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He's the best dunker you've never heard of. Justin Darlington, A.K.A. "Jus Fly," is a Canadian baller with crazy hops. Last Friday he recorded a perfect score at the Nike+ Slam Dunk Contest in L.A. with an insane dunk. Darlington starts around the three-point line with the ball in the middle of the paint. He runs toward the ball, stops at the free-throw line to do a cartwheel, and on his way up he picks up the ball. As if that's not enough, he throws the ball between his legs before stuffing it.

With some of the best athletes in the world, the United States could compete at the top of any given sport if priorities were different. Take handball, for instance. What if the top American MLB players of all time had decided to focus on winning an Olympic gold medal in handball? Handball is a glorious seven vs. seven sport that combines the physicality of rugby, hand-eye coordination of football and pure arm strength of baseball.

This workout hits you right at the core. With 4 different core moves and no rest, you will build abdominal strength and stability, says Jeremy Scott, trainer at Jeremy Scott Fitness in Scottsdale, AZ. That means better posture, strength that will carry over to other exercises, and a midsection that will be the envy of most washboards. The bear crawl variations in this routine won't just hit your six-pack muscles, you'll also involve your lower back, shoulders, glutes, and even quads.

With three minutes left in the first half of a game against the University of Findlay, Kari Daugherty of Ashland, the best rebounder in all of Division II women’s basketball -- and one of the best scorers too -- went up for the ball. At the same time, though, a Findlay player’s foot hit her knee. Nine players sprinted down the court, and within nine seconds, Findlay had scored on a layup and drawn a foul. But nobody was watching.

Manti Te'o cannot catch a break. Even before he was drafted, NFL players said he would be teased because of his fake girlfriend fiasco. Immediately after he was selected by the San Diego Chargers, a new teammate agreed that he would be the butt of some jokes. And a local newspaper took the first swipe with this mocking cartoon. As embarrassing as the Lennay Kekua incident was for Te'o, there is no evidence that he knew he was getting scammed, and he never meant to hurt or wrong anyone.

When senior running back Brandon Dean tore his ACL and MCL in Week 1 of the 2008 season, Glades Day (Fla.) School coach Pete Walker turned to the next man up -- an eighth grader. "It was pretty easy to see that he was the best tailback we had [left]," Walker said. Indeed. That eighth grader finished the season with 1,584 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns.

After U.S. swimmer Jessica Long won the women's 200-meter individual medley at the Paralympics in Rio, her teammate Mallory Weggemann wheeled over to give a congratulatory hug. Getty Images photographer Buda Mendes captured the moment, which includes Long's prosthetics. This was Long's first gold medal in Rio after three silvers and two bronzes. In her Paralympic career, Long has 23 medals, including 13 golds.

Blondes might have more fun, but brunettes get all the glory. At least they do now in Ann Arbor. In Tuesday night's Sugar Bowl, Michigan kicker Brendan Gibbons delivered the winning kick in overtime to defeat Virginia Tech, 23-20. His clutch 37-yard field goal followed a 37-yard miss by the Hokies -- who are known for great special teams play. Gibbons' boot was a huge moment for Michigan fans, who have watched Wolverine kickers fail in big pressure situations for years.