What It Feels Like To Be 30.
"What does it feel like to be [age]?" We all ask and are asked this question on an annual basis. It's a pretty banal question, right? There's no satisfactory answer for it. How does it feel to be 26?...
View ArticleLunch Judgment, Week 9: Tell Us About Your Lunch.
A couple notes: first, happy Yom Kippur to all y'all observing today. We will miss you during today's LUNCH JUDGMENT, and I certainly hope you come back to join us next week. Second: over on the...
View ArticleThis Week In GIFs: Confusion and eventual failure
Welcome to Week 19 of THIS WEEK IN GIFs, everyone. There's a lot of hilarious officiating and stupefying punt-returning to get to. Before we do, you're welcome to sit in as Matt Ufford, Dan Rubenstein...
View ArticleThis Week In GIFs: Whining, weeping, cussing and miracles
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Week 20 of THIS WEEK IN GIFs. Yep, we've been at it for about five months, having reviewed over 150 animated sports GIFs. This week, we have all sorts of cussing and...
View ArticleThis Week In GIFs: Whining, weeping, cussing and miracles
The children of Arkansas are terribly upset, Tom Brady knows cuss words, and bullpen catchers are basically wizards. These lessons and more are contained within. Vote, and help us decide the greatest...
View ArticleThis Week In GIFs: 'Padres Bullpen Catcher' snags decisive victory
Week 20 of THIS WEEK IN GIFs is now in the books, and frankly, the voting was never particularly close. With 46 percent of the overall vote, having won 352 total ballots, is ... ... PADRES BULLPEN...
View ArticlePersistence is futile: QWOP, the funniest sports game of all time
QWOP is the funniest fucking game I've ever played. I think it's just the matter-of-factness by which the game engages the player in complete absurdity. You're a track athlete competing against nobody...
View ArticleTailgate Judgment: What did you eat and drink on game day?
Hello, friend. Did you know that over one million Americans ate food this weekend? Many of those folks decided to eat and drink while watching football. I sure did! Did you? And do you crave judgment?...
View ArticleJon's NFL Mailbag: Football and baseball are better than each other
Welcome to another installment of Jon's NFL Mailbag. I am Jon. Here are some questions you definitely did not ask because I made them up. is football better than baseball - Milliam K., Fudge, Kentucky...
View ArticleThe Seismograph: Charting Florida State's upset and abject misery
Saturday night, third-ranked Florida State visited ACC rival North Carolina State. The Seminoles entered Raleigh with a 5-0 record, and FSU fans harbored dreams of a national title shot. Thanks in...
View ArticleCardinals light up Edwin Jackson in 2nd, jump out to 4-0 lead
When Edwin Jackson last saw the Cardinals, they lit him up for eight runs in only 1.1 innings. The Nationals righty is having trouble again Wednesday afternoon. Entering the bottom of the second, the...
View ArticleCardinals pick up run on bases-loaded walk, lead Nationals 6-0
In the top of the 7th inning, the Nationals trotted out Christian Garcia to keep their deficit at 5-0. Garcia, a rookie with 12.2 regular-season innings under his belt, chucked five outs of scoreless...
View ArticleAngel Pagan smacks leadoff homer; Reds, Giants tied at 1
Wednesday afternoon, the Giants are getting right to work against the Reds. Leadoff hitter Angel Pagan sent the second pitch of the game into the seats to give San Francisco the early lead over the...
View ArticleLUNCH JUDGMENT: Week 11.
Hello once again, everyone. Brief programming note: Kyle has launched the Sweet 16 round of the Most Watchable Movie bracket. Go and vote! And for God's sakes, please vote for Pee-Wee's Big Adventure,...
View ArticleThis Week In GIFs: Where civility goes to die
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Week 21 of THIS WEEK IN GIFs, in which we round up the greatest animated sports GIFs of the week and decide on our favorites. It's a big GIF week. Before we get down to...
View ArticleThis Week In GIFs: Where civility goes to die
A man ran around on the field, a kid took a kick to the face, and Ace Sanders made everyone look stupid again. It's a big week in THIS WEEK IN GIFs. Vote, and help us crown a champion. Hello,...
View ArticleThis Week In GIFs results: 'Willie the Wildcat' wins Week 21
In the end, the GIF that ends with the toddler being struck in the face will always win. After a considerably close vote, the winner of Week 21 of THIS WEEK IN GIFs is ... ... WILLIE THE WILDCAT....
View ArticleTailgate Judgment: What did you eat/drink this weekend?
It's come to my attention lately that many folks tend to eat food and drink booze while watching football. This wildly popular phenomenon is observable from coast to coast. The question now is this:...
View ArticleBroncos, Chargers make NFL history in the best and worst ways
I didn't watch Monday night's Broncos-Chargers game, but I will report that not watching it was pretty wild. I checked the score at halftime, saw that the Chargers were leading 24-0, and thought,...
View ArticleThe Seismograph: A celebration of Robert Griffin III
The top echelon of American athletes -- in other words, the very greatest and most exciting -- is crowded. LeBron James certainly sits up there, as do Aaron Rodgers, Mike Trout, Kevin Durant, Miguel...
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