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This picture is hilarious.
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Watching the world turn upside down in the era of constant information:
In theory, big countries should dominate all sports because they have the biggest talent pool. But they don’t, because societies squander their talent.
Here’s a good quote from jonknee in a discussion about the business of televising sports, network exclusivity, blackouts, etc.:
Football is infrequent enough that I can go to a bar, but if I went to a bar for every baseball game I’d be poor and drunk all the time.
The longest tennis match IN HISTORY is currently tied, 59 games all. Some comments from the Hacker News thread on the topic highlighted the hilarious commentary from the liveblog at the BBC, covering the match:
Flogged to within an inch of its life by corporate plaque-makers and mail-order companies, I still think the spirit of Vince Lombardi’s famous speech on winning survives:
Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time.
A bit on Moving Apartments and the End of the Semester ‘09 soon. In the meantime:
Attn Rupert. Chris Rupert. Josh Womack’s crazy bat skills at Long Beach Armada 2009 Training Camp:
Womack’s ability to swing the bat around and catch it again are only surpassed by his sharp wit. After he realized camp had stopped down to watch him, pitcher Jose Lima yelled out “nice pants!” to which Womack replies “Nice face.” ZING! Should be a great season.
This picture is hilarious.
You Picked the Wrong Day to be Crappy - Ostensibly, this is a post about football, but the title, “You Picked the Wrong Day to be Crappy,” applies to so many things, that I simply had to share.
Conan and 1864 Baseball - Conan’s 1800’s style taunts at the opposing team are hilarious. As is his outrageous mustache. His on location stuff is always great.
Ahh, football - “Many people think football players are dumb jocks. Here is newly drafted Miami Dolphins fullback Reagan Mauia doing nothing to dispell this myth.”
Great moments in sports - The best one is the bat—but the soccer ones are pretty amazing, too.
LeBron James On Pace To Become Youngest Player To Turn 22 - The Onion satire - how you put others to shame with your brilliance.
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