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Sun September 23, 2007
ESPN Unlikely A-Rod's agent Scott Boras in negotiations with a potential Cubs' owner over a $300 million 10 year deal which would include a future ownership stake in the team (46)
Yahoo Cool For those not completely caught up in Bonds hitting 756, Brett Favre ties Dan Marino's TD record (36)
YouTube Video LSU's most excellent fake field goal, in case you missed the nine million times it played on ESPN (better angles about 1:00 min in) (33)
BBC Obvious Ranger and Celtic soccer fans pose for mass naked photo to show how racism is no longer part of the game. Article comes with photo, and not even Pantone can reproduce this shade of pasty white if you want to calibrate your monitor (23)
ESPN Cool Cleveland Indians clinch AL Central title. Jobu rejoices (47)
ESPN Scary John Force suffers two broken legs, broken arm in collision with Bernstein at Texas Motorplex (21)
SFGate Obvious 4th oldest major league baseball park, RFK Stadium, has its last game today. Baseball highlights just miss fitting into 250 character Fark headline limit (17)
(Some Steelers fan in Texas) Cool Is the football game you want to watch blacked out in your area? The solution is in the link (108)
(Some Guy) Scary Photo captures Keith "The dean of mean" Jardine scrambling Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell's brains at UFC 76 last night in Anaheim (47)
(Some Guy) Sad 0-3 Syracuse Beats Louisville at home ending 20 game home winning streak;Where is your national title game now? (22)
ESPN Unlikely Week 3 NFL discussion thread. Lions and Bengals and Bears, oh my (1472)
Guardian.com Interesting Et tu, John Terry? (14)
BBC Cool It's your official week 6 English Premier League discussion forum: Man U v. Chelsea and a relelgation battle between Bolton and Tottenham (79)
London Times Spiffy Who cares about Chelsea's new manager? Let's concentrate on his MILFy wife. She's ready for her spanking, it says here (safe for work) (28)
ESPN Amusing Not news: college QB has good passing game. News: he passed for 646 yards. Fark: his team lost (16)
(Daily News) Interesting High school fires basketball coach for being TOO good - and it was a very sensible decision (24)
Yahoo Cool Boston Red Sox first to clinch playoff spot. Schilling relieved, can go eat a few more Baconators til October (82)
(Some Guy) Cool Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy to media: suck it (video) (52)
IndyStar Cool Ashley Force named "hottest athlete." Danica Patrick loses again (44)
ESPN Amusing Notre Dame starts off the season 0-4 for the first time in its 119 year history. Duke sucks (51)

Sat September 22, 2007
Guardian.com Cool USA women's soccer beats England 3-0, met by dismay of English and blind ignorance of Americans (34)
ESPN Obvious Duke doesn't just suck, it blows...an 11-point, fourth-quarter lead to lose to Navy (15)
Yahoo Cool Today's official college football discussion thread. Teddy Ruxpin and H.R. Pufnstuf could probably coach a team to a win over Notre Dame at this point (1443)
Sign On San Diego Obvious Guy who won Tour de France when Floyd Landis lost the title due to doping now under investigation for doping (23)
Denver Post Cool Rockies in rear view mirror may be closer than they appear (15)
ESPN Followup In case Seattle wasn't aware, the Sonics want to go to Oklahoma City (25)
The Sun Sad English women's World Cup team pleads for country to watch them play, but they won't even promise to lift their shirts up after they score a goal (17)
Deadspin Cool Well, here's one way to get through a Nationals game at the total shiatheap known as RFK Stadium (picture possibly Not safe for work) (26)
(RedSox.com) Cool Josh Beckett is the first 20 game winner since 2005 (268)

Fri September 21, 2007
ESPN Sad Georgia Bulldogs radio play by play man to miss only his second game in 41 years (21)
(WZZM 13) Followup Gordie Howe wins restraining order against peeping tom neighbor, alleges 17K pictures taken of his home every day (14)
Reuters Obvious Attention, San Francisco. You're about to lose your * (116)
CNN Amusing Alabama fans excited over strong start under new coach, believe that their team is back for good. Notre Dame fans seen smiling sadly in recognition (34)
