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"YouTube's Funniest Sports Freak-outs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Handball Player Drops His Shorts and, Uh, Does Other Things Too\nThis Italian handball player instantly entered the pantheon of all-time sports meltdowns recently when he, shall we say, overreacted to a sarcastic peck from an antagonistic opponent. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. \"I'm a F#$%in' Soldier!\"\nKellen Winslow, Jr. delivers a historic rant after a controversial block when he was a star tight end at the University of Miami in 2003. His ever-so-quotable final line is pure unintentional/angry comedy gold. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. \"I'm a Man! I'm 40!\"\nOklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy was defending one of his players from negative press coverage in 2007 when he delivered this immortal quote. His full rant (Google it) actually makes some good points about media coverage of college athletes; but this mini-clip boils the speech down to its  glorious essence. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Larry Sanders Flips Out\nLemme at 'em! Lemme at 'em! Milwaukee Buck Larry Sanders was ready to fight the entire Indiana Pacers team in April, running around practically the entire court in a brief fit of blind rage. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. The Classic Bobby Knight Chair Throw\nCoaching icon and current ESPN analyst Bobby Knight's temper is the stuff of legend. This clip shows his pi\u00E8ce de r\u00E9sistance, which went down in 1985. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Coach to Coach: \"When I See You, I'm Gonna Kick Your Ass!\"\nCurrent University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari often rubs people the wrong way. Never was that more evident than during this 1994 press conference, when rival coach John Chaney had to be restrained from physical violence. Among Chaney's best quotes from the tiff: \"I'll kill you,\" \"I'm gonna kick your ass\" and something about his kids hitting Calipari's kids in the mouth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. \"They Are Who We Thought They Were!\"\nYou know a podium meltdown is pretty solid when it inspires its own commercial. Here's Dennis Green's 2006 rant following a bad loss by his Arizona Cardinals to the Chicago Bears. It was later recut as part of a Coors Light ad and goes down as one of the all-time podium tirades, sports or otherwise. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. John McEnroe, Master of the Genre\nFormer tennis star John McEnroe has put together as impressive a body of whiney mid-match tantrums as anybody out there. Here's just one of his many gems. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. No, Seriously, John McEnroe Is the Worst/Best\nThis McEnroe meltdown may be even better because of his stylin' outfit and hair. The petulance! The indignation! A true artist is at work here, and the only hissy-fitter to earn two spots on this list.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Wally Backman Is Bleeping Bleeped Off\nFormer New York Met Wally Backman was managing the minor league South Georgia Peanuts (what a name, right?) when he threw this major league fit. The remarkable audio quality, his giggling dugout and his final line really make for an astonishing performance.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. He Throws the Rosin Bag Like a Grenade! \nBackman's meltdown may set a high bar for NSFW language, but Atlanta Braves minor league manager Phillip Wellman had him beat on creativity points. Without a doubt, the best part is his military crawl toward the pitcher's mound and subsequent grenade toss of the rosin bag. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. Brian Wilson Narrates the Anatomy of a Meltdown\nSkip to the 2:05 mark of this video. That's when Brian Wilson \u2014 the San Francisco Giants great, weird and downright Galifinakian closer \u2014 narrates one of his better dugout freak-outs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. Jim Everett Takes Out Jim Rome \nJim Rome is a douche, and sometimes douches have to be called out. In 1994, NFL quarterback Jim Everett was just the man for the job. Appearing on Rome's ESPN2 show, Everett charged and tackled the pundit after Rome insisted on calling him \"Chris\" Everett, referring to the female tennis player, Chris Evert. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14. Hockey Coach Goes Into Hulk Hogan Mode\nJim Playfair, coaching a Canadian minor league hockey club, loses all control in this hilarious clip. One anchorman in this video compares the performance to WWF legend Hulk Hogan, and we find that to be apt analysis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15. Now This is How You Rush the Mound\nIn 2001, Izzy Alc\u00E1ntara put his own personal twist on the old-fashioned mound rush...\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16. Dennis Rodman Head-Butts a Ref\nDennis Rodman was known for being a strange guy on and off the NBA court. This is one of his more famous incidents. He borderline head-butts a ref, then whips off his jersey before finally leaving the court. As the end of this video shows, Bulls coach Phil Jackson found the incident nearly as funny as the rest of us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n17. Zidane's Historic Head-Butt\nRodman has nothing on French soccer star Zinedine Zidane, though. Zidane's split-second meltdown and savage head-butt of Italian defender Marco Materazzi near the end of the 2006 World Cup Final marked an ignominious end to a storied career. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n18. Hal McRae Chucks a Phone\nMcRae was managing the Kansas City Royals in 1993 when he snapped at reporters, cursing at them and chucking a phone off his desk. It's pretty much all anyone knows McRae for today. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFreak-outs, meltdowns, tantrums, hissy fits \u2014 call 'em what you want, but sports figures losing their cool in public is highly entertaining. From thrown chairs to ejected players, head-butts to grabbed nuts, other people's indignation never fails to draw a laugh. \n\nSEE ALSO: 25 of YouTube\u2019s Funniest Sports Fails\nThanks to YouTube, we get to relive classic moments over and over again. That means we'll never be without John McEnroe calling a line judge a jerk, or Mike Gundy being a man who is 40, or Brian Wilson taking a bat to a Gatorade cooler in the San Francisco Giants' dugout. It's the small mercies that make being a sports fan in the digital age so worthwhile. \nSo, without further ado, here above, and presented in no particular order, are 18 of the funniest sports freak-outs we could find on YouTube. Check them out, then add your favorites in the comments below. \nThumbnail image courtesy of Steve Powell/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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