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Thu November 26, 2009
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(Sports by Brooks) Obvious Less than 24 hours after trumpeting his Allen Iverson retirement scoop, Stephen A. Smith is backtracking, reporting that Iverson is having a "change of heart"  (sportsbybrooks.com) (11)
(USA Today) Dumbass Apparently unaware of Brady, Elway, and Plunkett and their 7 Super-Bowl rings, Jim Kelly wants the Bills to draft a QB who "doesn't come from California"  (usatoday.com) (24)
(NYPost) Amusing NFL referee caught giving Tennessee Titans QB Vince Young a high five at conclusion of game. It's okay, the NFL can explain  (nypost.com) (27)
(CBS Sports) Spiffy Lions and turkeys and beers, oh my. It's your official Thanksgiving Day Football Thread  (cbssports.com) (822)
(Sports by Brooks) Dumbass Ron Artest, who once applied for a job at Circuit City to get the employee discount after signing $5M NBA contract, being investigated for welfare fraud  (sportsbybrooks.com) (26)
(NBC Sports) Interesting Oakland Raiders will play their first Thanksgiving game in 39 years. With the current roster, football fans wonder why they'll be ending that streak today  (profootballtalk.nbcsports.com) (21)
(YouTube) Cool Matt Stafford wired for sound in last week's amazing Lions-Browns finish. This could be the beginning of an amazing career  (nfl.com) (89)
(ESPN) Obvious Answered  (sports.espn.go.com) (38)
(Daily Star) Sad English soccer fans "furious" at record high prices organizers charge them to watch their team suck at 2010 World Cup  (dailystar.co.uk) (23)
(Cleveland) Amusing The new Cleveland Browns have been finding bizarre ways to lose for over ten years now  (cleveland.com) (12)

Wed November 25, 2009
(7 News Boston) Dumbass 13 NBA referees linked to Tim Donaghy gambling scandal  (www1.whdh.com) (92)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Under tremendous public pressure the BCS addresses the idea of a playoff with a website designed by Poli-Sci majors. Mid-Majors unavailable for comment  (playoffproblem.com) (137)
(TwinCities.com) Unlikely Tarvaris Jackson still thinks he can be Vikings franchise quaterback, Surely Ole' Brett Favre will retire after this year  (twincities.com) (54)
(Some Guy) Stupid PETA wants UGA VIII to be an animatronic bulldog  (wsbtv.com) (69)
(NBC Sports) Strange Houston Texans announce that LB Brian Cushing's Twitter account is a fake even though it references his official web page which includes the exact same Twitter feed  (profootballtalk.nbcsports.com) (9)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Take a tour of Target Field, Minnesota Twins' new stadium. Amenities include concession stands with walleye on a stick  (minnesota.publicradio.org) (64)
(Guardian.com) Scary Latest threat to disrupt 2010 World Cup in South Africa? Gangs of marauding monkeys that will carjack vistors at stop signs (pic)  (guardian.co.uk) (23)
(USA Today) Strange News: Ottawa Senators starting goalie Pascal Leclaire out for a month after breaking his cheekbone. Fark: He was injured while sitting on the bench  (usatoday.com) (25)
(Yahoo) Fail Good: New Jersey Nets close in on NBA record. Bad: It's the record for most consecutive losses to start a season  (sports.yahoo.com) (20)
(USA Today) Obvious Polite headline: "Michigan, Notre Dame must re-evaluate their places in football." Translation: "They need to get over themselves already because everybody else has"  (usatoday.com) (87)
(LiveLeak) Video From the Amazing High School Football Plays file: Punt returned for 33 yards covers about a football field and a half in real time  (liveleak.com) (31)
(Deadspin) Weird New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin had a stalker. A male stalker. A retarded male stalker. No, the stalker wasn't Eli Manning  (deadspin.com) (43)
