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If you’re under the impression that bowling a perfect game is difficult, that’s because it is. In order to conquer the amazing feat, you have to bowl 12 straight strikes. Head down to the local bowling alley in your spare time and try to roll three in a row and let us know how it turns out. Then try doing it from a wheelchair. If you pull it off, Shawn Beam has nothing on you.

According to KDFW in Dallas-Fort Worth, Beam recently became the only known person in a wheelchair to bowl a perfect game. Born with a pinched nerve in his neck, Beam has been confined to a wheelchair his entire life. He decided bowling was a sport that interested him during his teenage years and has been hitting the lanes for about 22 years now. When he rolled 10 straight strikes last Friday, Beam said everyone at Cityview Lanes began to gather around.

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Many people proclaimed that “justice was served” when Brian Banks had his false rape and kidnapping charges overturned on Thursday, but that really wasn’t the case. It was great that Banks’ charges were overturned considering he lost over five years of his life to prison and had his reputation destroyed, but what about Wanette Gibson, who made up the accusations, and gained $1.5 million after suing the Long Beach school district?

Justice wouldn’t truly be served until Gibson ended up in jail for making her false accusations that led to a man’s imprisonment, and gave the money back to the school district. Unfortunately, it looks like that may not be happening as of now.

According to the LA Times, Deputy Dist. Atty. Brentford Ferreira said prosecutors had no plans to charge Gibson, saying it would be a difficult case to prove.

Look, I don’t know all the ins and outs of the legal system, so I don’t doubt that it would be difficult for prosecutors to prove. I just know that there is something seriously broken with our legal system if Gibson isn’t punished for what she did and forced to pay back the money. Things need to change.

If you feel like your dog is jacked out of its mind and its talent is going to waste, there is now a competition designed specifically for you. The Canine Bodybuilding Association — yes, that is a real organization — recently announced that the first ever canine bodybuilding show will take place on June 2 in Indiana. What exactly is canine bodybuilding? Exactly what it sounds like.

Unlike traditional dog shows where judges give dogs scores based on behavior and agility, the idea of canine bodybuilding is to showcase your dog’s muscle and strength. According to Reverend Scott Amos Sr., the founder of the Canine Bodybuilding Association, dog bodybuilding is a safe, healthy and legal alternative to dogfighting.

“People are going to have the bully, mastiff, and terrier-type dogs, and they don’t have an outlet, and now, they’ll have an outlet,” Amos told WXIN-TV in Indianapolis according to MyFoxDC.com.

Amos added that most of the owners who have registered for the competition have dogs that are larger and more muscular breeds, but that a number of small dog owners have registered their Jack Russell terriers and beagles. Mark Wahlberg is only 5-foot-7, so that should serve as an inspiration for some of those smaller dogs. Chihuahuas have dreams too.

Imagine scoring 11 runs in the 9th inning of a game to take the lead, only to lose in the bottom of the inning. That oscillation of emotions happened to San Diego State on Thursday.

The Aztecs were down 14-4 entering the top of the 9th against TCU in the opening game of the Mountain West Conference tournament in Las Vegas. San Diego State managed to score 11 runs to take a 15-14 lead thanks to some timely hitting and poor defense from the Horned Frogs.

San Diego State had eight hits, two walks, two wild pitches, two hit batters, and capitalized on a few passed balls and an error to pour on 11 runs in the 9th. TCU burned through four pitchers that inning, but it all worked out well for them.

Down 15-14, TCU got a solo home run to tie the game, and then a single, double, and intentional walk to set up Brett Johnson’s walk-off RBI single seen above.

Luckily for San Diego State it’s a double-elimination tournament, so they’ll have another chance to keep going. Hopefully this time 15 runs will be enough for them to win.

This is easily one of the biggest injustices I’ve read about. 26-year-old Brian Banks finally had his rape conviction overturned on Thursday, years after he served more than five years in prison after being sentenced.

Banks is a former Long Beach Poly football player who was set to play linebacker at USC. His future was derailed by a rape accusation from Wanetta Gibson over 10 years ago. Facing 41 years to life in prison, he was advised by his lawyer to plead no contest to the charges and he ended up serving over five years in prison.

