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Wacky Sports Photos of the Week (Sept. 2-8)

Wacky Sports Photos of the Week (Sept. 2-8)
Wacky Sports Photos of the Week (Sept. 2-8)

Wacky Sports Photos of the Week (Sept. 2-8)

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Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Competitors take part in the 8th annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships at the Rose n Bowl Pub in Bacup, north west England. The contestants must participate in fancy dress and wrestle in a pool of Lancashire Gravy for two minutes while being scored for a variety of wrestling moves.

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Erick W. Rasco for Sports Illustrated

Sara Errani at the U.S. Open.

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ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images

Parachutists perform during the 17th Asia Parachuting Championships in China.

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Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Competitors line up before the start of the 8th annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships.

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Kelly Cestari/World Surf League via Getty Images

CJ Hobgood of the U.S. finished third and was awarded the Andy Irons Most Committed Performance award at the Billabong Pro Tahiti.

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Matt Lewis - The FA/The FA via Getty Images

Gemma Davison of Chelsea Ladies and Sophie Walton of Notts County Ladies challenge each other for the ball during the FA WSL match in Staines, England.

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Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic via AP

Tony La Russa, Arizona Diamondback's Chief Baseball Officer, goofs around for a photo with Grumpy Cat, an Internet celebrity cat whose real name is Tardar Sauce.

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Juan DeLeon/Icon Sportswire

Chewbacca is on the field during Star Wars Day before the game between the Houston Astros and the Minnesota Twins.

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@YankeesPR/Twitter

The Yankees got players together to play Family Feud.

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Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire

A Wisconsin Badgers fan hanging out at the Alabama game.

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Eric Gay/AP

Anthony Dirrell celebrates with a backflip after defeating Marco Antonio Rubio in their super middleweight bout in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Denis Doyle/Getty Images

Fabien Napias of the French Recortadores company Passion Saltador leaps over a charging bull at the end of the Liga de Corte Puro finals. The art consists of leaping, diving and somersaulting over charging bulls.

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Julio Cortez/AP

Serena Williams reacts after a point against Bethanie Mattek-Sands during the third round of the U.S. Open.

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Donald Miralle for Sports Illustrated

A referee does a little stretching before the game between Arkansas State and USC.

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David Ramos/Getty Images for British Cycling

Ramona Forchini of Switzerland celebrates as she wins the Women's Under 23 Cross-Country Olympic race of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in La Massana, Andorra.

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David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire

Florida Gators mascots Alberta (left) and Albert (right) pose with fans during to the game between the Florida Gators and the New Mexico State Aggies.

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Hao Fei/West China Metropolis Daily/ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images

Dai Guohong, a disabled athlete who lost both legs in the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, practices at the gymnasium of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. According to disabled athletes: "we wouldn't feel any different from others when swimming under water."

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John W. McDonough for Sports Illustrated

A member of the United States Navy parachutes into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

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John Locher/AP

Artem Surkov of Russia (red) is taken down by Migran Arutyunyan of Armenia during their Greco-Roman 66 kg bronze medal wrestling match at the wrestling world championships in Las Vegas.

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Jean Catuffe/GC Images

Kelly Rowland cheers for her friend Serena Williams at the U.S. Open.

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David Goldman/AP

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga puts on a face after a shot to Marin Cilic in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open.

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Gerald Herbert/AP

Richard Allen of Tulane breaks up a pass intended for Max McCaffrey of Duke.

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SXENICK/Icon

A surfer rides a wave on an illuminated surf board during a night surfing event in Nigran, Pontevedra, northwestern Spain.

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Lenny Ignelzi/AP

Yasmani Grandal of the Los Angeles Dodgers tries to palm a bunt attempt by Colin Rea of the Padres. Grandal missed the catch but after Rea was called out on strikes.

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