Wednesday's P.M. Hot Clicks: Wacky Sports Photos of the Week

Author:
Pete Blackburn
Publish date:
Jan 14, 2015

Welcome to today's afternoon edition Hot Clicks. I'm your host, Pete Blackburn, and I'll be filling in for Andy while he helps get this year's Swimsuit Issue in order...that poor guy. Feel free to follow me on Twitter if you like GIFs and terrible jokes.

Wacky Sports Photos of the Week

Wacky Sports Photos of the Week (Jan. 7-13)

NASCAR (and tricycle) driver Jeff Gordon takes a spin during a contest on the court during a timeout in the Washington Wizards and San Antonio Spurs game.

Chris Carter of Ohio State celebrates after his team's win against Oregon.

Rob Gronkowski, here going against Rashaan Melvil of the Ravens, could have a future as a plumber if he'd like.

Roger Federer pretends to play tennis with Lleyton Hewitt between speedboats on Sydney Harbour ahead of their Fast 4 Exhibition match on Jan. 12.

An overhead shot of Ohio State's Ezekiel Elliott running for a 9-yard touchdown against Oregon.

Ohio State got off to a rough start in the championship game against Oregon, but the Buckeyes were able to pick themselves up.

After tripping on the cheerleaders on the way out to the field, Ohio State mistakenly lined up against the wrong squad.

Lizzie Kelly, riding Benefique Royale, takes a tumble at the Leicester racecourse in England.

Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler take some advice from caddies JP Fitzgerald (far left) and Joe Skovron during a photocall prior to the start of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. We think Augusta is that way...

The Toronto Raptors mascot takes a bite out of actress Susan Sarandon during a game against the Celtics.

Fans did everything they could think of to get into the championship game.

Pedro Martinez and Sean Casey clown around before taping a show for the MLB Network showcasing the 2015 Hall of Fame class.

Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association balance on top of bamboo ladders as they perform ladder stunts during the New Year's fire review conducted by the Tokyo Fire Department.

Thanasi Kokkinakis and Maria Sharapova take selfies with the ball kids of the Australian Open.

Simon Ammann takes a spill during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Austria.

Ohio State's mascot Brutus piggy backs on a cheerleader during the National Championship game.

Fans in fancy dress raise chairs above their heads during the Invitational Darts Challenge at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.

Arkansas forward Jacorey Williams flips over after diving for a loose ball in a game against Georgia. Arkansas won 79-75.

A Lightning fan takes part in a little game of on-ice golf with his caddy Thunderbug, the Tampa Bay Lightning mascot.

Ishaq Abu Romeileh, a 65-year-old Palestinian man, tries the backstroke in a pond covered in ice in the city center of the West Bank town of Hebron after a heavy snow storm hit the region.

Mario Itoje of Saracens celebrates with his team after its victory against the Worcester Cavaliers.

Charlie Mulchrone of the Worcester Cavaliers stands over the scrum during a match against the Saracens Storm.

Apparently, this is the Dakar 2015 Bikes Marathon.

Even when disguised as an Ohio State football player, LeBron James was spotted bny photographers at the national championship game.

Coach Urban Meyer gets dunked with Gatorade by Nick Vannett at the end of the title game.

Ohio State fan Larry Buckyeman Lokai really enjoyed the day.

Sebastian Halpern chases his quad as it rolls down the sand dune at the Dakar Rally.

Devonte Butler of Ohio State enjoying the night.

We're only a few weeks into the new year but 2015 has already given us some pretty... let's just say... "interesting" moments from around the sporting world. Thankfully, photographers were around to capture quite a few of them and the results are pretty spectacular.

Messing With Zdeno Chara = Bad Idea

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Cedric Paquette must have a death wish because he made the very poor decision to try and fight Zdeno Chara not once, but TWICE Tuesday night. Predictably, things didn't end well for him.

Pacquiao-Mayweather Actually Happening?

Rumors are rising that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao may have finally come to an agreement to face off in the ring, but does anyone really care anymore?

Lovely Lady of the Day

One of our readers -- John from Coalport, Pa. -- suggested that we're long overdue in featuring some new photos of Latin glamour model Natalia Velez. It's very difficult to argue against his logic. (Click here for full-sized gallery.)

Put On Your Oven Mitts...

...because Ray Lewis has a very hot take regarding Tom Brady.

Stop. Doing. This.

Officially rooting for every team other than the Seahawks.

Good Thing Fighting Is Legal In Hockey

Me Too, Dan...Me too

Odds & Ends

This Austrian TV station's 'Terminator'-themed NFL playoff promo is amazing...You already know Olivia Munn and Gisele Bundchen, but here are some of the other hottest WAGs of the AFC and NFC title game players...I'm not personally familiar with too many Winnipeg Jets fans, but I can confidently say that this guy is the best one...An Indiana t-shirt company came up with a pretty solid response to Tom Brady's Photoshop of the quarterback riding a colt....Last night's premiere of Parks & Recreation featured another wonderful MLB Easter egg...Nick Young recently bought the mansion that Selena Gomez used to live in and is turning part of it into palace for his 500+ pairs of sneakers... Jeff Gordon is still good at racing, even on tricycles..