Thursday Olympic Preview: What to Watch, TV Listings, and Medals Awarded

Chicago native and former University of Tennessee star Aries Merritt won gold in the 110 meter hurdles yesterday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Happy Thursday, the day on which many of us in the United States hope to take revenge on Japan for what happened in last year’s Women’s World Cup.

NBA Finals Game 1 Summed Up in One Amazing Screen Grab

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I could spend a thousand words telling you about Game 1 of the NBA Finals, or I could just present the picture below, of Heat legend Alonzo Mourning and team president Pat Riley, which says a thousand words all on its own.

GIF: Tom Wilhelmsen Delivers the Most Knee-Buckling Pitch of the Weekend

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In the one game the Chicago White Sox lost weekend, Mariners pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen made them – and one player in particular – look absolutely silly.

GIF Battle: Sad Tim Duncan versus Pantomime Buck – Who played off being left hanging better?

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Tim Duncan and Buck Showalter, two men who have experienced significant success in their respective sports, would seem unlikely candidates to be left hanging when offering their hand out for a high or low five. Yet both men recently had to deal with ignominy of being left hanging by their teammates/players. So the question is: who played it off better?

This Mark Cuban Animated GIF Sums Up 2011-12 Dallas Mavericks Season

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This season for the Dallas Mavericks has been the exact opposite of last year’s joyride, and this GIF of owner Mark Cuban pretty much sums up how everyone here in Dallas feels about this year’s edition of the Mavs.

Watch Drexel Player Daryl McCoy Get Pantsed During Last Night’s CAA Title Game (GIF)

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During the first half of last night’s Colonial Athletic Association championship game, VCU guard Treveon Graham drove into the lane, drew a foul on Drexel big man Daryl McCoy, then yanked down McCoy’s pants.

Enjoy This Mesmerizing Tom Crean GIF From Indiana’s Victory Over Purdue

Tom Crean reacts after his Hoosiers shocked Kentucky, the game that announced Indiana basketball as being back on the map.

Indiana completed a season sweep of Purdue tonight in Bloomington, securing a 24th victory, 5th place in the Big Ten, and a joyous Senior Night for five very deserving seniors. Afterwards, I stumbled upon this rather hilarious mid-game animated GIF of Hoosier coach Tom Crean.

JaVale McGee Delivers The Best Basketball GIF You’ll See Today

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During last night’s Wizards-Raptors game, Washington’s JaVale McGee put up a running hook shot then ran back on defense, even though his team came up with the rebound. John Wall’s reaction is the best part of the whole sequence.

GIF: Pau Gasol Gets Burned Playing ‘Doggy Paddle’ Defense

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Behold, the greatness of Paul Gasol playing defense against Blake Griffin. Well, attempting to play defense anyway.

The Best Images and GIFs from NFL Week 17 starring Drayton Florence and Aaron Rodgers (w/ special guest star Chris Bosh)

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From time to time this season, Jerod has killed time on Sunday nights while watching SNF by compiling the most entertaining images, GIFs, and videos from the day in professional football. Since this is the final week of the regular season, he couldn’t pass up his final opportunity for one last trip to the NFL’s lighter side.

The 5 Most Entertaining GIFs and Videos From NFL Week 15

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I just took my weekly Monday morning browse through r/NFL, and here are the most entertaining moments from Week 15 that are now immortalized online in GIF or video form.

NFL GIF of the Week: Redskins Coach’s WTF Play Call

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Check out this animated GIF that shows one of the Redskins coaches performing one of the most WTF play or formation calls in NFL history.

NFL Suck For Luck Power Rankings Week 12: Stiffen For Griffin Edition

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Here are this week’s Suck for Luck Power Rankings, where not being #1 no longer looks quite so awful with quarterbacks not named Andrew Luck stepping into the college football spotlight.

Philip Rivers is trying to tell us something…

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Late in last night’s Monday Night Football game, Philip Rivers was caught muttering something on the sidelines. Let’s watch a GIF of Rivers’ mumble and then see if we can use our lip reading and context clue skills to figure out what he said.

GIF: Jon Gruden leads awkward MNF fist pound

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Cue the totally relevant THIS GUY jokes. Or the “white people…SMH” jokes. Either way, I bet you this never happens to Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth.