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Sun February 17, 2008
ESPN Interesting Jason Kidd trade could be back on after Mavs agree to include Keith Van Horn's corpse (4)
(Some Guy) Interesting NHL to sell advertising on jerseys (28)
(Some Guy) Misc Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood healthy during first day of spring training. Future headline: Kerry Wood out for season after slicing his hand open trying to open up a beer (6)
ESPN Cool Woman breaks backstroke world record, another breaks longest standing freestyle American record, and some guy named Michael Phelps wins too (7)
AFP Interesting NBA commissioner David Stern turns his attention to Europe, requests an encore performance of "The Final Countdown" (14)
AJC Dumbass NCAA football rules committee attempting to wreck college football by shortening playing time (44)
Yahoo Spiffy Can Toyota make it to Victory Lane? Will Goodyear's tires melt down (again)? Can Junior come through for Hendrick? And where are the Fords? All this and more as we "turn left and go REALLY fast" in Daytona today (802)
NYPost Followup The NY Post objectively analyzes report saying Jeter is worst fielding shortstop. Just kidding... they're whining because the report was presented in Boston (37)
Chicago Sun-Times Obvious It's not baseball season in Chicago until litigation begins between the Cubs and the owners of rooftops across the street from Wrigley Field (32)
ESPN Cool Kelly Pavlik remains undefeated with unanimous decision win over Jermain Taylor, calls Joe Calzaghe a sissy and says he'll fight him any time, any place. OK, that second part is wishful thinking (11)
(Berkshire Eagle) Cool By day, he's an engineer working for the state. By night, he watches women don tight shorts, strap on roller skates, and beat each other up (4)
Yahoo Sad NBA Commissioner David Stern says Seattle will have an NBA franchise for centuries to come, and the NBA is resolutely committed to a Pacific Northwest presence. Just kidding. He said the Sonics leaving is inevitable (58)
(MLB.com) Amusing Carlos Beltran: "To Jimmy Rollins: we are the team to beat." (55)
Guardian.com Followup Miami Dolphins executive comes out in favor of English Premier League games being played in Dolphin Stadium, calls critics "ankle biters" (14)
USA Today Cool 20 years after the Gretzky trade and 28 years after the Miracle on Ice, American players from even the most southern states are excelling at hockey. Suck it, poutine-eatin' toque-wearers (55)

Sat February 16, 2008
(NY Daily News) Interesting Forgetting who is retired and who will be throwing baseballs at over 80 MPH at him, Yankees catcher Jorge Posada says he believes former teammate Clemens over current teammate Pettitte (15)
(Some Guy) Sappy Just because you have lost an eye and are under treatment for cancer is no reason to shoot over-par at golf. Even if you are 4 years old. The heartwarming story of Kyle Lograsso (8)
CBS New York Interesting It ain't over till the Yogi Berra Museum benches Roger Clemens' Yankees jersey (5)
(Some Race Guy) Cool Tony Stewart wins Nationwide Series season opener at Daytona, punches Kurt Busch for good luck (12)
AFP Hero NBA stars help rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Shaquille O'Neal will provide the bricks (68)
(Sporting News) Spiffy Kings send Mike Bibby's joyless game to Atlanta for Larry, Darryl, and his other brother Darryl (12)
Philly Obvious New study reaches around and confirms that Derek Jeter is the worst fielding shortstop in Major League Baseball (115)
Philly Cool The bad news: the Phillies acquire a mediocre starting pitcher to aid their mediocre starting pitching. The good news: his wife is smokin' hot (with pic) (31)
(Some Guy) Amusing Final Madden 08 roster update expected today. No word yet if they added a feature where the Pats choke in final 2 minutes of games (51)
(Some Redneck) Obvious F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve proves completely incapable of controlling a Cup car, loses his NASCAR ride before the season even gets underway (50)
(Buffalo News) Followup Richard Zednik released from Buffalo hospital and is back in Florida recovering from neck wound, likely farking his ridiculously hot wife (27)
AP Interesting Byron Leftwich, Alge Crumpler among latest group of Falcons unceremoniously dumped by new management... which may be the first signs of intelligent life in Atlanta football since the Dan Reeves era (30)
BBC Cool Todays FA cup thread. Man U vs Arsenal, while Chelsea gets their Back back (66)
St. Pete Times Silly As spring training opens, pitcher for newly-reborn Tampa Bay Rays suggests they could make the playoffs this year. In related news, 2008 may also witness Duke Nukem Forever and peace in the MidEast (15)
(NASCAR) Amusing Dale Jr. goes 1 for 1 in his Hendrick Nationwide Series car... on failing tech and getting his car impounded, that is (23)
Telegraph Asinine In the midst of the English Premiership 39th game imbroglio, Sepp Blatter reminds everyone that he's for strict affirmative action quotas (4)
Independent Obvious "A new series entitled Football Hurts doesn't raise hopes of a quality-TV experience. What might we be in for? 50 Most Entertaining Instances of Players Getting Hit in the Nuts?" (14)
The Sun Sad Kids' soccer being threatened by aggression, violence and attacks on refs. And that's just by the parents (5)
(Some Guy) Cool Terrell Owens throws down a wicked dunk during the NBA All Star Celebrity Game (36)

Fri February 15, 2008
Sports by Brooks Interesting The only city that wants the NBA All-Star game, New Orleans, should get to host it permanently (14)
(orato.com) Cool The second coolest job in motorsports: the NASCAR jackman (11)
(The Orange County Register) Hero He's 0-27. It's his last high school match. Seconds left. The young wrestler's down by one point....Strike up the Rocky soundtrack and get out your hankies (42)
Orlando Sentinel Florida Fans at Daytona Speed Week go for "White Trash" award gold Events include race track marriages, hiding in trash cans and dollar-bill fishing. Git 'er done (10)
ESPN Cool Today's episode of "Not Bloody Likely, Old Chap" brought to you by the class action lawsuit filed in New Orleans seeking $100 million dollars in damages against the Patriots for allegedly videotaping the Rams in SB XXXVI (36)
Sports by Brooks Stupid Toothpaste back in the (You)Tube: ESPN did indeed order video hosting site yank Chris Berman videos (13)
The Scotsman Interesting Scotland's first gay football team, the fabulous HotScots FC, prepare to face English gay rivals, jokes about playing for the other side (12)
(news8austin.com) Interesting 13,000 hippies compete in nation's first green marathon. Town officials hope that they'll just keep running (18)
(palm beach post) Interesting Zach Thomas is going to be playing for the New England Patriots (29)
Sports by Brooks Unlikely Boston Celtic Brian Scalabrine, who is white: "The misperception of our league is definitely race-driven" (15)
Boston Globe Amusing Red Sox ace Josh Beckett takes one from Curt Schilling's playbook by showing up at spring training with a gut. Please post all "Jr. Baconator" jokes to the right (25)
BBC Hero Scot sets new record for cycling around the world. His worst experience? An elderly driver in Louisiana (5)
Sports by Brooks Ironic The only thing Roger Clemens' Congressional hearing proved is that we were all wrong about his legal counsel being incompetent (7)
(Michigan Daily) Silly Michigan football is so desperate to beat Ohio State they held open tryouts (38)
(Some Guy) Stupid Sixteen out of sixteen LA Kings fans agree: Rob Blake should go away (33)
NYPost Stupid Nuggets and Knicks may trade more than punches (29)
BBC Unlikely The four horsemen gather their gear and start mounting up on the news that England has actually won a cricket match (13)
ESPN Interesting English Premier League: We want our teams to play an extra game abroad every season. FIFA: Do it, and kiss your dreams of hosting World Cup 2018 goodbye (31)
(Some Puckwit) Sad It's taken a lot of work, but after 59 gruelling attempts this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs have finally hit the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Just those pesky Kings to go now (59)
Philly Dumbass Philadelphia 76ers executive can't understand why fans aren't coming out in droves to watch a 23-30 team full of no-names that's on the verge of missing the playoffs (27)
Sports by Brooks Interesting Kobe Bryant gives the finger... a pass on going through surgery until the end of the season (7)
AP Followup That "smoking gun" report that showed Barry Bonds failed a drug test one month after breaking the home run record? Um... nevermind (55)
Yahoo Obvious Pedro Martinez says he'd like to finish his career with the New York Mets. Most Mets fans stunned because they thought his career was finished two years ago (23)
Sports by Brooks Cool College baseball player, 53, set to begin senior season; tells kids to get off his infield (9)
London Times Amusing The 50 greatest sports movies: Is your favorite here? Mine neither (199)
Yahoo Interesting Deaf soccer team in Iraq has huge advantage over opponents: No distractions from gunfire and explosions, plus cannot hear the refs whistle (4)
USA Today Strange Speedo unveils new Olympic swimsuit that completely hides the junk (pic) (31)
BBC Cool 17-year-old British girl has become the youngest person to row across the Atlantic Ocean (24)

