Rihanna's 10 Most Memorable Sports Moments
Rihanna really enjoyed herself during the 2014 World Cup. If you need proof of that, just check out what her Twitter timeline looked like on Sunday afternoon. She attended the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina and she tweeted all about it before, during and after the game. She even spent most of Sunday night partying with the German players to celebrate their big 1-0 victory.
None of this should surprise you, though. Because while RiRi wasn't a huge sports fan at the beginning of her career (at least publicly), she's basically become the biggest celebrity sports fan in the country over the past year or two (Drake comes in a very close second!). If you don't believe us, check out Rihanna's 10 most memorable sports moments.
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The Moment: Skipping the People's Choice Awards to attend a Los Angeles Clippers game
When It Took Place: January 2012
Why It Was So Memorable: Today, the Clippers are actually a good team. But back in early 2012, they were not a team that was worth skipping an awards show to go see. Yet, Rihanna chose to do it anyway.
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The Moment: Appearing on Saturday Night Live with Super Bowl champion Eli Manning
When It Took Place: April 2012
Why It Was So Memorable: What an unlikely pairing. We don't imagine that Eli has too many Rihanna songs on his iPod, and we don't imagine that RiRi is a part of the Eli Manning Fan Club. So to see these two together was, well, something.
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The Moment: Attending a Los Angeles Lakers game with Chris Brown
When It Took Place: December 2012
Why It Was So Memorable: At the time, everyone was wondering whether or not Chris and Rihanna were dating again. This photo, which was taken on Christmas Day, pretty much answered all those questions.
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The Moment: Randomly wearing an Ottawa Senators jersey
When It Took Place: April 2013
Why It Was So Memorable: She wore a hockey sweater…as a dress. Random? Yes. But we didn't mind at all.
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The Moment: Making this face when she sat courtside during a Miami Heat game
When It Took Place: April 2013
Why It Was So Memorable: Who knew RiRi was such a big Heat fan? That's really taking fandom to the extreme, huh?
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The Moment: Taking a shot at New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith on Instagram
When It Took Place: May 2013
Why It Was So Memorable: After a Knicks fan blamed RiRi for Smith's poor performance during a playoff game, she took to IG to tell the fan that it was definitely not her fault. And in doing so, she also ethered Smith. "Fuck you and your wack ass team!!" she wrote. "Nobody dont want that desert thirsty nigga!! He fuckin up cus his ass be hungover from clubbing every night during playoffs!! So your issue ain't with rasshole me." Yikes!
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The Moment: Calling out Nick Young's name during a Los Angeles Lakers game
When It Took Place: November 2013
Why It Was So Memorable: At this point, Swaggy P was already dating Iggy Azalea. But that didn't stop RiRi from yelling his name repeatedly during a Lakers win over the Washington Wizards. According to Swaggy himself, he heard Rihanna doing it all game long.
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The Moment: Sitting next to NBA rookie James Young during a Brooklyn Nets playoff game
When It Took Place: April 2014
Why It Was So Memorable: Young had trouble focusing on the game. We can't say that we blame him. But come on, dude. How about trying to be a little less obvious next time?!
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The Moment: Yelling at Kevin Durant and getting his attention during the 2014 NBA Playoffs
When It Took Place: May 2014
Why It Was So Memorable: In fairness to KD, it's kind of hard to ignore a woman sitting in the front row with a pink wig on. But still, it's pretty amazing that RiRi was able to get him to look over at her and grin during Game 6 of the Thunder's playoff series against the Clippers this year.
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The Moment: Flashing the crowd during the 2014 World Cup final after Germany scored a goal to take a 1-0 lead over Argentina
When It Took Place: July 2014
Why It Was So Memorable: It's not everyday that Rihanna flashes someone! Er, okay. So maybe it wasn't that shocking. But it was pretty crazy to see just how excited she got about the 2014 World Cup. Think she'll do the same thing in 2018 when the World Cup heads to Russia? We'll have to wait and see.
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