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| Thursday Aug 2, 2012 | The happiest Olympic worker ever. to Sports by isosceles |
| Friday Jul 13, 2012 | With the Olympics coming, let us celebrate a different kind of world champion. to Sports by isosceles |
| Thursday Apr 28, 2005 | Bevan Barton's accomplishments and intention to ride 16,000 miles across the planet in a fundraising campaign against AIDS would be impressive at any age; all the more astonishing is the fact that he is still in high school and intends to begin his adventure at age 18. to Sports by pjammer |
| Thursday Mar 3, 2005 | One-upping George Carlin by an order of magnitude, the NFL will not
print any of these
1,121 dirty words
on your customized jersey.
They appear to have overlooked "bukkake" and "felcher," so act quickly!
to Sports by riotnrrd |
| Wednesday Dec 8, 2004 |
Roller disco is back, baby!
to Sports by riotnrrd |
| Tuesday Nov 2, 2004 | Those europeans love their soccer AND their hot mansex, so why
not combine both with
the
Football Kama Sutra. to Sports by riotnrrd |
| Thursday May 6, 2004 | The handicapped are just as handicapable of killing critters as non-disabled folks. And not just with guns to Sports by fatherdan |
| Wednesday Nov 12, 2003 | Corporate sponsorship of athletic events has gone too far.
to Sports by nucleus |
| Friday Aug 1, 2003 | HALO skydiving is not all that new. HALO skydiving to cross the English Channel, using a set of wings, however, is a first. Felix Baumgartner, who happens to be a professional B.A.S.E. jumper, seems to be no stranger to these stunts, though. to Sports by caspian |
| Tuesday Jul 1, 2003 | Road cyclists are justifiably famous for their bright, garish team strips (not least in the form of Mario Cipollini's skinsuits). But this is an absolute stonker: the official team kit of Team Carlsbad/Jelly Belly official kit. They're sponsored, as you might expect, by Jelly Belly jelly beans. This is reflected in their team strip - which is, um, pretty striking. to Sports by elder |
| Wednesday Jun 4, 2003 | I've always thought of Ping Pong and Foosball as recreational games with little skill involved. I was wrong.
to Sports by 7layerburrito |
| Sunday Apr 13, 2003 | Ever wanted a sport which, like volleyball, has a net and where the ball can't touch the ground but, like soccer, the ball can't be touched by your hands either? Welcome to the world of sepak takraw! Check out these moves! to Sports by singe |
| Saturday Apr 5, 2003 | It's hard to imagine a less tolerant environment for these guys, but lots of them like stock car racing, and some of them particularly like to follow Jeff Gordon's career. to Sports by fringehead |
| Sunday Mar 16, 2003 | If you want to be a Major League Baseball Umpire, perhaps the Academy of Professional Umpiring or the School for Umpires can help you. If they can't, you're out of luck, as these are the only two schools endorsed by Major League Baseball. to Sports by isosceles |
| Monday Mar 3, 2003 | MotoGP racing stars beware. The Japanese are training early. to Sports by fringehead |
| Everyone knows that there are continual debates about the infield fly rule and designated hitter, but where do you go to settle whether the object of Red Light/Green Light is to touch the caller or reach the other side of the field? Games Kids Play, of course. to Sports by yoyology |
| Monday Jan 6, 2003 | GameOps' line of sport promotions kills human dignity dead -- from Rolling in Dough Suits to the Human Hockey Puck. Be sure to check out the Human Hamster Balls, and opt for the costumes for added mortification.
to Sports by fatherdan |
| Thursday Nov 14, 2002 | Cockfighting: once the
sport of
kings, now the sport of the underworld.
Cockfighting (also known by the more snicker-inducing name "cocking")
is still popular
around the world,
but is illegal throughout the U.S. except in
New Mexico and
Louisiana.
Despite support from
celebrity
advocates,
it appears that cockfighting will never regain its status as a
legitimate sport.
