Breaking Madden Roster Cuts: The 20 worst screw-ups of our time
Did you make it into this week's episode of Breaking Madden? Goodness, I hope not. Here are the 20 intrepid people who are suiting up for the Colts. They have terrible, terrible stories to tell.This,...
View ArticleBreaking Madden: The Touchdown Tom Trilogy concludes
The Patriots' offense: 11 identical clones of Tom Brady. The Colts' defense: 11 enormous superhumans who have never seen a football game. In this episode of Breaking Madden, Touchdown Tom is in for the...
View ArticleBreaking Madden Roster Cuts: Waldo has been burning in Hell for decades
Did you make it into this week's episode of Breaking Madden? Goodness, I certainly hope not. Let's meet the 13 newest members of the Dallas Cowboys, and hear their stories of shame.Last weekend, under...
View ArticleBreaking Madden: The quest for 18,356 rushing yards in one game
The Dallas Cowboys must be destroyed, and Emmitt Smith's all-time rushing record must be broken. Clarence BEEFTANK, the hero of Breaking Madden, has 60 minutes to break it.The Dallas Cowboys play under...
View ArticleNothing gold can stay: In pursuit of the best sports account on Twitter
Jon thought it would be nice to create a Twitter account that gave a voice to all sports fans. So he made one, and then he tweeted out the password to everybody who wanted to use it. Everything fell...
View ArticleMy feelings on Marshawn Lynch and media people, tuned to various degrees of...
Sports journalists have feelings on Marshawn Lynch's refusal to open up to the media, and Jon has feelings about those sports journalists. Here are those feelings, tuned to differing frequencies of...
View ArticleSome starter questions for Alton Brown's Eater Q & A
Wednesday, noted chef and TV personality Alton Brown will drop by the Eater forums to answer readers' questions. Jon Bois and Spencer Hall already have a lot of them.Alton Brown's Q & A session at...
View ArticleHow to cook eggs Benedict, the most delicious breakfast on Earth
Eggs Benedict are delicious, so Jon has decided to cook and eat them every single day. See that photo? Jon made those. Look at it. Jon made them himself. Here is how you can do that! Seriously, look at...
View ArticleadioS: The end of RadioShack, through the eyes of a store manager
After 94 years in business, RadioShack -- one of the most recognizable retail brands in American history -- is rapidly disappearing. Jon, a former employee, talks to a current store manager over the...
View ArticleThe Worst Internet Things bracket
There are millions of Internet things. Most of them are great! 64 of them are bad.Midwest RegionThis is by far the toughest region of the tournament.SB Nation presents:The bracket of awful Internet...
View ArticleJon and Spencer's Beer Bracket: It's the great beer bracket challenge so fill...
It's the beer bracket challenge.It seems like there are the same number of years each and every year -- but there are more beers than ever! Jon Bois and Spencer Hall are big-time fans of beer, and feel...
View ArticleKentucky Basketball Showdown, the most realistic college basketball video...
Try to play it and see whether you will be able to win [at the game]!At approximately 11:22 a.m. ET, Dan Rubenstein asked me whether I could program a video game about Kentucky basketball, so I did...
View ArticleHey y'all got whooped by Kentucky real bad
Let's dig into the numbers and find out whether West Virginia lost to Kentucky. Well the headline already says they did so whatever.So, basically what happened is, this is what happened, okay, is West...
View ArticleNBA Y2K is returning for one episode, and it needs fresh meat
The NBA Y2K series is is returning for one very special episode. If you'd like to see a version of yourself in the game, please write a poem about an NBA player who has disappointed you.It has been...
View ArticleThe Bill Belichick Offseason Simulator
This must be emphasized from the outset: The Bill Belichick Offseason Simulator is a tool, and not a toy. It does not exist to amuse you. It is meant to train prospective football coaches in the art...
View ArticleA search for the best music video bartender
Behind most of our favorite music videos is a bartender. This bartender might be dancing, shirtless, bad at bartending and/or mixing a cocktail while falling out of a skyscraper. These are our three...
View ArticleMarathons remind us of the problems with bibs
In the wake of people illegally participating in last year's Boston Marathon by duplicating existing bibs, Jon Bois runs through the long history of dishonest bibs that stretch the truth or will just...
View ArticleNBA Y2K: Ten Years to Midnight
Ten Years to MidnightAside from user-created draft classes, everything that follows documents a completely-untouched NBA 2K15 simulation. All draft selections, roster decisions, and transactions of any...
View ArticleThey should postpone Mayweather-Pacquiao until everyone is ready
Everyone wants to see a fight, but most people don't realize that such an event is a huge undertaking. The fight should be postponed until the fighters have enough time to train, and everyone has...
View ArticlePretty Good: Oh my God, the Mets gave Koo Dae-Sung a baseball bat
We've got stories to tell. One story is about the hitting career of Koo Dae-Sung, the 35-year-old Mets rookie who had never swung a bat professionally in his life. It is a pretty good story. It is a...
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