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Sun May 18, 2008
(New York Daily News) Obvious The Ric Romero of sports journalism is shocked, shocked to discover that the Yankees make a lot of money from high ticket prices and expensive food concessions (15)
(The Big Lead) Amusing Some QBs give their lineman expensive watches, Tom Brady gave his guys Audi Q7s (retail sticker: $68,000) (45)
(CNN) Obvious Yeah, sure, Lane Kiffin still has his job as head coach of the Raiders, but it's clear to everyone that Al Davis has asserted complete control over the team. Enjoy another 2-14 season, Raider Nation (22)
(Yahoo) Interesting Can King James stop the Celtics' homecourt dominance? Or will Cleveland once again realize you need more than one superstar on a team? Let's find out, shall we... Cleveland @ Boston, Game 7 (321)
(Some Puckhead) Spiffy Will the Penguins advance to the Finals? Will the Flyers win to live another day? Game 5, 3:00pm on NBC (309)
(Some Racing Guy) Spiffy Kasey Kahne beats all odds and wins the NASCAR All Star Race after being voted into the show by fans (12)
(CNN) Followup Tim Donaghy bet on 16 NBA games he refereed last season, plans to use the defense that it was okay because he only bet to win (33)

Sat May 17, 2008
(Fox Sports) Cool NASCAR All-Star Race from Charlotte discussion thread (57)
(Free Press) Interesting Detroiters given the ultimate difficult question: Who should resign if you can only choose one, corrupt Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick or Lions president Matt Millen? (23)
(Some baseball fan) Stupid Lawsuit filed against metal bat maker by family of boy who took a line drive to the chest. Joe Torre standing by with contract offer for batter (30)
(Fan Nation) Silly Giambi, Jeter, and Damon have all worn the same magical golden thong (18)
(ESPN) Cool Big Brown wins again, trifecta now in play (36)
(Free Press) Cool Turco a better goalie than Osgood? His record at Joe Louis Arena says otherwise. It's Detroit vs. Dallas, Western Conference Finals Game 5 (19)
(NYPost) Spiffy The Second (Unbroken) Leg of the Triple Crown: The Preakness (55)
(ESPN) Cool Will Dallas stay alive to fight another day or will the Wings clinch? Lets talk hockey. Game 5, Detroit v. Dallas (318)
(NASCAR) Cool Matt Crafton held a NASCAR record that he hated... most career Truck series starts without a win: 0 out of 177. Being that you're reading this here you know he is now 1 out of 178 (18)
(Boston Channel) Asinine Seven-year-old Little Leaguer benched two games because his mom failed to show up for concession stand duty (134)

Fri May 16, 2008
(My Fox Boston) Obvious Using Larry Bird's name inappropriately for the benefit of your bed and breakfast? That's a lawsuit (12)
(ESPN) Cool The Mets had a horrible week against a couple of last-place teams, but now that they're playing the Yankees maybe they'll - oh, wait, the Yanks are in last too. And it's raining. The suck is Duke-level strong in New York this weekend (14)
(Yahoo) Asinine NFL owners could opt out of current collective bargaining agreement, triggering work stoppage by 2011 (24)
(Some Guy) Amusing Actor Jerry O'Connell is such a fantasy football geek, he sets an alarm to be first to the waiver wire. His wife, Rebecca Romijn, does not like this (22)
(CBS Salt Lake City) Interesting Ken Griffey, Jr. headed back to Seattle? (41)
(Slate) Cool Will Boston and LA move on to the conference finals, or will home court advantage inexplicably prevail once again? It's the NBA Playoffs discussion thread (184)
(Promo Magazine) Stupid WNBA continues its quest for legitimacy with a great corporate tie in...the McDonalds Southern Chicken Biscuit (64)
(Yahoo) Sad Cheap Shot Rob at it again. David Stern seen tapping his fingers together and saying "exceeeellleeent." (47)
(IndyStar) Obvious Then: Indy 500 rookie E.J. Viso "the craziest rookie here because he hasn't hit the wall yet." Now: how'd that feel noob? (11)
(WFAN) Interesting Are the Yankees still the hunted in this matchup? For the 5th straight time the Mets enter the Subway Series with a better record than the Yanks (31)
(Yahoo) Florida A baseball superteam with the best players on the Marlins and Rays would cost $22 million in payroll, and kick the crap out of the Yankees and Mets (19)
(Some Fabulous Guy) Obvious Jason Giambi wears a gold lamé, tiger-stripe thong under his uniform (22)