Thu February 14, 2008
(Some Guy) Cool Monica Seles retires from professional tennis, says she'll take a stab at broadcasting career (23)
Fox News Obvious 73* (30)
(NewsVine) Obvious NFL wants judge who ruled against them in Vick matter disqualified (20)
Yahoo Dumbass Bush to pardon Clemens? Say it ain't Sosa (36)
(Philly Burbs) Amusing A true Eagles fan to the end, Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Eagles Nation) is the only congressman not to vote for resolution honoring the New York Giants, no doubt because it would have been like voting for Satan (46)
(Some Guy) Amusing So you're saying there's a chance? ESPN's leggy sexpot Erin Andrews: "I'm dating... but not exclusively." Giggity (57)
(Some Left Turn) Spiffy Two races, two wins. Dale Jr. wins his second race with Hendrick. Maybe the conspiracy theorists last season were right after all (44)
London Times Cool Are professional sports ready for robot a referee? It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until you are penalized (29)
CBS News Cool Here are Sportsline's MLB preseason power rankings for everyone to argue over (148)
ESPN Followup Following academic cheating scandal, Florida State puts all sports teams on probation for two years. Cue whining from field hockey team in three... two... one... (25)
London Times Sad Second-place finisher in around-the-world sailing race reflects on his plans after returning home. "I’m planning to have a beer, a shower and then sleep. That said, I’ll probably be on the floor after one beer" (8)
Yahoo Silly And now, to determine once and for all who's telling the truth in the Roger Clemens vs. Brian McNamee testimonies, we have... a facial expressions expert (22)
(LoHud.com) Cool Red Sox Nation now extends into the suburbs of New York City on news that Curt Schilling has eaten all the pork products in New England and must have more (27)
Yahoo Interesting NFL commissioner Roger Goodell tells Sen. Arlen Specter that Bill Belichick has been illegally taping opponents' defensive signals since 2000. We're gonna need a whole truckload of asterisks (290)
(Cincinnati Enquirer) Interesting Marvin Lewis announces that the Cincinnati Bengals have no plans to trade away their primary source of headaches (21)
ESPN Followup Jason Kidd to Dallas Mavericks deal gets blocked by a backup forward. That's right -- a *backup* forward (35)
CNN Dumbass Ryan Dempster of the Cubs predicts World Series victory this year. Subby predicts 2008 Cubs World Series shirts to be worn by Kenyans after their Super Bowl XLII Champion Patriots shirts disintegrate (46)
BBC Scary AC Milan's Ronaldo falls to ground in agony after tackle, diagnosed with ruptured knee tendon, out nine months. Man U's Ronaldo, who apparently ruptures knee tendon on every tackle, unavailable for comment (29)
(The Wicked Wrister) Cool The top five hot babes of women's college hockey. Duke sucks (64)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Dick Vitale endorses Bob Knight as new basketball coach for South Carolina Gamecocks. "Can you imagine Steve Spurrier and Knight at the same school?" (14)
Cleveland Ironic Brady Quinn taunts gays outside Ohio nightclub. That's not particularly courageous (66)

Wed February 13, 2008
CNN Obvious A concise summary of the Roger Clemens hearings that shows extreme d-baggery from both the Rocket and Congress (44)
Sports by Brooks Followup Tim Hardaway doesn't hate gay people anymore (17)
Kansas City Asinine Female referee removed from officiating game because that would be putting a woman in a position of authority over boys. Where is that Kansas tag? (61)
Yahoo Stupid NBA wants to expand into Europe with five new franchises. Fans in New York still waiting for theirs to show up (33)
LA Times Interesting Abdul-Jabbar takes up blogging. No, not the former Miami Dolphins running back, the other one (13)
Slate Strange Slate.com answers the question we've all been pondering: "Why on Earth would you inject vitamins into your butt?" (24)
(Dallas Morning News) Interesting The NBA Western Conference dominoes continue to fall as Jason Kidd returns to the Dallas Mavericks (90)
Newsday Obvious Knicks have some swampland in Florida they would like to sell you (12)
Yahoo Strange Bayern Munich may have to start 41-year-old backup goalkeeper in place of ill starter after regular backup goalkeeper hurts himself tying his shoes. No, really (21)
CNN Obvious Indiana University accused of major basketball recruiting violations by the NCAA. U of Illinois fans nod in approval, try not to bust out laughing (89)
ESPN Dumbass David Stern refuses to have rim for Dunk Contest raised saying it clashes with the intent to apply as many NBA rules to All-Star Weekend contests as possible. Why stop there? They should have refs ready to call traveling and technicals (36)
