Title IX warrior. This student athlete is getting hammered for grabbing an opponent by the hair and throwing her down, but look at how it was instigated by the other team. Sure, she should have probably been tossed from the game - and she should know that it is always the retaliator that gets caught - take a number and get back at her later… but why is she being suspended? why do we still treat female athletes so differently - where we expect them to be so lady like. it is infuriating. just like with serena this summer and swearing. big deal. get over it people. women compete. and sometimes when someone elbows you in the tits and then someone else grabs your shorts and pulls at your uniform, you snap and tack a head on someone. move on…plus the second chick took a total dive… they were clearly fishing for a red card and knew they had this one riled up…
Far be it from me to defend suspending a player for “dirty” play in soccer futbol. I was suspended for 3 games(2 reg season & 1 district playoff) in H.S. for “aggressive” play. However, the 40 second clip is taken out of context. It’s impossible to say the type of back & forth chippiness that was going on before each of these fouls and how the aggressiveness transpired during the flow of the match. Now there’s a longer clip that allows us to get a bit better handle as to the total number of infractions, some likely not seen by the refs at the time they occurred. I imagine watching the entire game was what led to the decision, one made by her own university, rather than just a replay of these two instances, neither of which warrant a suspension on their own.
Now if she only played football in the SEC, she probably would have gotten defensive player of the week honors. Especially if she played for Urban “see no evil-do no evil” Meyer.
Poker Face by Eric Cartman
originally by Lady GagaI don’t know who decided to make this a full-length version, but I’m glad they did. —Nathaniel Jamesmuh muh muh
niiiiice
Wow! Wow? Wowwowowowow. This is an undoctored photo of Sammy Sosa taken in Vegas this week. This is what he used to look like.
As Sammy would say, “Tha’s alotta work man”
That’s one less Putz on the team.
KITTEN MITTONS
I won’t be doing anything today besides watching this .gif
ditto
I have heard about the marshmallow test a few times before, but this is the first time I have seen it played out in video.
You put a marshmallow in front of a child and tell them that they can either eat it now, or they can have 2 marshmallows if they can save it until you are back in the room.
Just amazing to watch the decision making happening.
via Steve V
I could no joke watch a live feed of this all day long, like in a little window at the top of my computer screen. (Related is this from the New Yorker.)
funny
I just remembered the number to Sportsphone.
It’s what I did before the internet. You know, in the dark ages of the 70s and 80s When I needed sports scores I called that number and got up to the minute (sort of) scores. I think I remember Gary Thorne being one of the voices of Sportsphone.
For all your sports news instantly, dial 976-131.
Wow, that was such a random memory.
Old school is the best school
I’m glad this song is getting the attention it deserves as a New York anthem. I listen to it every day on my walk to work and it gets me excited for the day.
I’m spending a couple weeks in LA on business. Last night I was talking to a girl who told me when she graduates college she wants to move to New York because “Empire State of Mind” made her realize that’s the place she can achieve her dreams.
hAhaha, Ricky is funny as hell isn’t he? I mean he’s written good stuff before, obviously. Yet this simple tongue in cheek post, dryly mocking the absurdity that Jay Z is the self proclaimed “new Sinatra”, is maybe his best yet. I mean the part about a cheeky college grad actually needing the motivation from Hovito’s song to inspire her to move to NYC is priceless. “Achieve her dreams”…ha, cute. Very cute.
Beastie Boys Sabotage - Empire Strikes Back
yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
Oh my.
This won’t help to dispel the crazy rumors that Michael Jackson is still alive.
If I set up a paypal account and promised to send a handmade dick towel to anyone who emailed me(1) & ordered one @ $4.99 each, would I make enough $$ to support my weekly caffeine addiction(2)?
(1)Much to my dismay, plain old dicktowel@gmail.com was already taken. Lucky bastard.
(2)My caffeine addiction is the most affordable of all my vices. Also the most legal. Coincidence? I think not.
DICK TOWEL (via dicktowel)
Warning: You will burn your retina watching the official dicktowel.com video