(TSN) Weeners Driver Patrick Carpentier willing to strip naked and jog down pit row if he's voted into tomorrow's NASCAR's All-Star Race. Fans thanking lucky stars that Jimmy Spencer never thought of this first (21)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Obvious Ozzie Guillen brushes off e-mails from racist White Sox fans by claiming it's his age that makes him crazy, not his heritage (81)
(Yahoo) Dumbass Tim Montgomery goes from fastest man in the world to fastest man in the NY state penitentiary (2)
(Toronto Sun) Strange Jason Blake wants to stay with Maple Leafs, inspired by Mats Sundin's willingness to keep losing (11)
(Kansas City) Spiffy Meanwhile, in Bizzaro world, the Royals have just completed their second 3 game sweep of the Detroit Tigers and their $169 million payroll this year (27)
(MSNBC) Amusing Jets use coin toss to pick 1st team QB. Fans surprised that Pennington didn't injure himself tossing coin in the air (12)
(Yahoo) Unlikely Philadelphia Flyers force game 5 against Pittsburgh Penguins, hope to become first team since 1975 New York Islanders to rally from a 3-0 series deficit (71)
(Fan Nation) Stupid NFL teams are itching to move to the worst pro-football market in the nation (link fixed) (68)
(Yahoo) Stupid Tampa Bay reveals plans for new baseball stadium to replace the old one that opened way back in 1990 (117)
(Detroit News) Cool Detroit's new ABA franchise to be called the "Zafir" and feature Middle Eastern players. Anybody know the Arabic to English translation for "Fail"? (23)
(Boston Herald) Amusing Author whose now-discredited report brought Spygate back to center stage right before Super Bowl 42 explains his mistakes; Patriots fans show him support and understanding in the comments - or not (39)
(Yahoo) Interesting San Antonio Spurs pound New Orleans Hornets to force game 7 (84)
(Fan Nation) Obvious Media forced to interview Mets closer who didn't play because everyone else ducked out. They still got what they wanted (11)
(YouTube) Cool I see your Manny Ramirez play and raise you "25 Best Catches in Cricket" (53)
(Fox Sports) Obvious With the Rockies struggling, the Matt Holliday sweepstakes may begin earlier than expected (17)
(ESPN) Spiffy Arizona Diamondbacks' Brandon Webb becomes first pitcher to win first nine starts since Andy Hawkins won his first ten in 1985 (38)
(USA Today) Sad Not News: college athletes often don't go to class. Still Not News: They didn't in high school either. Fark: It may cost Kansas their national championship (179)
(Labspaces.net) Followup New study shows that Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee sprinter, doesn't have a leg up (90)
(Yahoo) Strange How much of a "sport" can it really be if a 56-year-old woman can qualify for the Olympics? (284)
(Yahoo) Interesting Rehabbed Colon looks flawless, ready to take on bigger challenges (19)
(Yahoo) Asinine A-Rod tapes congratulatory message for Manny Ramirez for when he joins the 500-homer club. Yankees fans respond by bombarding talk radio show with "DIAF" messages for A-Rod. Stay classy, Yankees fans (54)
(ESPN) Spiffy Meanwhile, in Bizzaro world, the Rays lead the AL East and the Yankees are in last place (45)
(Deadspin) Dumbass Ex-girlfriend of Lance Briggs argues for child support. At the hearing: Another ex-girlfriend of Briggs he allegedly knocked up. Not at the hearing: Briggs, who was with yet another girlfriend who'd just had his baby (16)
(Denver Post) Amusing Rockies become latest team interested in signing player not good enough for the Padres roster (11)
(Some Guy) Sad Motorcycle racing legend Robert Dunlop dies in 160 mph crash (31)
(CBS 4 Denver) Amusing Sportscaster getting ready to feature local golf courses for an upcoming TV segment. Head pro: "Watch this." You know the ending (29)

Thu May 15, 2008
(Some Guy) Dumbass Showing the courage and desire to win installed in him by the saintly Coach K, JJ Redick whines about his playing time at Orlando and demands a trade if he can't get it. Duke sucks (44)
(Yahoo) Dumbass The Wynn Las Vegas casino files civil complaint against Charles Barkley for not re-paying $400,000 in gambling debt. When reached for comment, Barkley said, "This is turrible... turrible." (61)
(Sports by Brooks) Amusing Ken Griffey Jr. pays Reds teammate back $1,500 -- in 60 boxes of pennies (45)
(ESPN) Amusing Mark Prior re-injures shoulder. No, this is not a repeat from 2004, 2005, 2006 or 2007 (44)