(Click On Detroit) Followup 2 Michigan State football players dismissed from team. Only 18 more to go, Dan Antonio  (clickondetroit.com) (22)

Tue November 24, 2009
(CNN) Obvious Roethlisberger okayed to get concussion on Saturday  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (34)
(Washington Post) Sad Abe has died in Washington DC. This is not a repeat from 1865  (washingtonpost.com) (21)
(USA Today) Cool Mets to honor 1969 World Series team with uniform redesign. To honor the team's recent performances, each uniform features a noose that will be activated once August rolls around  (usatoday.com) (35)
(Sports by Brooks) Interesting Brady Quinn is dating Olympic gymnast Alicia Sacramone. With pics of what 21-year-old gymnasts may look like. In unrelated news, submitter has never been so jealous of a relatively ineffective QB in his life  (sportsbybrooks.com) (100)
(ESPN) Weird Oakland's ranking remains unchanged after defeating Cincinnati in this week's NFL Power Rankings  (espn.go.com) (128)
(Yahoo) Obvious In what is probably the most obvious and unsuprising award selection of the year, Albert Pujols overcomes adversity of having a really funny-sounding last name to win his 2nd consecutive National League MVP award  (sports.yahoo.com) (54)
(USA Today) Obvious Buffalo Bills contact Bill Cowher to see how interested he would be in becoming their head coach. The answer is "not very"  (content.usatoday.com) (56)
(Some Gooooool) Sad Barca. Bayern Munich. Liverpool. 12 European Championships between them, and all facing elimination. It's your Champions League Matchday 5 thread  (uefa.com) (117)
(ESPN) Fail Most teams win when they outshoot the opponent by 40. Then again, most teams aren't the Toronto Maple Leafs  (sports.espn.go.com) (43)
(Sports by Brooks) Scary Report: 20 Michigan State football players in ski masks 'stormed' MSU dorm in bloody attack, injuring seven - including women  (sportsbybrooks.com) (229)
(TBO) Florida Here's a tip: If your offensive coordinator sucks and your defensive coordinator sucks, maybe the problem is bigger than just the play calling  (www2.tbo.com) (49)
(Yahoo) Sad The Minnesota Timberwolves won their first game of the season. Thirteen games later, that is still their only win  (sports.yahoo.com) (30)
(LiveLeak) Video Corner kicks in soccer are always more exciting when the crowd is within beer-throwing distance of the corner  (liveleak.com) (100)
(NHL) Hero Do you smell what Laraque is cookin?  (nhl.com) (105)
(ESPN) Asinine Fan takes moniker of "Fighting Irish" a little too seriously and courageously sucker punches courageous Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen  (espn.go.com) (70)
(The New York Times) Stupid Browns coach Eric Mangini question the Lions injuries during Sunday's game. Browns fans question Mangini's coaching abilities during the entire season  (nytimes.com) (47)
(Politico) Interesting BCS hires former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer, figuring he's got lots of experience putting a positive face on stupid, unpopular schemes designed by idiots with bad ideas  (politico.com) (62)

Mon November 23, 2009
(Google) Spiffy We might have a Monday Night Football thread. We might also have a football game in Houston that people care about. Probably not though  (google.com) (305)
(Canoe) Sick Steelers fan kills puppy because it wouldn't stay quiet before a football game. He's apparently a big fan of Michael Vick, too  (cnews.canoe.ca) (83)
(ESPN) Obvious Groundbreaking study from the "Fark It We're Not Even Trying Anymore" Institute for Sports reveals that refs hold a home team bias  (sports.espn.go.com) (19)
(ESPN) Cool Here come the Hawks, the Mighty Blackhawks, to the #1 spot in this week's NHL Power Rankings  (sports.espn.go.com) (52)
(YouTube) Spiffy Weirdest Pitch Ever Thrown (oldie but goodie)  (youtube.com) (70)
