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Sun August 26, 2007
The Sun Amusing Meet the worst racehorse trainer in the world, having gone zero-for-385 and hasn't had a winner since 1996. “He’s becoming the Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards of racing," notes colleague (pic) (2)
ESPN Cool Georgia beats Japan with a walk-off homer to win the Little League World Series (21)
Yahoo Scary BoSox outscore ChiSox 46-7 over 4 games. Thanks to new commericial partnership, that means 46 Baconators for Schilling (9)
AP Stupid A growing number of golfers protesting ever increasing mandatory cart use rules. Suck it slow pokes (38)
ESPN Cool Old guy kicks young guys ass at UFC 74, stay off his lawn (26)
ESPN Silly "You're not even a beat reporter, you're a fill-in, you don't know anything about baseball... you're retarded." Response: "Can you even spell 'retarded'?" (308)
ESPN Cool It's the official week 3 Sunday English Premier League discussion forum, featuring Newcastle and a battle from the bottom of the table in Man U and Tottenham (35)
ESPN Cool Sam Hornish to run 5-6 NASCAR Cup races this year to prepare for fulltime in 2008 (23)

Sat August 25, 2007
ESPN Cool Cincinnati Reds finally get the nucleus of a decent team together (34)
(Some white guy) Stupid Boise State hero who proposed to his cheerleader girlfriend after epic win over Oklahoma needs security at the wedding. Not from angry OU fans, but because he's black and his fiancee is white (83)
ESPN Unlikely Falcons to Vick: "We'd like you to give us back the $22 million in bonuses that we already paid you" (46)
The Sun Amusing Welsh soccer coach in Spain's second division is sorry he ever told his players to speak Spanish to him. "Some of the words are unpronounceable when you’ve got a set of teeth like mine" (6)
ESPN Spiffy Damon Huard selected to be Chiefs starting tackling dummy (30)
ESPN Cool Five moments under the lights that made all rednecks cry aloud as one; Your Bristol 500 thread (133)
(Some Guy) Cool It's your official Saturday, week 3, English Premiership discussion forum; Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea are on tap (73)
(Some Guillen) Cool Not News: Tigers beat Yankees, 9-6. News: With a walk-off, 11th inning home run. Fark: At 3:30 a.m (315)
Yahoo Hero Greg Maddux just won his tenth game in a season for the twentieth season in a row; Suck it, flamethrowers (30)
TBO Dumbass Bucs' wideout David Boston arrested for DUI, in other news, David Boston is still playing football (With hilarious video pic) (28)
SeattlePI Misc Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen has sold his private 757. As a result, the team will now fly on a Hawaiian Airlines 767. Sure, they might have less legroom, but they'll get more windows (10)
(Some Storm Trooper) Amusing NFL predictions through the eyes of a Star Wars geek (72)

Fri August 24, 2007
AJC Interesting The Atlanta Braves release closer Bob Wickman because "He wasn't a team player" (32)
(Some guy who likes to turn left) Interesting Another F1 driver thinks about heading to the left-turn series (41)
Yahoo Stupid "Little leaguers should be paid $1,000 per TV game to play." Are you playing because it's fun? There's no playing because it's fun in baseball (19)
Reuters Followup Reggie Miller ends talk of a possible NBA comeback. Somebody tell Spike Lee before he hangs himself (12)
(Some Puckhead) Cool Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins to play New Years Day outdoor hockey game in the Buffalo Bills' stadium. Which definitely won't be needed for football in January (55)
Yahoo Spiffy Ye olde baseball is making a comeback. No haberdashery allowed (38)
iWon Followup NY Knicks guard Stephon Marbury attempts to clarify his comments regarding Michael Vick and dogfighting. Nope... still dumbass (47)
ESPN Followup Former NBA player Eddie Griffin was trying to overcome alcohol addiction shortly before his death. Missed it by... that much (24)
ABC News Followup Michael Vick's father says he asked Vick to stop the dogfighting, and that people should stop sugarcoating what Vick did. Suck it, NAACP (104)
CBS News Cool David Wells signs with Dodgers after clearing waivers (400)
CBS News Cool Step 1: Get Michael Vick trading cards. Step 2: Feed them to your dog. Step 3: Profit (13)
Sports by Brooks Unlikely Facing the prospect of an empty stadium for another David Beckham home game, LA Galaxy blames nearby commuter college for forcing them to "limit ticket sales" on a school day (44)
ESPN Dumbass Spurrier suspends South Carolina quarterback for skipping class. This is code for: watch film, stay safe, and we play UGA in week 2 so get your head out of your ass (32)