(Yahoo) Spiffy Kobe has finally learned how to pass (24)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Unlikely "If Jim Edmonds rips a game-winning home run today, 40,000 fans will develop instant amnesia about why they hate him" (46)
(Some Guy) Amusing If Ric Flair and Lenny Dykstra can give you Wall Street advice, then Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown can, too (25)
(CNN) Obvious Celtics come up with ingenious plan to defeat the Cleveland LeBrons: Defend LeBron, leaving the team with only "s" (81)
(Dallas News) Strange Detroit Red Wings have Pavel Datsyuk's goal disallowed because referee claimed Tomas Holmstrom's butt was in the crease (168)
(My San Antonio) Amusing Spurs fans are getting so desperate, they're resorting to Hail Marys and holy candles to help their team win (55)
(WTMJ) Interesting Brewers sign Brawny paper towel guy to long-term deal (65)
(Some Guy) Misc New Zealand v England: First Test discussion thread (23)
(ESPN) Cool Brewers closer not named Gagne blows a three-run lead in the ninth, proving again that Milwaukee is the fourth best team in the division (38)
(SFGate) Unlikely General manager Brian Sabean thinks the 17-24 San Francisco Giants, who have used 40 different lineups in 41 games, can be contenders this year. Good luck with that (20)
(Metro) Followup Glasgow Rangers fans accept their team's defeat against St. Petersburg with poise and dignity. Just kidding -- they rioted in the city center, threw cans and bottles at police and stabbed an opposing fan (31)
(ESPN) Cool Cleveland Indians starting pitchers have now gone more than 43 innings without giving up a run. That's like... a lot of games (56)
(Fox Sports) Cool It's early. You're working. In just over 12 hours it's the Pens vs. the Flyers. Let's talk Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 (397)
(ESPN) Dumbass The Cubs are going to sign a 37-year-old outfielder recently cut by the worst team in the majors. Book it. Done (71)
(ESPN) Unlikely Stephon Marbury says he can't wait to play for the same coach who had him traded to the Knicks after coaching him less than a month (10)
(YouTube) Video What has happened only 14 times in the history of the MLB? This. So much this (101)
(ESPN) Strange ESPN's Bill Simmons may soon need to be talked down off his ledge (44)

Wed May 14, 2008
(Sportsline) Obvious LA's pro football team to play in Coliseum for the next 25 years (10)
(Sports by Brooks) Cool Another Montana coming to Notre Dame - and it isn't Hannah (16)
(CBS Salt Lake City) Stupid In his latest effort to invoke comparisons to Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant says he will play Wednesday night with a "hurt back." Puh-leeze (31)
(Sports by Brooks) Interesting Does the SI Cover Jinx also corrupt couples contained in the swimsuit issue? (19)
(Major League Baseball) Cool Manny Ramirez makes an over-the-shoulder catch, climbs the wall, high fives a fan and throws the ball back in time to double up the runner from first (162)
(East Valley Tribune) Followup Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni: "Maybe we'll trade Stephon Marbury to the Phoenix Suns for Leandro Barbosa and Boris Diaw." Suns GM Steve Kerr: "OMG LOL" (36)
(Boston Globe) Asinine After meeting with Roger Goddell, Arlen Specter is pleased with the commissioners findings and says the Spygate case is closed. Just kidding... he wants a full-blown Congressional investigation similar to the Mitchell investigation (117)
(Boston Globe) Cool Red Sox Clay Buchholz mortified by broken nail, goes on 15-day DL (70)
(Sports by Brooks) Interesting Tommy Lasorda to give commencement address for eighth time. Not bad for a guy who "never attended a single day of college as a student" (6)
(NYPost) Obvious Hank Steinbrenner pulls a George and hints Joe Giradi may be riding down Billy Martin Memorial Highway (34)
(FanHouse) Asinine Alabama State University charged with 668 NCAA violations. Butch Davis and Bob Stoops heard saying, "Damn" (32)
(BBC) Cool Scotland invades England: The UEFA Cup final is tonight in Manchester with Glasgow Rangers playing Zenit St. Petersburg (44)
(ESPN) Interesting Will Franzen play? Will the Stars take the lead in ANY game in this series? Will Fark Mods greenlight this NHL discussion thread before Dallas is eliminated from the playoffs? Answers to these questions, and more, to the right (631)
