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Watch These Incredible Inflatable-Blob Launches — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:00:01 +0000

[onescreen item="5066288"] It just looks like so much fun, doesn’t it? Giant, inflatable blobs have become a huge attraction at lakes across the country, and they make for wonderfully entertaining Web clips. A good blob launch has everything: tense buildup, exhilarating action and a satisfying conclusion (SPLASH!). The Daily Distraction is your Internet break from reality. Whether [...]

Watch These Spectacular Belly Flops — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:00:48 +0000

[onescreen item="5065629"] Summer is coming, which means pool parties. Which means belly flops. Who doesn’t love a good belly flop? It creates a gigantically enormous splash you can see for miles, and how about that sound? That ever-so-distinct sound of huge stretches of human skin smacking into water at pace. It’s marvelous. Even the belly [...]

Watch These Amazing Softball Catches — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:00:51 +0000

[onescreen item="5065210"] Softball season is now fully under way, so let’s take a look at some highlights. No matter what level you are—high school, coed bar-league teams, even more advanced squads that travel all over the country—when the weather warms up and you can finally put that glove back on and hit the field with [...]

Can Sports Help During a Time of Tragedy? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:51:59 +0000

Following the horror at the Boston Marathon on Monday, the sports world stepped up to show its support. Tragedy has the power to bring people together in its wake. Last night at Yankee Stadium, the New York Yankees honored their hated rivals, the Boston Red Sox, by playing Fenway Park’s signature song, ‘Sweet Caroline.’ It’s a [...]

Watch These Great Moments in Foul-Ball Catches — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:00:46 +0000

[onescreen item="5062499"] Baseball season is upon us, and the main goal of many fans who attend games is to catch a foul ball. Almost every time, though, it doesn’t work out. There are only so many foul balls hit per game and up to 50,000 people are there also trying to catch foul balls, so [...]

Watch These Amazing Half-Court Basketball Shots by Fans — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:00:21 +0000

[onescreen item="5018475"] It’s every fan’s dream: you get picked to take one shot from the middle of the court, and if you make it, you win … something pretty great. But in this glorious age of online video, you also win eternal glory. Sure, there’s almost no chance you’ll actually make the shot, but every [...]

Reporter Gets Plowed by Camera Man With Football [VIDEO]

Lisa Lindsey — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:39:00 +0000

Watch this video of a female reporter in Minneapolis. She’s reporting from a bar and talking about the football playoffs. She gets a guy to throw a football to her camera man. She says “Go ahead! I’m not going to get in trouble!” No, she right she doesn’t get in trouble, but she sure as [...]

Meet America's Youngest Play-by-Play Sports Announcer

Jeff Easterling — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:54:06 +0000

When those Friday night lights go bright and the Arkansas High School Razorbacks take the field, one of the youngest play-by-play announcers in the country is behind the mic on Eagle 106.3 and KYGL.com. Meet David Singleton. David is 10 years old and attends Pleasant Grove Intermediate School where his favorite subjects are reading, writing, [...]

The Ark-La-Tex's Featured Athlete of the Week

Jathan Fink — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:00:40 +0000

Do you know an athlete in the Ark-La-Tex that we should tell the world about? We want to hear their stories. Whether they score goals at soccer, slam dunk basketballs, knock baseballs out of the park, get touchdowns at football games, run track like a cheetah, or barely make a ripple when they leap off [...]

National Signing Day

John Williams — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:28:04 +0000

It’s a big day for High School Athletes around the area and the country. Its National Signing Day. Student athletes are signing letters of intent to play sports at colleges and universities. ——————————————————————————— Locally here are some of the athletes who signed today: Arkansas High Bailey Nicholas-Softball with Bossier Parish Community College Jarod Brown-Football with [...]

Goodbye Johnny Green!

Jeff Easterling — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:11:08 +0000

I read the article in today's Gazette announcing that longtime Sports Director Johnny Green has presided over his last Sports Section of the local paper. If my math is correct, he has been doing this for about 50 years. The paper reported that Johnny started at the paper in 1962...alright, 49 years. Why not wait til an even 50?

sports fan cheer bin ladens death with usa chant

Aaron on Air — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:11:23 +0000

Most people watching ‘ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball’ game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets knew that the reason the crowd suddenly erupted into cheers was because they had just found out Osama Bin Laden had been shot dead by American special forces. The players on the field, however, had no idea. “I [...]

Betting on The Super Bowl is Monkey Business [VIDEO]

Lisa Lindsey — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:45:00 +0000

I love this! The Super Bowl is just around the corner, so any bets on who will win? This Orangutan had the choice of 2 football jerseys and he picked the Packers! I must say I’m with the Orangutan. Go Packers!