Thursday's P.M. Hot Clicks: Marisa Miller; Offbeat Photos of the Week

Thursday's P.M. Hot Clicks: lovely lady of the day Marisa Miller; Offbeat Photos of the Week
Thursday's P.M. Hot Clicks: Marisa Miller; Offbeat Photos of the Week
Thursday's P.M. Hot Clicks: Marisa Miller; Offbeat Photos of the Week /

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Wacky Photos of the Week

Wacky Sports Photos of the Week (July 1-7)

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David Banks/AP

Home plate umpire Angel Hernandez shoos a duck from the field during the second inning of a doubleheader between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Stephen Dunn/Getty Images

Shortstop Kike Hernandez of the Los Angeles Dodgers flips the ball to second base in an unsuccessful attempt to get a runner out in a game against the New York Mets.

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Photo News/Panoramic/Icon Sports

A big crash during stage 3 of the Tour de France.

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Terry Renna/AP

Austin Dillon goes airborne and hits the catch fence on the final lap of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway.

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Brent Ng/AP

A team prepares to race at the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival.

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Jose Jordan/AFP/Getty Images

A man and a bull jump into the water during the traditional running of the bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) on Denia's harbor.

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Malcolm Hope/Icon Sportswire

NASCAR fans cool off before the Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 race at Daytona.

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Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images

A man is tossed during the 'Chupinazo' (start rocket) celebration that marks the kickoff at noon sharp of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain. A red-and-white sea of revelers soaked each other with wine in a packed Pamplona square to start off Spain's most famous fiesta, the San Fermin bull-running festival.

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Pavel Golovkin/AP

Serena Williams makes a funny return to Victoria Azarenka at Wimbledon.

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Alex Brandon/AP

Billy Hamilton of the Cincinnati Reds bounces off the wall in a game against the Washington Nationals.

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Hadi Mizban/AP

Children jump off the ruin of an old building into the Tigris River to beat the heat in Baghdad, Iraq.

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Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Jana Cepelova watches the ball during her match against Simona Halep at Wimbledon.

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Vincent Kalut/Panoramic/Icon Sportswire

New York fans at the Tour de France.

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David Ramos/Getty Image

Inside the Pamplona bullring during the second day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival in Spain.

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Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP

Brendon McCallum comes off Yucatan Margie during the novice bareback competition at the Calgary Stampede rodeo in Alberta.

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Ronald C. Modra for Sports Illustrated

The Palio de Siena race — and a fan who should really find his seat.

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Brian Scott gives Carl Edwards a piggy back during Sunday's race at Daytona.

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Jeff Roberson/AP

Adam Eaton of the Chicago White Sox lost his footing on this play, allowing Mark Reynolds of the Cardinals a triple.

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Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Bernard Tomic plays a forehand against Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon.

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Malcolm Hope/Icon Sportswire

The Air Titan truck dries the track before the Xfinity Series Subway Firecracker 250 race in Daytona.

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Justin Berl/Icon Sportswire

Pedro Alvarez of the Pittsburgh Pirates gets a whipped cream pie in the face from A.J. Burnett after hitting a walk-off single to give the Pirates a 2-1 win over the Padres.

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Mark J. Terrill/AP

Daniel Robertson of the Los Angeles Angels jumps out of the way of a close pitch against the Seattle Mariners.

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Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire

David Freese of the Los Angeles Angels dives over the wall in a game against the Rangers.

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Ian Walton/Getty Images

Dustin Brown in a match against Rafael Nadal during the first week of Wimbledon.

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Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire

Eric Hosmer of the Kansas City Royals gets doused after he scored the winning run in a game against the Minnesota Twins.

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Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire

Eric Hosmer of the Kansas City Royals tries to catch a foul ball against the Minnesota Twins.

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Free Beer 4 USWNT sign at the World Cup final.

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A little souvenir that one can bring home from the Tour de France this year.

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World Cup fans at the women's final.

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Rich Schultz/Getty Images

Scooter Gennett of the Milwaukee Brewers turns this double play in the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Tina Fineberg/AP

Joey Chestnut, left, and Matt Stonie compete in Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. Stonie came in first, eating 62 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. Chestnut ate 60 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.

