By Sean Gregory
No one tackled the absurdity of sports quite like Robin Williams. Here’s the comic legend riffing on golf, baseball and other games during his stand-up routines.
(Warning: Lots of NSFW stuff here).
Golf
Oh, so that’s why the shots are called strokes.
The Winter Olympics
Put on a glove, man.
Football
What happens when Tom Landry coaches ballet, and a choreographer coaches football?
Soccer
Williams’ take on flopping and yellow cards, with a detour to Lance Armstrong — pre-PED scandal — and hockey.
Baseball
Baseball had a cocaine problem in the 1980s, and the third-base coach wasn’t helping.
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Write to Sean Gregory at sean.gregory@time.com