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There are no two ways about it: Pittsburgh Steelers guard Spencer Anderson flopped as if his life depended on it during his team’s Friday contest against the Houston Texans. The Texans were up 7-0 over the Steelers early in the second quarter …
Dillon Brooks managed to get ejected in the most Dillon Brooks way possible. Brooks and the Houston Rockets lost to the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night by a 128-119 final score. With less than a minute left in the fourth quarter and the game already …
Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter claimed on Sunday that he had channeled his inner-LeBron James against the Miami Dolphins. Carter was not referring to the 4-time NBA MVP’s basketball abilities. Carter had arguably the flop of …
Forget an Academy Award because Jalen Carter might have just put himself in the running for a Razzie on Sunday night. The Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Carter had the flop of the decade against the Miami Dolphins in Week 7. On a Dolphins run …
Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III filled up the stat sheet for the Tigers on Saturday, going for 7 catches for 114 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 big flop. Burden, a 5-star recruit from East Saint Louis, caught a touchdown in the first quarter to …
Jaden Shackelford made the wrong kind of NBA history on Wednesday. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shackelford became the first-ever NBA player to be penalized in the middle of a game for flopping. In Wednesday’s NBA Summer League action, …
The NBA has tried to crack down on flopping over the past decade, and that effort could be ramped up even more next season. The NBA is discussing the possibility of implementing a flop penalty that would award the opposing team a technical free …
LeBron James was called out on Thursday night over his blatant flop in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals between his Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets. Early in the fourth quarter, James got tangled with Nikola Jokic and then went …
Duke may have beaten NC State on Tuesday night, but they lost some style points due to a flop. The game was tied at 17 about 12 minutes into the contest when Duke guard Tyrese Proctor was trying to defend against Terquavion Smith. Smith didn’t …
Jordan Poole got away with an absolutely ridiculous flop during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday between his Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics. Golden State was leading 82-74 in the fourth quarter when Marcus Smart took an inbounds pass …
Luka Doncic had such an embarrassing flop on Rudy Gobert during Monday’s game between the Utah Jazz and Dallas Mavericks. Doncic and Gobert were getting into it throughout the game. The two players got called for technical fouls for an incident …
Sunday’s game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Dallas Mavericks saw Hawks star Trae Young flop even harder than Kevin Federline’s solo career. During the third quarter of the game, Young got an offensive rebound before Mavs star Luka …
LeBron James’ infamous flopping habit is one of the biggest gripes that fans have with his style of play. Now one of James’ old teammates is revealing exactly why the former MVP does it. Iman Shumpert, who played with James on the …
It’s the playoffs, and that means it’s time for players to break out their A-game. That includes Patrick Beverley and his flops. Beverley was guarding Joe Ingles early in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the Utah Jazz-Los Angeles Clippers …
If you are at all religious, please be sure to say a prayer for Sidney Crosby’s health and well being. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain was absolutely brutalized by a high-stick from Patrice Bergeron after losing a faceoff following a goal on …
LeBron James’ flopping in Friday’s win over the Memphis Grizzlies did not go unnoticed by the league office. The NBA announced Saturday that James had received a warning for a violation of the league’s anti-flopping rules during …