Sports by Brooks Obvious Sporting News blogger suggests NBA all-stars "pick teams" for game; Next day, Washington Post columnist has a stunningly similar idea (12)
AP Interesting "Andy, tell me... where did you learn to use HGH?" "I learned it from you, Dad... I learned it from you" (66)
(Some Guy) Obvious 2007 defending Tour de France champion and team barred from competing in 2008 due to doping allegations (27)
ESPN Spiffy New York Mets to import the "Home Run Apple" to Citi Field when it opens next year. Mets fans weep tacky tears of joy (27)
Chicago Sun-Times Cool Following the success of the outdoor NHL game in Buffalo, the Chicago Blackhawks look into the possibilty of a game at Soldier Field. Cool tag somewhat of an understatement (33)
Chicago Sun-Times Cool Shine up those rose-colored glasses Cub fans, pitchers and catchers report today (40)
CNN Boobies Danica Patrick better than all other racing drivers, at least as far as SI covers go (possibly Not safe for work) (21)
(East Valley Tribune) Scary Chicago Cubs launch 2008 season with three early losses (23)
(The Sporting News) Interesting Kentucky suffers worst men's basketball loss since 1989. Duke sucks (42)
(Move the Needle.net) Unlikely Report: Clemens talked HGH with Pettitte nearly ten years ago, then later changed story and said it was his wife's (93)
IndyStar Followup Officials are optimistic of a merger between the Indycar series and the Champ Car World Series in the next couple days...the 15 fans left say "It's about farking time" (24)
Yahoo Cool NY Giants assure there will be at least one Tecmo Super Bowl player in the league through 2010 (29)

Tue February 12, 2008
Yahoo Scary The latest chapter in the Reggie Bush benefits lawsuit: witness intimidation (27)
Sports by Brooks Obvious ESPN says it will suspend Chris Berman for outrageous actions shown on videos released on web. Just kidding, the network defends him for behavior that happened "years ago" (48)
Canada.com Interesting Vancouver Olympics needs 25,000 volunteers: 100 to take tickets and the rest to collect urine samples (47)
(MMA.com) Cool Rumored fight between Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua announce fight will happen at UFC 85 in June at London's O2 Arena (28)
(Toronto Sun) Interesting Toronto asks, "Can we host an outdoor hockey game? All the cool cities are doing it." (36)
Yahoo Interesting NASCAR gives Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch six-race probation for treating Daytona practice session like bumper cars at an amusement park (21)
Jalopnik Florida American National Unimotorcyclists Society. That's A.N.U.S. for short (9)
CNN Dumbass Showing the same personnel acumen and skill at talent evaluation that landed them their new coach, the Redskins said to be pursuing Chad Johnson (44)
Sports by Brooks Cool We may have our first women's basketball player to go mainstream; 6-foot-7 high school junior can "dunk with ease" (with amazing video) (51)
Yahoo Obvious ♪ Livan, Livan likes his money ♪ He makes a lot they say ♪ Spend his days counting ♪ In a garage by the Metrodome ♪ (19)
Yahoo Unlikely NFL Pro Bowl draws highest ratings since 2000 (23)
CTV Interesting Former Leafs GM, John Ferguson Jr., to be an analyst for TSN for the upcoming NHL trade deadline. TSN will give up two first round draft picks but retain the rights to any analyst over the age of thirty (30)
(Luol's Dong) Scary NFL extends contract with EA and Madden. Bring on the mediocrity (65)
CBS Minneapolis Sad Vikings DE Kenechi Udeze diagnosed with Leukemia (19)
Fox News Hero Not news: Scoring 13 points in a college basketball game. News: Player doesn’t have a right hand. Fark: He gave up a soccer scholarship to be a walk-on with the basketball team (15)
ESPN Asinine .05... .04... .03... .02... .02.... .02... .02... foul (finally) (61)
(Some Guy) Amusing After his uninspired call of Tyree's amazing catch, someone answers the question: What if Joe Buck was there during other amazing moments in history? (LGT video) (69)
Yahoo Stupid With the game tied, the ball 70 feet from the basket, and 0.1 seconds to go, referee calls game-deciding foul (37)
(NY Times) Interesting The science of NASCAR. Basically it's start, turn left, keep doing it, stop (77)
(Buffalo News) Followup Complete rundown on how Richard Zednik's life was saved, with pic of hot vascular surgeon lady (18)
Daily Herald Spiffy Greg Maddux will pitch at least one more year, then may be old enough to play for the Mighty Ducks (22)
(cupscene.com) Interesting No. 3 could make return to NASCAR. No, not because there's another Earnhardt, but because there's a relative of the driver who had the number even before Dale, Sr. (19)
