February 2012
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January 2012
1 post
December 2011
4 posts
November 2011
2 posts
Remembering Mitchy the Kid
This is a picture of me and Mike Mitchell from a St. Patrick’s Day pub crawl in Chicago 11 years ago. It looks like every other single picture I have of us: Not smiling.
It’s not because of some alpha-male macho bullshit: At the time, Mitchy went out of his way to avoid smiling in pictures. He wasn’t one of those kids who had braces as a child and as an adult that was, um,...
October 2011
5 posts
September 2011
4 posts
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ESPN's 30 for 30 Series: One-Sentence Reviews -...
1. King’s Ransom: Canada traded its winter Jesus to Sodom & Gomorrah in exchange for rapidly-declining currency.
2. The Band That Wouldn’t Die: Losing your beloved NFL team to an undeserving town is complete bullshit up until you pull the same stunt on another town, which then makes it okay.
3. Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?: Do not fuck with the NFL.
4. Muhammad and...
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“Listening to GOP Presidential candidates talk about science is like listening to...”
– Andrew Sullivan on Wednesday night’s GOP debate. (via cheatsheet)
July 2011
1 post
To Cleveland with Love
Written in the hours that followed The Decision, 2010:
To Cleveland,
I write this with great empathy and profound compassion. It has always distressed me that your great city has been so widely and dutifully celebrated for its shortcomings, mostly by people who have very little, flawed or no intimate knowledge of what you’re all about.
On Thursday, millions watched the contrived,...
May 2011
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February 2011
2 posts
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Answering Questions with Questions
ESPN promos suggest that Duke/UNC is the Best Rivalry in College Sports. Is this valid?
1. Do Duke and UNC play each other on the same date every year?
2. Do Duke and UNC only play each other once per year?
3. Is Duke/UNC broadcast on national television?
4. Is the losing school’s entire year wrecked with a loss?
5. Is the winning school’s entire year made with a win?
6. Are...
January 2011
2 posts
Annual Spring Football Quiz 2002
[originally published on Bucknuts.com April 23, 2002] “Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.” - Murphy’s Seventh Law This year there has been increased debate that Spring football doesn’t accomplish anything. Everyone’s a little fatter from sitting around all winter, the team’s numbers are a little thinner from “graduation” (or whatever it’s called when player eligibility...
December 2010
2 posts
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"Jim Tressel is Stepping Down" Rumor: A Timeline
[just in case you missed all of the excitement]
DATELINE: December 25, 2010
12:01am - 3:00pm: Christmas Day proceeds per usual.
3:01pm: Oddly-named “Tab Bamford” publishes a report saying that Jim Tressel will no longer be the Ohio State head coach according to two sources associated with other universities, which claimed recruits had been given permission to look elsewhere.
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Rhymes with Poon Fro
A CONSUMER PRODUCT REVIEW -
I have three kids. They want everything they see and they end up getting most of it. Ten percent of what they get my wife and I give them while the other 90% comes from well-intentioned friends and relatives who really don’t give a shit what we think they shouldn’t have. To that end, today one of our neighbors - a terrific family - brought over a gift...
October 2010
7 posts
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Email without Context [aged 18 years]
14-OCT-1992 20:38:00.50 From: PRISM::JAAROBER To: RNASRALL CC: Subj: you do realize, of course, that this means war.
Shared needles, unprotected sex & typos →
Not all typos are created equal:
“This blog post originally stated that one in three black men who have sex with me is HIV positive. In fact, the statistic applies to black men who have sex with men.”
I’LL GIVE ONE OF YOU TEH AIDS
How to be a Retronaut →
[HT: @kylehodges1]
Great Moments in the Iowa-Purdue Rivalry: Kirk... →
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The eagl hs landd.