Photo of the Day

August 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cliff Lee is greeted at home plate by teammate Shane Victornio after blasting a solo home run in the top of the 7th inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The homer ended up being the game winning run, and Lee’s bat wasn’t the only thing making noise in Chavez Ravine last night. The Phillies southpaw went 8 innings and allowed bagel runs on 4 hits while striking out 10. It was Lee’s 12th win of the season and the Phillies 76th, extending their NL East lead over the Braves to 8.5 games. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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Photo of the Day

August 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Adam Scott celebrates his romping victory at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational with his new full-time caddie and a familiar face to golf fans, Stevie Williams. Scott shot a final round 65 (-5) to win by 4 strokes over a trio of players that included world #1 Luke Donald. But it was Scott’s bagman, Williams, who grabbed all the attention after the tournament when he told spoke to CBS Sports’s David Feherty on the 18th green, saying: “I’ve caddied for 33 years — 145 wins now — and that’s the best win I’ve ever had…It’s the greatest week of my life caddying and I sincerely mean that.” Clearly Williams was lobbing shots at his former boss Tiger Woods who employed Williams for 12 years and won 13 majors with the New Zealander on his bag, but parted with him under disputed circumstances last month. Williams says Tiger fired him over the phone, while Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg says that Woods talked to Williams about making a change in person before the start of the AT&T National in early July. Either way, it’s our belief that Williams should have simply enjoyed yesterday’s victory without saying something unnecessary and controversial. After all, he is a fuckin’ caddie, and lugging a guy’s golf bag around for four days is the closest equivalent to sports servitude as you can get these days. Let the professionals do the talking, Stevie, we really don’t care what you think.

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Photo of the Day

August 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Guess who’s back swingin’? That’s right, Tiger Woods made his return to professional golf yesterday after a 3 month hiatus. Back in May, Woods withdrew from The Players Championship after only nine holes due to an injury to his knee and Achilles Tendon suffered at The Masters. Speculation has carried on for a couple months now as to when Tiger was going to return, and earlier this week he decided to was ready enough to return to the links at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, an event Woods has won 7 times. He shot an economical 68 yesterday in the first round, good enough to slot him tied for 17th place. His second round begun not an hour ago, and is even through the first 4 holes.

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Photo/News of the Day

July 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Not minutes ago, it was reported by multiple sources that New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes (pictured celebrating at left) had signed a five-year deal with Gang Green worth a reported $10 million a year, with $24 million guaranteed. Keeping Holmes was the top priority for the Jets this offseason, as he was no dout the Jets top pass catcher last season. Even though he was suspended for the first four games of the 2010 campaign, Holmes still managed to rack up 746 yards on 52 receptions and six touchdowns. He also emerged as one of the most clutch Jet performers in recent memory, something that the Jets star-crossed fan base fell in love with. He made three huge plays in consecutive games in November, including catching a game-winning TD pass against the Houston Texans with no time left on the clock. He was also productive in the Jets playoff run, catching 6 balls for 127 yards and 2 touchdowns, including a spectacular catch against the Patriots in their AFC Divisional showdown. Now the Jets will focus their attention on luring prized free agent Nnamdi Asomugha to the Big Apple. It is reported that Asomugha would be willing to sign with the Jets for less money than he can get elsewhere, but Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum will have to use all his Jewish to be able to fit the league’s second best cornerback under the cap.

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Photo of the Day

July 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Los Angeles Angels’ Bobby Abreu, left, and teammate Vernon Wells celebrate, while Texas Rangers pitcher Tommy Hunter looks on in agony after giving up a sixth inning, two-RBI single by Howie Kendrick. The single proved to be the decisive hit in the game, giving the Angels a 9-8 lead after they had been down 8-3 entering the inning. They went on to hold the lead and win the ballgame, snapping the Rangers 12 game winning streak in the process. With the win, the Angels moved within 4 games of the AL West leading Rangers, with the rubber game of the teams three game set scheduled to be played today at 3:35 PT. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Shit Gets Weird on the 2AM SportsCenter

July 17, 2011 by 1 Comment

This is probably the first and only time I’ll ever post on a weekend, but this is just too good. C-LO and I are putting in some late hours at the Bleacher Creature headquarters and decided to tune into the 2AM SportsCenter just to see how bad it would be. Naturally, any true SC fan will know that ESPN saves it worst talent for the late night, weekend broadcasts. This is where the likes of Jonathan Coachman and Bram Weinstein did their yeoman’s work before being called up to the “Big Leagues” (the weekday evening shows). We never knew it got this bad though. As you can see in the picture at the right, Ducis Rodgers (his name is DUCIS) and Cindy Brunson took it to whole level on tonight’s “broadcast” (it was more like a debacle). To be honest, this isn’t even bad…it’s just weird. Who thought this would be a good idea? Were they on some sort of hallucinogenic drug? I mean, given the past drug culture at ESPN I wouldn’t be all that surprised. Whatever the case, this provided some much needed late night entertainment.