Thu August 23, 2007
ESPN Sad Former Lakers coach Butch van Breda Kolff has earned his final technical foul (3)
Boston Herald Obvious Curt Schilling ponders free-agent future; whether you're gonna eat the rest of that bacon cheeseburger (252)
Boston Globe Unlikely Eric Gagne doesn't regret accepting a trade to the Boston Red Sox, and doesn't mind having his car lit on fire every night after games, honest (46)
ESPN Hero Fulham Football Club, in a shocking move, signs an American. Hero tag enlisted because it's the only one with an American flag. America, f*ck yeah (27)
ESPN Amusing The greatest sport beatdowns in history. Who doesn't love No. 27? (202)
CNN Interesting Sports Illustrated releases the most politically correct list of the famous body parts in sports. Just stop at No. 1, it doesn't really get any better (89)
Des Moines Register Interesting Time's running out if you want to see the ghost baseball players walk out of the cornfield and onto the real life Field of Dreams (13)
Telegraph Amusing Just as I suspected... Tottenham are the reason the English national soccer team sucks (16)
(The Hawkeye Compulsion) Followup Those two Iowa WRs who were arrested on felony charges concerning misuse of a credit card put up some classic pics on their Facebook page. Followup tag throws down a gang sign and Dumbass tag flees in terror (63)
Deadspin Sick Oklahoma fan rips scrotum from Texas fan's body for wearing Longhorns shirt in a bar (71)
MSNBC Strange Jerome Bettis said he lied about a knee injury. But he could be lying about that too. Just ask his wife, Morgan Fairchild (35)
ESPN Stupid Casino giant Harrah's to build 20,000-seat arena in Las Vegas to lure NBA or NHL team. Submitter offers 1:3 odds that the NHL is dumb enough to actually put a team there (31)
(NY Times) Obvious Peyton Manning thinks ex-players who join the media are sell-outs, ranking just above idiot kickers (95)
(3 downs for 10 yards guy) Spiffy Will Mike Vick begin training beavers when the NFL suspends him? CFL says no, get off my lawn eh (7)
(Stamford Times) Amusing Andy Rooney on why sports bore him: "Today's baseball stars are all guys named Rodriguez to me." Cue "¡Ése es racismo" kid (60)
ESPN Dumbass Seattle Supersonics co-owner fined $250,000 for saying he'd like to move the team to Oklahoma City (17)
ESPN Cool Brandon Webb's scoreless inning streak stopped at 42. More importantly, he got the win (12)
ESPN Spiffy U.S. basketball team finally finds a country whose ass we can still kick (16)
Boston Globe Dumbass Bob Kraft starts the pity party for Falcons owner, suggesting sympathetically that all football players are dirtbags. "It could happen to any one of us" (35)
(cracked.com) Amusing Nine moments more wretched than steroids in baseball; includes Pedro's midget, Albert Belle and Ty Cobb (31)
Yahoo Obvious Fark's seasonal article strikes again. Productivity to definitively decline due to Fantasy Football (28)
USA Today Amusing Mike Hart: "My freshman class, how can we say that we're the best class in history when we haven't beat Ohio State?" (36)
BBC Obvious Scotland wins international sporting event. Now there's a headline you never ever thought you'd see (14)
BBC Dumbass After having the Premier League put the kibosh on his plans to transfer to rival Liverpool, Man United's Gabriel Heinze is now off to Real Madrid. Cona de sabão (16)

