- Team owners Frank and Jamie McCourt paid a Russian physicist at least six figures — for five years! — to transmit positive energy to the Dodgers from his home in the Boston suburbs.
These LEGO recreations of iconic photographs are pretty cool.- Some friendly Mormons have posted an exhaustive guide to overcoming masturbation.
- Everyone knows that Jack sits right on the court. But who are all the other purple and gold fanatics? Someone has investigated and detailed the entire (updated) arrangement of Lakers courtside seating.
- Die-hard college sports fans will likely enjoy following The Bylaw Blog: The Unofficial Blog of NCAA Compliance. (RSS feed)
- I’m fairly confident that the NCAA and / or the NFL will not be happy about broncogator.com.
- California has — of course — the coolest proposed license plate redesign.
Posts tagged “NFL”
Football for the Troops
“A government shutdown means overseas troops could miss baseball playoff games and favorite NFL Sunday showdowns…” Stars and Stripes Regardless of how you feel about Obamacare or Congress or the President, you’ve got to admit it’s absurd that our armed forces should be denied the privilege of watching sporting events during the shutdown. If you’re
In which Jon Stewart and The Daily Show discuss the government shutdown (with an awesome NFL reference).
#FridayFive: Favorite NFL Teams
View the Friday Five from July 12th, 2013
It Ought to Be Easier
It’s really hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that Tim might not make it in the NFL. It seems absurd to me. When my alarm rang at six this morning, there was a text waiting for me that read, “Heard Tebow was cut from NPR before ESPN.” My first thought was
#FridayFive: Favorite NFLRZ Games
View the Friday Five from March 29th, 2013
These Football Feeds
Websites with RSS feeds about football
- That’s What Bea Said!
- Avoid customer service prompts and long hold times with GetHuman.com. (And, of course, there’s an iPhone app for that.)
- The graphic Jish found depicting a Visual Explanation of Family Relationships is the first I’ve ever seen that made sense.
- If you live here, you already know this: Los Angeles is a lonely city.
- “If you believe what you read in scientific literature, you shouldn’t believe what you read in the scientific literature.” This is (probably) why everything you think we know might be wrong.
Behold! The Periodic Table of Science Fiction!- Chris Coyier explains the genius of asking for the hard part first.
And if you care about football and the NFL Draft at all, ignore what all the pundits are predicting and make sure to read what Cold, Hard, Football Facts says in A Tale of Six Quarterbacks:
Tebow not only passed the ball far more effectively than any of these No. 1 overall picks (Peyton Manning, Tim Couch, Eli Manning, JaMarcus Russell, and Matt Stafford). It pays to remember that, in his spare time, he set the SEC career record for rushing touchdowns. Oh, and he won a Heisman Trophy and two National Titles. Other than that, he didn’t do much.
But Tebow didn’t just put up big stats … he put up supremely efficient stats. He was more accurate, and produced more big passing plays, and was more likely to put the ball in the end zone, and more likely to keep it out of the hands of opposing defenders, than any of the recent collection of No. 1 passing phenoms to come out of the SEC.
2024-09-19: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.