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Longtime NBA Broadcaster Craig Sager Dies At 65 After Battle With Cancer

10 diggs sports.yahoo.com News 15 Dec 2016

Craig Sager, the legendary sideline reporter and NBA announcer whose years-long battle with acute myeloid leukemia inspired countless fans and basketball lovers, died Thursday, according to Turner Sports. He was 65.

FINALLY, METS ARE FIRST IN SOMETHING!

MLB Issues Its First-Ever Lifetime Ban To Mets Relief Pitcher Jenrry Mejia

New York Mets pitcher Jenrry Mejia has received a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball after testing positive for PEDs for the third time, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. MLB has confirmed the news.

HITTING THEM WHERE IT HURTS

Congress Is Looking To Take The NFL's Tax Break Away If It Doesn't Change The Washington Football Team's Name

21 diggs sports.yahoo.com Sports Business News Politics 2 Oct 2014

As part of a larger inquiry into the league's non-profit status, one D.C. representative looks to pressure the NFL into forcing Washington to change their team name.

SUPER MARIO SAVES THE DAY

Champions!

58 diggs sports.yahoo.com World Cup News Sports 13 Jul 2014

Germany became World Cup champion for the fourth time on Sunday night, and the first European team in history to clinch soccer's greatest prize on South American soil.

CHAMPIONS OF CONSUMPTION

The World Cup Means Big Money For Drug Traffickers

12 diggs sports.yahoo.com Drugs Crime News Sports World 11 Jun 2014

Drug cartels in Peru and Bolivia, two of the world's top producers of cocaine, are drooling over the bountiful market being served up next door by the World Cup in Brazil.

THEY MUST BE STOPPED

The Robots Have Come For Our Zamboni Drivers

4 diggs sports.yahoo.com Sports Technology 28 May 2014

He is the most envied man in sports, but even his job isn't safe from robots.

THE NBA'S EXIT STRATEGY

Magic Johnson Might Want To Buy The Clippers From Donald Sterling

18 diggs sports.yahoo.com Sports 28 Apr 2014

Magic Johnson and his billionaire backers, the Guggenheim Partners, want a chance to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

DON'T WRITE YOUR NUMBER ON YOUR HELMET

Sochi Snowboarder's iPhone Crashes From Receiving Too Many Nude Photos

43 diggs sports.yahoo.com Funny Sports Sex 8 Feb 2014

Alexey Sobolev reached into his pocket and pulled out the most famous iPhone in Russia. He tapped the Photos icon. And then he started critiquing the dozens of naked pictures women had sent him in the last 24 hours.

GERRY CHEEVERS SHOULD LIKE THIS

NHL Goalie Decorates Mask With Zombie Ben Franklin And Betsy Ross

11 diggs sports.yahoo.com Sports Art Cities 13 Sep 2013

If you’re a goalie playing in a city with iconic landmarks or history, things can get a little predictable. That’s why Steve Mason deserves all the cheesesteaks and Victory beer he can ingest for his new mask for the Philadelphia Flyers, featuring … zombies. America’s Founding Fathers (and Betsy Ross) … as zombies.

STILL PLAYS LIKE A GIRL

'The Sandlot' Kids: 20 Years Later

51 diggs sports.yahoo.com Movies Histories 10 Apr 2013

Stories from the cast on the film’s 20th anniversary.

CHENEY: 'AMATEUR'

Condoleezza Rice Hit A Spectator In The Head During A Golf Tournament

6 diggs sports.yahoo.com Funny Politics 8 Feb 2013

Rice hit a spectator on the sixth hole at Pebble Beach on Thursday after a bad swing went 50 yards into the gallery.

EVERYONE'S TAKING DIVES

Chances Are You've Seen A Fixed Soccer Game

7 diggs sports.yahoo.com Sports Crime World 4 Feb 2013

A wide-ranging match-fixing investigation has uncovered more than 680 suspicious matches - including World Cup and European Championship qualifiers and two Champions League games - and found evidence that a Singapore-based crime gang is closely involved in match-fixing, Europol said Monday.

UNIFIED BY EXPENSIVE BEER

The Most Unique NFL Stadiums

5 diggs sports.yahoo.com Sports Architecture Design 7 Nov 2012

What makes a great NFL stadium? What causes one stadium to be different and well worth a visit? Is there something about your hometown stadium you do not know about? Find out now and capitalize on the bragging rights.

ADVOCACY

NFL Player Poses In Gay Magazine To Support Same-Sex Marriage

12 diggs sports.yahoo.com Sports Fame Media Entertainment Entertainment 18 Oct 2012

Long a fighter for those he believes are not receiving equal protection under the law, Chris Kluwe agreed to pose in the current issue of OUT Magazine.

THE BIG GUNS ARE BACK

Returning NFL Referees Given Heroes Welcome

11 diggs sports.yahoo.com Video Sports 1 Oct 2012

In the first weekend of football with non-replacement referees officiating, the zebras have been made to feel like rock stars in stadiums across the country.

BEST TRICK PLAY EVER

Backwards, Over-The-Head, Game-Tying Throw Is The Play Of The Year

34 diggs sports.yahoo.com Sports Video Curious 28 Sep 2012

You want the football play of the year? It came on a two point conversion in a high school game, where a team used an over the head, back-to-the goal pass to a leaping tight end to knot up a game and send it to overtime.

NO FANS ON THE FIELD

The Facebook Post That Got An NFL Referee Pulled From A Game

18 diggs sports.yahoo.com Sports Internet 16 Sep 2012

One would assume that the NFL wouldn't allow fans to referee professional football games. But you know what they say about making assumptions, right?