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more about #sports more comments → i'm a bottle: "The meta-philosophy of free — we should get rid of this philosophy," said Christoph Keese, Springer’s head of public affairs and an architect of ... more » mimigoliath: That is seriously the most beautiful puppy I've ever seen aside from my own, who was a black lab mix and looked almost exactly like the one above. Hol... more » gawkimo: Wow. So the gist of this thread seems to be that I should be indifferent about people fighting dogs and torturing/murdering the loser dogs because I e... more » manchops: Ok. Mainly clicked the link to LOOK AT THAT DAMN DOG! Is gawker suddenly using cute cat and dog photos lately to get more threads read? Well, whoever ... more » forwardmotion: He (or a member of his scuzzy entourage, while he watched) attached the dogs to jumper cables and threw them into the swimming pool to electrocute the... more » Smitros: Scoring touchdowns is a prerogative of the living and physically intact--something many of the Vick dogs didn't get much of a chance to be. more » shag_carpet_bomb: I just spent an hour with a friend who is a sports med. dr., we were talking about Tiger, pro athletes and their arrogance about not getting caught, b... more » SpyMagician: Kind of like sportos who are wife beaters whose friends vouch that he's a "good guy" because he does what? Buy them a pitcher of beer and some wings?... more » topsy: Really? Wouldn't this picture be more effective if you photoshopped Michael Vick sticking a cattle prod up this cute pup's ass while laughing maniaca... more » ClockOnTheStove: more » Lysergic Asset: Vick is an evil, despicable, shitstain, scum, miserable excuse for a human being. He electrocuted many dogs and threw them into swimming pools, had t... more » miss_msry: Booooooo!! more » phlox✔: Was that a H8 iron you just used there Hamilton? I love golf because it's the great equalizer. It's just you and your meagre (or prodigious) talent a... more » dippitydoo: thank god. finally! for so long i thought i was the only one. thank you, hamilton. more » heywhat: I believe it was the great philosopher Charles Barkeley who said that winning is the deodorant that covers any kind of stink. Once he wins a couple o... more » -
#mediacrack
The Twitter Song Is Media Thing of The Year
In your monstrous Monday media column: TWITTERTWITTERTWITTER, a German plan to save newspapers, the shockingly democratized Portfolio.com, and Chicago sports writer wars. TWITTERTWITTERTWITTER. More » -
#sigh
A Tale of American Redemption in One Sentence: Michael Vick
"The boos turned to cheers when Vick scored on a 5-yard run in the third quarter for his first touchdown of the season." [AP via NYT] -
#advice
A Simple Plan for Tiger Woods: Play Some Golf
It might appear that Tiger Woods has lots of problems these days, but in fact he only has one problem: He is a boring, boring man who finds himself in a non-boring situation. We know how to solve this.
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#awesomethings
The 99th Percentile Bowl: 2009's Harvard-Yale Game, A Compiled Air-to-Ground Report
The Harvard-Yale game's a storied tradition for Ivy League grads who enjoy comparing degree sizes/names. For everyone else, it's an opportunity to watch America's Prestigious Ivy Grads try to act like normal football fans, which they can't. So: what happened?! More » -
#sports
Baseball Contest Divides New York Congressional Delegation
One of those "good work, Yankees" congressional resolutions seems like a no-brainer. But! Some Congressmen who represent the New York metro area pretend to root for the Yankees, while others of them pretend to care about the Mets. More » -
#awkward
Four Humiliating Moments from Andre Agassi's 60 Minutes Interview
Lucky Katie Couric scored the tell-all interview timed to coincide with Andre Agassi's tell-all memoir, where the ex-tennis star cops to ruining his career with a meth addiction and to wearing a toupee at the French Open. More » -
#mediacrack
Crumbling Newspaper in Crumbling City Crumbling Ethically
In your malicious Monday media column: the Detroit newspaper situation grows more depressing, Mika Brzezinski is one honest lady, Denver Post sportswriters have no opinion on these "sports," and Howard Kurtz is still the King of Boring Conventional Wisdom. More » -
#trendwatch
Cities Equidistant From Philadephia and New York Besieged By Desperate Reporters
The hard part about covering a baseball event called the "World Series," which is 106 years old? Finding new angles. Hey, here's one from the WSJ: Find a town halfway between Philly and NYC—who do they root for?!? Sounds...familiar. More » -
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#losers
The New York Mets' Only Win: Bernie Madoff
When the Bernie Madoff scandal broke, New York Mets fans were momentarily terrified because the team's owners had huge accounts with Madoff's firm. Turns out that was the Mets' best investment. Hey-o! More » -
#mediacrack
Computer Beats Humans at Formulaic Crap
In your malicious Monday media column: computers replace sportswriters (finally), rumored layoffs at W mag and Lucky, a new way for death to save the media, and the salvation of publishing arrives. More » -
#sports
Rush Limbaugh Does Not Meet the NFL's Exacting Standards for Being a Good Person
Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams after the NFL commissioner said Limbaugh's "not what the NFL is all about." Wait—the NFL's not about white people buying and selling black people? More » -
#racism
This Week In Nazi Golf News
So much golf racism, these days! Who would ever even think to use the ancient, traditional sport of monied old white dudes for such terrible purposes? First, there was the incredibly confusing golf course swastika. More » -
#sports
Olympic Defeat: Terror Hipsters Win Battle of Chicago!
Olympics denied, Hopey! The International Olympic Committee rejected Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of voting, despite the fact that Barack Obama asked them real nice to pick that pleasant city. More » -
#mediacrack
The New York Times Has a Journalistic Specialist to Monitor this 'Internet'
In your wispy Monday media column: the New York Times performs unnecessary duties, Wesleyan spends unnecessary money, a hockey team gets a pet reporter, and people like to read about gangsters. More » -
#thegays
Do "Goring Wounds" a Gay Icon Make?
It's a rare and beautiful thing when the world of sports and the world of gays converge. But when it does, it's often confusing, which brings us to Spanish matador Matado Joselito. More » -
#sportswatch
Cheerleading: Dumb or Too Dumb?
Remember how after Rupert Murdoch bought the Wall Street Journal, he decided the paper should be covering sports more? That was awesome. Today: Is cheerleading stupid, or what? More » -
#gossiproundup
Taylor Momsen Tops Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan tried to pull rank on Taylor Momsen — and failed. Megan Fox successfully summed herself up. And Princess Margaret burned Princess Diana. Oh, yeah! It's your Thursday morning Gossip Roundup! More » -
#gawkersports
Runner Lady Is a Hermaphrodite!
Whoa, hey, back up, what? We thought it was super crazy that South African sprinter Caster Semenya had to go through complicated tests to prove she's actually a woman, just because she....whoa, she's not actually a woman! More » -
#apologies
Perhaps Jaycee Dugard Did Not Need All This Sports News So Soon
Orange County Register sports columnist Mark Whicker would like to apologize for phoning in his column on Tuesday. He realizes now that child kidnapping/rape/enslavement cases are more than easy pegs for sports listicles. More »
