Matteo MarchiNEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 08: Lucas Nogueira #92 of the Toronto Raptors warms up before the game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on January 08, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Matteo Marchi/Getty Images)Yes, ripping Nickelback is a tired note, right up there with “That feeling when…” Instagram posts, “3-1” Warriors jokes and guy-tapping-head gifs. But this tale from Toronto puts a new spin on this worn-out convention.
Ratpors center Lucas Nogueira is a lover of rock and roll, sharing his enjoyment of the subject with CBS Sports' James Herbet. The Brazilian big man is far from the first athlete to make this passion known: from playing guitar to collecting records to owning labels and producing tracks, sports stars and music are simpatico. What makes this story diff..

Alex TrautwigORLANDO, FL – DECEMBER 12: Manager Gabe Kapler of the Philadelphia Phillies speaks during media availability at the 2017 Winter Meetings at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images)With all the hoopla surrounding the Philadelphia Eagles, and the potential for an apocalypse-inducing victory this Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings, it's easy to forget this normally-sad sports city is in the midst of a full-blown revival. The Sixers are one of the NBA's most exciting young teams, the Flyers are still in the Wild Card hunt and the Phillies might finally give fans a reason to come out to Citizens Bank Park in 2018, and if they don't, the team's new manager Gabe Kapler might just drag them there by brute force. In case you missed our last check-in with Kapler, the former MLB outfielder is absolutely YOKED.
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Playing golf had a big part in my strategy. Without golf, I probably would've been eating a lot more bun-less turkey burgers and carrot sticks.

Parents everywhere, listen up. You want your children to come visit you more? Try putting a mini golf course on your roof.
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That's exactly what one smart mom, Jean Rhodes, did this past summer by installing a nine-hole course on the rooftop of her vacation home in Long Beach Island, N.J. We know Rhodes is smart because she's a psychology professor (Mind tricks!) at the University of Massachusetts, and The Wall Street Journal recently ran a story on her sweet setup. Have a look:
FacebookPinterestMan, that looks fun. And like any mini golf course worth its salt, Rhodes' course has a theme (she went with “nautical”) and a windmill. Well done.
According to Rhodes, the project took a few weeks, cost about $21,000, and was carried out by a carpenter, who has since started building mini golf greens as a side gig. So if you're thinking about installing one yourself and you want it to look that good we recommen..

Mike Keiser, famous for his Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon, gives Americans a wee dram of Scotland without crossing the ocean. It's hard to believe, but Cabot Cliffs and Cabot Links are even better in my book—they rank ninth and 43rd among Golf Digest's World 100 Greatest Golf Courses.

Stephen Curry makes people look foolish on the basketball court all the time with a combination of flashy ball-handling and a quick release that leaves others in his wake. But on Wednesday night, it was the two-time NBA MVP's turn to be embarrassed. And boy, was he ever by Chicago Bulls rookie Lauri Markkanen.
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Check out this blooper in which Markkanen blocks Curry's shot off his forehead and out of bounds for one of the funniest turnovers you'll ever see:
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Bang! Right off the noggin HAHAHAHA!
Hope you got a good chuckle out of Steph's fail, though, because it might be the last time NBA fans laugh at him all year. Curry still wound up scoring 30 points in Golden State's 119-112 win, which improved the Warriors' league-best record to 37-9.
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GREG WOODOn New Year's Eve 1967, with the temperature hovering around -13 (-48 if you count windchill), the Packers and Cowboys faced off in the what would soon become known as the Ice Bowl—the most extreme collision of sports and Mother Nature in human history. Or at least it was until Wednesday, when Gael Monfils and Novak Djokovic took the court for their Australian Open round of 64 matchup to find the temperature inside Rod Laver Arena an astonishing, egg-frying 156-DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
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If that sounds like madness to you, well, that's because it is. But despite protest from both the Monfils and Djokovic camps, the match went ahead as planned, with Djokovic eventually outlasting his French compatriot in four sets. Now, most humans have never experienced 156-degree temperatures, let alone chased a little green ball around in them for well over 90 minutes..

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Rory McIlroy’s patience was tested Thursday on his comeback and he needed three late birdies to register a 3-under 69 that left him three strokes behind first-round leaders Tommy Fleetwood and Hideto Tanihara at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Starting on the 10th hole, McIlroy made 11 straight pars, which included a three-putt par on the par-5 18th.

Fleetwood, the defending Abu Dhabi champion and last year’s European Tour money-list winner, continued his excellent form by hitting all 18 greens in regulation.

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There was a five-way tie for third place with Fabrizio Zanotti, Ross Fisher, Thomas Pieters, Bernd Wiesberger and Sam Brazel shooting 67s.

Top-ranked Dustin Johnson drove his ball into a lake at the ninth, his closing hole, to finish with a 72. Matt Kuchar was also on level-par while Justin Rose went one better with a 71.

McIlroy, who hit 17 greens in regulation, collected his first birdie of the day by m..

Thearon W. HendersonSACRAMENTO, CA – DECEMBER 27: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers sits on the bench prior to the start of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on December 27, 2017 in Sacramento, California. Despite what's been hailed as a disastrous first half of the NBA calendar for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they still sit third in the Eastern Conference standings with a 26-17 record. Hey, a lot is expected of you when you've made the NBA Finals the past three years.
The real disaster has been felt by those betting on LeBron's boys. Not only have they been losing more than expected, but even when they win, they usually haven't been covering the point spread. According to The Action Network, the Cavs have performed “historically poor” against the spread this year with a 12-30-1 record thus far. Yikes.
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Rory McIlroy’s patience was tested Thursday on his comeback and he needed three late birdies to register a 3-under 69 that left him three strokes behind first-round leaders Tommy Fleetwood and Hideto Tanihara at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Starting on the 10th hole, McIlroy made 11 straight pars, which included a three-putt par on the par-5 18th.

Fleetwood, the defending Abu Dhabi champion and last year’s European Tour money-list winner, continued his excellent form by hitting all 18 greens in regulation.

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There was a five-way tie for third place with Fabrizio Zanotti, Ross Fisher, Thomas Pieters, Bernd Wiesberger and Sam Brazel shooting 67s.

Top-ranked Dustin Johnson drove his ball into a lake at the ninth, his closing hole, to finish with a 72. Matt Kuchar was also on level-par while Justin Rose went one better with a 71.

McIlroy, who hit 17 greens in regulation, collected his first birdie of the day by m..