missed it, here's a look at the weekend in sports.

 
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