Top 10 “This is SportsCenter” commercials
The ten finest “This is SportsCenter” commercials to come out of the studios at Bristol, Connecticut. 1. This is SportsCenter – Anchor slumps Jimmy Rollins and Scott Van Pelt study the tape. 2. This is SportsCenter – The Closer Trevor Hoffman comes in to close out a segment. 3. This...
Ten worst college and NFL teams
By Steve Harvey (Please remember to silence your cell phones before reading. Thank you.) This weekly list of ten highlights the ten worst teams in college football and the NFL, with a nod towards bigger BCS schools and once-proud teams gone South. The original article can be found at “harveysbottomten,” a blog belonging to...
Moneyball wins big
Billy Beane (Brad Pitt): “He gets on base a lot. Do I care if it’s by a walk or by a hit?” [Silence] Beane points to Peter Brand (Jonah Hill). Brand: “No, you do not.” And so goes the scene where Beane introduces us to the core concept of Moneyball, the baseball movie released to critical...
Why you should read the WSJ’s “Review” section
Here are some reasons why I love The Wall Street Journal’s “Review” section, a weekly section in the WSJ published each Saturday that covers “books, culture, science, commerce, humor, politics, language, technology, art and ideas.”
Top 10 reasons why we’re happy the NFL lockout’s over
The top ten reasons why Bay Area sports fans are glad the NFL lockout is finally over. 1. So our new favorite TV show, The League, doesn’t suck. The League is an FX comedy show about a group of friends that is obsessed with fantasy football league. It’s in its third season and premieres on Thursday,...
Top 10 reasons to watch the NHL playoffs (even if you don’t like hockey)
The players are super based: Whether it be a goal celebration (i.e. Andrew Ference flipping a digit to 20,000 people) or just assaulting an opponent, these players do whatever the hell they want to on the ice. The fans go all out: Nothing else is happening in Montreal, Detroit, Nashville, Vancouver or Buffalo, and when...
Top 10 Mascots of March Madness
Slate’s mascots bracket and a rundown of every team in the tournament’s mascot During March Madness, college basketball fans spend hours poring over websites, magazines, newspapers, anything that will give them the edge when it comes to filling out their bracket. People will spend hours in front of a computer screen comparing teams’ 3 point FG...
Top 10 Minor Inconveniences
1. (Accidentally) getting to second base when going through airport security 2. When your family gets kidnapped by ninjas 3. H1N1 4. Wedgies 5.Going to jail 6. Dropping the soap (when you’re in jail) 7. When you walk through a doorway and get blown up by a claymore 8. Stepping in dog shit 9. When...
Top 10 College Basketball Uniforms
Cincinnati Bearcats: Perfect color scheme, nothing is more intimidating than black and red. Add some sweet claw marks and cool fonts and you have the perfect uniform.
10 Reasons Why Fantasy Football is the Greatest
The annual draft. 1. The draft The fantasy football draft is probably the single most fun day in the fantasy season. Everyone gathers at a friend’s house before the season starts to draft their team. We all pressure Pete Foster to host the draft, and he reluctantly agrees (Pete, you know you like hosting) to...
