Flopping in the the NBA is horrible. And even though the league has “cracked down” and is fining players for taking dives in attempts to draw fouls on opponents, there is still a healthy amount of the act going on. Case in point — Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals in San Antonio Tuesday […]
When is a home run not really a home run? When it’s caught by an outfielder. Such was the case for Jeon Jun-woo of the Korean League’s Lotte Giants, who fell to the NC Dinos by a score of 6-4 last week. That alone isn’t too funny or even Haboob worthy, but the fact that […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks couldn’t complete their three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins Sunday, falling 2-1 in South Florida. But during the course of the game, the team produced one of the best catches in baseball this season. Leading off the eighth inning, Adeiny Hechavarria tried to bunt against D-backs reliever Josh Collmenter. The Marlins’ shortstop […]
Unlike Carl Lewis and Roseanne Barr, Canadian singer Alexis Normand has a beautiful voice. Unfortunately, Normand still managed to secure a spot alongside the infamous duo on the all-time list of worst anthem singers. Before the 2013 Memorial Cup junior hockey championships between the Halifax Mooseheads and Portland Winterhawks Saturday in Saskatchewan, Normand came on […]
Logan Fondren is the custom club manager at Calloway Golf. He’s also, apparently, quite a golfer. Imagine that. In a video, Fondren is seen sinking a putt that would make the old McDonald’s commercials featuring Larry Bird and Michael Jordan proud. “Off the stairs, around the glass barrier, down more stairs, nothing but cup.” It […]
Over the years, we’ve seen some amazing things in Arena Football and its offshoot leagues. Heck, we’ve seen a buffalo nearly trample a player — and that happened right here in Phoenix. But I don’t think we’ve ever seen this. R.J. Rollins of the Omaha Beef in the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (the same […]
Johnny Manziel is just like any other 20-year-old college student, except for the fact that he is the quarterback at Texas A&M and a Heisman Trophy winner. Manziel has spent the offseason seemingly enjoying his status, and while some may not appreciate how much fun he’s having, we at the Haboob Blog don’t mind. He’s […]
Earlier this week, we treated you to Manny Ramirez’s “slide” into second base that came up a tad bit short in a Chinese Professional Baseball League game. Well, apparently the art of sliding has universally gone out of style. Thursday night in a game against the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler attempted […]
Have you ever been to an arm wrestling competition? If so, was it a women’s competition? Whatever, that’s not important. What is important is the fact that a Georgian competitor whose name we do not know was locked in a battle with a Ukrainian competitor at the European Women’s Arm Wrestling Championships in Lithuania, with […]
OK, we understand that art is a very subjective thing. As the saying goes, “one man’s trash can be another man’s treasure,” and that is indeed the case. But still, there has to be some reason certain pieces of artwork are valued and others not. Right? Wrong. As reported by BlazersEdge.com, Portland Trail Blazers owner […]
It is not uncommon for professional basketball players to be given their own shoe by companies like Nike, Reebok and Adidas. And for some players, like Michael Jordan, their line continues long after they’ve retired from the game. Apparently Charles Barkley has a similar deal. Nike is releasing the Chuckposite Barkley Posite, and the shoes […]
Here’s what we know about actor Matthew Perry: He played Chandler Bing on Friends, one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. He is a big hockey fan. And his latest sitcom, Go On, was recently cancelled by NBC after just one season. That didn’t dampen Perry’s enthusiasm for the Los Angeles Kings Western […]
Mark Cuban is one of the best owners in sports. He has no issue spending money in an effort to win, and he seems to ‘get it’ with regards to fans. And yet, he’s found a way to be even cooler. Cuban and the Mavericks would like to have a new look in the 2015-16 […]
Love him or hate him, Manny Ramirez will go down in baseball history as one of the best pure hitters to ever play the game. After a tremendous career in the Major Leagues, Manny has taken his talents to China, and apparently, those talents don’t include sliding. Check out the video below of Manny’s “slide” […]
Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron’s girlfriend, Katherine Webb, has made quite a name for herself since appearing throughout the 2013 BCS National Championship broadcast. The beautiful brunette starred on ABC’s reality TV show Splash, reported from Super Bowl Media Day and made an appearance in Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit edition. And now we can add game show […]
