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• Space Shuttle Enterprise Docks At It’s New Home On New York’s Hudson River [25 High Quality Photos]

  In HIGH QUALITY, Space / 6 June 2012 / 0 comments

  

  The space shuttle Enterprise – named after the spaceship in Star Trek – floated past the Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center on a barge on Wednesday and docked near its new home at a museum on New York’s Hudson River. Crowds of people turned out to see the retired spacecraft make its final approach to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum where it was placed on display atop the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid. For a shuttle that never made it into space, Enterprise has had quite a journey. In April, hundreds of tourists and New Yorkers watched in awe as Enterprise flew over the city piggy-backed on a Boeing 747 Jumbo jet.

• Inside The 2012 Major League Baseball Draft [18 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY, Sports / 5 June 2012 / 1 comment

  

  The 2012 Major League Baseball Draft took place in Secaucus, NJ yesterday. To drum up more interest MLB is trying to make the draft more of a spectacle event like the NFL Draft held at Radio City Music Hall so they invited former (and current) MLB greats to sit in and represent their team. Some big named included Ivan Rodriguez, Brady Anderson, Luis Gonzalez, Alex Rodriguez and CC Sabathia. The Astros took SS Carlos Correa as the first overall pick of the 2012 Draft so for a quick crash course here is everything you need to know about the 17-year-old from the Puerto Rican Baseball Academy and High School, along with a great interview about his reaction. The Draft was not open to the public so if you couldn’t watch on TV here is what you missed.

• Johan Santana Throws First No-Hitter In New York Mets History [8 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 2 June 2012 / 1 comment

  

  After 50 years and 8,019 games, the great Johan Santana finally gave Mets fans a birthday of their own, throwing a gutty no-hitter against the Cardinals in an 8-0 Mets’ win.

• First Successful Wingsuit Landing Without a Parachute [18 High Quality Photos]

  In HIGH QUALITY, Sports / 30 May 2012 / 1 comment

  

  Gary Connery (most likely related to Sean) just set a world record for landing in a wingsuit without a parachute and for also having the largest pair of metaphorical balls on the planet. The Wingsuit jump had to be done at precision pace and accuracy to land on his target of cardboard boxes. After completing the jump, Gary walked into a pub and broke Chuck Norris’ jaw with a wince. You may have seen the video last week but here are a few pictures that show just how crazy the feat was.

• Memorial Day Around Major League Baseball [20 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 29 May 2012 / 0 comments

  

  This weekend Memorial Day was celebrated across Major League Baseball. There were fireworks, service men and women got to visit the field before games, in some cases they sang the National Anthem or threw out the first pitch and in one instance a family was reunited on the field during the 5th inning of the Braves game.

• The 20 Gnarliest Surf Photos Of 2012 Revealed

  In HIGH QUALITY, Sports / 22 May 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Each year the Follow The Light Foundation and SURFING Magazine sponsor a photo contest that gives $5,000 to a photographer with the most impressive series of photographs. Past winners include: Chris Burkard, Matt Clark, Morgan Maassen, Duncan Macfarlane, Ray Collins, and Todd Glaser. All of which have gone on to do phenomenal things and bring new skills and art forms to life. We have gone through this year’s submissions and curated the top 20 for you to enjoy. After you review these masterful photos head over to SURFING Magazine’s “Follow The Light” page to see more and visit http://followthelightfoundation.org to learn more about the $5,000 grant.

• SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Lifts Off From Cape Canaveral [5 High Quality Photos + Video]

  In HIGH QUALITY, Space / 22 May 2012 / 1 comment

  

  Today is a monumental day for space travel as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared into space from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:44 a.m. EDT, making it NASA’s first successful involvement with the world of private space flight. If everything goes right the SpaceX “Dragon” capsule will dock with the International Space Station on Friday.

• 15 Mesmerizing High Quality Photos of the Solar Eclipse

  In HIGH QUALITY, Space / 21 May 2012 / 7 comments

  

  From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan’s Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: the moon centered and covered about 96 percent of the sun creating a blazing “ring of fire” annular eclipse. Millions of people across a narrow strip of eastern Asia and the Western U.S. turned their sights skyward for the annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges.

