Word: yd
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Professional video gamer Jonathan (Fatal1ty) Wendel likes comparing himself to Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Tony Hawk. Wendel doesn't have a 350-yd. drive or a turnaround jumper, but he has dominated the PC-gaming field, winning 12 championships and collecting more than $500,000 in prize money and well over $1 million beyond that in sponsor deals. To prepare for big matches, Wendel says, he imports sparring partners from as far away as Finland, avoids alcohol and caffeine and runs a couple of miles a day. "Fitness is crucial," he says. "It's all about...
...TURNS OUT THAT QUARTERbacks can play defense too. With a little over a minute left in an AFC playoff game, Indianapolis Colts defensive back Nick Harper, his team down three points, picked up a fumble by the Pittsburgh Steelers near the Colts' 1-yd. line and ran for what should have been a touchdown. But Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hustled to trip Harper, saving the game for the Steelers, who went on to win the Super Bowl...
...Nike soccer ad that has dribbled around the Web faster than Pelé in his prime. In the spot, Ronaldinho, a Brazilian considered the world's best soccer player, laces up his new Nike cleats, the Swoosh as golden as his game, and then, from the top of the 18-yd. box, fires a soccer ball off the 4-in. crossbar. Before the ball touches the ground, he corrals the rebound on his chest, juggles the ball with his feet and repeats the feat three more times. It's the soccer equivalent of hitting four straight half-court hook shots...
MOST PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT WITH 13,662 CAREER YARDS, YOU ARE FIFTH ON THE ALL-TIME RUSHING LIST. DO YOU FEEL OVERLOOKED? Yeah, I'm definitely underrated simply because I'm not flashy. I don't give you the 40-, 50-, 60-yd. run. I'm 4 yds. and a cloud of dust. Unfortunately, you don't make the highlight reels doing that. But you make the box scores...
...thrilling players in history, has joined homecoming weekend as a favorite autumn pastime. Which highlight is No. 1? When he juked an Oregon defender while wearing one shoe? When he stopped on a dime, watched a Fresno State defender fly by and darted across the field for a 50-yd. touchdown? Perhaps his quantum leap over a UCLA cornerback, legs split high in the air à la Michael Jordan, finished with a flip into the end zone like a Hollywood stuntman? Bush, downplaying his theatrics, won't pick a favorite. "It's just like playing football with your friends...