(Fox Sports) Unlikely Mets and Cubs will make it to October, says columnist Happy McJinxalot (31)
Sports by Brooks Strange For those who thought De La Hoya tranny photos were fake, more posted today (and include female dominatrix) (42)
Miami Herald Interesting Jags re-sign S Fudge. Trade to Packers forthcoming (8)
ESPN Amusing "If you were (Albom), wouldn't you rather be sanding a boat on a tropical beach like Andy Dufresne instead of having Bob Ryan sneering at you during your 300th argument about Barry Bonds?" Sports Guy is in midseason form (10)
(AOL Fanhouse) Sad Following ESPN's lead, Nike is set to turn its back on Hockey, too (34)
ESPN Amusing Prediction: Gracia, Williams lift Bucs over St. Louis 32-20 Prediction: ESPN editor is an idiot (23)
ESPN Obvious Bill Simmons is being owned by his wife. Again (46)
Sports by Brooks Asinine Fox TV execs cleared airing of Patriots spy tape, now ready to fire reporter who obtained it (18)
(NOAA dot gov) Interesting Louisiana to get visit from Tropical Storm Jerry, just in time for the LSU/South Carolina game (23)
ESPN Interesting NFL destroys all materials relating to Patriots "spy scandal." U.S. government reportedly considering letting the NFL handle all intelligence duties for the nation from now on (26)
MSNBC Unlikely Hat Guy says the removal of Floyd Landis proves cheaters don't win. Hmmm... Patriots 38, Jets 14... Bonds hitting 756... The Shot Heard Round the World... Brett Hull winning a Stanley Cup... Bush 2000 (64)
BBC Unlikely F1 washout Juan Pablo Montoya says he feels sorry for McLaren driver Fernando Alonso. How's that NASCAR thing working out for you, JPM? (29)
Denver Post Spiffy Rockies sweep Dodgers four straight, have only a couple weeks left to celebrate meaningless wins (16)
MSNBC Cool Following the tenet in "The Tao of Steve" that "doing stuff is overrated," Yankees GM Brian Cashman turned it all around (249)
(CBS Sports) Obvious MLB's biggest goats of 2007 (68)
Boston Globe Followup There will be no further sanctions against the New England Patriots (60)
ESPN Misc Sammy Sosa expecting to bring his corked bat back to Texas in '08 (14)
ESPN Strange Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko reportedly ready to walk away from NBA and the rest of his $63,000,000 contract (30)
The Sun Strange It's a hard life being a ref at the women's world soccer championship, what with having to go into the dressing rooms and do naked inspections of the players to make sure none of them is a dude (32)
ESPN Stupid The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim reduce magic number to 1, now have the best record in baseball (23)
Yahoo Sad New York Mets lookout spots iceberg (25)
Yahoo Obvious It took 152 games to do it, but Ken Griffey Jr. has finally sustained a season-ending injury (26)

Thu September 20, 2007
(Some Guy) Obvious Dallas Cowboys tossing around the idea of not kicking to Devin Hester this Sunday night. Submitter has one word for them: P*ssies (88)
ESPN Hero ♫ Put one foot in front of the o-ther... ♫ (36)
Yahoo Amusing Delgado: Mets are "best team in the league" (48)
Yahoo Amusing Woman attempts to climb into sumo wrestling ring, horribly defiling the totally serious tradition of two fat guys grappling each other in diapers (8)
(Full Metal Wrestling) Silly Ted DiBiase and Ric Flair possibly being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame with.... Bob Uecker? (38)
Yahoo Stupid In news you thought was over a long freaking time ago, Landis really was guilty of doping and really must forfeit yellow jersey (27)
Detroit News Strange Neighbors of Gordie Howe, Mr. Hockey, taking 17,000 photos of his house a day in attempt to prove he's violating homeowner association rules. Neighbors very close to getting 79-year-old's elbow to face (48)
(Michigan Daily) Unlikely New pro football league sure they won't become the next XFL, USFL, NFL Europe, WFL, etc. (43)
SeattlePI Stupid The incredibly grueling sport of golf has announced that they will begin testing their "athletes" for performance enhancing drugs. John Daly requesting a lifetime exclusion (34)
