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Sun August 19, 2007
ESPN Interesting College football list of the most overrated and underrated teams of the past decade based on the polls. Fans heads around the country explode when they realize that Notre Dame isn't even in the top 10 (18)
AJC Ironic Falcons QB out for season (20)
ESPN Sad Ebenezer screwed (7)
Herald-Leader Sad Jailed U of L Cardinals basketball phenom now believes Rick Pitino & CIA implanted Irish microchip in his brain, that Duke doesn't suck (9)
Independent Followup Due to a slow news day, journalist discovers Mr. Putin can't fish (4)
Yahoo Spiffy Future Yankee Johan Santana K's 17 in Twins' 1-0 shutout over Texas (52)
Yahoo Cool Brady Quinn makes courageous debut, nearly brings Browns back against 3rd-stringers. Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson said to be quaking in boots from all the courage (50)
YouTube Cool Lucky 12 year-old makes an amazing catch to save a game at the Little League World Series, gets interviewed by cute sideline reporter (36)
(MLB) Spiffy Diamondbacks pitcher goes 4-5, drives in six runs, and strikes out seven. Oh, and he also hit two home runs (w/ video) (21)
(JournalNow.com) Amusing One PGA pro's view of the FedEx Cup: "Half of us could care less, the other half are indifferent" (18)
BBC Cool It's a Manchester derby and Liverpool face Chelsea in Sunday's official Premiership discussion thread (60)
ESPN Cool USC is #1 in the AP preseason poll. Duke Sucks (46)
Boston Globe Asinine For first time in history, people forced to choose between religious services and football (20)
(Albany Times Union) Interesting Andy Pettitte is Mr. August (10)
MSNBC Sad The Baconator gets his giant ass kicked to the tune of a 7.50 game ERA... and still wins after David Ortiz decides he'd like to start hitting again (132)

Sat August 18, 2007
(SomeJunkie) Dumbass Limbaugh calls Obama as overrated as McNabb. So what is the political equivalent of 5 Pro Bowls, a Super Bowl appearence and multiple winning seasons (154)
Deadspin Cool Five-year-old makes unassisted triple-play (16)
Yahoo Amusing Coach of the Saints uses football as an excuse to spend time with his man crush (8)
USA Today Amusing Not news: NCAA investigating an Oklahoma football program for violations involving 80 players. News: Not THAT Oklahoma football program. Fark: They still went 5-6 last year. UltraFark: In D-II (4)
ESPN Obvious Jaguars throw their new Couch to the curb (18)
(Some Guy) Spiffy 1986 Heisman Trophy winner Vinny Testaverde signs with New England Patriots. Ask your father about him (35)
Yahoo Followup "I enjoy the whore that is your sister" (46)
NJ.com Spiffy For the first time ever, Rutgers (No. 16) is ranked in the pre-season poll. Suck it Princeton (28)
(Fox Sports) Obvious The decision: to play golf in front of a bunch of sweaty New Yorkers yelling "you da man" in mid-swing, or to stay home and do belly-flops into your giant pile of money with your Swedish bikini-model wife and new baby (23)
MSNBC Followup Tim Donaghy reportedly to implicate 20 other NBA officials in gambling offenses (41)
(bundesliga.de) Spiffy Official Bundesliga Week 2 thread. The big ones on tap today are Werder Bremen vs. Bayern Munich, and the Ruhrpott derby between Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund (12)
Yahoo Weird Former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne is trying to find out if he qualifies for a German passport in order to represent Hampshire as a non-overseas player. Um... what? (7)
ESPN Cool Tottenham goes for three straight in the official Saturday English Premier League week two discussion foum (61)
Deadspin Amusing If you can't trust a soccer player to behave himself during an orgy with his teammates and prostitutes, who can you trust? (7)
CNN Cool The answer is 42 (35)
ESPN Obvious Cubs about to enjoy first place in NL Central for a record 20 hours or so (48)

