I spend a great deal of my time thinking about sports thinking about losing. That's what happens when you root for teams like the Mets and Dolphins and find yourself pulling for Tommy Fleetwood on the weekends. I think about whether it's better to put up a fight—to go toe-to-toe all game long only to have deserved glory swiped from you at last possible moment—or whether it's better to never show up at all. On one hand, you have the moral victory, and on the other you can just turn off the game in third inning and go live your life.
I still haven't decided which hurts less to be honest, but on Thursday afternoon Auburn baseball—who also crashed out of the College World Series like this last summer—provided yet another compelling case for Team Just Walk Away. Viewer discretion is advised (unless you're Bama fan, in which case happy birthday and Merry Christmas):
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Kevin Na may only have two career PGA Tour wins, but he is the clear GOAT of walking in putts. Na's cocky custom of trying to beat the ball into the hole came to a crescendo at this year's Players when Tiger Woods imitated him, which has led to others, including Tony Romo, giving it a try as part of what Na has dubbed the “Kevin Na Challenge.” Still, no one does it quite like Kevin, who has been perfecting his signature move for a long time. Emphasis on long.
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On Thursday, Na shared a vintage clip of him walking in a putt. OK, so the grainy quality of the footage makes it look more vintage than it actually is, but it comes from the 2012 U.S. Open. And it's spectacular.
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Na nearly picked up his ball before it dropped in the cup on an eight-foot putt! Incredible.
The best part about Na's habit is he'll do it no matter the situation. At this year's Players, it was on a birdie p..

Aaron Rodgers has been showing his face at many of the Milwaukee Bucks' home games this NBA postseason, which has unfortunately led to him getting BODIED buy his own teammate in a beer-chugging competition. One of Rodgers' tackles, David Bakhtiari, cannot stop housing beers on the big screen right in Rodgers' face, which is to be expected from a dude that checks in at 6-foot-4 and weighs over three bills.
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Here was Bakhtiari on Thursday night, merely a few minutes into Game 5 between the Bucks and the Toronto Raptors, downing two adult sodas and making them look like Capri Suns. Rodgers tried to keep up, and understandably could not:
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A-Rod tried to save himself soon after on Twitter, claiming he'd rather have scotch. Classic MANLY move to make your chugging skills look less bad:
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Dylan BuellIf you've never watched Alex Noren's pre-shot routine, you need to right now. Then again, you may want to wash your eyes out after, so viewer discretion is advised. Here is the 10-time tour winner preparing to hit a tee shot during the 2018 Dell Match Play looking like an absolute nut job as he contorts his body in an odd-looking way:
What Noren is doing is over exaggerating this move at the ball to prepare his body and mind to execute something similar to that when he actually swings. He doesn't actually stop on the downswing. When he does eventually make his move, he'll produce something that looks like his pre-shot routine in full motion.
What does this have to do with anything? Well, I'm going to make a forced comparison to Noren's pre-shot routine to another professional athlete, because it's Friday of Memorial Day Weekend so why not?
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Klay Thompson will play in a fifth consecutive NBA Finals, but for a third consecutive year, he didn't get the nod as one of the league's best players. And he made it clear he wasn't happy about it on Thursday.
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During a media scrum following a Golden State Warriors practice, Thompson didn't hide his disgust when he was informed he wasn't among the All-NBA selections (three teams of five selected by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters). His most animated reaction, though, came when he was told that Charlotte's Kemba Walker made it over him. Check it out, specifically at the 15-second mark:
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To his credit, Klay at least tried to recover.
“I respect those guys, but holy, when you go to five straight (finals), it takes more than just two All-NBA guys,” Thompson says in the clip. “That's an all-time team…

Baltimore Orioles play-by-play man Gary Thorne has had himself quite a week behind the mic. Unfortunately, he has the opposing team to thank for that.
It all began on Monday, when the red-hot New York Yankees rolled into Camden Yards and infielder Gleyber Torres stepped to the plate in the top of the second inning. At that point, Torres had hit eight homers on the season, SIX of which came against the Orioles. Even with this knowledge, Baltimore pitcher Andrew Cashner lobbed this 75-mph meatball over the middle of the plate that Torres sent to the moon for his seventh of the season against the O's. Thorne was fed the hell up:
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This was the original viral clip of the week from Thorne. Little did he know the Yanks were just getting started. Torres hit another home later that game, which the Yankees came back to win 10-7 on a three-run Gary Sanchez Homer in the top of the ninth. The following night, Sanchez got the game rolling with..

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