• Earliest Known Babe Ruth Game-Worn Jersey Shatterers Memorabilia Auction Record [9 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY, Sports / 21 May 2012 / 5 comments

  

  How much would you pay for your favorite piece of memorabilia. This weekend  it was announced that someone with very deep pockets shelled out a record price for the earliest known Babe Ruth game worn jersey. SCP Auctions, based in California, said the circa 1920 New York Yankees uniform top worn shortly after he was sold to the Yankees by the Boston Red Sox for $100,000 following the 1919 season fetched $4,415,658 at the company’s April auction, which ended Sunday. This far exceeded the $2 million pre auction estimate. That price broke the previous record of $4,338,500 set in 2010 for James Naismith’s founding rules of basketball. Below you can see the description of the auction from SCP and several high quality photos of the jersey. Once you are done check out this awesome photo set of Babe Ruth from his playing days with the Boston Red Sox. In a time when baseball, reeling from the 1919 Black Sox scandal, declining attendance and declining credibility, needed a revitalization, Babe Ruth saved the day. By destiny’s hand, the most visible, dominating, and popular athlete in American history was brought to New York City to play on baseball’s biggest stage. At the dawn of the more »

• Photo of the Day: I’ll Have Another Wins Preakness By A Nose

  In HIGH QUALITY, Photo Of The Day, Sports / 20 May 2012 / 3 comments

  

  I’ll Have Another overtook Bodemeister, blazing down the stretch to win the Preakness in the final strides Saturday and keep alive his hopes of winning the Triple Crown. In a race that was a virtual repeat of the Kentucky Derby finish, I’ll Have Another raced from behind to beat pace-setter Bodemeister. In the rematch, I’ll Have Another won by a neck after winning the Derby by 1½ lengths. I’ll Have Another now has a chance to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. The Belmont Stakes, the last of the Triple Crown races, is June 9.

• A Look Inside Facebook’s 57-Acre Silicon Valley Campus [15 High Quality Photos]

  In HIGH QUALITY / 16 May 2012 / 4 comments

  

  On the eve of Facebook becoming a publicity traded company Wall Street Journal posed a poignant question, “Can you keep a freewheeling, youthful culture once you have become a $100 billion publicly traded corporation?” Facebook’s 57-acre Silicon Valley campus, which it moved to in December 2011, is chock full of amenities, ranging from a barbecue shack and two coffee shops to an on-site doctor, laundry and dry-cleaning facilities and a fitness center with personal trainers. We like to call this start-up culture on steroids, much different from Pinterest’s garage style set-up. Most of us will never set foot on to Facebook’s campus so to give you perspective we take a look at the beautiful shots from WSJ when they were given an all access tour for their must-read article, “Facebook From the Inside Out.”

• Marloes Horst + A Tropical Bikini Paradise = Magic [High Quality Photos]

  In HIGH QUALITY, Marloes Horst / 16 May 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Seafolly Australian Swimwear flew the newest face of the brand, Dutch beauty Marloes Horst, to the Maldives. This makes us happy for two reasons. No. 1 – the new pictures are stunning. As you’ll see below, Marloes Horst is a world class beauty and we expect to see much more from her in the near future. No. 2 – All this talk about the Maldives allows us to tell you about our “Tropical Islands – High Quality Photos” pinboard on Pinterest – check it out, you won’t be disappointed.

• Inside Chad Kerley’s vitaminwater Invitational [17 High Quality Photos]

  In HIGH QUALITY, Sports / 15 May 2012 / 1 comment

  

  This past Saturday the biggest BMX stars on Earth descended on Chicago for Chad Kerley’s vitaminwater® Invitational. The event is being called the “contest of the year” and “one of the best street contests of all time.” So many insane tricks went down and Garrett Reynolds walked away with the “Overall Rider of the Day” prize as voted by the other riders. If you missed the live feed we pulled together some of the highlights of the day.