CNN Cool The NCAA actually does something right? An LSU Tiger is granted a sixth year of eligibility (medical redshirt) after missing all of 2005 and 2006. Bonus: The kid already has his degree (20)
Stuff Interesting If you're planning to buy a Formula 1 car, they're duty-free in Zurich this month. No stowing in the overhead locker (40)
Yahoo Amusing Shaq surprised by unusual techniques the Phoenix Suns employ during practice. They do all this weird stuff called "running" (19)
(Failure magazine) Interesting Into sin air: Sex, drugs and violence on Mount Everest (10)
BBC Obvious U.S. says no to Premiership games -- maybe (34)
Sports by Brooks Followup Sports Illustrated editor irate over leak of Last Supper cover idea. Guess there'll be no Tiger as Jesus or Fuzzy Zoeller as Judas after all (5)
Yahoo Amusing Moving from one tackle sport to the next: An NFL fan's guide to NASCAR (37)
ESPN Satire What if Drew Bledsoe never got hurt by Mo Lewis? This writer seems to think he'd win four Super Bowls (26)
CBS News Obvious Slimy Rich Rodriguez's first legal step at weaseling out of his $4m buyout was shot down in the West Virginia courts. Gosh, it is like one side has a home field advantage or something (50)
(Some Super Bowl champion) Scary Giants reward kicker Lawrence Tynes for kicking them to the Super Bowl with a new 5-year contract. Tag is for Giants fans who know what he's capable of (44)
MSNBC Misc Patty Hearst's dog wins big at Westminster Dog Show. Good girl, Tania (16)

Mon February 11, 2008
Sports by Brooks Interesting Super Bowl hero David Tyree was arrested for drug dealing just three years ago (78)
AJC Strange Nancy Benoit? The one murdered by her husband, WWE wrestler Chris Benoit? You bet Hustler has nude photos of her (52)
ESPN Amusing The REAL victim of America's foreclosure crisis: Latrell Sprewell (31)
MSNBC Obvious New York Yankee closer phenom Joba Chamberlain wouldn't mind staying a closer phenom (34)
ESPN Dumbass Retired MLB pitcher/ass-clown John Rocker opens his mouth, says baseball knew he was on steroids, suggests Bud Selig kill himself. Yeah, that sounds about right (34)
Yahoo Followup Player you've never heard of on a team you've never heard of in a league you've never heard of is doing better after lifesaving surgery (86)
MSNBC Florida More hockey news from Florida, two Montreal Canadiens arrested, one for resisting an officer, the other for purse snatching (26)
ESPN Strange Delhomme uses ancient Chinese Rice Lifting to make his rebuilt elbow stronger, faster, able to throw more pinpoint interceptions (27)
YouTube Cool Best college hockey fight you'll see today, complete with guy coming out of the penalty box to keep things going and both goaltenders going toe-to-toe (video) (55)
(Some Guy) Amusing NBC is planning a curling reality show, Jon Bon Jovi and Springsteen to be contestants (34)
Philly Stupid Peter Forsberg needs one more week before setting a timetable on when he will decide his time frame for deciding if he will come back. Then he will decide on the team after deciding on the timetable for deciding on which team he will sign with (20)
Sports by Brooks Stupid With his technical advisory role on "Semi-Pro" over, Larry Brown now available to take over Chicago Bulls as coach (9)
Denver Post Spiffy NFL Pro Bowl going the way of the NHL All-Star Game: Endangered (51)
NYPost Obvious NYC Parks Department is already warning fans planning to bring wrenches and loot bags to the last games at Shea and Yankee Stadiums this fall to think again (36)
Boston Globe Interesting Celtics beat Spurs with one Garnett tied behind their back, now 16-0 against the vaunted Western Conference (66)
Yahoo Interesting NCAA Division I football adopts NFL rule, requires schools to interview token minority candidate for any vacant head coach position before hiring the good ol' boy they really want to hire (58)
Chicago Sun-Times Sad Cub fans: maybe never (59)
ESPN Amusing NASCAR mandates that everyone must wear long pants and closed toe shoes in the garage and the pits... well, everyone except Ashley Judd (37)
ESPN Spiffy Carmelo moves his record against Lebron to 8-2. But but but Nuggets (26)
(Sail World) Spiffy Female wins historic Tasmanian sailing race for the first time in 110 years. Will receive award as soon as she stops spinning around (7)
(Some file shredder) Followup The nation's No. 1 football recruit, QB Terrelle Pryor, has reportedly taken Michigan off his list and is down to Ohio State and Penn State. Tomorrow though, he'll add a random school just for more attention (67)
Kansas City Interesting After 17 years with the Royals, Mike Sweeney signs with the A's -- subsequently hurts back signing contract (21)



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