Tom Barrabi

The 5 Most Lopsided Trades in Sports History
General managers are paid huge salaries to crunch numbers, rate prospects, and work out deals that will put their teams in a better position to win. Unfortunately, even a transaction that looks great on paper can have disastrous (and potentially hilarious) consequences.

5 Memorable NFL Touchdown Celebrations
Innovative touchdown celebrations are something of a dying art, thanks to the No Fun League’s penalties on excessive showboating. $10,000 fines have a way of making a player think twice before pulling out a prop in the end zone.

5 MLB Players Who Heat Up After the All-Star Break
Even with the advanced conditioning techniques of the modern athlete, staying healthy for a full season is no easy task. The 162-game grind of the baseball season is bound to produce a few nicks and bruises along the way, causing players to wear down by August or September…most of the time.
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Top 5 Announcer Home Run Calls That Will Go Down in History [VIDEOS]
For baseball fans, witnessing a home run at a critical moment is only part of the fun. It’s up to each team’s announcers to lend a sense of scope and excitement to the moment.

5 Amazing Athletes Who Switched Sports After College
Even with years of practice and training, it’s hard enough to become a star player in one sport. So when an athlete decides to try his hand at a new game, the results typically aren’t pretty.
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5 of the Most Controversial Calls in Sports History Still Get People Fired Up [VIDEOS]
It’s no surprise that more and more sports are turning to video review.

5 Awful Wild Pitches You Have to See to Believe
Over the course of their careers, major league pitchers throw tens of thousands of pitches. Most of them will end up in the general vicinity of the catcher’s glove. Others will miss so badly that baseball fans will have no choice but to laugh at the ugly result.

Female High School Quarterback Scores Touchdown for Girls Everywhere
In Broward County, Florida, telling an athlete that they “throw like a girl” is about to become a compliment.

5 Breakout NFL Rookie Seasons That Wowed Fans
The 2012 NFL season will feature the pro debuts of quarterbacks Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck, a pair of top three draft picks that enter the league with sky-high expectations. Griffin and Luck will be hard-pressed to match the yearlong production of these legendary rookies.

5 Over-the-Hill Stars Who Definitely Should’ve Stayed Retired
Some guys just don’t know when to hang up the cleats.

5 Managers Who Have Somehow Never Won a World Series
Every major sport has its share of hard luck losers — the players and coaches who routinely outperform their competition, only to fall just short when it matters most.

The 5 Biggest Contracts Ever By Sport Will Blow Your Mind
Between endorsements and increasingly larger contracts, athletes are earning more money than they ever have before.

5 Unfortunate Cases Where Pitching Phenoms Flamed Out Early
Here are five examples of prospects who may have been well-served from an innings cap:
Cubs Aces: Mark Prior and Kerry Wood
On top of their other well-documented miseries, Cubs fans were forced to suffer through the same sad story twice. Fir...

5 Intriguing NFL Storylines to Keep an Eye on During the Preseason
After a 2011 season dominated by news of a potential lockout, many football fans were looking forward to a drama-free 2012 campaign. Those fans, however, are going to be disappointed.

Chad Johnson and Four Other Shocking Arrests of the 2012 NFL Off-Season
Commissioner Roger Goodell has made player discipline his top priority since the day he took office, and he’s certainly gotten a chance to practice his strict methods in recent months.

5 Biggest Baseball Brawls in MLB History
There’s no denying that the typical professional baseball game has many dull moments. Even the most diehard fan can have a hard time focusing on those midseason snoozefests during the dog days of August. Still, every once in a while, fans are treated to a phenomenon as rare as it is riveting—the bench-clearing brawl.