• Scenes From Mothers Day Around Major League Baseball [34 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 14 May 2012 / 7 comments

  

  Major League Baseball honored Mother’s across America yesterday with the annual tradition that sees players using pink bats, pink arm bands, even the bases and line-up cards are pink. Many of this equipment is auctioned off after the game to raise money for breast cancer research. Mother’s Day seemed to produce a flair for the dramatic this year, with the Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton and the Reds’ Joey Votto both connected on walk-off grand slams Sunday, marking the first day with two walk-off slams since April 10, 1998, when Mo Vaughn of the Red Sox and the Padres’ Steve Finley accomplished the feat. The St. Louis Cardinals also made a nice gesture to Chipper Jones, which you can see below. All in all it was a great day and if you couldn’t make it to the ballpark because you were meeting up with Mom here are a few pictures from about MLB.

• Like A Boss: Christopher Gilmore Meets Kate Upton And Wins A Million Bucks All In One Day

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY, Kate Upton / 11 May 2012 / 4 comments

  

  Think about the best day of your life. Then multiply that by one million and you might be half as lucky as Christopher Gilmore was yesterday at the MLB FanCave. Sports Illustrated cover model Kate Upton stopped by the MLB FanCave in New York City to meet with FanCave Dwellers Ricky and Ricardo and host the final showdown of the MLB 2K12 Million-Dollar Challenge. Kate got to interview former contestants and crowned the luckiest schmuck in the world Christopher Gilmore, the winner of the MLB 2K12 Million-Dollar Challenge. Not a bad day, get a check for a million bucks and get to meet Kate Upton. Like a boss.

• Imagine The World Without Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Bill Gates, Tiger Woods or Richard Branson [Infographics]

  In HIGH QUALITY, infographic / 10 May 2012 / 1 comment

  

  Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Bill Gates, Tiger Woods are Richard Branson have unequaled importance in their field of work. Like it or not without them the world would undoubtedly be a different place for the worse. So what would happen if these five men didn’t have the ah-ha moment where they decide to give up everything to follow their passion? It is a theoretical discussion but here are some hard facts to consider. [source]

• London’s Olympic Torch Lit In Birthplace of the Ancient Games Using The Sun’s Rays [10 High Quality Photos]

  In 2012 London Olympics, HIGH QUALITY / 10 May 2012 / 1 comment

  

  With only 78 days until the Opening Ceremonies the 2012 Summer Olympics torch was lit under sunny skies in the birthplace of the Ancient Games using a concave mirror to focus the sun’s rays. Standing in front of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, an actress dressed as a high priestess used a concave mirror to focus the sun’s rays and light a torch.  After taking an 1,800-mile journey through Greece using 490 torchbearers, the flame will be handed to London organizers on May 17 in Athens’ Panathenian Stadium, where the first modern games were staged in 1896. From here it will be flown to the United Kingdom where it will travel through 1,010 communities leading up to the Opening Ceremonies on July 27th. You can check out this interactive map that shows it’s route.

• Behind The Scenes of Andy Pettitte’s Road Back To The Yankees [19 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY, Sports / 8 May 2012 / 1 comment

  

  Andy Pettitte‘s road back to the Major Leagues is almost complete. The soon-to-be 40 year old lefty is set to rejoin the New York Yankees and start this Sunday at home against the Seattle Mariners. Baseball fans, no matter what their team affiliation, can all agree that the game Sunday will be one of the highlights of the MLB year to date.  Andy retired after the 2010 season, sat out last year and despite five shaky innings Sunday in his first Triple-A start in his comeback, allowing five runs and eight hits, the Yankees still think he can get the job done. Andy has pitched four times in the minors this year with a 3.71 ERA in 17 innings so Sunday’s game will certainly be exciting!