(Yahoo) Cool I guess there's no Caturday in Croatia: Croatian goalie yellow carded after rescuing a cat that wandered onto the field during a game  (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com) (23)
(NYPost) Amusing Brewers free-agent pitcher Ben Sheets being sought by Mets, who were excited to learn from his agent that he didn't surrender a single run in '09  (nypost.com) (14)
(ESPN) Cool Twins Catcher Joe Mauer wins MVP. Would have won it unanimously if not for one douchebag voting for... Miguel Cabrera?  (sports.espn.go.com) (74)
(mlive.com) Hero 81-year-old mother of 13, blind in one eye, uses crossbow to bag an 8 point buck. You may want to stay off her lawn  (mlive.com) (43)
(ESPN) Stupid The most annoying feat of luck you'll see this week being touted as an amazing trick play  (sports.espn.go.com) (33)
(ESPN) Sad Northeastern cancels its football program. In other news, Northeastern had a football program  (sports.espn.go.com) (49)
(USA Today) Scary After blowing out Tampa Bay to bring their record to 10-0, New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees says "we haven't peaked yet"  (usatoday.com) (96)
(CNN) Amusing Quinn is courageous, Sanchez is poised, and now Stafford is gutsy as he threw a game-winning TD with a dislocated shoulder  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (75)
(YouTube) Fail LSU Coach Les Miles "I don't know who called for spiking the ball with one second left on the clock". If only there was a camera with a sideline view to solve this mystery. Oh wait, there was  (youtube.com) (76)
(Chicago Tribune) Fail Jay Cutler successfully throws nineteen incomplete passes during the Bears' 24-20 loss to the Eagles. Since this is Chicago, the fans are calling this a rebuilding year and saying there's always next season  (chicagotribune.com) (149)
(Kansas City) Obvious The new BCS standings are out and the top seven remains the same for the third consecutive week. So much for an exciting finish to the season  (kansascity.com) (78)
(AZCentral) Interesting Kurt Warner taken out of the game after suffering a concussion. Tells reporters he'll be fine for next Sunday even if he can't remember what inning it was when he got hurt  (azcentral.com) (11)
(Yardbarker) Amusing JoePa will take it to the mattresses for a BCS berth  (yardbarker.com) (54)
(Yahoo) Video Kobe Bryant. Damn  (sports.yahoo.com) (58)
(SLTrib) Cool Real Salt Lake upsets David Beckham and LA Galaxy to win MLS Cup on penalty kicks. Utahans to celebrate state's first ever pro sports championship with gallons of Sprite and chocolate milk  (sltrib.com) (63)
(Some Guy) Fail Broncos coach Josh McDaniels tells Chargers "We own you guys" before their game. That clearly worked out well for him  (faniq.com) (46)

Sun November 22, 2009
(NASCAR) Florida It's the final race of the 2009 NASCAR season, and Jimmie Johnson looks to win his 4th straight championship, driving away countless NASCAR fans who hate him. It's the official Ford 400 discussion thread  (nascar.com) (168)
(670 The Score) Cool Mike Holmgren is interested in working for the Browns. Eric Man-genius, you are on the clock  (670thescore.stats.com) (49)
(The Sporting Blog) Spiffy Guy you've never heard of scores the goal of the year  (sportingnews.com) (60)
(Yahoo) Cool Can the Ravens end the Colts' streak? Will Romo gets Dallas back on track against the 'Skins? Who will lead the Broncos? How many times will the Eagles intercept Cutler? All this and a whole lot more real football action  (sports.yahoo.com) (lots)
(ESPN) Spiffy Heisman hopeful sets new record for wins as a college quarterback. Congratulation Mr. Tebo---,wait, who is this Colt McCoy guy?  (sports.espn.go.com) (80)
(CNN) Amusing The MLB 2009 'anti-award' winners  (sportsillustrated.cnn.com) (29)
(Some Guy) Obvious Griffin avenges loss to Ortiz in UFC rematch. Sets up winner-take-all showdown at Ortiz-Griffin 3. #boxing shenanigans #fixed #don-king-esqe  (vancouversun.com) (47)
