Batsman survives cricket's nastier version of a buttfumble

Most Americans couldn't tell a cricket match googly from a grubber but one thing they do know is a blunder. Such is the case in this video of a cricket batsman in England doing his version of Mark Sanchez's infamous Buttfumble.

No one was hurt on the scary-looking play but apparently the bowler was guilty of not getting out of the way of the batsman — to hilarious results.

Here's the lowdown on the play as explained by MailOnline:

Surrey batsman Arun Harinath survived a very nasty collision with Jeetan Patel after diving head first into the Warwickshire bowler as he attempted to pinch a quick single.

The impact looked like it could have done some serious damage to the 26-year-old and both he and Patel had to call their respective physios onto the field to receive treatment.

Harinath did manage to dust himself off and continue eventually, passing the 50 mark as Surrey respond to Warwickshire's 631-9 declared.

Hopefully that clears up how the guy's face ended up in the other guy's butt.

Eli Manning disappointed in absence of Cruz and Nicks at OTAs

It's very rare that you find Eli Manning wearing his feelings on his sleeve but it doesn't mean the New York Giants quarterback won't express disappointment with just a few words.

That's the notion teammates are getting after neither of Manning's favorite targets — Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks — have shown up for any of the Giants' off-season workouts at the Giants' organized team activities (OTAs).

Manning, who has had to settle for throwing mostly to backup receivers, is sounding more and more unhappy about it as time wears on.

"I was just really hoping (the Duke workouts) would be a little starter course to the spring, not a substitute for what we’re doing on the field right now," Manning said after the Giants’ final OTA on Thursday. "This is stuff where we’re getting to go against cornerbacks. You get to work your technique."

By the Duke workouts, Manning is referring to the private practices Eli and his brother Peyton held at Duke University in April, under the attentive eye of Blue Devils coach David Cutcliffe, who was Eli’s head coach at Ole Miss and Peyton’s offensive coordinator at Tennessee. Each quarterback invited three receivers from their NFL teams. Eli was joined by newly signed Louis Murphy, Nicks and Cruz.

That was two months ago.

Little baby rocks awesome Mohawk haircut at Coors Field

This is one little fan who is already showing a lot of style. During the Padres-Rockies game at Coors Field Thursday night, this baby's adorable Mohawk starter 'do got some camera time while he took a gulp from his bottle. All the while oblivious to Colorado being on the short end of a close game and his older sister sticking her tongue out at someone behind her.

Chances are good the little guy was in Sleepyland by the time the Rockies lost, 6-5, in 12 innings.



Keep it growing young dude and in a couple of seasons you'll attain the ultimate Mile High Rockies hairstyle just like this guy.

WFAN's Craig Carton gets soaked in urine during drug test gone wrong (VIDEO)

Craig Carton and WFAN morning co-host Boomer Esiason from the Boomer and Carton Show decided to do a random drug test on Tuesday after the recent PED allegations came out about Alex Rodriguez. After an employee named “White Trash” was selected, producer Al Dukes came to collect the cup from alongside Carton.

You can guess what happens next.

The best part is how long and hard Boomer cracks up at his pee-soaked co-host.

Dwight Gooden: Hearing a man get raped in prison the 'most devastating' moment of my life

Dwight Gooden has heard a lot of terrible things over his lifetime — fans booing, being told he wasted his talent and policemen saying you're under arrest all come to mind — but he left no doubt this morning as to what was the most harrowing sound that ever crossed his ears.

The former major league star was on WFAN Thursday morning promoting his new book: “Doc: A Memoir” and recalled hearing a man getting raped when he was in prison. Gooden said it was “the most devastating thing that I had to go through in my life.”

“No. 1, once you get into prison, you’re not Doc Gooden the baseball player,” Gooden told the station. “You’re a number. That’s it. And you’re not living; you’re just in the system. So in there, if a guy wants to take you, he’s going to take you, because it’s going to be 10 guys.

“There’s nothing you can do. So me not actually witnessing the guy getting raped in there, but hearing him screaming and fighting for his life, you knew what was going on behind the door. You don’t know if you’re going to be next.”

