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Sun June 03, 2007
Yahoo Cool Big deal: Ottawa fan recalls watching the Senators win their last Stanley Cup. BIG DEAL: It was in 1927 and he's 99 years old (0)
(Some Guy) Dumbass David Beckham fears he has made a huge mistake by letting the LA Galaxy pay him $250 million (12)
ESPN Cool Page 2 watches 34 different sports movies, comes up with the ultimate commencement address using quotes from them (5)
MSNBC Cool There's no chance the Cleveland Cavaliers can beat the San Antonio Spurs...but then again, they had no chance against the Detroit Pistons either (20)
ESPN Misc NASCAR's 'Autism Speaks 400' off to a slow start due to rain, man (22)
YouTube Cool Ahhhh, windsurfing. The smooth grace and elegance, the subtle play between wind and....ouch, that looks painful (5)
ESPN Obvious There isn't anything lovable about what a big bunch of losers the 2007 Chicago Cubs are (3)
ESPN Cool The Red Sox vs. Yankees rubber match discussion thread. Game starts 8:05 pm ET (442)
CTV Spiffy Chris "Goon" Pronger will miss Game 4 due to suspension (54)
ESPN Dumbass Gary Sheffield, sporting fitted tinfoil hat, believes that the reason the number of blacks in MLB is on the decline is because Latinos are easier to control (26)
ESPN Obvious Lou Pinella suspended indefintely for playing in the dirt (22)
Yahoo Dumbass Yankees lose again, Clemens return delayed, and A-Rod randomly yells out "Hey" (60)
ESPN Hero California man brings hot dog eating record back to the US, where it should be. Suck it Kobayashi, Libs (33)
Yahoo Cool Eastern Conference Champions. CLEVELAND ROCKS (73)
IndyStar Strange One day you're a quarterback for the Colts, the next day you're getting busted at a high school graduation kegger (19)
Yahoo Sad Former Naval Academy basketball coach Dave Smalley dead at 72. He was good enough, smart enough, and gosh darn it, people liked him (3)
ESPN Asinine "I underestimated what he was going through. I love Carlos. I know he loves me. He doesn't have to apologize." Battered wife? Nope, major league baseball player. Barrett, Zambrano kiss and make up (10)

Sat June 02, 2007
(Fox Sports) Interesting Billy Beane was right in "Moneyball": Red Sox' Kevin Youkilis has become exactly the type of baseball monster he envisioned four years ago. Suck it, Joe Morgan (40)
(MLB) Cool Records nobody noticed dept: Twins second baseman Luis Castillo has passed the one year mark since his last error. 138-game errorless streak is 15 games better then the previous record for second baseman set by Ryne Sandberg (18)
(Some Guy) Spiffy The hottest chess players that never went to your school (41)
(Some Kid) Obvious June 2 was the winning bet as the Lou Pinella meltdown clock strikes 0 (10)
ESPN Scary Yankees lose ANOTHER player to the DL as first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz is knocked unconcious by Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell. Reverse the curse indeed (68)
(Some Guy) Strange Not news: Soccer team leads 3-0 at half time. Seen it before: Second half sees score go to 3-3. Fark: Referee calls game off, declares second half void, 3-0 victory (11)
(NHL.com) Followup Stanley Cup Final Game 3. Let's hope that it's over in regulation time, otherwise NBC is going to cut to a rerun of Friends (507)
Mercury News Cool Yankees suffer another injury as Clemens is placed on the DL due to a "strained groin". Well, that was $18,000,000 well spent (36)
(NBA.com) Cool NBA Eastern Conference Final Game 6 thread. Media waiting for LeBron to walk on water, heal lepers (152)
CBS Boston Dumbass Minor League baseball manager goes postal… pulls up bases, crawls through the grass and throws a resin bag like a grenade…(video attached) (128)
(NY Daily News) Unlikely NY Jets running back Curtis Martin doesn't feel that the lack of a knee should prevent him from playing (6)
(nhl.com) Cool Today's NHL finals thread. Ducks suke (22)
CNN Unlikely Gary Sheffield says that if his 3 game supension for "aggressive actions" towards an umpire is not lifted, he will blow the lid off a "conspiracy" in baseball (27)
Yahoo Obvious The good news is that the Cubs finally find someone they can beat. Unfortunately, it's just each other (10)
ESPN Interesting Friday was impersonation night at Fenway, with video of Manny doing his best limp-wristed A-Rod impersonation and Joe Torre countering with a dead-on Earl Weaver (17)
ESPN Amusing Joe Torre tears A-Rod a new a-chute. Needs "long overdue" tag (387)
(The Foothills Sun-Gazette) Cool Steve Garvey Jr. High gets visit from its namesake. Elective classes include how to cheat on your wife and develop Popeye-arms (14)
ESPN Hero Oregon State offensive coordinator donates kidney to wife of OSU offensive line coach (10)
(Some Guy) Hero Colorado city to build the first dedicated rugby stadium in the US. Suck it, eurodivers and armoured wankballers (17)
Reuters Obvious David Beckham proves he can still shine on the world stage providing the game doesn't count for a damn thing by leading England to a 1-1 exhibition draw with Brazil (6)
CNN Interesting Boston knuckles under the glorious, masterful Wang (48)