Fri August 17, 2007
USA Today Obvious Michelle Wie continues her Tigeresque dominance of LPGA. Just kidding. She missed the cut again (24)
CBS News Obvious Once again, Eric Gagne helps the Red Sox snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Heckuva trade there, Theo (80)
CBS New York Hero More than 60,000 expected to attend Beckham's game in New Jersey on Saturday, which is approximately 60,000 less than New Jersey's team drew in its previous 10 home games combined (24)
CBS 4 Denver Cool Group of Coloradans ride down steep mountain trails ... on goddamned UNICYCLES (9)
Sports by Brooks Stupid Gretzky, Earnhardt, Grant Hill and Chuck Liddell appear in Nickelback video; Bastards stole My Chemical Romance, Hinder and Fall-Out Boy's idea (10)
Yahoo Interesting Boston Red Sox trade Wily Mo Pena to Washington Nationals for a player to be named later (52)
(Some Gambler) Followup Rick Tocchet sentenced to probation. Janet Gretzky upset, because she had 10 grand riding on jail time (7)
The Smoking Gun Followup P-Funk and T throw Ookie under the bus. The Smoking Gun is there (28)
Denver Post Unlikely Colorado soccer fans care enough about MLS team to know the coach by name and want him fired (11)
ESPN Interesting If Michael Vick cops a plea, will he ever play again? Yep, says John Clayton, and he'll own that Arena League MVP trophy for years (59)
(Some Guy) Unlikely Michigan is the NCAA football program of the last decade, mathematically speaking. Suck it, Fark's mysterious legion of UM haters (96)
Canada.com Strange It's not every day you see a paralyzed man in a wheelchair hitting golf balls 250+ yards (12)
(Some Guy) Interesting Cincinnati's Odell Thurman appeals his NFL suspension to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (17)
(Some Cubs Fan) Spiffy Cubs re-sign Zambrano to five-year, $90 million deal. Might as well just give the Cubs the next five NL pennants now (92)
ESPN Unlikely "Remember, the charges against Vick are accusations. The Duke lacrosse mess reminded us that accusations are not the same as guilt and that prosecutors might be unscrupulous" (38)
(Fox Sports) Obvious Jason Whitlock calls out Michael Wilbon and Ronnie Thompson for using the race card, sucking in general (30)
(nascar.com) Cool NASCAR to run retro-paint schemes on its Chevrolets this week at Michigan to honor the '57 Chevy (with pic) (28)
(MMA Weekly) Dumbass Former UFC champ Kevin Randleman, still under suspension for submitting horse urine to the Nevada athletic commission, demonstrates why steroids and alcohol don't mix (46)
Sports by Brooks Obvious Paid attendance for David Beckham's second L.A. home game: 9,223 (at 27,000-seat Home Depot Center) (101)
ESPN Spiffy No NFL game had EVER ended with a score of 11-10... until last night (52)
Fox News Sad A-Rod settles for key to the city, narrowly misses out on the one to Jeter's heart (260)
(TMZ) Asinine Bad: Dennis Miller. Worse: Rush Limbaugh. Downright awful: Ryan Seacrest (27)
ESPN Obvious Dear Mr Selig: As no else appears to care, we might be interested in winning the NL Central again. Love, the St. Louis Cardinals (27)

Thu August 16, 2007
Boston Herald Asinine Union in Boston protesting Tom Brady for not using union labor. Brady seen laughing from his bed of $1000 dollar bills with his supermodel girlfriend, and sending Peter King carrying a crowbar to negotiate (40)
Sports by Brooks Amusing Pat Head Summitt files for divorce after the Univ. of Tennessee named the school's basketball court "The Summitt" (26)
ESPN Followup Jason Giambi will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball (139)
JSOnline Unlikely Brewers fans get chance to purchase playoff tickets. No word on if they're for Busch or Wrigley (40)
ESPN Cool The story of Phil Rizzuto and Meat Loaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (47)
Denver Post Sad Will the last healthy starting Rockies pitcher please choke out the lights (14)
(M Live) Scary Two more Michigan Wolverines face assault charges, maybe those winged helmets really should have prison bars on them (64)
Sports by Brooks Stupid Zidane to receive $250,000 to play in exhibition game against David Beckham's MLS team in Australia on Nov. 27 (12)
(Some Guy) Amusing A fireable offense? Illinois' Ron Zook won only two games in 2006, meaning each victory cost the school $620,875 (37)
ESPN Interesting NY Jets sign cornerback Darrelle Revis, leaving No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell as the only remaining unsigned first-round draft pick (19)
(NY Daily News) Obvious New York media begins its annual search for fainting couches as Mariano Rivera has his first bad outing since April (36)
Yahoo Silly Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox wastes no time augmenting his ejection record by arguing a balk call with the first base umpire (12)
(Sons of Sam Malone) Cool In honor of Bobby Cox: The top five manager ejections (with videos) (35)
Fox News Asinine Terribly distraught over the deaths of Chris Benoit and family, his mother-in-law wants to know the order in which the family died... to determine how much money her family will get (76)
Deadspin Strange Darren Daulton wants you to know that on Dec. 24, 2012, we're all going to "rise to another level of consciousness." He also said some really weird shiat (44)
Houston Chronicle Spiffy Beckham scores. *yawn* (87)

