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Sun April 27, 2008
(Some D'back) Spiffy Brandon Webb beats Jake Peavy, improves to 6-0 (13)
(Some Guy) Florida Tampa Bay Rays frustrated by sellout games filled with fans of opposing teams. "When you're hearing, 'Let's go, Red Sox,' in your own home field, that's not good" (20)
(Some Racing Guy) Asinine Kyle Busch Wins In Talladega After "Big One" On Last Lap (14)
ESPN Sad Sign of the apocolypse # 399482: Sox swept...by Tampa Bay. Where is your Sox God now?? (67)
(Some Guy) Amusing ESPN's Orestes Destrede is hot for Jason Werth's mom, and he doesn't mind saying as much on Baseball Tonight (9)
ESPN Scary Human torch disrupts Olympic torch (15)
ESPN Cool Official Aarons 499 thread for the race at Talladega (119)
(Sportsline) Cool Sunday NHL playoff discussion. NYR/PIT @ 2pm ET, DAL/SJ @ 9pm ET (337)
(MetroWest Daily news) Obvious Rich towns install artificial turf athletic fields, discover they might as well be dipping their precious little snowflakes in molten lead (21)
Philly Cool Philadelphia Eagles announce new cheerleader lineup, which includes three hottie sisters. Giggity (27)
(Some Guy) Amusing John David Booty, formerly of USC, and Andre Woodson, formerly of Kentucky, reportedly have the lowest Wonderlic scores of 14 NFL quarterback prospects (37)
ESPN Cool Who will be Mr. Irrelevant? NFL Draft day two discussion (56)
BBC Followup Man U players graciously accept yesterday's loss to Chelsea. Just kidding, instead one kicks a steward during the game and others get into a fight with groundskeepers afterwards (25)
AP Scary Plate umpire hit in face by pitch, seeing-eye dog not hurt (20)
London Times Cool Chelsea saved by Ballack conundrum, Manchester United "so very scared" (14)
Kansas City Ironic High gas prices are finally hurting NASCAR race teams. EVERYBUBBA PANIC (16)
Yahoo Amusing Cubs catcher Geovany Soto pulls off the platinum sombrero in 7-0 blanking of the Nationals (29)

Sat April 26, 2008
ESPN Ironic Dario Franchitti, who survived two harrowing 210 mph multi-flip crashes unhurt last year, suffers a broken ankle in a grinding crash in todays NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Talladega (15)
The Virginian Pilot Asinine Norfolk, VA considers lowering academic requirement for freshman athletes because that 2.0 average is proving to be a high hurdle to clear (105)
(Some Guy) Amusing Ray Lewis said he won't sign a contract extension with the Ravens unless he can get "Peyton Manning type money." (43)
AJC Obvious Atlanta Hawks wish they had bandwagon jumpers. Considering the Celtics are about to smash their bandwagon and sell it for scrap, that bandwagon may stay empty (26)
(www.IHT.com) Amusing Bolivian President Evo Morales debuts with second division soccer team, fails to score, considers executing opposing team (6)
(Clarksdale Press Register) Strange "With the NFL draft coming up it seems necessary to examine why a fan has to pay an arm and a leg for a hot dog" (22)
Washington Post Cool Like the Samson of baseball, the reappearance of Randy Johnson's mullet has resulted in his first win since June 07 (18)
ESPN Cool Drop the gloves - more NHL Playoff discussion (COL @ DET 3pm, PHI @ MON 7pm) (450)
(NFL.com) Cool Will Chris Long go to Oakland? Will Atlanta get a QB to replace Vick? Will Miami trade Jason Taylor? Will Jets fans finally cheer their teams draft choice? The 2008 NFL draft discussion thread (draft begins at 3pm Eastern) (746)
BBC Cool Premier league game of the week: ManU take on Chelsea (49)
Telegraph Sad Cheerleaders may be banned from cricket matches in India. "These are things meant for foreigners and not us. Mothers and daughters watch these matches on television and it does not look nice." (118)
Sports by Brooks Amusing Now-jobless Jim Gray haunting NBA arena hallways "trying to stay in the TV employment loop" (17)
ESPN Obvious Man Utd's coach who has his team in first place and in the CL semi-finals is gratefu.. wait, no.. he's complaining that his team is mistreated again (94)
ESPN Spiffy Stars draw first blood against Sharks; win 3-2 in OT (24)
UPI Spiffy Spurs slam sucktastic Suns, seek subsequent sweep Sunday (35)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Josh Howard likes his marijuana. Not a good thing to say right before the Maverick's playoff game, on the radio, where everyone can hear it (20)
(Buffalo News) Dumbass College basketball player posts on his Facebook page that he's willing to pay someone to write a paper for him. What could possibly go wrong? (6)

