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The Weirdest Sports Illustrated Covers Of 1978

Hamilton Nolan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:43:25 EDT

Sports Illustrated has put a huge gallery of its archived content online for free. The best part is the selection of old covers, from back in the grainy days of short shorts and wild hair. Some of the production meetings back then probably involved drugs. We've selected the five weirdest covers from 1978, a year we picked because SI put Clint Hurdle on the cover that year, and you have to admit that man has a fine name. Look at the covers below!

Leon Spinks is good at spitting between his teeth.

Stop poking Al Unser, lady!

George Foster is always ready to sneak up from behind and hit you with a bat.

Occasionally, basketball players will pull each others' shorts down, just for fun.

You don't want to meet Nancy Lopez in a dark alley.

Our Favorite Ten Videos Of 2007

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:20:01 EST

What a year it's been here for video! Men flashing newscasters, babies getting kicked, couches getting humped, Forbes editors weeping and swearing, Fox News explaining donkey-punching—life is grand! Our Richard Blakeley has reviewed the year here at Gawker on video, and assembled both this marvelous cut-to-the-chase montage and ranked the ten best.

10. Weeping 'Forbes' Editor Deprived of BlackBerry

9. Local Newscaster Gets Frank Opinion

8. Don't Tase Me Bro

7. Patrice Oneal Explains Donkey-Punching On Fox News

6. Pink Polos, Popped Collars, and Ponies

5. Jim Cramer Flips Wig Over Mortgage Rates Or Something

4. Couch-Humping Masterpiece Inspires Blog-Related Homage

3. Thriller

2. Emotional Fan Defends Britney Spears

1. Times Square Still Extremely Unsafe For Children

Much Of Village Voice's 'Best of NYC' Written By Former Staffers

Maggie — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:20:19 EDT

The Village Voice's annual "Best of New York City" issue is out today, and their suggestions include the expected: the best bookstore "that's not The Strand" (Alabaster on 4th); the tortured: "Best place for my mom to cruise for young gay men" (The Container Store? Bleary midnight headline session maybe?); and the inspired: "Best straight-headed ho" (The Reverend Al Sharpton). New York landmarks like Brian Lehrer, Fanelli's and the Staten Island Ferry make appearances and the Voice does us a favor by pointing us in the direction of the city's best Irish bartender. Curiously missing, however, are attached bylines, which ran in last year's Best Of—and, we hear, were meant to run this year as well.

We suspect editor Tony Ortega (Disclosure: a former colleague, who is, I think, not terrible at his job) realized that most of the people who'd contributed BONYC pieces over the last few months had either left or been fired since? Might make for a bit of an awkward staff meeting following publication!

Word has it that pieces from Mara Altman, Adamma Ince, Deborah Kolben, Sean Bosler, Tricia Romano, Keisha Franklin and Laura Conaway make up most of the issue, though you won't find their names anywhere in it.