The Death of Art (As Mourned By the Ravens)
Ray Lewis is too angry to mourn the Death of Art, though his jersey’s doing it for him. (Photo credit: USA Today) You might note, in the Indianapolis Colts-Baltimore Ravens playoff game happening right...
View ArticleGet Ready For Two Weeks of “Harbaugh Bowl”
Forget baseball: Football’s supplanted it as America’s favorite pastime, and today’s AFC and NFC Championship gave us, in San Francisco and Baltimore, two worthy Super Bowl XLVII opponents (because you...
View ArticleLeast Shocking Development From a Super Bowl Media Day Ever
What do you mean, a retiring, controversial-yet-beloved NFL player doesn’t want to talk about new allegations about using performance-enhancing drugs or old allegations about his role in a double...
View ArticleBeyonce: Stage On Fire, Shower of Sparks Guitar, and Other Awesomeness From...
Things we liked about last night’s halftime show at the Super Bowl, featuring an up-and-coming songstress named Beyonce, who you might know best from being a member of Houston-based R&B group...
View ArticleESPN’s Music Issue Lets You Know: Yep, It’s February
So, the Super Bowl’s over, the NBA’s heading toward the always-entertaining All-Star Weekend (but the admittedly lackluster All-Star midseason caesura), baseball’s not quite yet in preseason, and...
View ArticleToday’s NBA Stars: They Can Beat Michael Jordan at Something
The always-excellent crew at The Basketball Jones, our favorite Canadian-based basketball and pop culture podcast, is down in Houston for All-Star Weekend, and with it being Michael Jordan’s 50th...
View ArticleWhen Hilarious Ad Taglines Don’t Work As Dunk Calls
So, rough night for the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, losing their hold on the #1 seed in the West, losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-88. The game featured Kevin Durant absolutely annihilating...
View ArticleCocaine and Horse-Punching: Soccer Has A Bad Weekend
Courtesy of Deadspin, here’s all you really need to know about how soccer went in England this past weekend. Millwall’s motto is “No One Likes Us,” so news of their fans at the FA Cup semi-finals...
View ArticleIn the Wake of Awfulness, Patton Oswalt Emerges
Yesterday’s Boston Marathon tragedy — which has all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack — was possibly the most awful and unwelcome surprise of its kind since 9/11. The revelations came in dire waves —...
View ArticleHe Bites, He Dives, He Hates the Jackson Five: The Enigmatic Luis Suarez Just...
Sometimes, sport transcends itself and becomes something of which the whole world takes notice. Sometimes, it’s as a result of something very dramatic and on the field of play and amazing. Something,...
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