Fri April 25, 2008
(Some Guy) Unlikely Deeeetroit basketbaaaall. Is losing the seeeeries to the 76eeeeeeeeers (45)
ESPN Obvious Learning from the NBA, NHL darling Sidney Crosby draws phantom last-minute penalty to secure another playoff victory (102)
USA Today Silly Danica Patrick can't hear the roar of her engines over the sound of how awesome she is (31)
Yahoo Interesting Ryan Leaf now the golf coach for West Texas A&M. Was he the worst NFL draft pick in history? (63)
CNN Obvious Another batch of Sonics emails reveals NBA execs warned Sonics owners that statements they made might undermine their requirement to make the "best effort" to avoid relocation (14)
CBC Cool Time to lace your skates up - the NHL Playoff discussion thread continues (328)
Sports by Brooks Hero Why April 25 will forever be a Monday for Major League Baseball (76)
Japan Times Amusing Do you like soccer, and looking like a dork riding a bike around inside a gym? CYCLEBALL (11)
Daily Mail Obvious Former champion fighter Mike Tyson goes from heavyweight to overweight(pics) (25)
ESPN Misc Floyd Mayweather will put down the white flag he's been waving at Miguel Cotto for long enough to wave the green flag at the Indianapolis 500 (7)
(Some Guy) Asinine Arsenal captain William Gallas says the press are starting to make him mad, and you wouldn't want to see him mad... because last time he got mad he sat at midfield and literally cried (38)
Philly Cool A Philadelphia gas station offers 76-cent gas for 76 minutes as a promotion tied to the Philadelphia 76ers playoff run (20)
SFGate Strange When you really want to write a "fresh" take on the NFL draft, discuss how well a team has done historically with 39th pick in 2nd round (9)
ESPN Obvious AHL playoff game goes five overtimes, making it seem only slightly longer than an entire Toronto Maple Leafs season (37)
(Sad Royals Fan) Sad All is again right in the world. Royals back in last place after dropping 7 straight (18)
(Pro Football Talk) Asinine Brett Favre -- who retired, then hinted that he might unretire, then said he was definitely staying retired -- gives David Letterman hints that he might unretire (48)
NYPost Cool George Karl may skip to New York after another Nuggets one and done, so there is light at the end of the tunnel. For Denver at least (17)
Yahoo Interesting NFL considers allowing different venues for annual Hype Bowl (37)
(Volunteer TV) Strange The first rule of baseball fight club is you do not talk about baseball fight club. (with video) (57)
Yahoo Obvious Larry Brown quits as 76ers Vice President, presumably to take another job, give a mediocre effort for one year and then quit that job too, presumably to take another job then.......blah, blah, you get the point (23)

Thu April 24, 2008
CNN Cool People, please keep a single-file line when getting back onto the bandwagon. The Detroit Tigers are back (60)
(Some Guy) Sad The parents of two young boys fighting over a David Beckham jersey did the sensible thing and retained lawyers (64)
Denver Post Unlikely Denver Broncos acquire defensive lineman with a defective knee who didn't play for Cleveland (9)
(Some Guy) Interesting Brett Favre to be on the cover of "Madden NFL 2009," which will suck but show a lot of heart and look like lots of fun (52)
BBC Interesting Billionaire businessman says that cricket will be "the biggest team sport in the world" in 10 years. Bonus weirdness: He's from America (42)
(Some Athletic) Followup Frank Thomas puts Big Hurt on jokes about the Blue Jays putting the hurt on him, now that he's signed with the A's and still receiving most of his salary from Toronto (36)
Sports by Brooks Weird Audio from Dan Patrick's radio show as he relates his young daughter's obsession with a penis-shaped candle (9)
ESPN Misc If it's Thursday, it must be time for another NBA Playoffs discussion thread (84)
Newsday Amusing Ozzie Guillen calls Jeter "the perfect man." A-Rod disagrees, says trash needs taking out, lawn needs mowing and there's never any cuddling when the game's on (49)
SeattlePI Obvious NY Daily News: Seahawks interested in trade for Giants TE Shockey. Seahawks: AAAAAHHHH HA HA HA HA HA hell no. Seahawks trifecta complete (37)
NYPost Obvious Jaromir Jagr believes Mario Lemieux was better than Crosby and Malkin despite being a cancer in the locker room (47)
Deadspin Followup Terrell Owens' attorney defends T.O.'s reputation by confirming it is him in the BangBros porn shoot (89)