Wed August 22, 2007
Yahoo Cool It's a boy for Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady. It's expected the Patriots will make the baby their #1 pick in the 2028 NFL draft (18)
ESPN Asinine This may go down as one of the greatest shellackings in baseball history (301)
(Some Guy) Cool John Elway is now a high school football coach (74)
ESPN Spiffy Twins throw some cold salty sea water on the Mariners. Yankees and Angels fans breath a sigh of relief (25)
(Some Beaver) Amusing Portland Beavers, tired of childish jokes about their nickname, ask for fan input on new name. Let's help them out (102)
Yahoo Dumbass Today's example of how to pick your battles carefully brought to you by the NAACP, which urges the NFL to let Michael Vick play football after his sentence (144)
ESPN Spiffy 59-year old makes Division III college football team. Better not step on his lawn (70)
ESPN PSA Official thread for today's international soccer friendlies. How's your country doing? (66)
Yahoo Followup After 20 days, NY Giants WR Plexiglass Burress returns to practice after the menstrual cramping finally let up (34)
Fox News Dumbass Latrelle Sprewell's 70-foot yacht, the "Milwaukee's Best", was repossessed Tuesday. When this news got back to PJ Carlesimo, he got a little choked up (18)
ESPN Spiffy Brooks Robinson, Ozzie Smith, Willie Mays and Ken Griffey, Jr. among the members of all-time Gold Glove team (40)
Boston Globe Cool Jonathan Papelbon invents a new pitch, names it after Bea Arthur (455)
NYPost Dumbass "You know, from what I understand, dogfighting is a sport. It's just behind closed doors." -- Stephon Marbury. So just for the record, illegal + closed doors = legal (517)
Washington Post Obvious USA Basketball brings in Kobe Bryant in attempt to rape the competition and bring back gold (24)
CNN Obvious After blasting Vick repeatedly, Peter King now wants to have make-up sex after he realizes he won't get to see him play this year (22)
(Duke Sucks Tribune) Obvious Rutgers University plans $116 million stadium expansion after one winning season. Future headlines: Rutgers faces huge debt over stadium project after 1-10 season (54)
ESPN Interesting Sphincters tighten all around MLB as former NY Mets clubhouse attendant reportedly named names to Sen. Mitchell's steroid probe (14)
Toronto Star Amusing Why Canada should have more NHL teams. This is front-page news (24)
Sports by Brooks Amusing Dancing Star to wed Dallas Star. He might not be ready for marriage, since he's had only one fight in his entire NHL career (picture doesn't include nudity, but is probably not safe for work) (40)
CNN Amusing Diamondbacks third baseman ties MLB record for consecutive strikeouts with a double golden sombrero plus one (11)
USA Today Spiffy Garret Anderson beats the Yankees like the British should have (154)
YouTube Amusing John McEnroe goes ballistic at umpire and throws tantrum on tennis court. In 2007 (video) (16)
(Puck head) Cool On a hot day, this will help cool you off: initial NHL predictions. Heated discussion to the right (80)
DallasNews Asinine Nation's most corrupt college football program suspends head coach for two whole weeks after NCAA starts snooping around (25)
ESPN Obvious Cole Hamels is the latest injured Phillie. In other news, Citizens Bank Ballpark will have a hospital wing added soon (16)
(Some Guy) Cool Judge calls NFL officials hypocrites for suspending Bengals' Odell Thurman (41)

