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There will come a day when the Internet tires of the GIF. 2013 was not that day.

From Tom Brady getting rejected to Erin Andrews get videobombed to Chris Bosh eating confetti, it was another banner year for the sports GIF.

Here are our favourites.

This man is not a T-Rex

Knowshown Moreno cries exploding tears

Popcorn, popcorn, popcorn

Rockets mascot hits a Lakers fan

Tom Brady rejected, Part 1

Tom Brady rejected, Part 2

Tom Brady accepted!

Kid wins the Spelling Bee, goes WILD

Football in the face

LeBron James, cool guy with friends

The Nuggets celebrate an Italian player’s three-pointer appropriately

Fox Sports’ Erin Andrews gets videobombed

LOL at Carly Rae Jepsen

How Tiger Woods hits a golf ball

Pro Bowl kicker

Little Leaguers throw filthy curveballs now

Colin Kaepernick’s cup is full of terrors

Anderson Silva taunts opponent, gets knocked out

Matt Flynn survives brush with death

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