Besides reliving the horrors of prison, the right-handed flamethrower discussed other subjects including his appearance on "Celebrity Rehab" (Gooden said he "wanted to remove that mask and let everybody know that hey, I do have a disease") and his thoughts on Mets phenom Matt Harvey, who has received the kind of attention Gooden got when he came up. "It seems like he's in the right place," Gooden said. "The thing I like to hear is not so much what he's saying, but what people are saying about him. And so far everybody's saying he's a great kid."

Gooden had several well-publicized run-ins with the law involving alcohol and drugs after his retirement from baseball in 2000 following a second stint with the Yankees. He was sentenced to prison in 2006 after showing up to a meeting with his probation officer high on cocaine. Gooden chose prison over probation in hopes it would help him get over his addiction. He said he was not clean until March 2011, though.

“You’re as sick as your secrets,” Gooden said of the book. “I had to come clean with everything, and so basically it was just strictly therapy for myself and hopefully (it will) help someone else.”

For some reason I think Gooden got this message across loud and clear.

HS girl loses state tennis final after leaving court because of hecklers

The last singles match of Briana Leonard's high school tennis career ended prematurely Tuesday after she walked off the court in the second set of her state title match-up because of heckling by the crowd.

The ranked — and rankled — Leonard cut short her New Hampshire girl's tennis final against Sunday Swett when she decided to end the contest by leaving the court in the best-of-three match because the crowd wouldn't let up on her after taking a fall.

Swett, a Bow High School senior, was already one set up when Leonard, from Bishop Guertin, a college preparatory private Roman Catholic high school in Nashua, New Hampshire, chose to walk away.

The forfeit occurred when officials attempted to move the final at the end of the first set to a different court due to the failing light

Instead of heading to the new court, Leonard left with her parents and drove home.

"This has been going on for the last two years," Briana's mother Kristen Leonard said. 

"This is an 18-year-old girl who fell and got hurt and people are cheering. They were bullying her. This has been going on for two years. They’ve wanted her out for two years because she’s not a New Hampshire girl. Because we live in Massachusetts."

Her coach, Barry Ndynia, acknowledged that she had had to endure a hostile crowd, but said such challenges were often an integral part of sports.

"They thought the crowd was over the top, cheering for their daughter’s faults and things like that," he said.

"In sports that’s something you have to deal with. Some people will not cheer for you. They’ll cheer for your opponent. That’s why I was trying to keep her focused."

Leonard, who until Tuesday had not lost a match all season, was also docked a point before the match began because she was late getting to the court.

Her father, Tim, had been told to leave the premises after discussing the sanction with officials.

It took a moment for Sunday to realize she had won. "I thought it was a bathroom break and when everyone started cheering I thought it was more like, 'First Set! Keep it going!' And I was kind of like, 'thank you, but I’ve got to stay focused here.'"

Swett and Leonard have history despite Bow being in Division III and BG in Division I. Between USTA events and the NHIAA singles tournaments, Leonard owned a 4-0 record against Swett heading into Tuesday’s match – including a 6-0, 6-1 quarterfinal win in this same event last season.

"I’ve wanted this for so long. I was fired up," Swett said. "It was her choice. I’m not going to let it dampen my happiness."

The young Leonard might want to take a page from the Williams sisters who have — and would have — handled the taunting by sticking it out.

Connecticut approves bill to legalize MMA, could leave NY as only state still banning sport

The Connecticut State Legislature gave final approval Wednesday — by a vote of 26-9 — to a bill to legalize mixed martial arts.  If Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy signs the bill into law, New York would be left as the only state that still outlaws the sport of MMA.

The bill will soon go to Malloy whose spokeswoman would say only that “the governor will review this bill carefully when it gets to his desk.”

Connecticut currently has MMA fights but only at its two Indian casinos, which are exempt from state laws. The XL Center in Hartford and Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport likely would host fights if the bill becomes law.

In New York, the state Senate has repeatedly passed a bill to legalize the controversial sport only to see it die in the Assembly. Opponents have called the sport too violent.

“I know New York likes to think of itself as a leader but when it comes to the fastest growing sport in the nation, New York is now the only outlier,” said Lorenzo Feritta, head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship league.

Also Wednesday, the Canadian House of Commons passed a bill legalizing certain fighting sports, including MMA.

UFC President Dana White tweeted his joy at the news.

Connecticut is now the 49th state to legalize MMA!!!
— Dana White (@danawhite) June 5, 2013