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Sun September 16, 2007
FARK Cool Chargers/Patriots rematch discussion thread (267)
ESPN Obvious The Patriots aren't out of trouble yet: commissioner Roger Godell orders them to turn over all videotape, files, and notes, suspecting more spying activity than Belichick admitted (83)
(Boston Red Sox News) Spiffy Big Papi nominated for Roberto Clemente Award for the second year in a row. "Whatever it takes to help children, I'm very into it." (431)
(Some Guy) Cool The Chase is on: Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire discussion thread (112)
ESPN Cool Week 2 NFL discussion thread. Let's see Bill Belichick cheat his way out of this one (1318)
Abc.net.au Interesting Chris Judd, Aussie Rules' most valuable player, wants to be traded. J Lo unavailable for comment (8)
NYPost Obvious A-Rod would hit 80 homers in the NL Central, says Big Papi (26)
ESPN Unlikely Duke snaps 22-game losing streak, sucking the air out of Northwestern's stadium (18)
(Some Striker) Obvious Study claims heading a soccer ball does not cause brain damage. Farker looks at Posh Spice and begs to differ (22)
MSNBC Stupid Sale price of Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run ball, expected to draw $500,000 at auction, unnaturally inflates to $752,467* (65)
ESPN PSA Kentucky to Louisville: No, you can't have a national title. Not yours (74)

Sat September 15, 2007
MSNBC Spiffy Josh Beckett wins 19th as Red Sox spanks Wang (21)
Reuters Spiffy Zach Johnson shoots a 60 ... Tiger Woods glances (11)
(some sports nut) Amusing I challenge you to come up with a headline for this picture that is funnier than the picture itself (14)
Yahoo Amusing Fail Bowl complete, Notre Dame proving there can only be one complete college football embarrassment (171)
Yahoo Spiffy Mike Hargrove goes on to coach the team with the greatest name ever (95)
ESPN Amusing Mets give the Heimlich to the Phillies for the seventh consecutive game (15)
Telegraph Sad Former World Rally Champion Colin McRae feared dead after his helicopter crashed on his property today (66)
Yahoo Amusing Today's Moment of Zen headline - "Another player starts barking at Woods" (12)
ESPN Obvious The Sports Gal promises to divorce Bill Simmons the moment he tries tinkering with the hospital TV while she's in labor. Oh, and some week 2 NFL picks (30)
Yahoo Cool Today's college football discussion thread. Everybody pull up a chair and laugh at the Clash of the Titanics (1174)
BBC Cool The early matches are over but here's your official Saturday English Premiership discussion forum (38)
(SNY) Silly Keith Hernandez wins "Top Sports Mustache of All Time" award. Rollie Fingers objects, waits outside Shea with a magic loogie ready to go (19)
(Rugby World Cup) Cool Rugby World Cup discussion thread: Today is a big day for teams wearing red - Portugal, Wales and Georgia, although none of these teams will win (20)
ESPN Spiffy 59-year old set to start a college football game at linebacker. Get off my turf (40)
ESPN Cool Cubs beat Cardinals moving them 1.5 games ahead of the Brewers in the NL Central. In other news the Red Sox and Yankees played tonight (25)
(Some Gal) Video Texans' Pittman snaps football in supermarket, bowling alley, basketball court, car ... nails it every time (31)
CNN Strange Elaine Benes buys Ron Mexico's apology notes for $10,000 (7)
Reuters Interesting Sri Lanka beats Kenya by 172 runs. That's a paddlin' (12)
ESPN Interesting Notre Dame quarterback doesn't have the heart to make the trip to Michigan (37)
CBS New York Obvious Regardless of who wins AL East, Red Sox do not want any part of Yankees when it matters (470)