Fri June 01, 2007
The Onion Satire Nation To Ken Griffey Jr.: 'We Wish It Were You Hitting 756 Home Runs' (29)
Yahoo PSA Some Yahoo released a list of the most over and underpaid players in MLB. A-Rod strangely absent from the former (15)
Sports by Brooks Obvious ARod's blonde stripper mistress appeared in Playboy, and isn't averse to the occasional epilator (42)
Chicago Tribune Amusing Zambrano and Barrett of the Cubs exchange punches in the dugout. Hilarity, or just sad? (68)
ESPN Obvious Things you can rely on: death, taxes, sun rising in the east, Chipper Jones heading to disabled list (14)
(Some Guy) Obvious Mrs. A-Rod takes a deep breath, counts to two hundred and fifty million, and decides to stand by her man (51)
BBC Cool Official England v Brazil friendly thread (includes working BBC audio link, believe it or not) (50)
(New York Times) Weird College pitcher throws with both arms, uses six-fingered glove ... Inigo Montoya unavailable for comment (37)
STLToday Amusing Yogi Berra gives commencement speech for St Louis University, turns into AFLAC commercial. (speech, w/ yogisms, included) (12)
(Some LOLYankees Guy) Amusing A-Rod can haz cheezburger? (30)
Yahoo Followup Steelers' assistant coach makes strong case for removal of "reply to all" button (75)
ESPN Obvious For some reason AirTran doesn't want Michael Vick as a spokesman any more (73)
Yahoo Spiffy Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby becomes youngest team captain in NHL history (45)
Yahoo Hero You think you're tough? 19 days after having his appendix removed, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay picks up his 100th career win (48)
Philly Obvious Wait list for Eagles season tickets is now 4,000 years. Oddly enough, 4,000 years will coincide with the Eagles first Super Bowl win (22)
Yahoo Followup Court issues restraining order against Tampa Bay Devil Rays rookie Elijah Dukes, preventing him from contacting his wife for one year after he left death threats for her. Dukes sucks (5)
YouTube Video Top five NBA plays of the night: Lebron, Lebron, Lebron, Lebron, and Lebron (video) (69)
Yahoo Interesting Phoenix Suns to name Steve Kerr president and GM (23)
(Some Guy) Stupid Jessica Simpson wants Tony Romo to fumble with her snapper (35)
MSNBC Amusing Jason Giambi will miss three weeks because he doesn't know how to walk around the bases. Yankees suck (102)
(Fox Sports) Spiffy LeBron scores the last 25 points for the Cavaliers in the 4th and 2 OT's for the win, suck it media (170)