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Photo of the Day

July 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment

After his romping triumph at the U.S. Open in June, Rory McIllory is, right now, arguably the world’s most famous golfer not named Tiger. And the reception he received at Royal St. George’s this morning would certainly speak to that point. A raucous crowd serenaded McIllory with chants of “Go Rory” as he walked from the practice green to the first tee box to begin his 2011 British Open campaign. Unfortunately for Rory, his round was not as positive as the reception he received. The 22 year-old Northern Irishman ended up bogeying the first and third holes en route to a 1-over par 71. Thomas Bjorn is the current leader, carding a 5-under 65.

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Photo of the Day

July 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Pictured at left is Anthony Robles. If you haven’t heard Robles’s story, well, then you haven’t been watching enough “Outside the Lines.” Robles is a Division I wrestler, wrestling at 125 pounds for Arizona State. He went 36-0 this season, and beat defending national champion Matt McDonough, of Iowa, in the final at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Philadelphia to become a Division I National Champion wrestler. The catch? Well, as you can see, Robles was born without a right leg. Tonight, at the ESPYs, Robles will accept the Jimmy V. Award for Perseverance. For a great profile on Robles and his achievements, check out this piece by Kalani Simpson. (AP Photo)

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Photo/Lesson/Idiot of the Day

July 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment

As you can see in the picture at the left, baseball fan Keith Carmickle came periously close to falling 20 feet headfirst at Monday night’s Home Run Derby before being miraculously caught by his friend and his brother.  Now, just about everyone knows about the tragedy that occurred in Texas last Thursday night. 39 year-old Rangers fan Shannon Stone fell a similar distance headfirst after reaching over a railing to catch a foul ball thrown to him by Josh Hamilton. Stone, who was attending the game with his 6-year old son, died en route to the hospital, in what has to be one of the saddest incidents to take place at a baseball game in a long, long time. Now, not to make light of that tragedy, but after last night’s near incident, it’s clear that baseball fans need to be a little more careful when it comes to catching balls. Especially this guy Carmickle, who I have no problem calling an absolute idiot. The guy stepped up onto a metal table about 18 inches wide and reached down to catch a home-run ball hit by Prince Fielder. When it fell short of his glove, his momentum carried him forward and he almost tumbled to his death. And, to top it off, he already had caught 3 home run balls as it was. What a stupid move! Was that ball really worth more than your life? Especially after what happened in Texas not one week ago, did ya think it was a smart idea to stand up on a small table and reach over a 20 foot drop to catch a useless baseball? Everyone is saying how Major League Baseball needs to make ballparks safer for fans in light of the Texas tragedy. But maybe the real issue is not the safety of the ballparks but some people’s lack of safety for their own well being. It’s just a round, leather ball. I’d hope everyone reading this would agree their life is worth more. (AP Photo/Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)

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Photo of the Day

July 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Now don’t get us wrong, we here at the Bleacher Creatures could give two shits about women’s soccer. But what we do give two shits about is our great nation, the United States of America. And no one can deny that yesterday’s heart-stopping, 122nd minute goal by U.S. forward Abby Wambach (pictured at left) was as patriotic a moment as you can get in sports. After being reduced to 10 (wo)men, and allowing a goal early in extra time to the best player the world, Brazil’s Marta, the U.S. were seemingly on the way to their earliest exit in Women’s World Cup history. But, conjuring up images of Landon Donovan’s dramatic injury time goal in last year’s World Cup, Wambach leveled the match with a brilliant header off a cross from Megan Rapinoe, and sent the match to penalty kicks, where the U.S. was triumphant. Certainly a moment that every American, be you a fan of women’s soccer or not, should appreciate and enjoy. (Photo Credit: Odd Andersen – AFP/Getty Images)

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