Tagged: sports

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SUPERSQUAD for espnW IMPACT25

For their annual IMPACT25, espnW teamed up with Marvel Comics artists to transform the honorees into a SUPERSQUAD! What do you get when espnW IMPACT25 honorees Carli Lloyd, Lydia Ko, Serena Williams, Ronda Rousey and Misty Copeland join forces with...

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video: Key & Peele – TeachingCenter

While I still find some of their sketches hit or miss1, this Key & Peele TeachingCenter parody take on sports reporting looks at a world where teachers are praised for their talents and abilities in the same way we currently...

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video: I married a Chinese…

A disturbing bit of patter overheard this morning while listening to the news on our local Fox station. Mostly we just watch to see what the weather is like and if our metro commute will be impacted by anything. We normally ignore the sports report since it somehow manages to be both inane and banal, but some comments this morning about the recent World Cup win were just too much to let go.

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YouTube: Bzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz!!!

YouTube is known for some pretty classic jokes and pranks, but this World Cup tie-in is perhaps best not experienced by anyone recovering from the previous night’s hangover.

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sports: Woman of Steel, Society of Kleenex

I just had a thought about the whole Caster Semenya thing. I won’t go into how ridiculous the controversy seems, but this line kept sticking out to me: Semenya is not accused of trying to cheat, but of perhaps unknowingly...

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photos: I think this sport one-ups UFC

Two athletes compete during the Turkish oil wrestling event, also known as “Yağlı güres,” in Kassel, Germany. I know that usually the papers and many blogs post photos of this event every year, but I swear it never gets old…...

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ads: presented without comment

I was catching up on some old comics yesterday. Much as I hate that volume 5 of the Legion of Super-Heroes ended with issue #50, it does make it easy to keep up with it. Like some UK television series,...

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sports: Rock the Red!

I was rockin’ the red*, but it didn’t seem to helps the Caps net a win over the Kings, losing 4-5. But the end of the game was an emotional roller coaster! Even though they didn’t win, the rush of...

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video: America’s Greatest Pastime indeed!

Phillies outfielder Matt Stairs’ comments after a game-winning home run against the Dodgers a week ago Monday, saying how it was a top pinch-hit moment for him: When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you’re getting...