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MLB Superfan Zack Hample Catches Two Home Runs In The Same Game

Joe Student — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:30:39 +0000

Major League Baseball superfan Zack Hample has balls — 6,516 of them. In fact, Hample claims to have gotten a baseball at 880 consecutive games which he has attended. Hample, who wrote “How to Snag Major League Baseballs” in 1999, added to his collection on Thursday night when he caught two home run balls during [...]

Steelers Fan Gets Terrible Towel Tattoo

Joe Student — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:09:09 +0000

Pittsburgh Steelers fans are serious football junkies. Case in point: the guy that got an awesome full-size replica of the Terrible Towel tattooed in black on his chest. Sure, the Terrible Towels most often waved by fans at Steelers' games are bright gold, but that's really not im

LSU Fan Shows His Love By Painting Purple Stripes on His Yellow Lamborghini

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:07:29 +0000

Talk about your racing stripes. Fans of SEC football are notorious for their devotion to their schools, but one deranged die-hard LSU alum is literally driving that point home. Don Domingue, a former business consultant from Lafayette, LA, loves his LSU Tigers so much that he decided to paint purple stripes on his yellow Lamborghini [...]

What's it Like to Go to the Super Bowl As a Fan? One Writer's Journey

Amanda Rykoff — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:50:19 +0000

The Super Bowl is the biggest of all the Big Games and New Orleans is the best city* to host such a big game. *Disclaimer: New Orleans is my favorite city to visit in the United States. I’ve been to the Big Easy nine times since 1993, including two NCAA men’s basketball Final Fours (1993 [...]

Fan Imitates NFL Touchdown Celebrations In Parody Video

Joe Student — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:14:32 +0000

Two weeks between NFL games is a long time to wait for football. The fan in the video below was clearly suffering from pigskin withdrawal during the hiatus between the AFC and NFC title games and Super Bowl XLVII. He set up a video camera in his backyard, recorded his imitations of NFL touchdown celebrations [...]

Fan Reportedly Tried to Fight Vince Neil After Singer Took a Swing at Him

Graham 'Gruhamed' Hartmann — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:18:27 +0000

During a solo performance in New Mexico, Motley Crue singer Vince Neil appeared to take a swing at an audience member for no discernible reason. In the footage released exclusively by TMZ, there was no context as to what incited the response from Neil, but we've now got the back story to go with the video.

Girls Do Love Sports — At Least According to Our New Favorite Tumblr

BJ Ragone — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:30:18 +0000

If there’s one thing at which we excel, it’s finding pages completely dedicated to beautiful women on the Internet. Chicks Love Sports is a Tumblr that was set up by (we assume) a genius. It gives us guys the proof that women do in fact care about sports. At least care enough to look hot [...]

Drunk Football Fan Gets An Overzealous Beatdown

Kyle Dowling — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:30:44 +0000

We’ll all agree, without question, that this guy had way too much to drink. We’re also not quite certain why his belt is completely ignoring the accompanying loops, but really, who hasn’t had a bad night? A night in which a guy will strip himself and let his pants hang low, revealing their coin slot [...]

Ukrainian Soccer Fan Attempts to Choke Ref During Match

Ben Chew — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:00:27 +0000

There are plenty of sports fan who would love to attack an umpire or an official but most wouldn’t go through with it if presented the opportunity. However, one Ukrainian soccer fan attending the Chernomorets/FC Metalist match this week decided to attack a linesman and nearly strangled him to death. As the referees gathered together [...]

Are Fans Sitting Too Close to the Game? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:48:28 +0000

One feature common to nearly all of the ballparks built in the last 20 years or so—roughly since Baltimore's Camden Yards kick-started the surge of new stadiums in 1992—is the increased proximity of the fans to the action.

Nearer outfield fences, smaller foul territories, and less room between the rows of seats and the barrier separating them from the field certainly help bring fans closer to the game, but occasionally at some expense, such as what happened earlier this week in the Bronx.

Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills Fans Brawl in Stands

Ben Chew — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:16:41 +0000

We’re pretty sure every NFL stadium has at least five fights during a game. The fights usually have little to do with what’s going on on the field. During last weekend’s Browns and Bills game, a fight broke out in the nosebleed section as a Bills fan gets into it with a Browns fan. The [...]

Which Musician Has the Scariest Fan Base?

Chris Illuminati — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:57:48 +0000

Music fan bases are a legal type of cult. Not that cults are illegal, but if a bunch of Satanists and a bunch of Beliebers gathered inside a Starbucks there is a strong possibility the cops are getting called in regard to Lucifer’s little helpers. MTV’s Clutch Blog has a great piece about the six [...]