The year is nearly over and I know we have 2 solid months left of great potential for photos but I happened to come across a very solid gallery of awesome sports pictures of 2009 that I wanted to slim down to 15.
Most of these are in the “non major” sports categories so you won’t see as much NFL, NBA, MLB stuff in here. Notice I didn’t mention Hockey. That’s for all you people who hate me for hating hockey. Let’s face it. It’s not a major sport anymore.
And clearly I refuse to put soccer on here. At least grant me that because I’m in the U.S. If I was in Europe I guess I’d have to include it.
Amazingly enough, in all my life I’ve never been to an NFL game. It’s not like I wouldn’t go given the chance, I just never got around to going to a game. And while the game is entertaining enough to attend, there are more reasons than ever to go to NFL games these days.
You’ve got your tailgating which has really reached new heights, and you have your dedicated fan watching. The lengths that some of these fans go to on game day is really extraordinary.
When you think of amazing dives in sports, it’s usually of the Football or Baseball kind. And on occasion you’ll have some dedicated NBA guys who will make the effort and dives into the stands for loose balls (you don’t see it like you used to with dudes like Oakley, Barkley, and Rodman).
But what about other sports from around the world? There are times when players dive in sports you wouldn’t think there’d be much diving in. Or rather, you probably just don’t search for these kinds of guys much.
In any event, here are 7 unconventional sports diving videos
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing a fan running onto the field at a sporting event, it’s an awesome site to see. Of course I’d never have the balls or stupidity to try a stunt like that, but it’s pretty damned entertaining to say the least.
What’s even better is when you witness a fan “altercation” in the stands. I love it when the cops have to drag someone’s ass out of there. Even better when it’s a couple of hot chicks who’ve had one too many.
In the fine tradition of moronic fans, here are great examples of when fans get out of control and arrested at sporting events
Remember when you first started to learn how to ride a bicycle? Remember how many times you fell before finally learning to ride without training wheels? But remember that all you had was just a little boo boo when you fell? Granted plenty of people get into serious accidents at a young age, but for the most part they’re scrapes and bruises.
But when you make a living going over 50 mph on a bicycle, accidents tend to hurt a little bit more. Or when you’re going over 100 mph I’d say they tend to hurt quite a bit.
Here is a collection of tough (and some funny) bicycle accidents
Having been a pretty serious tennis player myself, I can appreciate the talent that it takes to be a professional tennis player. I mean it’s one thing to be ranked high in the state. It’s another to be ranked high in the world. It’s like making the leap from college to the pros. The skill level is so dramatically different that it’s just so obvious.
Put it this way. Any old tennis player can hit a trick shot. Any player can fiddle around in practice. But to hit these shots in competition? It’s truly magnificent.
From dives to between the legs to ridiculous overheads, here are 10 of the most amazing tennis shots I’ve ever seen
Yeah these pictures might be old but they’re certainly appropriate given it’s the post season right now. Which kind of begs the question: What would you rather be doing right now? Playing baseball in cold weather having to try and hit freezing fastballs or warming up to a cozy Brittany Binger?
Honestly I think if you asked a lot players on post season teams right now, off the record at least half might want to be in Grady’s shoes. Actually no. Most could get girls like this in about five seconds.
Still though, I can’t so it’s fun to see Grady enjoying himself.
Sporting News magazine named Pittsburgh its number one sports city today, beating out 398 other towns in the United States and Canada. It is the 16th year the magazine has issued its Best Sports Cities rankings and the first time Pittsburgh was so anointed, largely because of the dual Steelers and Penguins championships.
Oh yeah, I forgot the NHL was still around. I’m pretty sure what put them over the top was some of the Steelers player appearances on Monday Night Raw the other night.
Well that or the fact that Big Ben is a machine out there on the field.
Which kind of begs the question. What in all that is holy is wrong with the Pirates? I mean hell, even Philly puts up decent sports teams all around. Can’t the Pirates do something? I’m calling bullshit on ownership on this one.
Anyway, congrats Pittsburgh. Your town is still really ugly and I would never live there. I’m not nearly tough enough.