We’ve all seen a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game. Usually thrown by a celebrity or someone affiliated with the home team in some way, every now and then a regular Joe Schmoe gets the chance to step on the mound and fire one to the plate. However, it’s not always a good pitch. […]
Seventeen different players have had their numbers retired by the New York Yankees. You could probably name a few of them, and we would all be impressed. However, we would not go “awwwwwww” like we do for the video below. Young CC is quizzed on the subject, and passes the test with great enthusiasm and […]
Tim Tebow is a free agent after being cut by the New York Jets last month. Tebow played his high school football at Nease in Ponte Vedra, a suburb of Jacksonville. Jacksonville has an NFL team (although that’s arguable) that has had quarterback issues. See the connection? Many in the Jacksonville area want the woeful […]
You know that scene in the movie “Tin Cup,” where Roy McAvoy (Kevin Costner) challenges David Simms (Don Johnson) to see who could hit the ball farther with a 7-iron. McAvoy, of course, was a bigger hitter. However, Simms was smarter. He hit his ball onto the road, where it went bouncing and bouncing until […]
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is hard to catch on the football field — and hard to keep up with off of it. Fitzgerald continued his constant offseason worldwide travel by visiting Washington D.C., where he hung out with Arizona Senator John McCain. Thank you @senjohnmccain for your time and amazing tour of the […]
Did you have a bad day? Well, odds are it pales in comparison to the one ex-Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young had last Sunday. In a 15-hour span, the former second-round pick was arrested not once but TWICE. According to the Oakland Press, after making an illegal turn in front of a police car […]
As soon as the spring semester ends, colleges don’t really have much control over their students. That includes athletes and, well, it could be a problem if they don’t spend their summers staying in shape. Home cooking, old friends and bad habits could come back to haunt the kids, which could then be an issue […]
It would have been a little less weird had the ultrasound been of his own child. Still weird, but less so. Anyway, Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen was photographed signing a picture of an unborn child that is not his. At least, we’re pretty sure it’s not. Joe Galbraith, who is the assistant […]
Steve Nash’s Los Angeles Lakers were eliminated in four games by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the NBA’s playoffs. However, that apparently is not enough to prevent Nash from contributing to some team’s cause. As reported by ESPN, Nash leads the New York Rangers in shots during their Stanley Cup Playoff […]
Tyrann Mathieu failed a lot of drug tests during his college career at LSU. That’s because Tyrann Mathieu smoked a lot of marijuana during his college career at LSU. The Arizona Cardinals made Mathieu their third-round draft pick last month in move that was both praised and questioned. Most believe that if Mathieu can keep […]
Alabama football head coach Nick Saban is known for a lot of things — winning back-to-back BCS titles among them — but having a sense of humor probably wouldn’t be found at the top of the list. But, as he’s proved in Baton Rouge and Tuscaloosa, Saban has no problem reinventing himself. The Crimson Tide […]
Ziggy Ansah hasn’t played a snap in the NFL yet, but the Detroit Lions’ No. 5 overall pick is already learning that there are some perks to playing in the league. The BYU standout made quite a fashion statement on Draft Night by wearing 3D glasses he had picked up while seeing the movie “Thor”. […]
Okay, made you look. Because the video below is probably the cutest photobomb ever. In the aftermath of the Houston Rockets’ Game 5 win over Oklahoma City Wednesday night, a toddler was walking on the floor at Chesapeake Energy Center — and in the background of the camera shot of the postgame hosts on Comcast […]
OK, this is just plain ridiculous. Midway through the second quarter of the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets Wednesday, Thunder guards Derek Fisher and Thabo Sefolosha tried to stop Rockets center Omer Asik from rolling to the basket. They did this by getting in his way and then falling down. At […]
Most people will tell you that NBA on TNT is one of the best and most entertaining sports shows on television. But things go wrong on the best of shows, too. Case in point — TNT’s Tuesday night broadcast was derailed by Shaquille O’Neal’s cell phone. It rang while Charles Barkley was making a point […]
