I had football on in the background Sunday while putzing around the house, when the CBS post-game show cut to Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano’s post-game victory speech. Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia and has missed a few games for treatment. Anyway, this was his first time back and midway through his speech, Lady Oyster [...]
It could be the Patriots or Rams next Sunday in London (zing!), but really, that team would be Madron FC, which lost 30 matches in a row with one of them being a 55-0 drubbing (yes, worst loss in history) to local rival Illogan. This documentary about the club is actually pretty inspiring and worth [...]
Like most of today’s best and memorable advertising efforts, the slogan was conceived by Portland’s Wieden + Kennedy in 1988 for the global sneaker brand. It’s hard to imagine Nike without the swoosh or the slogan, as all three make-up an unbeatable holy trinity. [via highsnobiety]
He’s no Joe Kittinger, but jumping from outer space is still impressive, nonetheless. Love that the color commentators are actually talking about Kittinger and the other daredevils that came before Baumgartner. Update: Well, he didn’t die. The 43-year-old Austrian has broken the record for the highest ever skydive by jumping out of a balloon 128,000 [...]
The answer is “yes”, probably, on biking up a mountain if you could already get 80% of the way to the top; but “no” if you think you could be competitive in the Tour de France, says PopSci’s Colin Lecher. Turns out, doing all the performance enhancers that Armstrong has “allegedly” done (I’m eating some [...]
During this weekend’s Ohio State-Nebraska football game, the OSU marching band dropped a stellar tribute to classic video games at half-time. They pretty owned the entire world with the Tetris tribute into a seamless Super Mario Bros. tribute beginning around the 1:25 mark. You think you won’t want to watch the entire nine minutes, but [...]
After a week three win over the San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons safety Thomas DeCloud plays the meow game from Super Troopers live on Sports Center. This guys deserves all the kudos bars in the world.
Meyers Leonard was the 11th pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. That alone is typically the happy ending for most college basketball players. However, Leonard isn’t like most NBA players. His dad died in a freak accident when he was 6. He was raised by his big brother, Bailey, who [...]
In light of the NFL’s problem with replacement refs, let’s take a moment to appreciate the living referee God known as Ed Hochuli. Man, it’s going to be great to see Hochuli on the field again. Never thought I’d say that in a million years. [via thehighdef]
ESPN’s acclaimed documentary series, 30 for 30, which was produced by Bill Simmons, evolves into a series of short documentaries published on Simmons’ Grantland. The first film is Arnold’s Blueprint, from directors Michael and Jeff Zimbalist (The Two Escobars): This 10-minute movie focuses on the years before Arnold Schwarzenegger was the “Universe’s Perfect Specimen,” when [...]
