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Sneakers, gym shoes, tennis shoes, jumpers, sand shoes (?), running shoes, runners, or trainers? The New York Times has an interactive survey on local dialects, and it's accurate to a really creepy level. But really, who says sand shoes? ...

Redskins Survey Fans On Team Name, Favorite Marketing Buzzwords

The Redskins appear poised to be competitive for the first time in a long while. But aside from the obvious (PUT RG3 EVERYWHERE), rebranding a franchise is a long and complicated process. Frank Luntz focus groups and fake Indian chiefs were just the beginning. Now the team is polling fans, and some ...

A survey finds that 16.7 percent of Nets viewers are actually from Brooklyn, 46 percent from the other four boroughs, and 30.7 percent from New Jersey. [The Brooklyn Game]...

NFL Players Don't Trust Team Doctors

You're a football player. You get hurt—dinged up, or seriously injured. Either on the sideline or back in the locker room, the team doctor comes over to treat you. What's his motivation? To do the best thing for your long-term health? Or to get you back in the game as quickly as possible?...

Survey: 27 Percent Of Americans Believe God Helps Decide Who Wins Sporting Events

Because it's Super Bowl time, everyone has to get in on the football. The Public Religion Research Institute conducted a survey earlier this month, and asked its random sample of 1,033 adults a bunch of questions about the NFL. Most of the responses aren't surprising or interesting (Lots of people w...

Guy With Weird Dating Survey Defends His Data Collection Methods

Ladies, Mike Stolar is on the market. He's the (formerly anonymous) guy who asks some dates to fill out a survey. (An unsatisfied date passed the survey along to us last week, and we shared it, with a little backstory.)...

24-Year-Old Finance Guy Asks All His Dates To Complete A Creepy Survey Afterward

Last month, we brought you a finance guy's way-too-detailed spreadsheet of the ladies he met on Match.com. A reader who enjoyed that post then passed along this survey she received from a man she briefly dated in Philadelphia....

Frivolous Study Says American People Are Kind Of Silly About Steroids

A new study, commissioned by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), notes that Americans (9,000 were surveyed) consider performance-enhancing drug use "the most serious problem in sports today."...

Readers Pick The Best Job Benefits In America

Last week, I asked readers what the greatest free employee benefit in the world was, apart from the "having an actual job" part, which is not to be scoffed at. Here were their responses....

Insider Trading: You Give Us Data, We'll Give You Money

We could make some clever comment about the economy, but we'll spare you. Take our survey, and someone will win a $300 AMEX card. Survey ends Wednesday at 6pm EST, so get at it. [Rules]...

Spend 10 Minutes Of Your Life Clicking Boxes And You Will Possibly Earn $300

It's Thursday. The day is almost over. Why not spend the rest of your afternoon sharing your personal information for the chance at winning a $300 Visa gift card? Please? Just fill out this little survey and you're entered. (No pun intended.) Yes, there are rules. Now, get typing. Zorbolt the Gawker...

Sports Bloggers Are Smarter, Pastier Than You Thought

Ballhype, the site that does the bewildering blog rankings that everyone has figured out how to rig, has commissioned a "study" of the lifestyles and trends among sports bloggers. The results will SHOCK YOU....