AJC Asinine When assaulting an opposing team's fans at a baseball game, try not to dance for the Jumbotron and leave your cell phone under your seat (34)
(Bleacher Report) Obvious Fans bedeviled: Is Duke basketball losing its luster? Because that would just suck (11)
BBC Cool More European action tonight with Bayern Munich v Zenit St Petersburg and Rangers v Fiorentina in the UFIA Cup Semi-Finals, with the Italians getting their excuses in early (10)
CNN Amusing Maradona uses "Hand of God" on reporters after leaving a courthouse (22)
Sports by Brooks Obvious Hottest female basketball player on the planet, Australia's Erin Phillips, gets no look from the WNBA (with pics) (54)
Sports by Brooks Dumbass New York pitcher Joe Smith had a new curse for Wrigley Field, Cubs fans at Tuesday's Cubs-Mets game: "F--- you, you ain't sh--" (with video) (59)
(Awful Announcing) Amusing "Law & Order: SVU" used a Tom Brady clone as prime suspect in a gay murder (seriously) (44)
SFGate Amusing NFL draft: "Those of us in the West no longer have to rise early on a Saturday to see a bad team mortgage its future on a rookie" (20)
Yahoo Followup Cincinnati WR Chad Johnson appears serious about staying away from the Bengals, even if it means a $14,000-per-day fine and paying back 25 percent of his signing bonus (42)
DallasNews Followup Dallas Cowboys defensive players welcome Pacman Jones with open arms. Haha, no... they're already saying how they aren't going to be his policemen, babysitters or security team (49)
(TSN.ca) Cool Strap on the pads for the beginning of Round 2. NHL Playoff discussion (772)
NYPost Obvious Man who denies he slipped Olympic skater a date rape drug admits he took Viagra that evening ... you know, just in case (103)
Boston Globe Spiffy Celtics go all Eric Rudolph on the Hawks (20)
(NBA) Silly I-76 approaching Philadelphia, the Schuylkill Expressway, renamed "I-76ers" for the NBA playoffs. Commuters to stick with the old nickname, the Surekill Expressway (28)
Baltimore Sun Strange The Orioles winning more than they lose is strange enough, but last night Daniel Cabrerra threw eight innings without giving up a walk. For non-baseball fans, that's like Amy Whinehouse pitching eight innings without catching any diseases (41)
Yahoo Interesting Kobe Bryant scores 49 points and has 10 assists against the Nuggets, but don't forget that he's a selfish ballhog (66)
IndyStar Amusing David Letterman: “You probably have the longest hair in the series, is that right?” Danica Patrick: (points to her head) "Here, I do" (70)
Chicago Tribune Amusing With 25th anniversary of Lee Elia's legendary outburst approaching, here are the best sports rants captured on tape (19)
The Onion Obvious Isiah Thomas: "My Time With The Knicks Was Actually A Large-Scale Psychological Study Of New York Residents" (6)
Chicago Sun-Times Cool Kerry Wood gets a win after blowing the save against the Rockies, the Cubs tie Arizona for the best record in baseball and they get the franchise's 10,000th win. The Aristocrats (43)
YouTube Video Kenny Smith jumps over Aston Martin (17)

Wed April 23, 2008
NJ.com Weird MLB bans bottled water from dugouts, says Gatorade has what players crave (76)
ESPN Interesting America's team gets America's criminal (50)
(Some Guy) Florida State lawmakers propose $100,000-a-year "baseball czar" whose only responsibility would be to stop major league teams from moving to Arizona for spring training (13)
ESPN Interesting In a move to ensure that no one ever forgets about Brett Favre, Packers meet with Daunte Culpepper (25)
ESPN Interesting NASCAR superstar Tony Stewart is in discussions to end his partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing and move into an ownership/driver role with Hass Racing, a satellite team of Hendrick Motorsports. All your base are belong to Hendrick (32)
(Columbus Dispatch) Cool How much suck does Rich Rodriguez have? Well, a whole lot when a player blasts him by saying “family values have eroded,” quits the team, and decides to walk-on at Ohio State. Bonus: The kid's father played for Bo Schembechler (77)
(TSN) Scary Cubs are going for their 10,000th win tonight, will be second team ever to reach it. Thus, they are the second-most winningest team in MLB. GO GIANTS! (79)
ESPN Interesting Another year, another ESPN ranking of fan satisfaction with sports teams (54)
(Some Baller) Cool DET/PHI, LAL/DEN, BOS/ATL. It's not your flight itinerary, it's your NBA Playoff discussion thread (58)
