Share this: Joakim Noah can do a lot of very difficult things on a basketball court and make them look easy, but when it comes to free-throw shooting, he makes the seemingly simple look near impossible. The New York Knicks center started his career as a relatively tremendous free-throw shooter, especially for a big guy, but he’s seen a sharp drop-off from the charity stripe over the last two seasons. After shooting no worse than 68 percent from the line in each of his first seven seasons, Noah dropped to 60 percent two seasons ago before falling under 50 percent last season and checking in at 41.7 percent this season. That disheartening figure includes an airball Tuesday night that might have been the worst
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Josh Donaldson’s Mad Dash Sweeps Away Rangers, Sends Blue Jays To ALCS
Share this: The Toronto Blue Jays won their 2016 war with the Texas Rangers. The Blue Jays defeated the Rangers in 10 innings in Game 3 of the teams’ American League Division Series on Sunday night at Rogers Centre to complete a sweep and punch their ticket to the ALCS. Toronto walked off with the victory Sunday after Texas second baseman Rougned Odor committed a throwing error while trying to complete a double play, allowing Josh Donaldson to race around from second base with the winning run. Donaldson led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a double. Rangers reliever Matt Bush then intentionally walked Edwin Encarnacion and struck out Jose Bautista, bringing up Russell Martin with runners at first and
Wes Welker Wanted Dinner With Tom Brady, But Patriots QB Had Better Idea
Share this: It’ll be just like old times this weekend for Tom Brady and Wes Welker. Welker revealed Friday morning on a Miami radio station that he contacted Brady because he’ll be in town for Sunday’s game between the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium. It seemed like a perfect opportunity for the two to catch up. But Brady’s definition of “catching up” involves far more than just a meal. In fact, it involves some literal “catching” as the Patriots quarterback looks to stay sharp during his four-game Deflategate suspension. “I hit him up to do dinner Saturday night. He’s like, ‘I’m going to be flying in from Ann Arbor later (after the Michigan-Colorado football game), but how about that morning
Olympian Michael Phelps Strips To Speedo, Distracts Free Throw Shooter (Videos)
Michael Phelps never went to college. The world clearly missed out on Michael Phelps in college. The swimmer and most decorated Olympian of all time added a new line to his already impressive resume on Thursday: Featured guest behind The Curtain of Distraction. Phelps aided the Arizona State basketball student section during a Pac-12 contest against Oregon State. We’ll let the videos speak for themselves. Phelps seemed pretty happy with himself (ASU went on to win the game, 86-68), and who could blame him: the shooter missed both free throws. We shouldn’t really be surprised, though. Phelps has never been one to lose — at anyth...