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Sun June 10, 2007
Yahoo Asinine Good God Jon Miller and Joe Morgan, quit treating Cubs/Braves like it's a freakin WWE match (5)
Yahoo Unlikely Utilizing a seldom seen meaning for the word, police use tasers to "calm" Nuggets reserve forward DerMarr Johnson (12)
The Sun Strange Cops swoop in and probe soccer's bung culture. The Sun is there (2)
ESPN Spiffy Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer in four sets to win his third straight French Open (12)
(Planet-F1.com) Interesting Still wanna claim that Formula 1 is boring after today's Montreal Grand Prix? (43)
Yahoo Obvious LeBron James will attract the spotlight. The San Antonio Spurs have earned it. Game 2 NBA Finals discussion (190)
Yahoo Obvious Troy Aikman says that he has no lingering effects from his numerous concussions as he brushes his teeth with a chocolate bar and combs his hair with a cat (21)
(Some Guy) Cool Official Pocono 500 discussion thread (179)
(Some Guy) Obvious Will the Sopranos whack LeBron James tonight in the ratings? This columnist seems to think it's possible (165)
Philly Cool If a downhill runner is good at punt returns, then a downhill skiier should be even better. Right? (9)
(NY Daily News) Unlikely "They're just making Michael look like something he's not. Michael is the type of dude who would do his sit-ups and crunches every night, read his Bible and go to bed." (33)
CBS Salt Lake City Stupid Soccer fans booted from game in Utah for waving Tibetan flags during match with China (29)
Minneapolis Star Tribune Sad Former Vikings DB Orlando Thomas, only 34 yrs old, dying of Lou Gehrig's Disease. Lead league in interceptions as a rookie in 1995 (16)
Rocky Mountain News Scary Denver Nuggets player J. R. Smith seriously injured in car crash (13)
Newsweek Followup Eleven-year-old shooter of "Hoaxzilla" gives his side of the pig tale (23)
BBC Interesting Man beats horse in marathon. Horse still wins where it counts (17)

Sat June 09, 2007
ESPN Sappy Rags to Riches (a filly) wins Belmont, Carmine Ragusa not heard from yet (32)
MSNBC Obvious Why people who think that Amanda Beard committed some hideous crime against women's athletics by posing for Playboy should STFU and DIAF (67)
ESPN Unlikely With Roger Clemens back in the rotation, the Yankees will finish 89-73 and win the wild card. Duke sucks (124)
(sportsline) Interesting Justine Henin becomes the first woman since Stabby McShoulderson to win three straight French Opens, beating the hot chick that beat Maria Sharapova (18)
ESPN Spiffy San Diego Padres ranked #1 in ESPN Power Rankings. Malarkey? Or Effective Pitching? (31)
Yahoo Strange You know things are going bad for your team when you have your center fielder playing third base, your third baseman playing catcher and a starting pitcher in right field (20)
Yahoo Caption Caption this track worker at Texas Motor Speedway inspecting a jet dryer (111)
CNN Dumbass Showing the class he has throughout his career, Daunte Culpepper says he understands why the Dolphins signed Trent Green. Just kidding, he stormed off the practice field and vowed to block any trade the Dolphins lined up for him (18)
590 KLBJ Interesting I've heard of "disabled list" and "Injured reserve..." But have you ever heard of a player being placed on a "bereavement list ?" (35)
ESPN Interesting J.D. Drew, in a brief stint off of the DL, hits 2 home runs and had 7 RBIs in Boston's win over Arizona (43)
CNN Scary Photo gallery of Mexican Wrestlers. You know down there it's a real sport. (Scary tag for #6) (28)
CNN Obvious In an attempt to equal itself with the NHL, game 1 of the NBA finals receives West-Wing-rerun style ratings (29)
CBS News Ironic Wide receiver Randy Moss wants to be well received by New England Patriot fans (21)

