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Why Your Children's Television Program Sucks: <em>Jessie</em>

A look at the awful children’s programming you’re forced to endure before you can finally kick the kids out of the TV room to watch sports for eight hours. Image by Jim Cooke....

Every NHL Team As A <em>Mega Man</em> Sprite

Reddit user adam4283 has created 31 sprites (including the North Stars) from everybody's favorite 8-bit side-scrolling platform shooter. For just a few pixels, it's amazing how instantly recognizable most teams are. That's testament to Adam's work, as well as the clean and distinctive logos and colo...

It Was 20 Years Ago...

It's been a celebratory year for the aging B-Boy set as we honor 1993's memorable releases....

How To Win <em>The Price Is Right</em>, Once You Actually Make It Onto The Show

Over at Slate, Ben Blatt has used some game theory to figure out the most strategic way to play all 71 pricing games on The Price Is Right (one game, "Now or Then," can be won 100 percent of the time using his system). Of course, the real challenge is getting a chance to play in the first place. Bac...

Why Did Derek Sheely Die?

The Washington Times dives deep into the story of Derek Sheely, a fullback for D3 Frostburg State who died after collapsing during preseason drills two years ago. It's a situation where just about every authority failed this kid, and neither the school nor the NCAA seem particularly keen on getting ...

NFL Logos As European Soccer Badges

The best thing on the internet right now is Football as Football, a site that redesigns NFL logos as if they were crests for European soccer teams....

How The Jets' Run-Stuffing, QB-Ruining Defensive Line Came To Be

It's up in the air who named the Jets' defensive line of Sheldon Richardson, Damon Harrison, and Muhammad Wilkerson the "Sons of Anarchy," but there's no question how disruptive and dominant the line has been. Without much help from the secondary, it's helped return Rex Ryan's squad to its place as...

Why Buying "Stock" In A Football Player Is Incredibly Stupid

So much for the dumbest business idea of the year. Last month, Arian Foster announced that fans would be able to buy stock in his future earnings as a "brand", which was preposterous for a number of reasons we listed at the time (read those below). This month, Arian Foster is out for the season, an...

NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 11 (Early Edition)

Here is your early betting info for Week 11 NFL; we'll update on Thursday with money lines and spread movements for these 15 games....

Translated Neymar Interviews Are A Gift [Updated]

Barcelona forward Neymar's play has people calling him a genius, but if recent interviews are any indication, we may have been selling the guy short by limiting that descriptor to his athletic ability....

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Sid Bream Hates His Name: Athletes' Replies To Fans

A few weeks back we asked you to send along any notes or letters you've received after writing to pro athletes. Varsity Letters is a hopefully semi-regular feature in which we share some of our favorites. Please send your athlete responses to me at [email protected]....

A Gallery Of Mascots Trying To Look Serious

Have you ever thought how ridiculous it looks when mascots—generally created to entertain children and hype up the crowd—are forced to put on their best pensive faces and look respectable during moments of silence? Neither had we, until coming across this When Saturday Comes forum thread celebrating...

The Problem With Bitching About Fourth Downs And Two-Point Conversions

It's funny how the analytics of a sport can often mirror the sport itself. Sabermetrics are as regimented (or more) as the national pastime ever was; basketball analytics have progressed into lively, intersecting data points thanks to new player tracking technology; and heady football talk often en...

Rickey, Mattingly, And Racism In The Eighties

Have You Seen Your Brother, Baby, Standing In The Shadows?...

Did Michigan's President Deliver A Drunken Halftime Speech Yesterday?

This would seem to be University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman delivering a speech during halftime of yesterday's Wolverines game against Nebraska. She sounds HAMMERED. ...

Fresh Legs Are For Suckers

The half-marathon was yesterday. This post concerns the week leading up to the race, so I'll talk about that next week. Assuming I finished the race and/or did not die. Stay tuned! Here's this week's Spotify playlist....

Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 10 NFL Viewing Maps

A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of worst). Maps via 506sports.com....

Roll Teabag, Roll: Your LSU-'Bama <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup

College GameDay is in Tuscaloosa this morning for tonight's game against LSU. There are signs and some of them are about toilet stores. Yay! Others are about teabagging people. Boo. Let's check 'em out....

Maryland Finally Remembers Wilmeth Sidat-Singh

Maryland will honor former Syracuse standout Wilmeth Sidat-Singh when the teams meet on Saturday, 76 years after they banned him from playing after discovering he was black instead of a West Indian Hindu....