(Some Geek) Interesting Top 17 things a hardcore baseball stathead would do if he ran a team and was allowed to do anything he wanted (92)
(Some Red, white and blue guy) Amusing Not news: Tom Brady has a lot of respect for a hard working, BLUE collar team from New York. Fark: The "Green Guys" with "four letters in their name," not so much (112)
(ESPN) Misc The official "Boston blowout, Lakers blowout" NBA thread for Wednesday (128)
(Yahoo) Interesting Pistons make Magic disappear. Ta da (12)
(ESPN) Followup Remember when I said "Rams walkthrough tape" and you were like (deep male voice) "NO WAY" (normal voice) and then I was all, "We pretended we thought there was a tape?" That was great (90)
(ESPN) Cool Is this the year of the 1998 expansion teams? The Rays and DBacks have the best records in their respective leagues (67)
(Rochester D&C) Sad Buffalo Bills release disabled TE Kevin Everett, who is still better than any tight end left on their roster (39)
(LA Times) Sad Former big leaguer Dock Ellis, who once pitched a no-hitter while tripping on LSD, is looking for a new liver, microdots (20)
(Sun Sentinel) Spiffy Spurs significantly smashed, seemingly surrender series. Suns supporters smiling; still sore, sniveling, sobbing sillynannies (25)
(Some Guy) Ironic Chicago Bulls owner (a lawyer) covers his ass on a botched hiring by telling the press he doesn't talk to agents (other lawyers) (8)
(FanHouse) Unlikely Following in the hilariously absurd example of Hillary Clinton complaining about the media being biased against her, Tom Brady today whined that ESPN has it out for the New England Patriots (99)
(AJC) Dumbass Prosecutors file new indictment vs. Juicy McSteroid and his giant head (21)

Tue May 13, 2008
(Some Guy) Unlikely Tuesday NBA Playoff discussion. Because, why the hell not? (118)
(CNN) Unlikely Mike D'Antoni says he can win with the current Knicks lineup, also says he can bend steel beams with his mind and walk on water (29)
(ESPN) Followup A-Rod says the yeast infection is all cleared up, hopes to take the field soon on a pleasant summer's eve (28)
(Newsday) Interesting Goose Gossage upset by Joba Chamberlain celebrations on the mound. "That's not the Yankee way." Yankee way includes being swept by the Rays and losing quietly (79)
(CNN) Cool NBA Commish David Stern isn't a big fan of pregame pyrotechnics, actually plays the "but what about the children? Someone think of the children" card (30)
(Yahoo) Cool Will the Flyers start their comeback in Philly tonight or do the Penguins hammer another nail in the coffin? NHL Eastern Conference finals tonight @ 7:30 (448)
(9 News) Ironic Lance Armstrong to attend two cancer charity balls today (212)
(ESPN) Interesting The star Japanese pitcher to be rumored to be coming to the U.S.? Yu Darvish. With a negotiating price around $75m, it's a good thing his Iranian father "loves the New York and Boston area" (25)
(ESPN) Interesting This headline is almost as long as the article. Wait, I just need to put in a little more filler. How are you today? Things going well? Ok, that should cover it. Oh yeah, Annika Sorenstam will retire at the end of the year (17)
(Fox Sports) Followup Matt Walsh evidence damns Patriots with Cheergate scandel (52)
(WIBC-FM) Unlikely Tony George has mucked up the Indy 497.5 so much that even the terrorists want no part of it (35)
(Yahoo) Interesting New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez will pitch in a simulated game on Wednesday where he is expected to simulate yet another injury (7)
(New York Daily News) Spiffy Mike D'Antoni's first order of business as the Knicks coach is to try and trade the Knicks roster for the Suns roster (28)
(SFGate) Amusing Despite long odds, $126-million man Barry Zito pitches "fairly well" against Phillies, blowing a three-run lead but never surrendering it (19)
(ESPN) Spiffy Florida State baseball player moves around and plays every position in a 10-0 seven inning victory, striking out the only two batters he faced as a pitcher and hitting a grand slam. The Aristocrats (29)
(Yahoo) Followup Cleveland Indians 2B Asdrubal Cabrera was so excited after his unassisted triple play, he tossed the ball to a fan in the crowd as he ran to the dugout (15)
(The Tennessean) Sad Former Brewer closer makes his AAA debut and will probably make his AA debut later this week (21)