Fri June 08, 2007
ESPN Amusing PA announcer ejected from game for playing clip from Major League (32)
ESPN Amusing Major League Baseball's fashion critics speak out against the new caps (51)
ESPN Strange In an effort to attract younger viewers, IOC considering skateboarding for 2012 Olympics (20)
USA Today Obvious Soon-to-be-Ex-wife No. 5 attacks John Daly with steak knife (14)
(WOAI) Hero The farking coolest wife in America (36)
(NASCAR.com) Amusing Kurt Busch calls Tony Stewart "NASCAR's version of Rosie O'Donnell" (24)
(Some Guy) Dumbass It's Mullet Night in Chicago. And what goes together better than baseball and mullets? (38)
Yahoo Cool City-county board approves $325M bond for new arena plus 30-year lease for Pittsburgh Penguins. Suck it, Kansas City (18)
Yahoo Asinine What does the NHL think is the answer to slumping attendance, disastrous TV ratings, and general fan backlash from recent lockouts? Expansion (84)
ESPN Amusing Some old chick tells us something we already knew -- ESPN talks too much about Yankees/Red Sox, Brady Quinn, Dice-K, Barry Bonds, and some college basketball team that sucks (34)
ESPN Spiffy Joe Torre gets his 2,000th win as a manager (62)
(Some Guy) Caption Caption these Duke lady fans (126)
JSOnline Hero Henry Aaron honored for #755. Barry who? (54)
(Some Hammertonian) Cool Hamilton Bulldogs have won the AHL's Calder Cup championship. Baseball, grass growing, other summer spectator sports now in full swing (31)
(MLB.com) Spiffy Dodgers blow four-run lead in 9th to get swept by Padres. In related news, Takashi Saito prepares to quadruple his salary in 2008 (17)
ESPN Obvious Ranking the NBA Finals teams, from best to worst: 1-10. How 'bout them Bulls (36)
(MLB) Cool Win a date to a Dodger game with Alyssa Milano. Giggity (61)

Thu June 07, 2007
MSNBC Interesting Fed come on in to Michael Vick's house and do their own search, a sign that the federal government may take over the investigation (25)
Sports by Brooks Cool 19-year-old Serbian tennis beauty compared to Anna Kournikova, except she actually wins matches (with pics) (49)
CNN Interesting Can the greatest player in the world beat the greatest team in the world? NBA Finals Game One discussion (360)
CNN Sad Hoosier lawyer? IU coach Hoeppner might be let go because he can't come to work because of all the brain cancer (16)
Yahoo Sad 40 year old Curt Schilling gives up no-hitter with 2 outs in the 9th. Missed it by THAT much (113)
(The Fourth Period) Interesting Complete list of NHL free agents. What will it take for your team to win the cup next year? (92)
ESPN Interesting Major League Baseball deadline deals to get you juiced up (32)
(sportsnet.ca) Interesting Jerry Bruckheimer reportedly in talks with the NHL to bring a team to Las Vegas. Every game expected to feature over the top special effects and a love story tacked on to keep women interested (34)
ESPN Unlikely Ozzie Guillen says steroids probe targets Latinos. Y'know, like Bonds and McGwire (36)
(Some Guy) Amusing Divorcing couple fighting over Braves' season tickets... obviously under duress from being in mediation since 1995 (9)
ESPN Obvious Tour de France kicks 1996 winner and confessed cheater Bjarne Riis to the curb. Officials expected to announce new winner just as soon as they can find anybody who didn't cheat that year (12)
(Some Guy) Obvious Evander Holyfield to fight Lou Savarese June 30 in El Paso at the HasBeens Center. Wait, that's Haskins, with a K. My bad (15)
(Some Sailor) Interesting Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) sweep Luna Rossa (ITA) in the Louis Vuitton Cup, 5-0. Will face Alinghi (SUI) for the America's Cup on June 23rd (18)
ESPN Interesting Yankees ride Wang for all nine innings, get a happy ending (334)
Cleveland Asinine Not news: State, Feds, Spurs, want to remove a Nike "We are all Witnesses" banner which violates laws due to size, proximity to highway. News: It's been up for two years (43)
ESPN Followup Stan Van Gundy says no to Kings, yes to Magic (10)
CBC Obvious Don Cherry backs the idea of the Nashville Predators moving to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (62)
(Seattle Weekly) Asinine Seattle's Safeco Field handing out "red cards" to disruptive baseball fans. Infractions include unwelcome displays of affection, drunkeness, and changing seats (48)
Sky.com Unlikely London officials warned that Olympics will be a "magnet" for sexually-transmitted diseases as foreigners are mesmerized by blindingly-white skin and corn cob-yellow teeth of locals and stirred into resultant sexual frenzy (15)
CNN Cool Trevor Hoffman records Save #500. Suck it, hitters (38)
Yahoo Cool Catfight brewing between Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie. Wake me when they kiss and make out. Up, I mean. Make up (19)
Yahoo Followup Anaheim fans' long 14 year wait for the Stanely Cup comes to an end. Kings fans wonder if hockey will finally become popular in SoCal (54)