However, that doesn't mean there aren't
farm websites,
web portals,
magazines,
online
art galleries,
photo albums,
forums,
and
stores
devoted to it.
to Sports by riotnrrd |
| Friday Oct 11, 2002 | After a googly, bumper, or a yorker, I think I'd fancy a Scrumpy Jack, guv'nor.
to Sports by fatherdan |
| Wednesday Oct 2, 2002 | "What is Sepak Takraw? A game created by the royal family of Malaysia about 500 years ago where the player jumps as much as his height n the high state and a ball made of the plastic is struck by the spike like acrobatics and hatched. The speed is said as about 140km per hour, an air battle has something fully."
to Sports by fatherdan |
| Wednesday Sep 18, 2002 | The Sport of Cup Stacking is like kung-fu without the violence or trick photography.
to Sports by fool |
| Friday Jun 21, 2002 | ¡Gooooooooool! to Sports by goboro |
| Thursday Jun 13, 2002 | The seemingly humble sport of bowling has ancient origins. The sport has been played by Dynastic Egyptians, Ancient Greeks, Imperial Romans, the Goths, and the English.
to Sports by isosceles |
| Saturday May 25, 2002 | Maybe you've heard the
stories
of how some guy tied a bunch of balloons
to a lawnchair and went for
a joyride
at 16000'.
Well, the stories are true and, more to the point, the
insane euphoria of
DIY personal ballooning
is within your grasp!
All it takes is a bunch of
balloons,
some
helium
and a whole lot of nerve.
(BB-gun and styrofoam cooler of beer optional.)
to Sports by riotnrrd |
| Thursday May 2, 2002 | The world of fantasy sports was already strange enough without bowling, bass fishing, or the more ominous fantasy gymnastics phenomenon, which includes a junior league. to Sports by fringehead |
| Monday Apr 8, 2002 | Every year, the Seattle Mariners feature Major League Baseball's most entertaining
TV ads. This year's crop includes a grudge match with the 1906 Chicago Cubs, Ichiro being, well, pretty much a baseball god, Edgar Martinez's bizarre love for his bat, and Jamie Moyer very proud of the speed of his change-up (ooh-la-la). to Sports by crikey |
| Sunday Apr 7, 2002 | Who knew America's Fencers had so much to gossip about?
to Sports by 7layerburrito |
| Thursday Mar 21, 2002 | "March
Madness" doesn't just refer to the excitement of the
NCAA playoffs, but also, evidently, to the
insane names
that some players have.
to Sports by riotnrrd |
| Thursday Feb 28, 2002 | When you mix grassroots organizing with professional baseball, you just might end up buying the Expos. to Sports by engelbot |
| Friday Feb 1, 2002 | Gentlemen, start your pasteurized process cheese food. to Sports by fringehead |
| Thursday Jan 31, 2002 | Despite the best intentions (and
the laws) of
every state except
Nevada,
America will be betting an estimated
$1 billion
on the upcoming Superbowl, including bets on such oddities as
the
coin
toss,
the
TV ratings, and whether
Kurt Warner will throw more touchdown passes than Mario Lemieux
will score points in his NHL All Star Game.
to Sports by riotnrrd |
| Sunday Dec 2, 2001 | To curl, you
need ice, stones,
and brooms.
to Sports by gator |
| Thursday Nov 29, 2001 | Dr. Coral Noonan: College Administration PhD by day, hyperachieving, baton-twirling, Texas majorette by night (and day).
to Sports by fatherdan |
| Wednesday Nov 21, 2001 | The 10 Minute Deer Skinner kit
will allow you to use "the power of your vehicle to quickly and efficiently
remove deer skin," which is every
bit as repulsive as you can imagine. Order
yours today, O mighty hunter. to Sports by fatherdan |
| Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 | Glasgow, Scotland. Home of the infamous Celtic FC (FC stands for football club, silly American!). Unlike most Celtic FC fans, Chris McComb takes his fanpage activities a bit more seriously, in a rather unique way: Henrik's Tongue is home to a incredible amount of celebrity pictures digitally manipulated to wear the classic Celtic FC colors, with a helluva lot more in the pipeline, and the obligatory multi-page photo collection of celebrity tongues. to Sports by wheezer |
| Tuesday Oct 30, 2001 | Don't kaboom or poke when you can BONK! to Sports by fringehead |
| Monday Oct 29, 2001 | You don't need a Ferrari or a Ducati to be a race driver. Racing fun can be found in your tool cabinet, your garden shed, and your local junkyard! to Sports by fringehead |
| Sunday Sep 2, 2001 | The 2001 WWJC (What Would Jesus Crush) Tour, coming to a stadium near you! to Sports by saucy |
| Thursday May 31, 2001 | He may have won 9 Olympic gold medals, but Carl Lewis cannot sing the National Anthem to save his life. to Sports by boneyard |
| Sunday May 13, 2001 | Dr. Jump is a physician and jump
rope expert. Oh, and he's also a bit of a philosopher. His
site has far more than
you ever wanted to know about jumping rope. As if that isn't
enough, the USA Jump Rope
Federation has far more than that. to Sports by braino |
| Saturday May 5, 2001 | I just watched
61*,
a movie about
Roger
Maris'
1961
home run record. It's
good,
but it's on
HBO,
so it's not getting the
usual
endless
promotion.
