Steve BabineauBOSTON – NOVEMBER 21: Steve Carlson from the movie Slapshot poses for a photo before the Boston Bruins game at the TD Banknorth Garden on November 21, 2008 in Boston , Massachusetts. (Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)There aren't as many fights in the Stanley Cup Playoffs as there was in the past. Fighting has declined significantly in hockey since the days when teams often would send enforcers or tough guys onto the ice. Heck, in 1987, the Flyers and Canadiens got in a 15-minute brawl before their playoff Game 6 even started.
Such frequent fighting was well displayed in the classic 1977 comedy, Slap Shot,’ perhaps the best and most memorable hockey movie ever made (Miracle about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team is the only challenger). Slap Shot starred Paul Newman as the Charlestown Chiefs player/coach who often encouraged fighting. And the team’s three Hanson brothers—Steve, Jeff and Jack, who all wore dark-rimmed glasses and had long hair—brawled co..

If you're a New York Knicks fan, you probably won't find the below video of Joakim Noah hiking in the woods as entertaining and frightening as us. Just as a reminder, the power forward signed a four-year, $72 million contract in the summer of 2016—one of the many failings of the Phil Jackson regime in the Big Apple.
Considering the fact Noah only played a combined 40 minutes of basketball for the Knicks this year, this Earth Day he posted over the weekend won't amuse many Knicks fans. But the rest of us can be entertained by it.
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First of all, Noah's beard is the obvious place to start here. We can't remember the last time we saw somebody with a blonde beard. But some quick Googling around has revealed that this is an apparent trend in the style world. Forgive us for being behind on the times. We're glad Noah is reading his GQ magazines. We s..

In the event that Nic Cage retires from acting or perishes in a freak T. Rex skull accident without first gracing us with the great glowing glory of National Treasure 3, here's the next best thing: Back in 2010, Forrest Fenn, an 87-year-old Vietnam fighter pilot turned art dealer, hid a literal treasure chest packed with 40 pounds of emeralds, rubies, gold coins, and diamonds deep in Rocky Mountains and turned the search over to wanna-be Indiana Joneses across the country.
Eight years and an estimated 350,000 amateur treasure hunters later, the chest remains hidden, but don't worry, Sherlock Internet is on the case. In 2016, Fenn posted the primary clue—a six-stanza poem entitled “The Thrill of the Chase”—on Instagram. Since then, a subreddit, r/FindingFennsGold, has appeared, and Fenn has begun receiving over 100 emails (and a few death threats) a day. America, however, is no closer to discovering the chest than we were back in the halcyon days of not being a Russian puppet ..

Allow us to introduce you to the unluckiest man in the world. His name is Dylan McWilliams, he lives in Colorado, and he's been bitten by a shark, a bear, and a snake within the past four years. In other words, stay away from this dude, because Mother Nature has a Pikes Peak-sized bullseye on him.
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Then again, Dylan has survived all of of these potentially deadly encounters. Which got him thinking. . .
“I don’t know,” McWilliams told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Friday. “I’m either really lucky or really unlucky.”
Hmm. That's a wise observation belying Dylan's (eventful) 20 years on Earth. What a philosophical quandary!
McWilliams completed this unlikely — and unenviable — wildlife trifecta last week in Hawaii when a shark attacked his leg in Hawaii. Previously, a bear mauled him at a Colorado campsite and a rattlesnake bit him in Utah. It's amazing a gator hasn't gotten him yet. He must nev..

Wearing down an opponent's starting pitcher is always sound strategy, but Brandon Belt took that hitting approach to a level never seen before. The San Francisco first baseman batted second in Sunday's game against the Angels and worked a remarkable 21-pitch at-bat against Jaime Barria before lining out. That's right, 21 pitches in one at-bat. I'm getting a dead arm just thinking about it.
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Although Barria technically won this battle, Belt forced the rookie making his second start to match his age in pitches. Again, in one at bat. One LONG at-bat that was clocked at 12 minutes and 45 seconds, or approximately the time a great marathoner would take to run three miles.
Watch the entire 21-pitch at-bat here in under a minute. Because we know some of you have to work:
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Here's a different visual of this epic encounter that included 16 foul balls:
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There are strong home-run celebrations, and then there are all-time home-run celebrations. This one falls to the latter.
Carlos Gomez hit a walk-off dinger off Minnesota Twins pitcher Addison Reed to complete a successful sweep of the Twins, and understandably had a lot of emotion. The Tampa Bay Rays outfielder had struck out three times before this final plate appearance—breaking his bat over his knee after completing the hat trick.
With the Rays trailing in the series finale (for the third straight game), Gomez completed the Rays' latest comeback with what might end up being the best home-run celebration of 2018.
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It's tough to sell this anymore if you're Gomez. The bat flip, the quick turn to the bench, the hands in the air…plus the tongue in the air. The final straw—doing the Ray Lewis s..

Baseball players aren't known for their originality when it comes to pranks. There's the dugout hot foot, bubble gum on the hat, Icy Hot in a jock strap…real sophomoric stuff.
So we're not surprised that Derek Jeter's golf tournament broke out the “statue that comes to life” trick. However, even though it's uninspired, it still delivered the goods, indicated in these priceless reactions from unsuspecting victims:
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Biggest upset is Ray Allen's reflex. Man was as cool as they came on the court. That he jumped like he saw a python in his toilet almost ruins “He Got Game” for us.
Props to Jeter and company for pulling this off, although next year we'd like to see him roll out every hardball gag in the book, including a trophy ceremony that includes a shaving cream pie to the face.
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Getty ImagesRafa Nadal is the only man to have won the same tennis title 11 different times in his career. He is the only man to won a single tennis title 10 times in his career. He is the only man to have won a Grand Slam tournament ten times in his career. He is the only man who is so insanely good at tournaments like these that for the past two years, he has actually scared the greatest tennis player of all time away from said events.
What does all of this have in common? Clay. Sweet, red clay. As of Sunday, Rafa has no won 11 Monte Carlo titles, and he'll be going for no. 11 in both Barcelona and Roland-Garros (the Grand Slam) in the next two months. And just for kicks, he'll also be going for no. 8 at the Italian Open, and no. 6 in Madrid. Brad Gilbert, one of the smartest men in tennis, gives him a 40% chance of winning them all. Digest that—when given the choice between one man and the rest of the tennis world, over five tournaments, Gilbert thinks that the one man is ..

What you missed in golf this weekend: Landry strikes gold in Texas, and one of the craziest up-and-downs you'll ever see

SAN ANTONIO (AP) Andrew Landry won the Valero Texas Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, pulling away with early birdies and holding on with par saves.

The 30-year-old Texan parred the final seven holes for a 4-under 68 and a two-stroke victory over Trey Mullinax and Sean O’Hair. Landry finished at 17-under 271 at TPC San Antonio.

Landry took a two-stroke lead to the par-5 18th after Mullinax chunked a flop shot and bogeyed the short par-4 17th. Landry hit a 55-foot putt over a ridge to 3 feet for par on 17 and made an 8-footer on 18 after running a 50-foot downhill birdie try past.

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Mullinax closed with a 69 a day after breaking the AT&T Oaks Course record with a 62. O’Hair shot 66.

Tied for the third-round lead with Zach Johnson, Landry birdied the first three holes and added two more on Nos. 6 and 10. He bogeyed the par-4 11th before the closing par run.

Landry won in his 32nd PGA Tour start. He earned his tour card last year on the Web.com..