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Cheerleaders Show School Spirit Through Streaking
Please keep the following two things in mind before commenting on this post. 1) These are high school girls and 2) They're from Canada. That's not an excuse or an explanation for why they stripped down to their panties, duct taped their boobs, and streaked across a football field in the middle of a ...
Going For Gold At The Peasant Olympics
You didn't think that China spent $500 million of our hard-earned mortgage debt on the Bird's Nest just so some namby pamby athletes could run around inside it for two weeks and then let it sit empty, did you? There are plenty of other athletic contests that can be held there. Like the popular and e...
Stat Nerd Better At Predicting Elections Than Predicting The NL East
If you're a seamhead, you know Nate Silver as the Baseball Prospectus geek who has probably forgotten more about algorithms than you and I will ever know. He invented the PECOTA projection system, which predicted Tampa Bay's first 90-win season way back in February when the Devil Rays were still the...
Morning Blogdome: Going, Going, Gone
[email protected] cares. Octagon not included: How would you like to own your very own mixed martial arts league? Grab your checkbook because everything at Elite XC must go! [Lt. Winslow] Is it the shoes?: The greatest hoops sneakers ever. Look, I chose Buster Browns and I stand by that. [Blea...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you find a plus-size woman (around the clock) ... • College Football: Northern Illinois Huskies at Ball State Cardinals (8:00 p.m., ET) I think a win here definitely moves BSU past Penn State. [ESPN2] • NBA: Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers (8:00 p.m., ET) What do you think C...
Afternoon Blogdome: The Sexy Side Of The WNBA
[email protected] is a uniter, not a divider. • Yes, it exists: These are (probably) the 10 hottest players in the WNBA. Their fundamentals are outstanding. [Uncoached] • Handsome: This is what Allen Iverson looks like in a Piston uniform, so you can probably imagine him in a Shock uni now too....
Soccer Historian Keeps Long-Abandoned Hope Alive
Are you now or have you ever been affiliated with the North American Soccer League? If so, you can stop boring your friends with tales of late-'70s "cleat parties" and actually do something useful. Like contacting NASL superfan Dave Wasser, who is amassing the world's largest collection of game tape...
Stephon Marbury Doomed To Wander Knicks Sideline For All Eternity
Isiah Thomas established previously unprecedented levels of bizarro organizational management while running the New York Knicks, but just because he doesn't work there any more it doesn't mean the front office isn't still covered in crazy residue. Team president Donnie Walsh and new head coach Mike ...
Your Halloween Costume Was Not This Good
I went to two pretty decent Halloween parties last weekend and saw a lot of clever costumes—Tony Stark with glowing chest plate, Anton Chigurh, Carmen Sandiego, Sewer Urchin, half the cast of "The Maltese Falcon," two Sarah Palins, 16 Jokers, and a dude in a Chinese gymnast leotard. But none—none—of...
Morning Blogdome: Living The Dream
It's [email protected] in a landslide! • Thanks, but no thanks: Yeah, the last thing the Cubs want to do now is add another all-star caliber pitcher to their roster. They like Jake Peavy too much to put him through that. [Luol's Dong] • Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala was unavailable: Two bloggers reali...