Sports by Brooks Spiffy Meet the only bombshell Manny won't be responsible for at Fenway this summer: Hottie Red Sox reporter Heidi Watney (with pics, video) (34)
(Sports Illustrated) Amusing Top NFL draft busts. "Brown looked as if he would redefine the tight-end position. Brown did change the way people thought: Teams no longer wanted to take tight ends in the first round" (85)
Sports by Brooks Dumbass Longtime Juventus GM claims there's no gays in Italian pro soccer and that he has no gay friends; Accepts invitation as ribbon cutter with Tim Hardway, Ahmadinejad at Tehran Hooters grand opening (14)
Sports by Brooks Cool ESPN restores our faith in humanity, gives Scott Van Pelt his own radio show (38)
ESPN Spiffy Dwight Howard posts second straight 20/20 game while the Spurs work a little magic of their own, make Amare Stoudamire disappear in 3rd quarter (66)
AJC Unlikely Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Hampton will begin minor league rehab assignment as he attempts to return from the 940-day disabled list (16)
WTMJ Amusing Thanks for scoring the winning run in the Brewers game. Your reward: You get sent to Tampa Bay (71)
YouTube Spiffy In honor of the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche renewing their playoff hostilities, here's the brawl that started it all: Joe Louis Arena, March 26, 1997 (192)
AJC Obvious Mike Bibby notices Celtics fans are bandwagon jumpers. Playing in the worst sports city in America gives him a good point of reference to know (89)
Free Press Stupid Having solved that whole TV ratings problem, the NHL addresses another serious issue and bans Octopus twirling from JLA (36)
(Some Guy) Stupid Good news for the tens of hockey fans: NBC gets the loose change out of the couch to pony up for another year of NHL action (51)
YouTube Amusing Former Liverpool captain Phil Thompson takes last night's own goal by Riise quite well (25)
Chicago Tribune Strange Man sues Bulls mascot for rough high-five. Bulls unsure when a high-five would have been warranted this year (50)
BBC Spiffy It's FC Barcelona vs Manchester United, Messi vs. Christiano Ronaldo, on Day 2 of the first leg of the Champions League semi finals. If you're not a Manc, you're a wank (205)
(NHL.com) Cool We're the Shaaaaarks, we're the Sharks, pucks and sticks, we're the Shaaaaarks. Sharks final team to advance to NHL round 2 (68)
ESPN Dumbass Herm Edwards completes his next step in destroying the Chiefs (99)

Tue April 22, 2008
MSNBC Obvious Seattle Seahawks release 2005 MVP Shaun Alexander. Seahawks trifecta in play (56)
(Some Guy) Sad 43 national championships. 83 conference titles. 23 Olympians. University of Arkansas track and field coach John McDonnell to retire at season's end (14)
Sun Sentinel Unlikely Jerry Jones says Pacman deal on hold, Mario brothers signed (14)
(TSN) Cool Game 7, the anything can happen, play until there is a winner, one team moves on, one team goes golfing kind of game. There are two of them tonight (712)
The Smoking Gun Stupid Three months after ending their season at 18-1, the New England Patriots are still pursuing trademarks on "19-0" (279)
Orlando Sentinel Florida If you selected Jake Long as the top pick in your 2008 NFL Draft pool, come on down to collect your prize (98)
Sports by Brooks Strange Brazilian soccer player Romario says he was better than Pele, admits to having sex on a plane flight. Pray for Romario (10)
ESPN Weird Chad Johnson isn't going to be traded: Bengals turn down Dan Snyder's insane offer for Ocho Cinco (95)
(Some Guy) Amusing Major League outfielders are supposed to CATCH the ball right? Here are three fielders looking awfully silly from Monday's games (35)
BBC Cool Liverpool vs Chelsea, first leg of the Champions League semi finals. This is not a repeat from 2005, 2007 (134)
(MLB) Followup Miguel Tejada is upset that people are upset he spent 15 years lying about his age, roid rage (29)
ESPN Obvious The inevitable byproduct of international players in the NBA has arrived: flopping now affecting the outcome of playoff games (87)
(Some Guy) Amusing Five different games, including drinking and side bets, to play during the upcoming NFL Draft (25)
Yahoo Asinine Montreal Canadiens fans celebrate win over Boston Bruins as if they lived in Los Angeles (101)
NYPost Amusing Philadelphia Phillies: "Everybody on our team is getting injured." New York Mets: "Let us call the waaaambulance for you." (49)
Yahoo Dumbass Seattle Seahawks DT Rocky Bernard arrested for hitting his baby mama at a nightclub (16)
