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This is why Americans will never be the best at soccer: because they aren’t passionate enough to modify whatever technological craze they’re currently addicted to in order to combine it with their favorite sport. The British, on the other hand, seem to be doing just that with this project–and promotion for the rock group Kasabian–whereby [...]

In the manly man-eat-manly man world of pro sports (where women too are expected to behave like manly men), shedding a tear is always a risky move. In the right context, it’s a humbling, endearing sign that the idols of the sports stage have feelings too, even feelings that hurt a lot. Elsewhere it can [...]

Athletes are shockingly superstitious at times (Michael Jordan, you may know, wore his North Carolina Tar Heels shorts under his NBA shorts for his entire career). Perusing Cracked’s listicle of 6 Incredible Sports Curses, we especially enjoyed the story about Australia’s soccer team, which hired a witch doctor to set up a curse against their [...]

Nothing beats a little invasive advertising. Bathrooms are especially potent places because we both literally and figuratively tend to let our guard down in these sort-of private, sort-of public places. And really, what better way to distract us from the awkwardness of that strange social setting?
Of course, too much distraction (like a laser light show [...]

We’ve always known that many sports – especially motor sports – are environmentally disastrous. Additionally, even with environmentally neutral sports, the ways we tend to play and practice make them harmful. For instance, it came as no surprise to us that TreeHugger’s listicle of 7 Un-Environmental Sports and Activities includes sky-diving, motor boat racing and [...]

It seems like most major professional sports teams in the U.S. have undertaken a stadium change in the last ten years. In New York alone we have the new Mets stadium Citi Field, Yankee Stadium, and the Meadowlands’ Jets stadium all under construction. There are also more long term (likely imaginary) plans for a new [...]

We’ve always felt that the sums of money being spent on professional sports – and the attendant industries of endorsements and entertainment – were a little obscene, and the good folks at Forbes recently confirmed that suspicion with a listicle of the most valuable franchises in the world.
So try not to think of the number [...]

Freelance mascot and sports writer Onesie here, back for 2009’s first edition of Listicles’ sports column Sporty Saturdays. As 2008 reminded us, an entire year’s most lasting memories tend to be crammed into its last quarter (elections, financial crises, shoe-throwing incidents). Meanwhile, the summer Olympics in Beijing already seem light years away, but took [...]