Denver Post Spiffy Matt Holliday has 10 homers in last 11 games, powers Rockies to third straight over Dodgers. MVP MVP MVP (53)
(Some Nut Jumper) Obvious "The best way I can describe it is it felt like somebody bungee jumped off my right nut" (27)
Examiner Obvious New study finds playing soccer is better for you than jogging, in part because joggers miss out on the cardio benefits of writhing around clutching their knees after errant gusts of wind (148)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Cubs back on top of Brewers in NL Central. Laverne, Shirley, Prince Fielder place gloves on Miller Lite bottles, wave goodbye to playoffs, rest heads on folded hands (97)
ESPN Obvious Chelski names former Israel national team manager Avram Grant as its new gaffer. Pay no attention to the Russian with his hand up Grant's arse (37)
(Some Guy) Amusing Authorities confused whether names in Vick case documents found refer to people or dogs. There is something oddly appropriate about this (last paragraph) (51)
Free Press Obvious What stadium is this PSU player talking about when he says, "It’s not a super overwhelming place to play..." Hint: They lost to a high school team and got gangbanged by Ducks (64)
AFP Obvious "U.S. needs more goals," says World Cup coach Captain Obvious (17)
Philly Obvious With every victory absolutely necessary, Phillies fall to Cards in 10. Must be September (14)
ESPN Amusing "Pranksets paint Ex-Duke star, Cavs GM's office Carolina blue." What the hell's a "prankset"? Duke sucks (12)
Boston Globe Dumbass Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona will continue using Eric Gagne in close games until morale improves (95)
ESPN Interesting U.S. attorney's office claims "well-known" athlete in Massachusetts received HGH shipments. Please be Tom Brady, please be Tom Brady, please be Tom Brady (76)
(WRAL) Amusing Elmers waits patiently as Puerto Rican horse sets record for most losses (19)
Yahoo Cool Andy Pettitte wins 200th career game, Yanks climb to within 1.5 game of Boston (99)
Sports by Brooks Obvious Oscar de la Hoya's agent claims cross-dressing photos of the boxer are fake (16)
ESPN Stupid Terrell Owens fined $7,500 for his videotape celebration during the Dallas/Miami game (96)
CBC Interesting Dick Pound quits. Says it's time to move on, besides his forearms are tired (8)
BBC Weird Jose Mourinho quits Chelski FC via text message (85)

Wed September 19, 2007
MSNBC Obvious First game US Women's World Cup team played got a 0.2 rating on ESPN2. Well, it was on at 4AM est, so the rating's gotta be bad, right? Well, normal programming at that time on ESPN2 gets a 0.1 (36)
YouTube Video Cool video of Brazilian football star Kerlon using his nifty “seal dribble” technique to frustrate his opponents. Also shown is the increasingly popular defense of the seal dribble, the “send Kerlon airborne” technique (76)
(AOL Sports) Amusing Hey Mike Hart: you going to guarantee a Michigan win vs. Penn State? *crickets chirping* (61)
MSNBC Cool Cleveland Indians, after losing all six games this season to the New York Yankees, further decide to do the Yankees a solid by sweeping the Tigers almost out of contention (84)
Sports by Brooks Scary Oscar de la Hoya gives us his best J. Edgar Hoover impression (32)
Denver Post Cool Todd Helton seals doubleheader sweep with walk-off home run at Coors Canaveral (14)
CNN Hero SI writer becomes first sports writer in America to compare Bill Belichick to Nixon (51)
JSOnline Obvious After losing first place, Cubs fans crying conspiracy. Steve Bartman and the goat unavailable for comment (47)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Earnhardt Jr. wants a 100 Grand so he Snickers at the release of his new candy bar called "Dale Jr.'s Big Mo." Apparently, PayDay was already taken (16)
(Fan Nation) Cool NHL to scrap schedule where the emphasis is on divisional games, hopefully will be gunning for the shootout next (102)
Fox News Amusing Barry Bonds calls the guy who bought No. 756 "an idiot." Translation: "Waaaah, don't put an asterisk on the ball and send it to Cooperstown" (88)
Boston Herald Dumbass Boston writer: Who cares if the Sox blow their 14.5 game lead -- what really matters is winning in the postseason. Right: Just think of all the historic chokers who won championships. Wait a minute (251)