Wed June 06, 2007
CNN Sad Mother of drowned New England Patriots player has house robbed while at her son's funeral (37)
ESPN Cool Stanley Cup finals game 5 discussion. Will the Ducks perform the flying V for victory, or will the Senators get Saturday Night Fever? (1040)
(LAist.com) Interesting The best golfer is black, the best rapper is white, the Stanley Cup may end up in Orange County ... and the LA Times top hockey columnist is a woman (75)
USA Today Obvious This little LPGA went to tour. This little consumer stayed home. This little pro was overated, so this little consumer had none. But these little consumers still followed Wie, Wie, Wie all the way home (27)
Yahoo Obvious With every report about Vick's dogfighting connection, we're closer to hearing the following PA announcement at the Georgia Dome this fall, "...and starting at quarterback for the Falcons... Daunte Culpepper" (34)
Yahoo Spiffy Shin splints in both legs could delay B*rry B*nds' pursuit of Hank Aaron's career home run record. World's tiniest violin heard playing in the background (68)
(NASCAR.com) Dumbass NASCAR shows Kurt Busch the black flag for entire Pocono 500 following pit road ruckus at Dover (58)
ESPN Interesting With Trent Green in the fold, Miami wants to trade Daunte Culpepper to a team that needs a clipboard-holding head case (24)
Guardian.com Amusing Romanian soccer club owner to wipe out gameday hooliganism and on-field violence by dumping "We Will Rock You," playing religious songs and hymns instead. Who let the gods out? (14)
YouTube Video Don Cherry on NBC. Brett Hull kisses major arse, eh? (37)
ESPN Sad Red Sox lose three straight for the first time this season. EVERYBODY PANIC (247)
Sports by Brooks Sad SEC school presidents demand that University of Florida president stop promoting college football playoff...and he obliges (14)
(Some Guy) Interesting Michelle Wie is learning how to lie like a man (38)

Tue June 05, 2007
ESPN Obvious Not news: Bengals player accused of assault. News: He's one of the 9 players already arrested in the past year. Fark: He was already suspended for all of last season (24)
ESPN Unlikely Some people willing to pay as much as $14,999 a seat to watch the Cavaliers gets destroyed by the Spurs (15)
ESPN Stupid The Miami Dolphins have traded for another washed up, elderly, injured QB, this one named Trent Green (32)
Sports by Brooks Dumbass Eva Longoria and Tony Parker spending upwards of $40,000 on wedding cake (39)
(NY Daily News) Stupid .. .----. -- --.. .. -. ..- .-. -- .. -.-. ... --..-- -. --- - - .- .-.. -.- .. -. .----. ... .----. -... --- ..- - .- -....- .-. --- -.. .----. ... .- -....- .-. --- - (106)
ESPN Interesting IRL announces there won't be any penalites for Danica Patrick & Dan Wheldon's on- and off-track incidents. Submitter still hoping they'll reconsider and punish Patrick with a public spanking (28)
ESPN Interesting Latino civil rights advocate joins Braves coach and Ozzie Guillen in assuring Gary Sheffield that they, too, hate whitey (44)
ESPN Obvious Durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr de durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr de durrrrrrrrrrr (11)
CBC Scary Unprescribed steroid use surprisingly high among teenage girls. Great news for guys who are turned on by girl with a tiny little mustache (29)
ESPN Sad Hockey is left out in the cold (110)
Yahoo Dumbass Despite falling faster on draft day than an anvil in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon, Brady Quinn may be a holdout for the Cleveland Browns (59)
USA Today Obvious NBA's Saturday night ratings up 18% over last year's game. NHL's Saturday night ratings almost break the record for lowest-rated broadcast network program ever (77)
ESPN Followup Weaseling out of his Orlando Magic contract may earn Billy Donovan a five-year ban from coaching in the NBA (35)
ESPN Satire Exclusive: A-fraud cheated on fifth-grade math test (9)
Sports by Brooks Amusing Ole Miss baseball team scores 21 in one game; Ole Miss football squad could only reach that total 3 out of 12 times last season (9)
The Sun Interesting The history of the word 'boo' in English. Surprisingly has nothing to do with Chicago Cubs (10)
The Sun Obvious Old Spice admits she had tears in her eyes when she watched husband David Beckham take the field in an England shirt again. English fans also had tears in their eyes, but only because they remember 1998, 2002 and 2006 (12)
News.com.au PSA Two important lessons: 1) Even a rugby player will be called a poof if seen wearing a purple cashmere sweater 2) It is never wise to call a rugby player a poof, even if he is wearing a purple cashmere sweater (81)

