On one of my daily sweeps through the outer regions of the internet universe, I stumbled upon this clip from this week's Bruins-Leafs Game 7.  We've seen the game winning goal call from Bruins announcer/crazy person Jack Edwards and here now is the Finnish call of the moment.  I don't know what it is about Finnish hockey announcers, but I've thoroughly enjoyed every announcing clip I've ever seen from Finland and this is no exception.  Of course, I have no idea what is being said in this clip, but I can imagine it being something similar to stabbing nordic dragons with daggers made of fire.

On Tuesday during a second round match at the Italian Open in Rome (known as the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to the natives), Viktor Troicki of Serbia was blitzed by Ernest Gulbis in the first set, 6-1 and about to lose the first game of the second set when a shot by Troicki was ruled out by the chair umpire.

That's when Troicki decided to go bonkers on the court. He argued with umpire Cedric Mourier. They both checked the mark on the clay court. Of course they disagreed where the mark was. Mourier thought it was out. Troicki thought it was in. It was at that point, Troicki played to the sparse crowd by yelling and pointing skyward, "There is no chance it’s out. From the space you can see it’s there!"

Mourier held steadfast to his argument and never lost his cool. Troicki threatened to retire and was subsequently warned. He also dragged a cameraman to show the disputed spot. It was an entertaining four minutes that was all captured on video.

Troicki went on to lose the match 6-1, 6-1, but not before entertaining the crowd with the tennis meltdown of 2013 to date. We'll keep on eye on Troicki for the rest of the season for future blowups. 

[SI.com, video courtesy of The Fan Child]

At their upfront on Wednesday, TBS and TNT announced that they would be offering free live streaming on their websites this summer. The streaming would be authentication-based (just like WatchESPN or March Madness On Demand), and the MLB package on TBS and NBA package on TNT are reportedly included in the streaming.

ESPN basketball aficionados Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose made an appearance on Tuesday's Tosh.0 season finale in order to provide deadpan analysis regarding a legendary Nerf basketball dunker. 

The segment, hosted by Comedy Central joker Daniel Tosh and named 30 For 30.0, was obviously a parody. And Simmons and Rose were cast perfectly...

Just a mere 48 hours after the SBJ's report that the NBA is looking to address their television deals ahead of their 2016 expiration, the predictions and commentary on what will play out next has come fast and furious. Our Ken Fang delivered his handicapping of the NBA rights race earlier this week. With MLB, the NFL, and the NHL locked up long term, the NBA is the last of the four major sports leagues with an impending expiring rights deal, so the importance of its next TV contracts can't be overstated. Below is an additional guide on questions to monitor as the process plays out...

Usually it's the sideline reporters that get photobombed and/or videobombed, but leave it to TNT's ecclectic NBA reporter Craig Sager to finally turn the tables.  Sages was sitting behind actor Will Smith at the Bulls-Heat game last night and must have seen the actor on the TV monitor in front of him.  The colorfully dressed reporter then leaned to his right and gave a quick wave to the camera.  His own TNT camera.  

Simply brilliant.  I thought driving a forklift would be Sager's greatest achievement, but photobombing his own network's crowd shots has to rank right up there.  Who said there was nothing interesting in sideline reporting!

[via cjzero]

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College Baseball
Illinois at Minnesota -- Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Mississippi at LSU -- ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
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Texas at TCU -- Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
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College Football
College Football Live -- ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.

I didn't know this was a thing, but on June 12, the NBA will televise its second annual Social Media Awards:

NBA TV will televise the second annual NBA Social Media Awards presented by SAP -- celebrating NBA players, teams and fans for their social engagement throughout the 2012-13 NBA regular season -- on Wednesday, June 12, at 8 p.m. (ET). Chris Webber (@realchriswebber) will host the show along with contributions and appearances from various players and celebrities. The show will recognize some of the best moments from the 2012-13 NBA regular season, which resonated with fans and generated the most social engagement.

Los Angeles Times columnist TJ Simers should never be taken seriously. Yet, here we are. Before Tuesday's Nationals-Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium, Simers met Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire for the first time. The results were predictable, considering McGwire's past and the Dodgers' struggling offense (second to last in the NL in home runs).

I had never met Mark McGwire before Tuesday night, but I knew of his reputation and the fact he has struck out so far as the Dodgers' hitting coach.

So given the Dodgers' lack of power, I asked, "Is it time to introduce the players to steroids?"

McGwire laughed and I wondered why.

"You're funny," he said before finally adding, "No. No."

Whenever I tell someone in real life I blog about sports, bloopers and goofy videos for a living, I often get the response, "So what, you write about fart jokes all the time?"

I tend to get defensive over such flippant remarks because my work is much more dignified and significant to the greater public discourse than that and reply with something along the lines of, "No, DISTINGUISHED SIR and/or MADAM, blogging isn't ALL fart jokes and general tomfoolery.  It's a much more refined profession than that."

Of course, fart jokes are certainly a part of blogging because hey, farts are funny.  This is one of those times.  Watch.  Enjoy.  Embrace laughter.

This morning in ESPN's fifth circle of hell also known as First Take, as the show cuts to commercial it sure sounds like someone experienced digestive flatulence.

Skippy?  Stephen A?  Someone off camera?  The return of a vengeful Lawrence Frank?  Who knows.  All I know is this was by far the most intelligent noise to ever come out of the show.

[H/T Deadspin]