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Jimmy Simmons/Icon Sportswire

Justin Upton of the San Diego Padres makes a catch during a game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Prince Charles is presented with a Cardiff City football shirt.

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Charles Coates/Getty Images

Lewis Hamilton climbs the fence before the Formula One Grand Prix of Great Britain.

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James Guy/Icon Sportswire

A.J. Pierzynski of the Atlanta Braves and Kevin Correia of the Philadelphia Phillies after their collision at first base.

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Antoine Couvercelle/Tennis Magazine/Icon Sportswire

Richard Gasquet lost his temper for a bit but ended up beating Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon, three sets to one.

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Jeffrey Phelps/Getty Images

Rico Abreu, driver of the #97 Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, celebrates winning the Badger Midget series race at Angell Park, Wisc.

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Xinhua/Imago/Icon Sportswire

The U.S. women celebrate their 5-2 World Cup victory over Japan.

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Malcolm Hope/Icon Sportswire

Scott Lagasse Jr. loses his hood during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Subway Firecracker 250 in Daytona.

From a home plate umpire chasing a duck at Wrigley to the crowning of a new hot-dog-eating champion on Coney Island, check out the above gallery of the week's weirdest pictures. (Click here for full-size version.)

Chris Broussard vs. Mark Cuban

Mavs owner Mark Cuban is furious with Chris Broussardafter the ESPN reporter tweeted Wednesday night that Cuban was "beside himself. Driving around downtown HOUSTON begging (thru texts) Jordan's family 4 address to DeAndre's home." Cuban fired back (over Twitter) by cursing out Broussard, saying "If you had any ethics u would msg me and I will give u his address." Broussard, meanwhile, is standing by his multiple sources. For what it's worth, I met Broussard while a lowly journalism student in 2004 and he couldn't have been nicer and more helpful. Same with Darren Rovell. 

Rejected Nicknames For Pro Sports Teams That Almost Became Reality

I am grateful to root for the Boston Celtics and not the Boston Unicorns.

Throwback Lovely Lady of the Day

I wasn't sure who to choose for today's Throwback LLOD so I asked for suggestions on Twitter. I came really close to choosing Vanessa Marcil and Kathy Ireland, who got several votes, but in the end went with Marisa Miller. Hope you agree with the choice (click here for full-size gallery). 

Hot Clicks Giveaway

Hippocrates once said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” What you put into your body is important and our friends at Carington Farms want you to eat healthier. To that end, they have given me five combo packs to give away. Each pack contains Flax Paks, Flax Chia Paks, Flax Hemp Paks, Coconut Oil Paks and a Sriracha-flavored Coconut Oil. I'll send to the 20th, 40th, 60th, 80th and 100th person to email me (andy_gray@simail.com) the cost of a Seahawks tailgate hearse. The answer was in AM Clicks. Please make the subject line "Carrington Farms." 

I'm Just Like Jimi Hendrix!

Wimbledon Workout

Bizarre Play of the Day

Odds & Ends

Bartolo Colon learned his work ethic from a pet donkey ... Rob Gronkowski thought Tom Brady hated him at first ... Today is the anniversary of Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit and A-Rod's first hit ... Tim Kurkjian is sexy ... Bill Cosby's and Donald Trump's Walk of Fame stars will not be removed ... A ranking of Lil Wayne mixtapes ... Doughnuts of your dreams ... And people wonder why I love Samantha Hoopes so much ... Patriots LB Jamie Collins can do backflips ... Most impressive Cosplay costumes ... So I realize this wasn't one of my best Hot Clicks but everything I wrote got zapped as I tried to publish and I had to start over. It sucked. I'll do better tomorrow. 

Odell Beckham, Dogsitter

SINow interviewed Dolphins receiver Jarvis Landry when Odell Beckham made a surprise appearance to introduce Landry's dog.

American Pride Squat-athon

The South Alabama football team shows off its American pride.

MJ in High School

MaxPreps uncovered some great footage of Michael Jordan in high school.

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Andy Gray
ANDY GRAY

A senior editor atSI.com, Andy Gray oversees Hot Clicks, Extra Mustard and the Swimsuit site. A Boston sports loyalist and Columbia graduate, he joined SI in 2005.