Mon June 04, 2007
Yahoo Sad Former Yankees 3B & 2-time World Series champion Clete Boyer has died at 70 (23)
(Some Guy) Stupid Charlotte blows up its 18 year old arena, because with no luxury boxes, it's unusable. Fenway Park points, laughs (34)
Canada.com Obvious Stanley Cup Finals, Game 4: Anaheim Ducks vs. Toronto Maple Leafs. Hahahahahahaha, just kidding, Toronto. It's still the Ottawa Senators (671)
Chicago Tribune Interesting Piniella suspension downgraded from indefinitely to 4 games (13)
(Some Guy) Followup "Every person who loves the game of baseball - and who doesn't have his head jammed halfway up his ass - knows there's nothing wrong with what Lou Piniella did. Ranting and raving by managers is a baseball tradition" (52)
ESPN Amusing Yankees considering pulling a Billy Donovan on Clemens' deal (26)
(The Local) Followup Idiot who disrupted Sweden/Denmark Euro qualifier explains his actions. Hint: it was beer (7)
ABC News Weird Mike Tyson wants to star in Bollywood movies (16)
Denver Post Spiffy Sam Adams and his fat tire close to signing with Denver Broncos (34)
AP Spiffy Roger Clemens to make one more minor league start, this Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates (29)
(mlb.com) Obvious Mets release Chan Ho Suck. We should know in the next 48 hours exactly how desperate the Yankees are for pitching (38)
CNN Interesting Peter King picks Colts over the Saints in 2008 Super Bowl, vente half-caf espresso machiatto over grande cinnamon dolce latte with sugar-free syrup in 2008 Coffee Nerd Bowl (54)
(London2012) Asinine Logo for 2012 London Olympics unveiled, as designed by advertising executive's four-year-old daughter (60)
Sports by Brooks Obvious Report: Alex Rodriguez has been visiting "swingers" club in Dallas since 2004 (59)
St. Pete Times Florida So a guy was fishing off his dock. This fish tale has pics. Loch Ness Monster still a blur (22)
MSNBC Obvious Danica Patrick complains after she loses a race because of Alex Rodriguez running behind her car and yelling "Heeeeeeey" (46)
MSNBC Cool After his game-winning home run against the Red Sox on Sunday, Alex Rodriguez may have saved the Yankees' season with one swing (149)
Sports by Brooks Amusing Jets coach appears on 'The Sopranos' - best football cameo since Joe Namath on 'The Brady Bunch' (14)
(Orlando Sentinel) Followup Billy Donovan to Magic: Ctrl+z (42)
CNN Strange Not News: Few U.S. newspapers are covering the Stanley Cup Finals. News: The NHL did turn down one request. Fark: From Al-Jazeera (14)
Canada.com Ironic As she did in the first Ottawa Senators game, Alanis Morissette to sing at game 4 of the NHL playoffs (34)



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