Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day: June 9, 2014

This is your daily links roundup of our favorite sports and entertainment posts on the web for June 9.

• Last week was another productive week in celebrity Instagram exhibitionism from Emmy Rossum, et al.

• LeBron bounced back with a 35-10 line last night, but it was his unselfishness late that helped the Heat even the Finals, much to the chagrin of Tim Duncan and the Spurs.

• The Gatorade-Powerade Twitter slap fight continues.

• Nifty World Cup appetizer: A guy does trick shots wearing the jerseys of all 32 participants.

• More World Cup goodness: John Oliver goes nuclear on FIFA.

• The sports world's two most elusive prizes: a Triple Crown and a win over Rafael Nadal at the French Open.

• Unclear on the concept: A Royals ball boy tossed a fair ball into the stands and then failed to play a foul ball.

• Watch a 6-2 high schooler throw down an insane dunk.

• DeMarcus Cousins played Jimmy Kimmel one-on-one while wearing (and playing) a marching band bass drum.

• Enjoy your breakfast while watching slo-mo footage of Novak Djokovic spewing.

• James Shields' pickoff throw was just a little low.

• This phenomenal diving catch helped send Texas Tech to Omaha.

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