Fri September 14, 2007
ESPN Followup Dale Earnhardt Jr. to race in No. 88 car next season, which is also the total number of F1 fans in America (31)
(Some Guy) Cool Hell freezes over as the Red Wings offer $9 tickets (23)
ESPN Spiffy Saturday night, Sarah Thomas will become first female referee in top tier of college football. She's also expected to be first referee to call "illegal use of hands" between plays (8)
Yahoo Misc Former Mariners manager Mike Hargrove takes over Kansas semi-pro team. No, not the Royals (17)
Boston Globe Interesting Bill Belichick being exposed as a cheater has done the seemingly impossible -- it's made people forget about the Yankees/Red Sox series this weekend (692)
(Star-Telegram) Amusing Michigan pastor says if UM loses to Notre Dame, "They're going to burn Ann Arbor to the ground." Gentlemen: man your couches (77)
CNN Amusing Even Peter King thinks his main man Tom Brady's coach got off light for cheating. Uh oh, someone's sleeping on the couch tonight (172)
ESPN Followup Dale Earnhardt Jr to reveal sponsors and new car number next Wednesday. In related news, most tattoo parlors down south expected to be swamped next Thursday (45)
Yahoo Amusing Baku, Azerbaijan and Doha, Qatar in preliminary bidding for 2016 Summer Olympics. The other five are Chicago, Prague, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. Good luck with that, Baku and Doha (39)
(Rugby World Cup) Obvious Official Rugby World Cup Discussion Thread: South Africa aim to put England out of their misery today (65)
Sports by Brooks Misc Twins GM resigns. Now it's up to someone else to keep Johan Santana and Torii Hunter away from the Yankees (63)
(Some Guy) Cool In what's either a good career move, or a bad one, Alyssa Milano to be a post-season correspondent on MLB.com (77)
(Some Canuck) Unlikely Paul Maurice claims the Toronto Maple Leafs will make the playoffs. General NHL sneering and Leaf bashing to the right (42)
BBC Interesting BBC to televise the season finale of American Armoured Wankball in Britain for next two years (97)
Yahoo Amusing Philadelphia Eagles are the first Super Bowl loser to play the "We didn't lose, they cheated" card against the Patriots (98)
CBS New York Cool Yankees' Damon shows it's not always about money, earns $20 for giving away ball and then gives cash to little boy a few seats away (59)
Boston Globe Followup Pssst... the Pats also own the 49ers first rounder in 2008, so they still have a first round pick next year. Suck it, Jets fans (121)

Thu September 13, 2007
CBC Obvious Buffalo Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen to have potentially career-ending heart surgery. Chico, Harpo and Groucho distraught (28)
(411Mania) Interesting Chris Benoit kept a diary leading up to the murders of his family, and the highlights are - 1) many entries to his dead friend Eddie Guerrero, 2) intense paranoia, and 3) basically turning into a crazy person very rapidly (21)
Guardian.com Interesting F1 fines Team McLaren $100 million for espionage. Suck it, wussy NFL fines (34)
CNN Interesting The five most confusing rules in football. Oakland Raiders fans are sadly familiar with #4 (62)
(NY Daily News) Asinine Toronto scoreboard shows fans playing video game, plunking A-Rod. Yankees personal wahmbulance already out of gas (41)
Boston Globe News NFL fines Bill Belichick $500K, Patriots $250K and their first-round draft pick in '08 (if they make the playoffs this year) (601)
(Some Guy) Cool Controversy erupts at women's World Cup as the Chinese team is accused of spying on other teams. Chinese team coach Chen-Ming Belichick angrily denies the accusations (18)
ESPN Obvious Greg Oden will miss entire season as Portland's fetish for "stars" of the future with huge knee problems is once again indulged (76)
ESPN Cool Golfer shoots 56. Where is your Tiger now? (53)
ESPN Obvious Both fans of U.S. women's soccer are excited that the United States is playing in the World Cup (35)
MSNBC Sad Attendance at Marlins/Nationals game barely surpasses number of Spartans at Thermopylae (82)
ESPN Unlikely MLB wants to implement blood test for HGH. Good luck getting the players' union to agree to that (18)
WFTV Scary The Miami Heat are looking for hot, sultry dancers between the ages 63 and 81 (13)
Canoe Silly The 10 worst team names in sports. Surprisingly, the Butte Pirates are only No. 2 (198)
News.com.au Unlikely Twenty20 Cricket World Cup: Lowly Zimbabwe beat world champions Australia, proving yet again that the hungrier team will always emerge victorious (23)
News.com.au Obvious In Canada, you can go to the fights and watch a hockey game break out. In Australia, it's called "footy." With video goodness (Not safe for work language) (9)
ESPN Hero The Kansas City Royals fail to lose 100 games for the fourth year in a row (32)
BBC Strange In their last 47 matches the French soccer team has only lost three matches - the World Cup final to Italy (aet) and home and away to Scotland (45)
ESPN Amusing Goalie Mike Dunham proves the old adage - those who can't, teach (17)

