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Ballet For Dorks: The Awkward Beauty Of Bowling
Bowling is a ritualized behavior that requires strength, coordination and an often decidedly idiosyncratic technique in order to aestheticize a communally sanctioned exposition of controlled violence. Orrr . . . maybe it's just a fine example of the sort of loud, explosive fun that humans sometimes ...
Retired Quarterback Who Isn't Brett Favre Wants To Help The Browns
It seems so long ago that the Browns had convincingly beaten the rival Bengals to improve to 2-2 with the help of Brian Hoyer (The Destroyer). Now, Hoyer's out for the season, Brandon Weeden has his old job back by default, and Jeff Garcia's offering his services. Wait, really?...
Giant Pigeon Spies On Oregon Football Practice
Oregon's athletic video department says its "new pigeon friend" was simply an ordinary pigeon that parked itself in front of a remote camera high above Autzen Stadium. But we know the truth. We know no one in Eugene is willing to say anything that might anger their new pigeon overlords....
Gronk To Host Women's Football Clinic At Harvard. There Will Be Booze.
Sup, ladies. Do you like football? Do you like Rob Gronkowski? Do you want to learn some of the basics of how to play football? Would you like to learn those basics from Rob Gronkowski? Welp, for $99, Gronk is here to help. Provided you're at least 21 years old and you're into drinking before any so...
Haughty Bucs D-Coordinator Invites Fans To Help Gameplan; Fans Oblige
Buccaneers fans have had a lot to complain about this year, and one of the things that has elicited the most qualms from them is the perceived ineptitude of defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan. Many have pointed out that Sheridan's defense relies too heavily on zone coverage, thus negating cornerbac...
Vikings-Giants Was Crap, And You Watched It Anyway
How bad does a football game have to be before people tune out? Worse than last night's mess, apparently. Vikings-Giants pulled a 9.5 overnight rating—meaning, roughly, somewhere between 14 and 15 million viewers....
Mike Francesa Threatens To Go After Wonderful Twitter Parody Account
Mike Francesa's been on a roll lately. The latest incident involves the radio guy threatening the two anonymous dudes who run an exquisite Twitter parody account, @MikeFrancesaNY....
Soccer Team Forgets Uniforms, Plays In Counterfeits Off The Street
Soccer team Independiente Santa Fe traveled this weekend to play Boyacá Chicó in a Colombian Primera A match. Everything was peaches until Santa Fe arrived to the stadium. That's when they realized they forgot their away kits. ...
The Biggest Moments Of The NLCS And ALCS, Recreated With Legos
This is the work of our friends at SI Kids, and it's definitely the best baseball-themed short film featuring Lego men that you will see this week. Is Torii Hunter falling over the outfield wall still funny in Lego form? You bet it is....
Facebook Map: The Manchester United States Of America
Champions League action resumes today, but who is America rooting for? The map above, using data provided by Facebook, shows which of the qualifying teams have the most "likes," by state. While Americans like to make fun of all the people overseas who randomly wear Yankees caps, it's a clean sweep i...
He's Not Getting Drug Tested Anytime Soon
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., OCT. 21: Steve Weatherford attempts to prevent return man Marcus Sherels from scoring. Also, punters are still punters. (Al Bello/Getty)...
"Chili Slander": Cincinnati Media Reacts To Our State Food Rankings
Our Great American Menu post is generating a healthy discussion among foodies, provincialists, and professional trolls (2,500 replies and counting). Those responding most vociferously? Queen City residents, and their pablum providers in the Cincinnati media....
Kicked-Out Cowboys Fan Gets A Very Philly Send-Off From Eagles Fans
Just watch and listen for yourself. Security was clearly removing a Cowboys fan from the Linc's seating area, and no one in this video punched a woman. Can we please now stop with the lazy stereotyping of Philly fans as boorish thugs?...
You Could Spend All Day Playing "Six Degrees Of Kevin Garnett"
Over at Slate, Ben Blatt has put together something amazing and useless and entirely engrossing. Plug in any two athletes from the history of professional baseball, football, and basketball, and it will connect them via teammates in as few steps as possible....
Jose Mourinho Gets Sent Off, Watches Rest Of Match Among Fans
Did Jose Mourinho do something awesome and kind of crazy recently? Of course he did....
Report: Texans Rookies Were Released For Smoking Weed
ESPN's Tania Ganguli is reporting that Cierre Wood, Sam Montgomery, and Willie Jefferson—the three Houston Texans rookie who were unceremoniously cut from the team yesterday—were released because they were caught smoking weed in a hotel room. [Exaggerated wanking motion]....
This Is How America Feels About Kim Kardashian And Kanye West
h/t IronMikeGallego...
Here's Woody Johnson With The Jets Fan Who Punched A Woman
Pictured above is Jets owner Woody Johnson, smiling alongside a man named Kurt Paschke. You probably know Paschke as the man identified as the Jets fan who punched a woman in the face on Sunday. A tipster sent along the photo, saying it had been tagged to Paschke's Facebook page....