• Jason Lester Is Crossing America – All 4,800 Miles Of It — On Foot And By Bicycle In 102 Days

  In HIGH QUALITY, Nike, Sports / 7 May 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Ultra endurance athlete Jason Lester doesn’t back down from a challenge. He’s in the middle of a massive one right now, crossing America – all 4,800 miles of it — on foot and by bicycle in 102 days so he can share the power of sport — and sponsor Nike’s Better World vision — along the way to any who will listen. The author of Running on Faith is in his late 30s and it’s a miracle that he’s even involved with sports at all anymore. He was left for dead at the age of 12 when he was hit by a car while out for a bike ride. He broke 21 bones and a lung collapsed. His right arm became partially paralyzed. While he was in the hospital recovering, his father and sole guardian had a heart attack and died. But the kid stuck with it. He went back to playing sports the way he had before the accident and went to his local baseball all-star game the next year. Since then, he’s become an accomplished triathlete and the first disabled athlete to complete the Ultraman World Championships. Now he’s on a different mission. And he’s got a powerhouse corporate sponsor in Nike, which is why his more »

• Nick Barton Is A Mad Man [9 High Quality Photos]

  In HIGH QUALITY, Sports / 6 May 2012 / 2 comments

  

  Nick Barton is a professional free-ride jet boarder with a passion to succeed in his mission to make the sport of freestyle jet boarding affordable and accessible to as many people as possible. What is free-ride jet boarding you ask? They are basically specially built jet-skis that enable the freestyler to do what for many seemed impossible – backflips off big waves. Nick is a leader in the sport and as you’ll see from the pictures below the guy has no fear.

• The Super Moon Over Phoenix, AZ

  In HIGH QUALITY, Space / 6 May 2012 / 1 comment

  

• The Super Moon Rises [20 High Quality Photos]

  In HIGH QUALITY, Space / 6 May 2012 / 4 comments

  

  A “super Moon” lit up Saturday’s night sky in a once-a-year cosmic show, overshadowing a meteor shower from remnants of Halley’s Comet. The Moon was especially big and bright since it was at its closest spot to Earth at the same time it is in its full phase, NASA said. The ‘Super Moon’ was as much as 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than other full Moons of 2012.” Here is a 20 photo recap of the Lunar show.

• Photo of the Day: I’ll Have Another’ Wins The 138th Kentucky Derby

  In HIGH QUALITY, Photo Of The Day, Sports / 5 May 2012 / 1 comment

  

  I’ll Have Another won the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs before a record crowd of more than 165,000 on Saturday. Ridden by Mexican jockey Mario Gutierrez, I’ll Have Another (15-1) hit the lead passing the shadows of the iconic Twin Spires and kicked clear to win the $2.2 million, 1-1/4 mile classic.

• United States Army Reenlistment Ceremonies [10 High Quality]

  In HIGH QUALITY / 4 May 2012 / 2 comments

  

  A Soldier’s reenlistment ceremony is an important part of their Army career. To make this occasion memorable, many Soldiers elect to have this ceremony in unique settings. This high quality photo series features several unique reenlistment ceremonies.

• Three Thrill-Seeking Adventurers Scale Massive Bridge, Become Cult Heros [7 High Quality Photos]

  In HIGH QUALITY, Sports / 4 May 2012 / 2 comments

  

  19-year-old adventurer Vitaly Raskalov and two thrill-seeking friends climbed a massive bridge and a 1,000 foot tall crane in Russia to snap some incredible pictures of the town below. They did it all without the safety of a harness and have become cult heros online after posting the pictures on the web.

• 36 Rare and Iconic High Quality Photos of Mick Jagger

  In HIGH QUALITY, Music / 3 May 2012 / 2 comments

  

  50 years ago Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger formed a band in London called The Rolling Stones. Half a century later the band is still going strong and sits atop the music mountain as one of the most iconic rock groups of all-time. Mick Jagger has been described as “one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll” and in a surprise move it was announced that he is hosting the season finale of “Saturday Night Live” on May 19th. We have compiled the rarest and most iconic Mick Jagger photos in history to look back at his amazing life.

• Jered Weaver Tosses A No-Hitter [21 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 3 May 2012 / 4 comments

  

  Cheers to Jered Weaver who tossed a no-hitter Wednesday night against the Minnesota Twins. Only two players reached base during the game and Jered was as unhittable and unhittable could be. The vast majority of us will never see a no-hitter in person so here is the next best thing, a series of high quality photos capturing the action and emotion (and celebratory beers) of the night.