Wed September 12, 2007
(desnews.com) Scary High school kicker who benches 330 and squats 500 connects on record 62-yard field goal (55)
UPI Cool China launches official 2008 Olympics Web, immediately blocks it (12)
CNN Strange Armadillo wanders into the middle of the peloton during the Tour of Missouri cycling race. Crash-larity ensues (13)
Chicago Tribune Interesting The Bears' Cedric Benson says he could "run over" Chargers' linebacker Shaun Phillips. It'd be nicer, though, if Benson could run over 42 yards (92)
ESPN Followup Tampa Bay Buccaneers remove 228-pound, cancerous tumor (22)
(NY Daily News) Obvious Woman suing Knicks Isiah Thomas claims he said "B@ch, I don't give a f--k about these white people..." That may explain the teams he's put on the court (42)
ESPN Obvious Dean Smith inducted into Hall of of Fame. Duke sucks (11)
Yahoo Followup New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick apologizes for spying on the NY Jets, but doesn't admit any wrongdoing (415)
(The Keynoter) Florida Moral of the story: Don't make Wade Boggs angry, or he'll steal your fishing trophy and make your kids with cystic fibrosis cry (110)
(WND) Cool Maccabi Tel Aviv will play the NY Knicks in a Jewish youth charity event, pregame event may involve the Colorado Avalanche (25)
ESPN Obvious It takes the Chicago Cubs 11 innings to choke away a 4-1 lead, but they managed to do it. I still believe (39)
(Pittsburgh Live) Amusing Joe Paterno's latest comments indicate that retirement may be coming soon. In other news, when you're 80 years old, seven more years is "soon" (25)
(Some Guy) Silly Australian footy fans impressed with their drinking ability during French rugby match, until they realize the beer is alcohol-free (23)
Sports by Brooks Amusing Kansas football coach Mark Mangino makes more money than Michigan's main man -- and Lloyd Carr's not even fired yet (20)
(MLB.com) Cool Boston Red Sox have their greatest come-from-behind win in seven years against the Tampa Bay Junior High School Devil Rays (78)
Yahoo Asinine The White Sox reward Ozzie Guillen for the White Sox' awful record this season and his increasingly erratic behavior by extending his contract through 2012 (18)
ESPN Amusing ESPN.com writer parodies SI.com's Peter King, story commenters then prove to have the intelligence of Peter King (36)

Tue September 11, 2007
ABC Action News Obvious "For the first time since the early 90s, the Buccaneers have become a non-factor in the NFL" (72)
(Move the Needle.net) Cool Pittsburgh Penguins have the highest-rated offense in "NHL 08" (47)
ESPN Obvious NE Patriots have won three* Super Bowls (190)
CNN Obvious Thanks to an incompetent coach, a superannuated GM and an offseason of sloth, Kansas City Chiefs poised to have a year crappier than that experienced by Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan put together (45)
MSNBC Followup Bills TE Everett able to move arms and legs, might be able to walk out of hospital (181)
ESPN Amusing ESPN Week 1 NFL power rankings. Congratulations, Baltimore Ravens You turned the ball over six times and you're still better than the Browns. (Link fixed) (79)
Sign On San Diego Stupid Not news: 100 people were arrested during the Chargers game against the Chicago Bears. Still not news: 250 others were ejected. Fark: For smoking (44)
USA Today Amusing With Eli possibly down, Giants may start J-Lo on Sunday. Yes, J-Lo. Also known as the Pillsbury Throwboy, the Hefty Lefty, the Round Mound of Touchdown and J-Load (44)
ESPN Misc Charlie Frye shipped off to Seattle. That leaves just one man in the way of courage personified taking the field as the QB for the Cleveland Browns (93)
ABC Action News Florida Bucs wide receiver David Boston tests positive for GHB after appearing "drunker than hell" and sitting through green light waiting for it to turn red (28)
Detroit News Unlikely Confidence growing in Detroit Lions defense. EVERYBODY LAUGH (35)
NJ.com Obvious Stay classy, Rutgers fans (103)
ESPN Obvious Bill Simmons will tell you how good the Patriots are as soon as he's done fellating them (91)
CNN Dumbass Indiana Pacers forward Shawne Williams arrested for marijuana possession and driving without a license. Bengals immediately begin negotiations to swing a multi-league trade (9)
ESPN Scary North Korean coach Kim Kwang-min: "This gave us a chance to see our level, and if we meet the Americans a next time we will have the tactics to beat the Americans. We are marching toward the target of a world title" (20)
Philly Obvious Tell me if you've heard this one before... the Philadelphia Phillies are making a hot run towards the playoffs late in the season, hope to miss the playoffs by just a few games again for the third year in a row (23)
ESPN Obvious Hey Trailblazer fans, the 17 of you might want to get used to this storyline (21)
ESPN Sad Martin Jol has come up with the perfect strategy for Saturday's North London derby: Add another striker to the team (10)
Boston Herald Cool The Baconator likely done in Boston after this sizzling hot year (190)
MSNBC Obvious Stay classy, Bill Belichick (262)
(Sporting News) Obvious JaMarcus to JaMake JaMulti-JaMillions (49)
ESPN Interesting Bengals shoot, stab and fight their way over the Ravens; court date in three weeks (62)
The Sun Obvious British soccer fans watching L.A. Galaxy games so baffled by American sport announcers that The Sun has to provide translation for phrases such as "in the wheelhouse" and "stutter-step" (114)
ESPN Sad It's not truly football season until the Arizona Cardinals defense chokes away a game (44)
MDN Interesting The Red Sox and the A's may begin the 2008 baseball season in Japan (30)