Wed August 15, 2007
Fox News Stupid After a long and illustrious pro wrestling career, "Pacman" now to give it a go in music (20)
ESPN Cool Bocephus returns to sing the Monday Night Football theme song for the 19th year in a row (29)
(Some Circle Jerk Fan) Sad Dale Earnhardt Jr. will not run the #8 next season. It's as if millions of rednecks suddenly cried out in terror, then were suddenly silenced (46)
(Some 3 down guy) Spiffy The son of Sweetness is emulating his old man. And after watching the game on TV, this kid is the real deal (40)
Sports by Brooks Dumbass With favorable divorce deal in doubt, Greg Norman does the sensible thing by attempting to "coerce" and "starve out" ex-wife (14)
Denver Post Obvious Colorado Rockies "ace" shelled in important showdown with Padres. To be fair, he's really a three in anyone else's rotation (24)
Canoe Dumbass The Toronto Maple Leaf's newest player facing jail time (20)
(M Live) Obvious Ryan Mallett is pumped up about stepping into the QB position for Michigan next year and continuing Chad Henne's legacy of losing any game that matters (31)
(The Indy Channel.com) Interesting "By day, they're homemakers and career women, but this weekend, they transform into treacherous beasts on the football field." Meet the Womens' Professional Football League (28)
CNN Interesting Peter King names his all-time NFL team, although it meant typing through salty tears of despair at not picking hunky Tom Brady (63)
ESPN Cool It's the very first Champions League Qualifying Third Round - 1st Leg official discussion forum of the 2007-2008 season (105)
Yahoo Hero Pestered yet again by the holier-than-thou golf press on his bad habits, John Daly replies, ''I'd rather smoke, drink Diet Cokes and eat. I get enough exercise walking five or six miles a day." Hero tag cracks a beer and smiles (27)
News.com.au Sad Norwegian mountain cliffs: 3, Australian base jumpers: 0 (12)
CBS News Followup "Prominent" Falcon teammate could be called to testify against Vick. If that happens, he's Dunn (26)
(Some Guy) Obvious USC will lose a game this year, UCLA will not live up to the hype, SEC will dominate, Duke will suck and other things you can count on this year in college football (98)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Yankees honor memory of Phil Rizzuto by losing 12-0... to Baltimore (440)
Yahoo Amusing Having previously completed passes to Kansas City Chiefs' offensive players, Trent Green will finally get to complete passes to their defensive players as well (10)
ESPN Obvious It's not even September and the Cubs are already in full pennant chase mode (23)
(myTelus) Spiffy 315-pound girl to play high school football, since she can't do anything else on Friday nights (64)
SeattlePI Interesting Redskins sign wide receiver Todd "Please Don't Tackle Me, I'm Ever So Delicate" Pinkston (28)
NYPost Amusing Someone in Giants camp puts the dye used by banks to mark money in Jeremy Shockey's glove, who laughs it off as a good joke. Not really...he's pissed (59)
Fox News Scary Former MLB shortstop Jose Offerman finally found a pitcher he could hit. With horrifying photo (70)
News.com.au Sappy Soccer stars told by wives and girlfriends to play near the best shopping locations (20)
YouTube Video NFL, Sav Rocca. Sav Rocca, cheapshot (59)
ESPN Dumbass Tim Donaghy to plead guilty of being an asshat (9)
ESPN Spiffy Freddy Adu makes his European debut in a Champions League qualifier (19)
BBC Amusing Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (92)
CNN Cool NFL to set up concussion hotline. There won't be an actual number, though. To call, just mash your fingers against the keypad (7)
Sports by Brooks Asinine Dice-K charging $450 for one signed baseball - $100 more for Japanese symbol inscription (43)