ESPN Interesting Would you like to know how Fox got a copy of the video showing the New England Patriots spying on the NY Jets? So would the NFL, especially since they didn't authorize release of the tape (78)
ESPN Interesting Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons meets with MLB officials to discuss banned drug shipments. They emerge from a smoky room hours later and ask for Doritos (7)
BBC Cool It's your official Champions League discussion forum. Arsenal, Man U, Sevilla, Rangers and some other dudes are all playing today (145)
Free Press Florida Florida Gators' QB Tim Tebow surprised to be teased after his teammate kisses him live on national TV. Will still run and/or pass you over if you get in his way (179)
Boston Globe Obvious Eric Gagne hoping everyone in Boston just leaves him to his poutine after his latest chokejob. Wonders if he can ask Dice-K for his Teletubby suit as a disguise (154)
Yahoo Stupid Just as things were starting to go well for them, the Cowboys have to turn the whole thing around and sign Tank (43)
Yahoo Dumbass The Mets have lost five in a row. It must be mid-September (68)

Tue September 18, 2007
Sports by Brooks Unlikely Georgia's Saturday opponent Alabama has former Belichick assistant on staff - Bulldogs coach closes practice this week because of opponent spying "concerns" (14)
Guardian.com Obvious Pro golfers will have to pee before stepping up to the tee as drug testing enters world of games instead of sports (26)
CNN Dumbass Sixth Texas player arrested since June, Cincinnati Bengals salivating at the possiblilities (27)
UPI Ironic Beer banned at Coors Arena (32)
MSNBC Stupid It's okay if a black man calls Isiah Thomas an idiot, but it's not okay if a white man says it. Actually, it's probably okay for anybody to call him an idiot (32)
Yahoo Interesting Byron Leftwich puts his interception-throwing skills on display for the Atlanta Falcons (39)
(WGR 550) Followup Those six hockey fans bought all 75,000 tickets to the Sabres-Penguins outdoor game in forty minutes (updated link) (49)
ESPN Dumbass Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb says black QBs are under more pressure... because nobody ever criticizes Peyton Manning, Tom Brady or Carson Palmer (186)
ESPN Asinine NFL power rankings for your squabbling pleasure (139)
(Fan Nation) Amusing Eric Gagne hit Mariano Rivera with an errant bullpen pitch. He's either that bad or that good (175)
Yahoo Spiffy Frank Thomas hits three homers, ties Ernie Banks and Eddie Matthews for 18th place on career homer list (29)
ESPN Stupid On behalf of the New England Patriots, Bill Simmons is feeling persecuted (135)
Boston Globe Ironic What NFL team is the latest to be accused of cheating? The poor, little, victimized J-E-T-S. JETS JETS JETS (95)
Chicago Sun-Times Obvious She accused Michael Flatley of rape, had a child by one of the NFL's biggest stars, and is now pregnant by and engaged to a pro basketball player ten years her junior: now I aint sayin she a gold digger (43)
Yahoo Silly Morten Andersen signs with Falcons on two conditions. One, he will be allowed to take his walker on the field during every field goal. Two, the kids will stay off his turf (35)
ESPN Cool Cubs win with walk-off infield hit. Difficulty: There were five infielders. I believe (88)
(Some Guy) Dumbass ESPN Radio to replace Dan Patrick with a long-time professional sports announcer and commentator, followed by a screaming idiot who couldn't hold down a job writing for a newspaper in Philly (62)
ESPN Followup Injured Buffalo TE Kevin Everett now showing movement in both hands and his legs, more life than entire Bills' offense (21)
Local6 Asinine U of Central Florida develops new plan to sell $5 bottles of water. Hospitalarity ensues (27)

Mon September 17, 2007
ESPN Interesting Sabres and Penguins to play outside on New Year's Day. All 6 fans of hockey excited (82)
SFGate Interesting You just bought Barry Bonds' record winning ball. Do you: a. Send it it to the Hall of Fame; b. Brand it with an asterisk and then send it to the Hall of Fame; or, c. Blast it into space? (You decide.) (51)
