I don't know about you, but whenever I hear a sports broadcaster say "Those spears were getting awfully close," I know that I've gotten my money's worth, pregame warmup-wise. This Rugby League matchup pitted the New Zealand Maori team and their pregame Haka vs. the Australian Dreamtime team and their Aboriginal War Dance, which halfway through made me worry about where Indiana Jones was with that getaway plane. What's that you say? Your favorite football team runs through a paper banner? How ... cute. The awesomeness of the whole thing unfolds in the video below.
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Over the weekend, we've been presented with numerous ways to succeed by circumventing unfair and inappropriate "rules" meant to hurt you and not others by not giving you everything you want immediately. As we close out this weekend, let us give you the tools used by sports teams across the globe so you can have what they have: a big ball of win.
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Call it either a leap forward for equality in gay sports, or just the last refuge for the helplessly addicted gambler, but for the first time, you can bet on a gay sporting event.
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I'm not well versed in the ways of the ruggers, but I know the sound at the beginning of this clip is a tad unsettling, and that this was possibly a mite bit painful.
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If there's one rule I've lived by in this life, it's this: Never try to separate a New Zealand rugby fan from his mankini. The charming gentleman here is both a fan of the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, and of fine rugby. But he and other fans like him are banned from wearing the Borat-style mankini at this year's International Sevens competition in Wellington. And now I, also, feel a bit sheepish about wearing mine at sporting events. Sorry, girls!
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It may not be dogfighting or cat juggling, but quokka abuse ranks right up there in the annals of asshattery. And a couple of Australia's finest rugby players are guilty of abusing the endangered marsupial animal on Rottnest Island. (In their defense, they appeared to be drunk.)
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You might remember the saga of Sebastien Gacond, the triathlete who wanted to make it as clear as possible that he did not like sweaty testicles in his face. (He's not gay; NO. He's into chicks, man.) Well, rugby player Ben Cohen, who has developed a far wider following of gay men, is quite proud of his gay fans.
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An inadvertent live shot of an Australian rugby player's naughty bits — which is being called "The Wang Dance" but we prefer to dub a "Penis Rodeo" — has sparked all kinds of debate over media access to the post-game lockerroom. As Manly's Steve Menzies is being interviewed by Fox Sports following his team's National Rugby League championship loss, teammate Michael Robertson can clearly be seen in the background swirling his genitalia. (Video can be found here. Keep your eyes to the far right of the screen ... may not be safe for work, unless you're a male erotic dancer).
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The Hawaii Rainbows have taken, to fire themselves up, to doing the Haka before games. The Haka is mostly famous for being the intimidating pregame ritual for the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team. Now the Rainbows do it, mostly because their name is the Rainbows. But the WAC is not happy about it, and is banning the team from doing it.
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