Thu May 31, 2007
Network World Asinine Major League Baseball to Sling Box users: Please don't watch our games (49)
Yahoo Obvious The No Fun League is about to become even less fun (29)
(Some Guy) Obvious Leafs close to signing Mats Sundin to a new $11 million deal so he can lead them to defeat for at least another two years (28)
CNN PSA The Top 50 Highest Paid Athletes. Michael Vick comes in at 24, but that doesn't count his dog-fighting income (53)
ESPN Unlikely Orlando Magic offer Billy Donovan $6 million per year to help them lose in the first round (52)
ESPN PSA Piniella deathwatch begins: Cubs management hauled his ass onto the carpet before last night's 9-0 embarrassment (23)
(TSN.ca) Interesting Hamilton Predators? (66)
BBC Interesting One year, one broken leg and one dinged-up knee later, Man United finally sign England's Player of the Year -- a Canadian who's played in Germany for the last decade (20)
Guardian.com Cool That's "Sir Beckham" to you, peon (12)
ESPN Interesting New York State to legalize scalping. General Custer unavailable for comment (18)
Yahoo Spiffy NFL provides financial assistance to retired players dealing with... chicken feed in the grocery store with my gravy pants. In other news, NFL providing financial assistance (8)
Kansas City Sad Remember the post a week or so ago about the Royals being the hottest team in baseball? Yea, well, since then they have lost 7 in a row and have been outscored 55-13 (18)
(Some Sports Junkie) Cool James Shields pitches his first complete game win for the Devil Rays; bullpen? We don't need no stinking bullpen (8)
(The Futon Report) Unlikely In Mr. Sparkle fashion, Former Tigers pitcher Jamie Walker names new son Jim Leyland after two family names (4)
Wall Street Journal Obvious This year's NL Central is even weaker than last year's NL Central - get ready for the first World Series champ with a 79-83 record (33)
MSNBC Stupid Tony Romo has had enough sex with Carrie Underwood for a while, thank you very much (59)
(NY Daily News) Followup Stray-Rod is out at home, or at least his wife is (56)
(Sportsline.com) Dumbass Looks like Michael Vick has two really big problems right now: sleazy friends and a competent prosecutor (24)
Mercury News Amusing Raiders receiver Jerry Porter decides not to change his uniform number when he finds out he'd have to buy $210,000 worth of unsold uniforms (15)
(Sportsnet.ca) Stupid A-rod stays classless in Toronto, Sportsnet writes headline of the year (351)
(Knee High) Dumbass Best soccer kick EVAR (With Video Goodness) (21)

Wed May 30, 2007
Deadspin Cool Ichiro claims he can make fly balls move with his mind. No, seriously (28)
CBC Followup Nevermind (152)
Yahoo Dumbass This decade's "eccentric, rebel billionaire tries to start a football league to compete with the NFL" story brought to you by Mark Cuban (52)
FARK Spiffy Stanley Cup Finals thread, Game 2. Ottawa at Anaheim, 8pm ET (401)
(St. Augustine Record) Obvious "Don't try to debate me on the beauty of ultimate fighting over boxing. Watching Sugar Ray Robinson practice his craft was like watching a brilliant dancer with a bad attitude. Ultimate fighting is like a bad Patrick Swayze movie" (85)
Yahoo Obvious NCAA says Duke lacrosse players can suck for one more year (12)
Boston Globe Sad Ted Williams, the ballplayer, was pleasin’/ He hit .406 for one season/ His family wants a headstone/ Even though they’ve long known/ That he’s still in Arizona cryo-freezin’ (16)
(CBS Sportsline) Followup Kobe Bryant officially asks for a trade from LA Lakers, claiming Lakers "lied to him" about rebuilding plans (135)
(TSN.ca) Spiffy Party time on Long Island - Mike Milbury resigns as Islanders VP (20)
(Yooouuuk!) Cool Kevin Youkilis is the next Red Sox player to have a blog. Curt Shilling gets ready to insult him for being unoriginal (40)
Yahoo Obvious Ducks still hunting for fans in Southern California. Howard unavailable for comment (36)
NYPost Dumbass A-Rod cheats on Jeter, hits Toronto strip club with trashy blonde chick in tow. Classy (with classic Post headline and pics) (54)
NewsOK Obvious Yankees/Red Sox "rivalry" was fabricated by the media (69)
ESPN Interesting All nine Americans at the French Open have been eliminated in the first round of play. France surren---wait, what?? (21)
Philly Amusing Maybe Kobe Bryant wasn't the one that got Shaq traded off the Lakers after all (57)
(sportsnet.ca) Cool Blue Jays player goes home on a straight steal in one of the most exciting plays in Baseball (video) (52)
Sports by Brooks Dumbass Hours after getting knocked out in the first round Saturday night, UFCer Chuck Liddell was out partying (with pics) (39)
AZCentral Dumbass Barry Bonds suggests he might go home and take all his Hall of Fame toys with him. And he still doesn't get why everybody thinks he's a jerk (47)
Free Press Obvious Roger Clemens might pitch for the Yankees on Monday... if he feels like it (110)
(Some GuyNFL.com) Dumbass Police suspect 30 dogs buried on Vick's former property (39)