Of course, I ignored baseball as a kid,
and was annoyed by the
1994 strike,
so
baseball reference sites
are invaluable for catching up.
to Sports by tjs |
| Wednesday Mar 28, 2001 | As I write this, Opening Day is just four days away and I can't wait for the first pitch. I must admit that I'm particularly excited because, this year, I am among the fantasy baseball junkies that have spent weeks analyzing players and drafting their teams' rosters. But, even our Canadian friends agree that it's about much more than the game. to Sports by rich |
| Friday Jan 19, 2001 | Zamboni. People have
written volumes about the simple ice resurfacing machine. There's
a band named after the machine,
although they didn't write
the song. There's even
flash web games where you can "drive" one. Now if only I could buy
one...
to Sports by petek |
| Tuesday Jan 16, 2001 | Marathons
are hard.
Ultramarathons
(races of 50 to
3100 miles)
are harder.
Running
a million miles
is.. insane.
to Sports by riotnrrd |
| Tuesday Dec 19, 2000 | It takes the staff of the Encyclopedia Britannica to explain the allusions that Dennis Miller has been making on Monday Night Football. to Sports by sylvar |
| Monday Dec 18, 2000 | Not long after last week's articles on Swarthmore College, the New York Times ran a story on the athletics program at Cooper Union, a small liberal arts college established by Peter Cooper (the inventor of Jell-O) in 1859 and located in Greenwich Village. Like Swarthmore, Cooper Union has been cited by U.S. News & World Report as one of the most selective colleges in the country. Unlike Swarthmore, Cooper Union awards full tuition scholarships (value of the scholarship is approximately $100,000 for 4 years) to every registered student. Oh, and by the way, Cooper Union is a athletic powerhouse in basketball, soccer, tennis, and cricket. Yeah, cricket.
to Sports by rich |
| Tuesday Dec 12, 2000 | One of the most surprising details of the Swarthmore football story is that the decision
isn't about money.
Instead, they want to limit the number of students admitted based on athletic talent so they can build a more diverse and talented student body. The big talk on campus (other than the angry yelling
by some pro-sports parents
and alumni) is about process: the board of
this Quaker school didn't make
the decision
by consensus. This isn't too surprising, since one of the board members is the former president of the National Football League. to Sports by sam |
| On Monday, December 4, 2000, Swarthmore College's Board of Managers announced that it had voted 21-8 to end the 1,500-student liberal arts and engineering school's 121-year old tradition of fielding a varsity football team. Students and alumni are divided over the decision to cut three varsity sports (including football, wrestling, and women's badminton), which the Board argued was necessary in order to allow the school to devote the resources required to continue its tradition of academic integrity (and its place on the US News & World Report rankings). to Sports by rich |
| Thursday Oct 19, 2000 | To celebrate this Friday's boxing match of Mike Tyson vs Andrew Golota - here is Mike Tyson ate my ears. to Sports by kade |
| Friday Sep 29, 2000 | Hey kids! Just left high school? Wondering which institute of higher learning you should attend? Like wearing spandex, going 'grr', and throwing people across a wrestling ring? Then consider attending Ultimate University, the only institute of higher learning that not only teaches you how to conduct a 3-8 minute wrestling bout, but also a 30-second promo spot! Add that to "character/gimmick development" and I'm already filling out the student loan form.
to Sports by elder |
| Wednesday Sep 27, 2000 | Sure, everyone wants to win an Olympic medal, but how does a 1936 Berlin medal covered in swastikas grab you?
to Sports by skallas |
| Monday Sep 11, 2000 | Now that Dennis Miller is doing Monday Night Football, he could probably use the sports cliche list.