• Kate Upton “Cat Daddy” Dance Video + 10 High Quality Terry Richardson Outtake Photos

  In HIGH QUALITY, Kate Upton, Terry Richardson, VIDEO / 1 May 2012 / 4 comments

  

  Terry Richardson can do no wrong when it comes to taking pictures of beautiful women. Last week the world famous photographer nuked the internet with this mind-blowing photos of Candice Swanepoel and today he follows it up in epic fashion with 10 photos of Kate Upton that rival any pictures she has ever taken and an instructional video of Kate, bikini-clad and all, teaching us how to “Cat Daddy.”

• Bryce Harper’s First Weekend In “The Show” [9 High Quality Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 30 April 2012 / 1 comment

  

  There has been much discussion on Bryce Harper, the 19-year-old phenom who make his major league debut this past weekend in Los Angeles against the Dodgers (see: 34 Bryce Harper Facts You Probably Didn’t Know). His Saturday night coming out party was spoiled by a 10th inning Matt Kemp walk-off and the Nationals were swept by the superior west coast foes. Even with the losses Washington should be excited because that have one of the best young teams in baseball led by their up-and-coming star Bryce Harper who went 2 for 6 at the plate and flashed some serious leather in the outfield. [9 photos]

• Scenes from Austria’s Snowbombing Music Festival 2012

  In Festival, HIGH QUALITY, Music / 30 April 2012 / 3 comments

  

  As the 2012 spring music festival series hits full stride we go from one end of the heat spectrum, Coachella in the dusty Palm Springs desert to the complete opposite, Snowbombing Music Festival in the snow-covered mountains of Austria. The festival saw snow bunnies and bros take the lifts up the mountain for a weekend full of great DJs, action sports and stiff drinks poured from bartenders manning bars cut right into the icy mountain. The visuals are stunning and promoters have already announced that the festival will be back in 2013. 

• Matt Kemp Walk-Off

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 29 April 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Matt Kemp spoiled the major league debut of Washignton Nationals’ phenom Bryce Harper with a game winning walk-off home run for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 10th inning. With chants of “MVP” reigning down as he rounded the bases it was apparent that Kemp is having an April of historic proportions and because of last night’s events we give him the High-Res treatment.

• Jaw Dropping NYC Day to Night Photos (7 HQ Photos)

  In Art, HIGH QUALITY, PHOTOS / 27 April 2012 / 1 comment

  

  Photographer Stephen Wilkes creates remarkable images of night and day at once by setting up his camera to take pictures of a single scene over and over for 15 hours. He then blends the images to get this time-defying effect… Facebook cover photos for all!

• The Lamborghini Urus is Italian for Speed Boner

  In Cars, Gear, HIGH QUALITY / 26 April 2012 / 2 comments

  

  Lamborgini Has finally unveiled its Urus. The SUV is named after the Spanish bull synonymous with bull fighting. It’s a breathtaking design. The elegant curves resemble Christine Hendricks with a combination of Lambo-esque angles. It’s unmistakably Lamborghini, looking incredibly strong in a refined way. The 600-horsepower all-wheel-drive vehicle it’s a big SUV, stretching to 4990mm long, but at 1660mm tall it’s closer to coupe-kind than mud-pluggers. The Italian automaker targets 600 horsepower for the output, but does not specify the engine configuration – but considering the automaker claims that the Urus will boast the lowest CO2 emissions of any vehicle in its class, we suspect that some manner of turbocharging will be applied to Lambo’s V10.  

• Amazing Views From The Top of One World Trade Center [15 HQ Photos]

  In HIGH QUALITY, New York City / 25 April 2012 / 4 comments

  

  As One World Trade Center reaches 100 stories tall this week, passing the Empire State Building for the title of tallest building in New York City,  we offer you a first look at the incredible views of lower Manhattan, New York City as a whole, the Statue of Liberty and New Jersey that are offered from the top of the building.  When you have a moment view this  180 degree composite panoramic image taken from the 69th floor of One World Trade Center, very interesting.

• Phil Humber Throws A Perfect Game [19 High-Res Photos]

  In Baseball, HIGH QUALITY / 22 April 2012 / 1 comment

  

  Phil Humber, who underwent Tommy John surgery seven years ago, threw the 21st perfect game in Major League Baseball history, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Mariners Saturday.