Last February, Banks was friended by Gibson on Facebook. She allegedly admitted to Banks that she made up the accusations and said she would try to help him clear his name. However, Gibson refused to recant her story to prosecutors because she didn’t want to pay back the $1.5 million she won in a civil suit against Long Beach schools.

Banks met with Gibson a second time, this time secretly videotaping the conversation. Gibson again said she would help him.

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As you have probably heard, Lawrence Taylor’s Super Bowl 25 championship recently sold at auction for a whopping $230,000. If you thought it was strange that L.T. would sell his ring, you probably thought it was even more bizarre when you found out that it was his son T.J. who had put it up for auction and that Taylor supported the decision. You ain’t seen nothing yet.

According to Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer, Taylor and his agent Mark Lepselter were told on Wednesday night that it was actor and certified nut job Charlie Sheen who placed the winning bid for the ring.

“Got no idea if this is true but if (it) is it’s hilarious,” Glazer wrote on Twitter. “Lawrence Taylor and his agent Mark Lepselter were told last night winning bidder for LT’s Super Bowl Ring was none other than Charlie Sheen!!!”

Glazer spoke with Lepselter who confirmed that him and L.T. were told it was Sheen who bought the ring, but that they have yet to confirm it with Sheen’s people.

If this turns out to be true, not even the most well-read psychoanalyst in the world could understand Sheen’s reasoning for dropping $230K on L.T.’s ring. What we do know is that nothing represents the concept of “winning” quite like a piece of jewelry from a Super Bowl championship team. That’s one theory. Another could be that one of Sheen’s pornstar girlfriends just had to have it. Then, there are moments like these that show us Charlie is a big sports fan in general. The possibilities are endless.

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Chad Ochocinco seemed to be having a bad day on Wednesday. The Patriots receiver tweeted that his rented luxury SUV was broken into and he had his wallet stolen from the car. He shared a picture on Twitter of a car with a shattered window:

Ochocinco followed up by sharing this video about his plight (language NSFW):

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Flyers center Claude Giroux has both his wrists in casts after having surgery on both of them shortly after his team’s season ended, but that hasn’t kept himself from enjoying some beer pong. The team’s leading scorer apparently entertained guests both days over the weekend and played some beer pong with them.

A girl who goes by the name Alexandra on Twitter shared the picture and says Giroux still whooped her butt despite the casts. If he’s able to sink some ping pong balls in cups, I guess we shouldn’t worry about his ability to wipe after doing his business.

Stick tap to Crossing Broad via Deadspin

The way I see it, there are only two times when it is acceptable for a man to get a pedicure: If he’s a model for flip flops, or if it’s his mom’s birthday and that’s what she wants to do. Fortunately for Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray, he meets on of the aforementioned criteria.

On Thursday, Bray tweeted the photo you see above accompanied by the following message: “Pedicure with mom on her birthday. #swag.”

If you’re thinking what I’m thinking, you could have lived without the “#swag” thrown in there at the end. What’s even weirder about it is that it looks like it’s a guy who is giving the pedicure. But at the end of the day, anything for mom on her birthday.

H/T SI.com’s Campus Union

When the AFL division-leading Chicago Rush lost to the Arizona Rattlers last week, they were without their starting quarterback. Russ Michna was not sidelined with an injury nor was he nursing a 24-hour stomach bug. He took a personal day. According to Shutdown Corner, Michna received permission from the team to miss the game because he had to attend a wedding.

If it’s any consolation — and to some fans on an AFL message board it certainly is not — the Rush knew about the wedding before the season. Chicago lost the game 77-43, so it sounds like their offense could have used a little help. Assuming the person getting married was very close to Michna, is a wedding an acceptable excuse for a starting quarterback miss a football game?

As Shutdown Corner pointed out, Michna is reportedly making $18,000 for an 18-game season this year. Feel free to look at that as $1,000 a game, but we all know there is more to it than that between practices, scrimmages, and team meetings. Unlike his NFL counterparts, Michna is hardly raking in the big bucks to play football. He has a responsibility to the team, but at the end of the day he’s an employee who put in for time off and his request was granted.

Apparently Chicago’s game against Arizona was one of the biggest road games of the year, which is why some fans are outraged. The bottom line is money talks and Michna isn’t making much of it. The fans will just have to get over it.

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