Tue August 14, 2007
AJC Interesting Atlanta Braves skipper Bobby Cox has set the major league record for ejections (18)
ESPN Amusing Pedro Martinez pitches three perfect innings in Class A, then leaves after allowing 3 runs in the fourth, which proves that Pedro isn't yet ready to come back and that Class A managers have more sense than Grady Little (20)
Boston Globe Amusing Angels outfielder Gary Matthews, Jr. on the difference between Yankees and Red Sox fans - "Yankees fans have more class than Boston fans" (305)
Komo Spiffy Seattle sophisticates surprised to learn that rich rednecks will be moving their NBA franchise to Oklahoma (64)
ESPN Amusing Looks like the Yankees won't be able to offload their $26M mistake. This means Igawa might replace Pavano as the biggest waste of money in Yankee History (65)
(Fan Nation) Dumbass Kirk Hinrich leaves Team USA to spend more time not representing his country (21)
AJC Followup The Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting that Vick's attorneys are negotiating a plea (171)
(Some Guy) Obvious "The preferred quarterbacks in the NFL are Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, and Bart Starr. A Eurocentric image is important." (69)
(Some Guy) Amusing Yankees honor A-Rod by giving him REALLY bad art to commerate his 500th homerun (with photo) (35)
ESPN Followup Last two co-defendants to cop a plea in Vick case. How's the whole "stop snitching" thing workin' for ya? (44)
Yahoo Followup Kyle Busch officially announces decision to join Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008, plans to crash into teammates Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin (14)
Canoe Obvious MLB has steroids. The NFL has dogfighting. The NBA has point shaving. And the NHL has... underage drinking, a rowdy bachelor party and still can't get American fans (50)
Yahoo Unlikely Barry Bonds hires lawyers to sue his accusers. In other news, every American outside of San Francisco expected to receive a subpoena next week (20)
CNN Interesting Quietly, the NCAA has passed a rule that will have a significant impact on college football scoring (24)
ESPN Cool "...and this one belongs to the Reds." Cincinnati signs Hall of Famer to three-year contract extension (20)
ESPN Obvious Chris Benoit's doctor wants all evidence seized in the search of his office to be dismissed. Gee, I wonder why that is? (8)
Detroit News Interesting Questions concerning the Michigan football team as they build up to their annual double choke job to end the season (49)
London Times Cool "It's not a backlash" fans boo as Beckham sits on the bench (29)
Yahoo Sad Philadelphia Eagles RB Ryan Moats suffers season-sinking ankle injury (41)
Telegraph Stupid In a move designed to reward divers and fakers, soccer referees propose a radical rule change (40)
Sports by Brooks Interesting Reggie Bush moving into "the hood ornament of Hollywood Hills." Meanwhile, Saints fans have whole trailers to themselves (10)
CBS News Interesting Fed sues Darryl Strawberry for nearly a half-million dollars in unpaid taxes (15)
ESPN Silly Vince Young suspended a preseason game for sneaking out after curfew in order to sleep in own bed. And you thought your parents were rough (13)
St. Pete Times Misc "Madden 08" hits stores today. Improvements this year include greatly-expanded product placement (105)
ESPN Dumbass ESPN columnist: Remember when the Yankees were 10.5 back and I called for Torre to be fired? My bad (27)
(WWE.com) Stupid Nearly two months before his WBO heavyweight title match, Evander Holyfield will box WWE wrestler Matt Hardy (27)
ESPN Spiffy Placido Polanco sets major league record for second basemen by playing his 144th straight game without an error (22)
Yahoo Obvious Barry Bonds plans on playing one more season so he can add 3000* career hits to his resume (28)
CBS News Spiffy Court rules that AT&T cannot change Jeff Burton's racecar sponsorship from Cingular to AT&T in the chase for the Nextel Sprint Cup. T-Mobile unavailable for comment (14)

Mon August 13, 2007
Sports by Brooks Amusing Mother of Matt Leinart's child at custody hearing: "Britney and Paris aren't allowed to be around the baby" (6)
Fox News Obvious This month's dead former wrestler brought to you by Tampa (23)
Miami Herald Florida Jogging group makes a point to stop often to hydrate themselves... with beer. "They're not runners with a drinking problem, but drinkers with a running problem" (89)
Yahoo Interesting Michael Silver debuts on Yahoo Sports with a sensible and nuanced column about Michael Vick's legal troubles. Looking for a new job in three... two... one... (17)
(Biz of Football) Amusing Barry Switzer resurfaces on XM Radio as football analyst, to be paid under table just like his former players (10)
ESPN Unlikely The greatest record in sports isn't even a record. Wait, what? (54)
Boston Globe Obvious You're a professional baseball manager. Your 14.5-game division lead has dwindled to four. Fans are calling for your head. What do you do to make things right? If you're Terry Francona, you immediately sit your best hitter the next game (162)
Yahoo Interesting Cal Ripken, Jr. gets a job with the State Department, misses first day of work (11)
Chicago Sun-Times Spiffy White Sox closer Bobby Jenks has tied the major-league record for consecutive batters retired (32)
MSNBC Followup NFL denies that Vick has been suspended. Your dog wants Goodell to cut to the chase (54)
(Some Guy) Amusing Angry football fan writes that Steve Spurrier's annual "practice of giving Duke his 25th vote... is a disgrace, and it's about time somebody called him out on it" (72)
ESPN Amusing Fan walks up to Matt Kenseth's car while race is red flagged and asks for an autograph. Kenseth responds, "I'm kind of busy right now" (15)
ESPN Asinine 35,000 go to soccer match to watch David Beckham sit on the bench for the whole game (60)
Yahoo Dumbass Fresh off of being court ordered not to partake in any wrestling activities, Pacman Jones makes his wrestling debut (30)
Yahoo Obvious Michael Vick to be suspended for 2007-2008 season (48)



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