(Daily Kos) Unlikely God is punishing Notre Dame football because Obama spoke at the college. Why God is punishing the rest of us with Notre Dame football, we may never know  (dailykos.com) (112)

Sat November 21, 2009
(WPTZ) Cool Ben & Jerry's announces first flavor name dedicated to an athlete. Hottie snowboarder Hannah Teter  (wptz.com) (48)
(Sports by Brooks) Fail Knicks went to drastic lengths to prevent crosstown NJ Nets from dropping to 0-13, which is precisely why the Nets are now 0-13. (with wrong basket video goodness)  (sportsbybrooks.com) (22)
(St. Petersburg Times) Obvious Why are college football coaches in public universities allowed to indoctrinate students into Christianity?  (tampabay.com) (130)
(KCRA 3) Amusing Sacramento outraged after learning ex-King Chris Webber called it "a cowtown" in ESPN interview. Wait, time-out, Chris can explain everythi-- uh oh  T-Shirt  (kcra.com) (52)
(Yahoo) Sad Welcome to Silly Saturday, where Florida faces mighty Florida International, Alabama takes on majestic Chattanooga, Texas suits up against powerhouse Kansas, TCU tries to tame indomitable Wyoming and other complete mismatches  (rivals.yahoo.com) (1463)
(ESPN) Silly News: Fox Sports suspend L.A. Clippers announcers. Fark: For mispronouncing "Iranian"  (sports.espn.go.com) (56)
(WTMJ) Strange Iraqi prisoners use Brett Favre to terrorize our troops  (620wtmj.com) (35)
(Daily Mail) Spiffy Can Chelsea keep up their torrid pace? Can Gerrard's return save Liverpool's season? Will trainers start dragging placentas out on the pitch for injuries? All this and more in this week's EPL thread  (dailymail.co.uk) (38)
(Boston Herald) Cool Retired UK and NBA center Sam Bowie hopes to break color barrier at Lexington country club, applies for membership  (bostonherald.com) (28)
(Deadspin) Amusing Last night, Jay Mariotti went nuts in a Chicago nightclub after someone took a cell phone pic of him  (deadspin.com) (46)

Fri November 20, 2009
(CBS Minneapolis) Interesting Vikings to Minnesota: "New stadium, or we leave." Minnesota: "Go then." California: "Did I mention we are building a stadium with purple seats?"  (wcco.com) (113)
(SacBee) Interesting Maloofs commit regicide, kill off Monarchs  (sacbee.com) (20)
(Some Guy) Cool The Stig might return to F1 to race with the new Mercedes team  (autoblog.com) (25)
(K-State Collegian) Cool "The Cornhuskers are similar to the Wildcats in that they do not pass often." But enough about their grades, how's their throwing game?  T-Shirt  (kstatecollegian.com) (19)
(ESPN) Interesting MLB free agency starts today, or as its known to the Yankees, " Very nice, how much?"  (espn.go.com) (31)
(New York Daily News) Obvious NY Knicks to fans: Yeah this season is done  (nydailynews.com) (28)
(Some Guy) Cool Neil Peart of Rush has been commissioned to record a new version of Canada's "real" national anthem. The Cool tag is looking to high-five someone  (newswire.ca) (46)
(The New York Times) Interesting Key location of new luxury boxes in Michigan's Big House amplify the cheering. Oh wait  (nytimes.com) (21)
(Google) Unlikely Thierry Henry says the "fairest solution" is to replay the France-Ireland World Cup playoff after he set up the deciding goal with a hand ball. While we're on the subject, the 1986 England team would like their redo as well  (google.com) (209)
(CBS Sports) Cool Blackhawks score a touchdown and kick the extra point in rout of the Flames. For those of you playing at home, that's one more touchdown than the Bears scored in the last week  (cbssports.com) (23)
(Cnati) Spiffy A profile of Bengals LB Dhani Jones, who went from being cut by two teams to being the Bengals' leading tackler and defensive captain and a guy with his own travel show  (cnati.com) (21)
(Kansas City) Dumbass Kansas football coach Mark Mangino tries to save his job by saying his verbal abuse of his players is just doing the work that their parents "should have done before they got to me"  (kansascity.com) (34)