Tue August 21, 2007
CBS Philadelphia Sad Former NBA star killed after his SUV collides with a freight train in a fiery crash (119)
Yahoo Interesting Michael Vick's next opponent may be the Double Jeopardy Clause (27)
ESPN Interesting Kurt Busch gets up on the wheel, pins his ears back, wins at Michigan (17)
(Some Guy) Amusing David Beckham complains the ground is to hard for him, plays anyway. Good Job Princess (14)
NJ.com Amusing Tiki Barber finally gets Eli Manning to come out of his hole, at which point Eli sees his shadow and declares six more weeks of this BS (23)
ESPN Followup Red Sox get player to be named in Wily Mo Pena deal (361)
Houston Chronicle Amusing Game tickets: $50. Engagement ring: $3000. Being humiliated on the Jumbotron by your girlfriend: Priceless (333)
ESPN Cool Tottenham Hotspur boss a sure bet to be first boss to get axed. Which is why bookies are no longer taking bets (17)
Yahoo Cool Big Papi Selling his MB AMG. Optional accessories include a Johnny Damon Traitor's Card (9)
The Virginian Pilot Obvious Q: Can Michael Vick come back? A: No one gives a shiat (71)
iWon Obvious Brewers blank Diamondbacks, move into first place tie with Cubs. Cubs fans sigh and say, "At least they didn't wait until the end of September to break our hearts" (43)
USA Today Amusing Despite crossing the Daytona 500 finish line upside-down on his roof, Clint Bowyer has quietly put together a solid season and finds himself in good position to make the Nextel Cup Chase (16)
iWon Obvious Note to National League baserunners: Don't challenge Rick Ankiel's arm in the outfield. He used to be a pitcher (45)
ESPN Dumbass Chicago Bears QB Rex Grossman shows he's in midseason form as he fumbles three times and throws an interception. Imagine what he could do if he played the whole game (83)
BBC Interesting Heinze: I has permission to move to Anfield? Premier League: No. You do not has permission. Not yours (25)
ESPN Interesting A-Rod slaps his league-leading 40th homer of the season, but the Yankees still lose (72)
Sports by Brooks Spiffy U.S. Soccer hottie Heather Mitts plays the field: Seen with pro tennis player James Blake and NFL QB AJ Feeley in same week (24)
Detroit News Obvious The players on the Michigan football team tell Chad Henne what they think of him by not electing the four-year starter at QB as one of their captains (77)
ESPN Obvious Brady Quinn's manhandling of the Detroit Lions' 3rd- and 4th-stringers isn't enough to move him up on Cleveland's QB depth chart yet (29)
Sports by Brooks Cool NHL will have at least one sellout next season as St. Louis Blues to provide free food for all fans at one game in January (37)
(Some Feat) Spiffy Bobby Jenks ties MLB record for consecutive batters retired, gives up a hit, then starts new streak. "I am back to three in a row," Jenks said. "Hopefully I can keep it going" (10)
USA Today Hero Patriots QB Tom Brady vows to attend the birth of his baby with Bridget Moynahan in the morning, beat the Jets in OT during the afternoon, then go home and make wild-monkey love with Gisele Bundchen that night (36)

Mon August 20, 2007
Globe and Mail Dumbass Canadian football fans experience their own Heidi incident. "Questions were immediately raised about a public network giving precedence to a U.S. movie over a Canadian sporting event" (22)
AP Misc NASCAR race at Michigan rained out again today. Race now scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday (34)
(Some Guy) Sad Famous fan of the Baltimore Orioles passes away at 68. Other Orioles fans reportedly devastated, both of them (20)
(AOL Sports) Interesting If you're a Miami Heat fan and like to attend games, you might want to stock up on helmets, brass knuckles, and mace (13)
Rocky Mountain News Obvious Priest Holmes is making Chiefs' training camp uncomfortable, complaining of lack of handicapped parking (21)
ESPN Silly Joel Zumaya off the DL. Thankfully, Guitar Hero 3 comes out during the World Series, so Tigers fans have nothing to worry about (10)
MSNBC Obvious The Ric Romero of sportswriters just now comes to the conclusion that maybe the Boston Red Sox are regretting that whole Eric Gagne deal (529)
Yahoo Obvious Why the NHL should say, "Sorry, Kansas City, but expansion doesn't make any sense." Not that the NHL has been known for using common sense, of course (36)
Yahoo Obvious NASCAR's "Iron Man", Ricky Rudd, announces his plans to re-retire (22)
MSNBC NewsFlash Ronaldo Mexico strikes plea dealeo (902)
USA Today Amusing NY Liberty rally past Chicago Sky to edge Washington Mystics for final playoff spot. In other news, the WNBA played yet another season without anybody noticing (25)
Telegraph Obvious Rob Styles gets a red card for his horrible officiating in the Liverpool v. Chelsea match. Sheffield United set to sue the FA to get Liverpool their 2 points back (60)
YouTube Amusing In rally-car terms, this is known as "taking the turn too fast" (42)
EITB24 Ironic Washed-up, drug-addled cheater in a sport that nobody in the US watches says that he hates the US (48)
(Some Yellow Car) Spiffy California Speedway introduces cheerleaders to NASCAR - because there are finer things you'd rather see on the pole than Tony Stewart (21)
YouTube Video Q: What happens during a 250cc motorcycle race when you hit another cycle at full speed? A: Flight (23)
Yahoo Unlikely NBA referees union says that Tim Donaghy's gambling activity is isolated and not a sign of a widespread problem with the referees. And they're willing to put some money on that (13)
CNN Stupid Tiger Woods says he can't play because his body is spent from golfing. In other news, golf still not a sport (103)
(NASCAR.com) Obvious Millions of rednecks will mysteriously come down with the flu at noon on Monday, and maybe even Tuesday (40)



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