Houston Chronicle Sad Andre Johnson to be sidelined in Texans' upcoming loss to the Colts (52)
Wall Street Journal Followup Bill Belichick can deduct his $500,000 fine as an ordinary and necessary business expense (122)
Boston Herald Scary Now batting for the Boston Red Sox, No. 5, Joe DiMaggio (18)
ESPN Amusing A hundred players to hate. Wide right (82)
ESPN Unlikely Jon Kitna says God healed him at halftime. In other news, God to be confiscated by the NFL, fines will be administered (108)
ESPN Interesting Running out of refs that haven't shaved points, NBA reinstates ref who tried to start a fight with Tim Duncan (16)
YouTube Silly You knew it was coming: "Leave Bill Belichick alone" (40)
Denver Post Spiffy Avs rookie used to like the Red Wings, came to his senses (35)
CNN Obvious Tom Brady, his pectorals rippling and his skin glistening with sweat, valiantly fights his way through the San Diego hordes to take his rightful place atop Peter King. List. Peter King's list. Ahem (33)
(Some Guy) Obvious Jets call for further investigation of Patriots' use of "unassigned and uncoordinated radio frequencies." Somebody still has sand in their Mangini (76)
(WBZTV) Amusing In an attempt to lure A-Rod to sign next season, the Red Sox have their rookies dress in drag for a flight to Toronto (232)
(Sportsline) Spiffy Phillies make it eight in a row against the Mets. If they could just beat the other teams in the NL, they might be leading the division (17)
Reuters Interesting Maria Sharapova joins the Russion Fed Cup team for a victory lap around the court holding a big Russian flag despite not having played. Team responds: Suck it, Maria (17)
ESPN Scary "Don't let nobody out this room.... Think you can steal my [expletive] and sell it?" said the charming Hall of Fame murderer, Orenthal J. Simpson (79)
ESPN Asinine Oakland Raiders lose to the refs... again (150)
Boston Globe Obvious What's it like being the captain of a major league baseball team and totally unable to do anything in the clutch? Jason Varitek knows (19)
Boston Herald Amusing Ten-year-old fan in a Red Sox jersey asks Yankee Shelley Duncan for his autograph. Duncan makes sure to inscribe it extra special for the lil' tyke (with pic) (558)
Houston Chronicle Cool "Player names such as Mary Choppins, Choko Ono, Grudge Judy and Strawberry Deathcake indicate the strange mix of flirty aggression and cultural playfulness that defines the sport" (12)
Washington Post Ironic Syndicated sports columnist complains that colleges have too much emphasis on athletics (25)
MSNBC Obvious "There are three reasons the NFL packs in fans: Violence, beer and the ability of grown men to get away with dressing up in stupid costumes" (12)
Yahoo Spiffy Tiger Woods wins the four-game PGA Playoffs. And he skipped the first game (40)
(Some Guy) Amusing Crazy inmate who sued Michael Vick files lawsuit against Jeff Gordon for poisoning fans with chemical weapons, says Karl Rove left the White House to be Gordon's tire changer (15)
CNN PSA This week's AP Poll is out with USC still at No. 1. Michigan has some measure of dignity again and is now among those "receiving votes." Ha ha, just kidding Michigan fans. Appalachian State (98)
ESPN Obvious After being fined $500K and a draft pick for illegal videotaping, the Patriots punish Bill Belichick with a contract extention through 2013 (29)
(Some Sad Dolfan) Sad Dolphins fans long for the days when Joey Harrington would throw only two interceptions per game (26)
(Some Guy) Cool English preacher nicknamed "Bad Ass" to participate in UK's "Cage Rage" UFC championship. "I will draw upon my faith in the cage to win the fight" (13)
ESPN Interesting Sam Bowie is a standup guy (22)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Unsure how to celebrate after two straight years of gridiron losses, Duke student knocked unconscious by falling goalpost (8)
ESPN Spiffy Jim Thome hits career HR No. 500 in fashionable style. No asterisk required (40)
Yahoo Unlikely We've replaced the Cleveland Browns offense with an actual NFL offense. Let's see if their opponent notices (39)
Yahoo Cool Derek Jeter orders up one Baconator, well done (40)



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