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By donar | Related entries in Animals, Ethics, Political Graffiti, Sports

May 16th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

China’s Torch on top of Tibet

By donar | Related entries in Cartoons, China, In The News, Olympics, Political Graffiti, Sports, The World

My cartoon was linked to post from the NYTimes
(Click on Bob McCarty) NYTIMES link

May 10th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Nike’s Incredibly Stupid “Kobe Bryant Jumps Car” Commercial

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bad Decisions, Media, Sports, Video

I really don’t know what to say to this. It’s wrong for so many reasons, not the least of which is the suggestion that shoes can help you jump a car (WTF?).

Yes, Kobe says “do not try this at home,” but come on people…what does Nike take us for? Behind every piece of advertising is [...]

April 11th, 2008 | Permalink| 19 Comments »

Hillary: Memphis Better Qualified To Be National Champs

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Comedy, Democrats, Hillary, Sports

Heh…
In a move that’s sure to be seen as controversial, Hillary has contacted the NCAA Board of Directors to argue that Memphis is actually better qualified to be National Champion.
Ms. Clinton stated that Memphis, while losing the game, had actually shown more ability to act like a National Champion on Day One. She argued that [...]

April 10th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Kansas WINS!!!

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Sports

20 years to day they won in ‘88.
Awesome.

April 7th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Bush Booed At Washington Nationals’ Home Opener

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, History, Sports, Video

And trust me, this isn’t one of those videos where you’ll think, “Wait, are they really booing?” Sure, you’ll hear some cheers, but the boo birds are overwhelming.

The times we live in…

March 30th, 2008 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

German Chancellor Merkel Skipping Olympics

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in China, Germany, Olympics, Sports, The World

Germany itself isn’t going to boycott the entire thing, but she won’t be showing up.
And she’s not the only one…
The disclosure that Germany is to stay away from the games’ opening ceremonies in August could encourage President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to join in a gesture of defiance and complicate Gordon Brown’s determination to attend [...]

March 29th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Olympic Protest

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in China, Sports

The lighting of the Olympic flame in Greece was disrupted today by human rights protestors. We can only hope to see more peaceful demonstrations against China as the torch travels to Beijing.
If the Chinese are going to use the games as an opportunity to present themselves as a global power, the rest of us have [...]

March 24th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Upper Deck Pulls Sexist Hillary Clinton Card From Set, Treats Bloggers Like Idiots

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Hillary, Media, Sports

Portraying Hillary as a busty kissing bandit? Was Upper Deck even thinking? Oh, you better believe they were, and they wanted bloggers to be part of their strategy. More on that later.
First, the card…
FRONT

BACK

So how do I know about this? Well, a PR flack sent it my way, and although I ignore 99% of [...]

March 10th, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Video: Barry Bonds Makes History With 756

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in History, Sports, Video

Yeah, he probably juiced at one time or another, but you try to hit a Randy Johnson fastball 400 feet.
First, a story about number 756.

Then, a story about how he get there.

And who caught the ball? A guy from New York?

Congrats Barry!

August 8th, 2007 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

Should We Boycott The 2008 Olympics?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Social Programs, Sports, The World

What’s sad is that following seems to be yet another example of China being China. They make no apologies for the crazy stuff that they do, and we keep buying their crap because they can make things for us cheaply.
So where’s it gonna stop?
From Press Esc:
The Chinese authorities are forcibly evicting 1.5 million people from [...]

June 9th, 2007 | Permalink| 10 Comments »

Bush Photoshopped Into Derek Jeter Card

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics, Kitchen Sink, Sports

A buddy of mine bought a pack of Topps Opening Day baseball cards the other day and found a couple of celebrities in the Derek Jeter card who probably weren’t there when the photo was taken.
Find Bush and Mickey Mantle in the pic.

Weird, eh?
And of course they know about it, but still…
“We saw it [...]

April 30th, 2007 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

BREAKING: Small Aircraft Hits New York High Rise

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Breaking News, Sports

Apparently it was the plane of Yankee’s pitcher, Corey Lidle.
From NY Times:
Corey Lidle, a pitcher for the New York Yankees, was killed today when his small private plane crashed into a residential high-rise building on New York City’s Upper East Side, igniting several apartments before pieces of the aircraft crashed to the ground, a high [...]

October 11th, 2006 | Permalink| No Comments »

MLB’s assault on fantasy leagues

By Sean Aqui | Related entries in Bad Decisions, Law, Media, Money, News, Sports

For the past eight years I’ve run a fantasy-football league for a group of friends and colleagues. It’s strictly small time: The $10-per-owner annual fee covers the cost of hosting the league, with enough left over for minor prizes: The Super Bowl winner and total points winner get their $10 back; the Super Bowl winner [...]

July 28th, 2006 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

They Carry the Balls For Us All

By amba | Related entries in Discuss, Education, Gender, Sports

Althouse has a post on Title IX and the new phenomenon of men being in the minority on college campuses. When colleges add or emphasize sports teams to attract more male students, they can be accused of violating Title IX, not providing equal athletic opportunities for women. There are many interesting comments. [...]

July 12th, 2006 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Flagging Foible?

By Denise Best | Related entries in In The News, Sports, The World

World Cup fans …
What opinions do you have of this image?

Here’s the Eqyptian crowd’s take on the moment.

June 20th, 2006 | Permalink| 7 Comments »

Morning Jolt

By Cicero | Related entries in Sports

I’m certain this beats coffee as a morning jolt.

April 25th, 2006 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Let the Madness Begin … March Madness That Is …

By Denise Best | Related entries in Sports

Yup, it’s that time of year again, when leprechauns (and bookies) make merry while bracket spots are agonized over as the office pool $ grows — yes, it’s March and let the NCAA March Madness begin!
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins today, and for the first time, every game of the 19-day ritual known as [...]

March 16th, 2006 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

The Olympic Spirit

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Money, Sports

Wow. This is inspiring.

February 14th, 2006 | Permalink| No Comments »

Steelers Win!

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Sports

W00t!
It was an ugly game, but let the partying begin!

February 5th, 2006 | Permalink| 4 Comments »