Jeopardy! has seen it’s share of super nerds, but none has ever put on a show like 34-year-old professional gambler/Jeopardy! ringer James Holzhauer, who smashed the previous single day record of $77,000 with $110,914 in one night winnings. His four night win total is a ridiculous $244,365. He really made bank with his perfect Double Jeopardy bets of $14,600 and $25,000, then … [Read more...] about Professional Sports Gambler Takes Jeopardy! to Cleaners; Smashes Single Day Record
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Minor League Ump Furiously Booed For Throwing Bat Away From Beloved Bat Dog
Minor league umpires are used to getting booed for making bad calls, but fans of the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators found a new reason to give an ump the business for his treatment of the team’s beloved bat dog. The unusual booing occurred after the home plate umpire tossed a bat to the on-deck circle instead of letting Finn the Bat Dog perform his sacred duty of fetching the bat … [Read more...] about Minor League Ump Furiously Booed For Throwing Bat Away From Beloved Bat Dog
Magic’s Embarrassing Resignation A Fitting End to His Time Running the Lakers
By any measure, the Lakers are a full-blown disaster and capped off a catastrophic season with President and CEO Magic Johnson’s surprising resignation in a postgame press availability, without giving anyone in the Lakers organization a heads up before hand. Colin has been critical of the Lakers and their front office because of the constant media leaks and complete mishandling … [Read more...] about Magic’s Embarrassing Resignation A Fitting End to His Time Running the Lakers
Greg Jennings Responds to Getting Publicly Called Out by Aaron Rodgers (Full Interview)
Following a week of snowballing bad press that ended in a bombshell Bleacher Report exposé that detailed the extreme dysfunction in the relationship between he and Mike McCarthy, Aaron Rodgers finally spoke publicly in a fiery self-defense to a local Milwaukee radio station. Among those who Rodgers ripped was his former receiver-turned-Fox Sports NFL analyst Greg Jennings, who … [Read more...] about Greg Jennings Responds to Getting Publicly Called Out by Aaron Rodgers (Full Interview)
In the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Winning Looks A Lot Like Losing
Did you ever watch Fight Cub, and wonder what it would look like as an actual, real-life sanctioned sport? If you did, the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship main event over the weekend between Artem Lobov and Jason Kight provided some ugly answers. On their last couple brain cells, the two squared off and basically landed haymakers on each other – minus the gloves – for 5 … [Read more...] about In the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Winning Looks A Lot Like Losing