(ESPN) Amusing Maple Leafs blow 3 goal lead against powerhouse Carolina Hurricanes, regain their rightful place as the worst team in the league  (scores.espn.go.com) (44)
(SFGate) Sad Stefanie Spielman, wife of former NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman, succumbs to breast cancer at 42  (sfgate.com) (41)
(TwinCities.com) Unlikely "Utah Jazz" has always been a terrible name for a relocated franchise, but "Los Angeles Vikings" would be even worse  (twincities.com) (110)
(YouTube) Dumbass Fight breaks out among Anaheim Ducks fans over a stick tossed into the stands after the game  (youtube.com) (44)
(FanNation) Obvious Showing the keen, brilliant insight itno the NFL for which he is well known, Terry Bradshaw says that Cowboys WR Roy Williams is "not worth two first-round picks and all that money Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is paying him"  (fannation.com) (65)

Thu November 19, 2009
(Stuff) Dumbass To regain your place in the national cricket team, do you (a) work out and train hard, or (b) undergo secret liposuction that puts you out for 5 months? With bonus reference to genital warts  (stuff.co.nz) (8)
(RedandBlack.com) Sad Only a year and a half into his term, UGA VII dies suddenly of a heart attack with a record of 16-7. Damn good Dawg  (media.www.redandblack.com) (84)
(670 The Score) Cool Tim Lincecum wins second straight Cy Young. He smoked the competition  (670thescore.stats.com) (104)
(The 700 Level) Spiffy Thirty-one years ago today, the Eagles beat the Giants at the "Miracle at the Meadowlands," the last time the words "Herman Edwards" "football" and "good" were used together  (the700level.com) (51)
(SeattlePI) Cool Bills heist QB Brian Brohm from Packers practice squad, hope Brohm can get some bromentum going, get into the brotation, maximize his brotential and become a true brofessional  (seattlepi.com) (75)
(YouTube) Fail The most unexpected goal celebration fail that you will probably ever see  (youtube.com) (35)
(Philly) Spiffy Doctors say twice-concussed Eagles running back Brian Westbrook is doing better and is happily enjoying a delicious chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot pie  (philly.com) (37)
(670 The Score) Spiffy Tom Hicks working hard to sell the Texas Rangers to himself  (670thescore.stats.com) (21)
(The New York Times) Dumbass U of NM player uses the "Aww honey I didnt mean it and besides, I'm only a girl" defense.. lets see how that works out for her  (nytimes.com) (88)
(News.com.au) Interesting Study finds that legless athlete has an "unfair advantage" over other, presumably sober, competitors  (news.com.au) (28)
(ESPN) Obvious "Coach Mark Mangino said 'hurtful' things". Uh...welcome to Fark?  (sports.espn.go.com) (76)
(Sports by Brooks) Obvious The girlfriend of Stanford's Heisman Trophy candidate Toby Gerhart says "he's one big muscle" (With photos of her. Not the muscle.)  (sportsbybrooks.com) (54)
(USA Today) PSA Our long national nightmare is thankfully over. In other news, our long national entertainment is sadly over: Jamarcus Russel has been benched for good  (content.usatoday.com) (76)
(Bloomberg) Sad How cheap is real estate in Detroit? While the new football stadium in Dallas cost $1 Billion, the once super-bowl host Pontiac Silverdome sold for $583,000  (bloomberg.com) (41)
(FIFA) Cool Ladies and Gentlemen, your 32 World Cup qualifiers  (fifa.com) (144)
(Sign On San Diego) Interesting Handy searchable NFL arrest database, 2000-present  (legacy.signonsandiego.com) (38)
(ESPN) Sappy Jets' head coach Rex Ryan unashamed about crying during team meeting, says their playoff chances are still real to him, dammit  (sports.espn.go.com) (12)
(The Sun) Asinine "The Hand of Gaul" gives the Gaul's Gallas a goal and galls the Gaelics  (thesun.co.uk) (249)

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