to Sports by dennis |
| Tuesday Sep 5, 2000 | At first glance, you might think the Formula One Cartoon Archive just doesn't seem funny because you don't know enough about Formula One racing. But the fact is that even if you do know a lot about it, the cartoons therein are still profoundly unfunny. The only thing that struck a note with me was the strangely surreal list of drivers. to Sports by peterb |
| Saturday Sep 2, 2000 | When you are participating in extreme sports
like the extreme street
luge,
extreme wrestling,
extreme bull riding, or
extreme kite surfing--or next
time you are on an Extreme
Road Trip, take a minute to think of the lesser extremes. Unsung heros
brave their lives for less popular extremes like extreme
golf and extreme pinball while
listening to extreme music at
extreme
temperatures or watching Extreme
Ghostbusters. Think about the extreme
programmers (some of them even use Visual
Basic) and extreme engineers who
develop extreme christmas lights and
extreme software like
Extreme Linux
while drinking extreme
caffeine. Try not to think of the extreme
colon cleanser.
to Sports by enigma |
| Tuesday Aug 29, 2000 | The man behind the XFL has a lot of confidence in his ability to create an exciting rival to the NFL by featuring X Games-inspired rules and franchises such as the NY/NJ Hitmen, the Orlando Rage, and the Los Angeles Xtreme. But, history is littered with erstwhile predecessors such as the World Football League, the World League of American Football, the Canadian-import CFL, and the USFL who sought to establish themselves as legitimate contenders. While all of these leagues eventually folded under financial pressures, their legacies live on through fantasy leagues and coaches & players who went on to greatness in the NFL. to Sports by rich |
| Tuesday Jul 4, 2000 | I love Formula 1 racing; this past weekend's race at Magny Cours, France, was great: David Coulthart shut down Michael Schumacher (shortly after giving him the finger when he failed to pass). Atlas F1 republishes the FIA's 66 answers to 66 questions that introduce you to the history and rules of the sport. In our crowd, we like to play Formula Dé to warm up for the race.
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| Tuesday Jun 27, 2000 | The passion of professional wrestling superfans has always scared me. I've
never understood why grown men enjoy watching other men roll around with each
other in a boxing ring. But, the guys who perform these stunts in their
own backyard are
truly a unique breed. If this sort
of mayhem
interests you, perhaps you can keep up with your local heroes on this
convenient compilation, or
even learn the ropes by taking a class to join a local
federation.
to Sports by rich |
| Monday Jun 5, 2000 | When drinking heavily, my favorite sport in the world
is Whirlyball. to Sports by peterb |
| Monday May 15, 2000 | Buzkashi is like polo, only you use a DEAD CALF for a ball.
to Sports by mpc |
| Wednesday May 10, 2000 | Do you dream of muscled women? What about girls beating the tar out of each other? If so, Boxinman's Celebrity Muscle/Female Boxing Web Site is dream fodder for months, my friend, months. to Sports by jacquez |
| Thursday Mar 9, 2000 | In a puzzling match-up, Alsatian saurkraut manufacturer
Stoeffler is sponsoring Rémy
Brika, a French musician, on his quest to
cross the
Pacific Ocean on foot. (If you can't read french,
Babelfish
comes to the rescue.)
to Sports by riotnrrd |
| Tuesday Feb 29, 2000 | Celebrate leap day by reading about the
longest sanctioned basketball game ever which took place on leap day, 1964. to Sports by keith |
| Wednesday Jan 19, 2000 | Want to find the latest in off-the-field athlete shenanigans? Track the Thugs of Sport here. to Sports by boneyard |
| Tuesday Jan 18, 2000 | With all this money I've siphoned into high-speed internet access, it's about time a site came around that made it worth all the effort. For example, a website where you can bet on football games, using chicken wings as currency.
to Sports by succa |
| Tuesday Jan 11, 2000 | The Jockey Club has published 52,233 recently released names that can be used for thoroughbreds because their previous owners have gone to that glue factory in the sky. A moment of silence, please, for Back Door Bobby, Sexy Sister, Love From Above, Man O'Pleasure and Daddy's Candy Cane. to Sports by rogers |
| Thursday Nov 18, 1999 | For anyone thinking of living in a university dorm, you would do well to learn the official rules of dorm basketball beforehand. to Sports by succa |
| Friday Oct 29, 1999 | As you might have heard, many baseball fans got upset this week at NBC Sports reporter Jim Gray for his combative interview of former Cincinatti Red, "All Century Team," and banned-from-the-Hall-of-Fame player
Pete Rose.