AJC Cool John Smoltz goes for 3,000 career strikeouts tonight against Washington (48)
FARK Silly C-A-P-S CAPS CAPS CAPS DC area Fark hockey happy hour tonight - 6:00, Rock Bottom in Ballston (159)
JSOnline Dumbass Forgetting that they were trying to get better, Milwaukee Bucks hire Scott Skiles (27)
YouTube Dumbass Red Sox fan makes impressive barehanded foul ball catch; after 30 seconds of hot-dogging, he drops it (95)

Mon April 21, 2008
Yahoo Cool No Boston, you cannot have Stanley Cup. Not Yours (101)
Fox News Ironic Tony Stewart, whose far-reaching testicles touch many levels in motorsports (19)
ESPN Obvious Manu Ginobli wins NBA's Sixth Man Award. Will receive unanimous Flopper of the Year award at a later date (47)
ESPN Obvious What caused The Sports Guy to write his first NHL column in 18 years? Frontrunning with the comeback Boston Bruins, of course (85)
Sun Sentinel Followup Kenyan wins Boston Marathon again. Lance Armstrong finishes 496th (26)
(The Sporting News) Interesting Cubs may have thrown "18 World Series." Yankees fans annoyed they'd been chanting the wrong year at Boston all that time (71)
Sports by Brooks Amusing In pre-NFL-draft interview, prospect says team asked him if he cheated on his girlfriend. Thankfully for Patriots fans, the clubs don't go that far when interviewing coaches (17)
Sports by Brooks Amusing Your leading ground gainer at University of Colorado spring football game? Buffalo mascot Ralphie, who tramples his trainer en route to a 100-yard TD scamper (with video) (21)
(Some Yankee Lover) Amusing Joe Girardi takes away clubhouse ice cream and candy from the Yankees. Says that A-Rod can keep his blankie and Jeter can still sleep with his teddy bear (21)
(freakonomics blog) Interesting Phil Gordon answers your poker questions. Or, for most of us, some guy answers your poker questions (36)
Sports by Brooks Ironic After surviving calling Allen Iverson a "tough monkey" and accusing Charlie Rose of "fagging out" on air, CBS may finally oust Billy Packer for remarks made during Final Four (24)
(Hockey Farker) Cool Today's NHL Playoffs thread. Habs vs. Bruins, Flyers vs. Caps (484)
(Twin Cities) Obvious Vikings working on deal to acquire Chiefs' franchise player, deciding which half of their team to give up (19)
Chicago Tribune Stupid In their uncompromising optimism, some may call Cubs fans stupid. However, stupid is an accurate description for people who wear these Fukudome shirts (53)
Yahoo Dumbass Indianapolis RB Kenton Keith discovers that repeatedly saying "I'm a Colts player" doesn't put you above the law (23)
Yahoo Silly The Buffalo Bills are definitely committed to taking a cornerback with their first-round pick. Unless they take a wide receiver. Or an offensive tackle (14)
ESPN Followup Quin Snyder coaching in the D-League. Duke sucks (12)
ESPN Amusing Hank Steinbrenner keeps giving and giving to the press: Says Joba needs to start as soon as possible, draws up rotation that doesn't include Mussina (152)
CNN Amusing Eli Manning ignores advice, does too many tequila slammers, ends up getting married in Mexico (22)
(The Sports Hernia) Amusing Stephen A. Smith simply cannot believe it (40)
Metro Obvious David "Bigbucks" Beckham facing backlash from L.A. Galaxy fans, who moan he's more focused on perfecting his red carpet poses than shooting goals. In related news, there are L.A. Galaxy fans (51)
CNN Amusing A collection of quotes from and about Isiah Thomas during his time with the Knicks. My favorite: "To me, it's win or die. And I literally mean death, I don't mean walk away, I mean death. And that's how I approach it" (12)
Yorkshire Evening Post Unlikely The great English sport of cricket comes under fire with one club banning its members from hitting a six (it's like a homerun) to protect neighbours' windows (8)
USA Today Spiffy Tadd Fujikawa takes home $13,500 for his first pro golf tournament win. Not a bad weekend for a high school junior (9)
Arizona Star Interesting Dale Jr's opening a bar because he thinks the economy's going into the wall. "At 50, I could quit and be all right, but I don’t trust that, I don’t know what the dollar is going to be worth when I’m 50" (29)
(Star Bulletin) Sad Legendary big-wave surfer "Woody" Brown, who surfed to age 90, has gone to the big shore break in the sky (10)
CNN Sad Royals to Hideo: No mo (18)
ESPN Obvious Milwaukee Gagned in 10th (33)



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