Tue May 29, 2007
ESPN Dumbass 74 year old Laker owner Jerry Buss arrested for DUI. Bonus: had a 23 year old in the car with him (26)
MSNBC Amusing San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman ready to ring in 500 saves, 0 actual rings (34)
C|Net Amusing Linux branded Indy 500 car first to crash, blames user error (29)
Wall Street Journal Weird The next big sport making a comeback? Chariot racing. Next on The OCHO (13)
ESPN Scary MLB has a security detail assigned to protect Bonds as he approaches Hank Aaron's HR record (73)
(NY Daily News) Obvious Yankees last place funk extending to NYC's economy. But, but ... the first place Mets (115)
BBC Interesting Isle of Man TT motorcycle races – the most dangerous in the world with 200 deaths in 100 years – about to kick off. Of course, race is only slightly more dangerous that the islands roads the rest of the year, with no speed limits (15)
London Times Obvious Quirky sporting bets to be outlawed. I'll wager you can't guess why (34)
(Some Ashevillian) Spiffy Asheville NC minor league baseball team to host first "Bark in the Ballpark" June 3. Night will feature frisbee giveaway, doggie daquiris, a dog park, water bowls, and pooper scoopers (17)
ESPN Interesting Jazz fans do to Bruce Bowen what Suns fans wanted to do (63)

Mon May 28, 2007
ESPN Scary Reds outfielder Ryan Freel knocked unconscious in collision with teammate. (with video) (25)
ESPN Obvious John Clayton discovers that a QB who completes most of his passes and has good yards-per-attempt can take his team to the playoffs. These findings are why he's writing for ESPN and you're not (19)
FARK Spiffy Stanley Cup Finals thread, Game 1. Ottawa at Anaheim, 8pm ET (584)
ESPN Stupid Bonds may not share mementos with baseball hall of fame. Awful Dutch candy commercial to ensue (49)
Toronto Star Amusing Ontario's Premier has bet Arnold Schwarzeneggar a one month's supply of Tim Horton's coffee that the Senators will win the Stanley Cup. Go Sens, eh (15)
CNN Interesting Michael Andretti quits auto racing. Will instead promote a new line of ridiculously huge condoms (16)
(AOL Sports) Spiffy Duke loses lacrosse national championship. Duke sucks (17)
Yahoo Followup Rescuers find a body of New England Patriots defensive end in Lake Pontchartrain (122)
(Some Guy) Strange Bart Starr is alive and well and has an 81 year old stalker (5)
ESPN Obvious F1 has no business calling what they do "racing" (79)
Google Cool Official NCAA Lacrosse Championship Thread. Duke Sucks? (67)
BBC Amusing Welcome to the annual cheese-rolling-down-a-hill championship (16)
(WFJF) Amusing World's first official finger jousting tournament sanctioned in LaGrange, Georgia and featured "eight fierce competitors" (6)
ESPN Sad Coast Guard in Lousiana searching for Patriots DE Marquise Hill who fell off a jetski and is missing (22)
(Some Guy) Amusing In Vegas, betting against the Yankees is at an all time high (18)
CBS Salt Lake City Amusing Eva Longoria accidentally wore Jazz colors during her husband's game in Utah (27)
(NFL Network) Dumbass Report: Vick a 'heavyweight' in dog fighting (89)



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