Mon September 10, 2007
Sports by Brooks Obvious WNBA gives away 4,000 tickets to Finals to make games look good on TV (39)
ESPN Strange New England Patriots suspected of using cameraman to steal info from the NY Jets. Did they actually need any extra help in demolishing the Jets? (82)
Yahoo Interesting Non-media whore Manning out for at least a month with separated shoulder (27)
AP Scary 82-year-old man runs van onto football field during game and takes out goal post. \o/ (25)
ESPN Followup Bills' Everett likely to remain paralyzed (95)
ESPN Dumbass Pacman Jones wins TNA tag team title. ESPN sees fit to report this as news (34)
(Bloomberg) Obvious Roger Federer says he and Tiger Woods are world's only dominant athletes (99)
Philly Obvious In a game no one watched thanks to the Eagles, but wished they would have instead, the Philadelphia Phillies manage to beat the Florida Marlins (11)
(Some Lawyer) Followup University of Colorado's "rape a coed with every football scholarship" promotion ruled illegal -- but only because the school receives federal funding (212)
(FanNation.com) Followup UM's Chad Henne injured, probably won't suit up for Notre Dame. The horror, the horror (51)
AJC Amusing Steve Spurrier not impressed that South Carolina beat Georgia. "It wasn't like they were some big, powerful team" (49)
Houston Chronicle Spiffy Texans unable to pull off fourth-quarter choke, settle for 20-3 win over the Chiefs (23)
Philly Dumbass Philadelphia Eagles cut their punt return man, Jeremy Bloom. The problem is they didn't have anyone to replace him and lose 10 points and the game on punt returns (40)
Google Spiffy Asafa Powell destroys 100m world record by .03 seconds* (19)
Stuff Spiffy Christchurch triathlete Gina Ferguson wins Ironman Wisconsin. She broke the course record by nearly 10 minutes AND beat off her nearest challenger (14)
Denver Post Spiffy Todd Helton becomes only player in MLB history to hit at least 35 doubles 10 straight years (17)
Denver Post Spiffy Rockies to play Phillies with playoff implications for both teams. Monkeys expected to fly out of all their butts (21)
Denver Post Obvious Denver Broncos running attack is reborn as Travis Henry inserted himself into every hole he saw (41)
(Cincinnati Enquirer) Interesting Apparently not only are the Bengals criminals, but they are terrorists too (16)
ESPN Amusing Not news: German women's soccer team beats Argentina in Women's World Cup. Fark: By a final score of 11-0. Bonus: Argentina player Vanina Correa gets TWO own goals (14)
(Some Hockey Fanatic) Cool Official 2007-2008 NHL discussion thread, 19 Days until the regular season begins (103)
(Some Impressed Guy) Cool Meh. Federer's not bad. Now meet a tennis player who hasn't lost a match since January. January of 2003 (9)
The Virginian Pilot PSA Selling a professional sports team franchise to a guy who owes the IRS $73K, just filed for bankruptcy and has no money in the bank is not a wise business decision (15)
USA Today Amusing Game of the Week: Michigan (0-2) vs Notre Dame (0-2). How low can Michigan go? (95)
(BlogCritics Magazine) Spiffy A week after knocking of Michigan, Appalachian State is ranked 33rd in AP poll, beats fellow FCS/Div I-AA team by 41 points ... using their *backup* quarterback (35)
USA Today Obvious Good news: New Falcons QB (and Michael Vick's replacement) Joey Harrington throws two TD passes. Bad news: For the Minnesota Vikings. Matt Schaub too busy celebrating Texan's victory to comment (31)
CNN Obvious Peter King certainly wouldn't write his first column of the NFL regular season without quoting the hunky and talented Tom Brady (21)
YouTube Cool In honor of World Cup Rugby, here's former All Black Carlos Spencer showing how it's done (15)
ESPN Spiffy Seattle beats Detroit 14-7. No, the other sport (9)
NJ.com Stupid Stay classy, Jets fans (123)
(Some Baseball Fan) Sad Cubs get pounded by Pirates, fall to second in the NL Central. The line to savor those delicious and nutritious tears starts to the right (29)
The Sun Spiffy London's 2012 Olympic facilities to have wider, deeper seats to accommodate enormous British arses. The Sun is there (70)
NJ.com Stupid Jets fans upset at huge parking lot mess during Sunday's game. And here I was thinking it was the 24-point drubbing that had them low (82)
ESPN Scary Dominance, Submission: Roger Federer defeats yet another hapless victim in a Grand Slam final (18)
Yahoo Sad Bills' TE Kevin Everett suffers a severe spinal injury during today's season opener against the Broncos (75)
Yahoo Spiffy Eight months after it matters, Tony Romo scores his first NFL touchdown (48)
YouTube Video Korean baseball's rules are very similar to American baseball's....that is where the similarities end (59)



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