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This may be the first and last time we ever write about French handball here at LBS, but a recent goal that was scored in a match between US Ivry and Chambery Savoie was pretty unbelievable.

As you can see from the video above, US Ivry goalkeeper Francois Xavier Chapon made a kick save that may have been routine or it may have been above-average. Since I’ve never actually watched a game of handball, I have no idea. What I do know is that the goal it resulted in on the other end was extraordinary. You don’t have to watch a lot of handball to know that things like that rarely happen.

The last time we saw a goalie score it was on his own net and led to — well — an incredible temper tantrum. Both were amazing moments. This one just took a little more luck.

Chael Sonnen has a big mouth, but at least he is a man of his word.

Sonnen predicted to UFC on Fuel co-host (and fellow fighter) Rashad Evans that Dan Henderson would defeat Lyoto Machida at UFC 157 Saturday. He was so confident that Hendo would win, he told Evans he would lick his shoe if his prediction did not come true.

Naturally, Hendo lost a split decision to Machida, and Sonnen got intimate with Evans’ sneaker.

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A talented cheerleader hit a million-to-one shot during halftime of her school’s game on Thursday.

Ashlee Arnau, a 21-year-old junior cheerleader for William Carey University in Hattiesburgh, Miss., combined some gymnastics tumbling with basketball. Arnau picked up the ball as she was doing a front handspring, then drained a half-court shot with an overhead heave during halftime of the William Carey-Auburn University Montgomery game.

Even though Arnau made it look easy, getting that shot to fall has been difficult.

According to The Dagger, Arnau, who also plays soccer and runs track for the school, has been trying the shot at halftime of every game since Christmas. She told The Associated Press that she usually tries it about four or five times and that she has come close but never made it until Thursday. The make came on her fifth attempt at halftime of the team’s last home game of the season.

Here’s a look at the incredible shot from a different angle:

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This video is a shout out to all my Jewish brethren out there who wanted a Wu-Tang Clan-themed Bar Mitzvah but their parents wouldn’t allow it (yes, I was going to have a different table for all the Wu members). Lest you thought the events portrayed in movies like “Keeping Up with the Steins” were exaggerated, we have this video to prove that the sort of thing does happen in real life.

A 12-year-old kid named Daniel Blumen aka “D Mazel Tov” put together a rap video as his Bar Mitzvah’s save the date invitation. Though his rap skills could use some work, the video is high in production value and the lyrics are strong.

He’s got nothing on B-Rad from Malibu’s O.P.P.-themed Bar Mitzvah, but we give him applause for the effort.

H/T Off the Bench

20-year-old French table tennis player Quentin Robinot hit such an incredible shot during the Kuwait Open it left his opponent, Kiryl Barabanov, stunned and applauding. Robinot surely was just reacting when he went behind-the-back but, my, was that a beauty.

The best part of that video may have been the “what the heck am I supposed to do about that?” reaction from Barabanov:

I’m not sure why I wrote “cute” in the headline, since “cute” and “sea otter” are synonymous, but I just wanted to make sure you watched this. In the video is Eddie, a 16-year-old sea otter who lives at the Oregon Zoo. Eddie has arthritis in his elbows, so his caretakers taught him to play basketball to help with his condition. The little guy gets tossed a toy basketball and then dunks it into a hoop that has a Portland Trailblazers backboard. It’s about the most adorable thing you could imagine.

H/T The Big Lead

How many takes did they need for this video? Nine students at Campbell University’s PGA Golf Management program combined for a pretty sweet trick. The golfers lined up in a column and attempted to sink putts into the same hole at the same time, and they all made it.

The video’s YouTube page explains the circumstances behind the cool video:

“Every month the PGA Golf Management program at Campbell University has a competition between the different classes. The January competition was to see how many people could line up and make a putt at the same time.”

It probably took them a while to make it happen, but that doesn’t take away from how awesome it looked when they finally did do it.

H/T SI Hot Clicks