The Best Sports GIFs of February 2014

John Calipari makes the Olympics losses hurt that much less.

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I've watched Rocky IV four times this past month and it still hurts. Feb. 20 was the first time that most of the United States watched women's hockey in four years, because that's just what you do when you think a team is going to win. After all, it's not bandwagoning if it's for America. However, America didn't win. They lost by a goalpost. A fucking goalpost. February got off to a rough start with that weak Super Bowl, but things went downhill after that goalpost nonsense happened.

Not only did the U.S. women's hockey team lose, but the men's hockey team started playing weak when it mattered most and ended its tournament without a medal, thanks to a 5-0 blowout at the hands of Finland. United States became the first one to lose—because that's what second place is at the end of the day—to Russia in the medal count. This is the same country that couldn't get it together and held a shoddy Olympics filled with struggles inside and out of the Games.

The bad luck spilled into national sports. The invincible LeBron James broke his nose and...actually a lot of the fails fell on the Knicks. They sucked just like they have all season, but this month they solidified themselves as the innovators of sucking. Too harsh? The buzzer-beater from Dirk Nowitzki set a new standard. Then there's Raymond Felton getting caught with a weapon in one of the worst possible states: the Big Apple. 

What kept February from being a total tragedy was John Calipari's amazing facial expression and AT-AT Walkers—you know, from Star Wars—invading Sochi. Here's The Best Sports GIFs of February 2014.

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Take That, Dwight Howard!

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Ski Crash Leads to Awesome Photo Finish

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Butt Check

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Wale's Basketball Skills Could Use Some Work

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LeBron James Is Awesome in Wastepaper Basketball

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Nike Owes Manu Ginobili an Apology

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Nobody Likes the Creepy Sochi Bear

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Crossing Up Anthony Davis Does Not Happen

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Ghostriding the Sled

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Nick Young Got a Boo to Check Up On

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Rob Ford Jumps for Joy

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Skier Takes a Tumble at Sochi

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Nelly the Babysitter

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Rasheed Wallace Goes Crazy Over Dunk

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The Broncos Crap the Bed From the Jump

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Mario Balotelli Is a King

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Louis Nix III Can't Stick a Landing

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Carmelo Anthony's Life Is in Shambles

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LeBron James and the Double Flop

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Marcus Smart Starts a National Debate

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Kam Chancellor Crushes Demaryius Thomas, Breaks Denver's Will

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Paul George and John Wall Bust the Nae Nae

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LeBron James Gets His Nose Broke

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The Epic Jim Boeheim Blow-Up

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The Knicks Season in One GIF, Presented by Dirk Nowitzki

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Ashley Wagner Tells It Like It Is

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Michael Cobbins' Direct Deposit Isn't in His Account

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Bad Defense Gives John Calipari the Heebie Jeebies

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This Close...

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The Empire Strikes Sochi

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