What seems to have been forgotten by most fans (and dismissed by Rose) is the enormous pile of evidence collected by Major League Baseball during the tenure of the late A. Bartlett Giamatti (much of it wonderfully documented here). These
include
betting slips and
a canceled check from Rose to his bookie, strongly suggesting that, yep, ol' Charlie Hustle bet on his own team's games while playing and managing. to Sports by crikey |
| Wednesday Oct 27, 1999 | If you thought mountain biking was dangerous, wait till you check out mountain unicycling. to Sports by rsf |
| Monday Oct 4, 1999 | Lots of schools have mascots, and lots of people are mascot fans. There are wacky mascots, extremely odd yet popular mascots, and then there's Amherst College, which names its teams the Lord Jeffs and Lady Jeffs after someone who, well, just wasn't a nice guy. to Sports by boneyard |
| Sunday Oct 3, 1999 | Its Sunday, and Sunday means football. Not American football, but Serie A soccer on RAI International! And everyone knows you can't be a real tifoso without your favorite team's official jersey. I'll take Inter-Milan, please. And as long as I'm asking for gifts, someone please get me a date with RAIsport's Ilaria D'Amico. to Sports by peterb |
| Tuesday Sep 21, 1999 | He
once made 5,221 consecutive freethrows, and now
he wants to help you shoot freethrows too. to Sports by keith |
| Friday Sep 17, 1999 | When it comes to sports, there is none better than Paintball. With sites like WARPIG to keep me up to date, and plenty of places like Ravi Chopra's to show me that I haven't spent enough money, and The Physics of Paintball to show me I still don't know enough. to Sports by imploded |
| Friday Aug 27, 1999 | Standard marathons are for wussies. Real athletes only compete in
ultramarathons.
to Sports by pjammer |
| Sunday Aug 15, 1999 | Some people like golf a little too much. to Sports by faisal |
| Monday Aug 2, 1999 | So, you're in the middle of the chukkar and pull a flat. Dammit! But at least you didn't get a mallet in your spokes. Welcome to the world of bicycle polo, which has to be seen to be understood -- or perhaps not. Anyway, it looks like a fun way to tear up golf courses and football fields. to Sports by penth |
| Thursday Jul 22, 1999 | Thanks to the recent success of players like baseball's Shawn Green and basketball prodigy Tamir Goodman, "great Jewish athlete" isn't the punchline to a joke anymore. The accomplishments of today's Jewish athletes are well-chronicled by these two sites. Go Tribe! to Sports by boneyard |
| For some people, a good time means being trussed up in
a harness for days on end, pooping in
plastic tubes, and doing heavy labor while
trying not to fill your pants. Welcome to
big wall climbing. to Sports by xrayjones |
| Wednesday Jul 21, 1999 | Given the recent craze in soccer, it may be time
to take another look at
Foosball. Just don't feel the need to
rip your shirt off should you win. to Sports by goboro |
| Tuesday Jun 15, 1999 | Kyudo is the Japanese sport of archery which is very closely connected to Zen Buddhism. Whether you're looking for sport, self-improvement, a philosophy, a religious ceremony, or a way of life, Kyudo can be all of this with fast moving arrows. to Sports by gen |
| Wednesday Jun 9, 1999 | The Comissioner of the National Hockey League, Gary Bettman, has agreed to consider supporting a new cause; The NHL Fan's Association promises fans a direct way of expressing their concerns about the direction of the sport. The only catch? They have to attain a member base of 75,000 people by the end of the year for Mr. Bettman to hold up his end of the agreement. Their current member base? Around 6000. Membership is free, so why not?
to Sports by succa |
| Sunday May 2, 1999 | Keeping with our tradition of bizarre
squirrel-related sites, I give you the
squirrel
fishing page.
to Sports by crikey |
| Monday Mar 29, 1999 | Trying to optimize your next rock climbing
road trip? Looking for a free campground?
Rock n'
Road has listings of over 2000 crags in
North America, including information on camping
and guidebooks.
to Sports by xrayjones |
| Sunday Mar 14, 1999 | Whether you want your soccer news in
English, Italian,
Spanish,
Portuguese,
Czech,
Swedish, or
Hungarian, you can get it from one place.
SoccerAge is a collaboration between
Rete! Srl and Sportsline
USA.
to Sports by peterb |
| Sunday Nov 22, 1998 | There's only one thing better than a good soccer game, and that's a good
soccer RIOT. Enjoy
video and pictures of
soccer hooligans from across Europe, doing what they do best: lighting
each other on fire and getting the crap beat out of them by the police.
to Sports by riotnrrd |
| Monday Sep 21, 1998 | FloJo dead at 38,
Cal done at 2632,
Scholz dead at God knows what speed since the American media doesn't pay attention to sports outside this country.
to Sports by faisal |
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