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The undisputed best things that happened on the Sports Internet in 2014

We sure had fun online in 2014. Here’s the proof.

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Slide in your DMs like

If you are Sliding Into Someone’s DMs, you are (A) Direct messaging them to flirt or (B) sending a dumb joke tweet. Sports helps with either, tbh.

(1) The Winter Classic

(2) Lance Stephenson

(3) Shaq It Off

(4) LeBron

(5) The Rock

Animal of the Year

Never forget that Nature was the original sports.

(1) DMX Llama

(2) Hank the Dog

(3) Hero Cat

(4) Hero Dog

(5) Treadmill Teddy Bear Dog

Best of the Random Deep Sea of Sports(-ish) Vines

Vine is the best thing that happened to Sports in 2014.

(1) Crack Kid

(2) Marlins Kid

(3) Little kid getting crossed up

(4) Magic Pool Dive

Sports Person Tweet of the Year

N E V E R T W E E T

(1) Joel Embiid

(2) Arian Foster

(3) John Calipari

(4) Jon Ryan

(5) The Queen photobomb

The best of Gronk

The 5 Times Gronk Gronk’d Harder Than Anyone in 2014.

(1) Gronk with kittens!

(2) Gronk supports his lineman

(3) Gronk needs a big sausage

(4) Gronk wearing No. 69

(5) Merry Christmas from “Roberto Gronkowski”

Butt of the Year

2014 was a big year for butts. Sports was no different.

Buttgoal!

Buttslide!

Butttweet

Buttbowl

Buttfumble, explained.

#YearofthePony

In 2014, “Pony” became the official anthem of SB Nation. Thank god.

(1) Bartolo Colon-y

(2) Evan Longoria riding a pony, set to Pony.

(3) Peyton Manning dancing to Pony.

(4) Lance Stephenson, set to Pony.

(5) Evgeni Plushenko, set to Pony

Resolution for 2015: Let’s have even more fun online! Together!
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