(Sports by Brooks) Amusing Jonathan Papelbon teaches Japanese Red Sox pitcher gambling techniques by drawing craps table in bullpen dirt. More interestingly, he did it without Dice-K (with pics, video) (21)
(Yahoo) Interesting Despite being named in the Mitchell Report and aging two years during the offseason, Miguel Tejada is actually having a pretty good season in Houston (12)
(ESPN) Ironic Kobe Bryant plans to play in Game 5 despite sore back. Will mark the first time he has forced HIMSELF to play through a sore backside (42)
(New York Daily News) Misc A-Rod won't play in Subway Series this year because he's afraid someone will steal his purse on the train (21)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Interesting Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf and GM John Paxson failed the franchise and its fans by not getting Mike D'Antoni as head coach. In other news, yes, Virginia, Jay Mariotti CAN be right about something (55)
(NHL) Followup The Franzen can't play? No matter, The Datsyuk can get hat tricks too (74)
(ESPN) Obvious Sharks fire Wilson. He was listening to the farking song (30)
(Yahoo) Dumbass Lebron James yells at a fan during basketball game. The fan? His mom. HAPPY MOTHERS DAY (66)
(Yahoo) Spiffy Cleveland's Asdrubal Cabrera turns the 14th unassisted triple play in MLB history. Returns to obscurity tomorrow (51)

Mon May 12, 2008
(ESPN) Dumbass Stimulus: Giants beat Patriots in Super Bowl. Reaction: Rank Patriots 1st, Giants 6th, explain that teams other than Patriots aren't supposed to repeat (87)
(Some Guy) Obvious You know college football season can't be far away when Florida linemen start getting shot (12)
(ESPN) Misc I don't know what you're talking about, but here's a Beavers baseball player getting hit in the face by a pitch (9)
(Free Press) Cool Apparently something can stop the Franzen. It's the Stars vs the Wings at 8pm on VS (143)
(Yahoo) Stupid NCAA hopes to clarify goaltending rule by making it more confusing (669)
(Yahoo) Asinine A list of baseball players who have NASCAR names passes for news at Yahoo Sports. This is what your newspaper is losing circulation to, folks (19)
(Sports by Brooks) Amusing Boston bar reportedly spiked Atlanta Hawks' drinks the evening before team's blowout Game 7 loss to Celtics (58)
(Yahoo) Interesting Ronaldo thinks he can score 50 goals next season, which would probably be 48 more than the rest of the league (39)
(Sports by Brooks) Sick Thousands more health code violations found at MLB ballparks. Dodgers' most prominent foodhandler, Andruw Jones, somehow escapes reprimand (33)
(ESPN) Cool With a payroll about as large as the average person, somehow after 40 games, the Florida Marlins have the best record in baseball (54)
(Starpulse) Strange Unaware that his life already qualifies, T.O. to make sitcom-acting debut (21)
(WTMJ) Interesting Favre and Bradshaw on Fox: Are two legendary, drawling quarterbacks from the South too much for one pregame show? (52)
(Boston Herald) Amusing Manny Ramirez sets his sights on a gold glove despite being replaced as a defensive liability late in games (53)
(Sports by Brooks) Amusing Bronson Arroyo somehow responsible for even more runs -- thanks to his singing spot for mystery meat company (with video) (7)
(Chicago Tribune) Interesting Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood has been a more reliable closer than just about anybody else in the NL Central. Well, at least until his arm inevitably falls off in June, anyway (60)
(Fox Sports) Spiffy Crosby's play helps Penguins beat the Flyers in Game 2, helps David Bowie record "The Little Drummer Boy" (92)
(Sports by Brooks) Interesting Hannah Storm blowing into Bristol to work on new morning SportsCenter (24)
(Some Guy) Cool The Cubs, after losing four straight series to powerhouses like Cincinnati and Washington, sweep the Arizona Diamondbacks. Book it (48)
(Sporting News) PSA Spurs stop series sweep stab, subsequent second-straight succession spawns semifinal series stalemate (34)
(CNN) Spiffy Ole! Ole ole ole! Mr. Yips Sergio Garcia finally makes the putt that counts and wins The Players Championship (22)
(Guardian.com) Amusing Middlesbrough goes up one man on Man. City, scores eight goals in season finale. To-be-fired coach Sven Goran Eriksson strangely doesn't get asked if he can crown their ass (16)

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