Yes, just think Mat McBriar or Jeff Feagles, this Sunday night, you can feed several hungry chain-restaurant dining people by just nailing one into the biggest of big screens. According to a press release, 600 participating T.G.I. Friday's establishments will offer complimentary "Green Bean Fries" for such a one-footed feat. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

As a transvestite comic who is prone to put on weight and had never run farther than five miles, Eddie Izzard is not the obvious candidate to run 1,100 miles around Britain. But the 47-year-old stand-up and actor will today drag his aching limbs from the Olympic park to Trafalgar Square in the last of an astonishing 43 marathons he has completed in just 52 days... picked by doodlechild 2 months ago

The claim is that this is to commemorate 50 years of the AFL.... But the nauseating safety orange is SO visible I could see them making a case to keep the color!

And every time I see the hat, I can't help thinking of the Oakland A's... picked by bcgrote 2 months ago

Dock Ellis was baseball's first true king of performance enhancing drugs. Dock Ellis is probably the only player that intentionally tried to injure his opponents during an All-Star game. He's one of the few (the only?) to be pepper sprayed by stadium security upon arrival. How many other major leaguers spent their off-season cruising through the ghettos of Haiti in order to find zombies? picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

England's qualification for the World Cup finals has prompted celebrations in South Africa among the organisers and local football fans. Those planning the 2010 tournament are relieved because they know England supporters will come in huge numbers and spend plenty. The fans are delighted because they are desperate to see the players they watch on TV every week in the flesh and on South African so... read full post picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

The controversy over gender row champion runner Caster Semenya deepened today — after reports claimed sex swap tests have shown she is a hermaphrodite.

*update to this picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

It all comes down to what the judge has not yet clearly ruled on, which is: Is it illegal for the league to keep the team from moving to Hamilton? picked by chinook 2 months ago

They are the first NHL team to use dynamic pricing. (SF Giants tried it)

Ticket prices can go up or down based on a variety of factors, including league standings, opposing team, star players, day of the week, and real time supply and demand. picked by icepigs 2 months ago

It would be hard to find a more loyal fan of the Washington Redskins than real estate agent Pat Hill. She's had season tickets since the early 1960s, when her daughter danced in the halftime shows at the old D.C. Stadium, before it was renamed in memory of Robert F. Kennedy. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Here is a sport that real men play. Calcio Fiorentino is an early Italian game which is sort of like football combined with free-for-all-martial arts and riots. The object is to get the ball in the net. Someone in your way? The object is to get the ball in the net. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Two armed officials of Brazilian second division club Portuguesa accompanied by bodyguards threatened the players after a defeat this week, sparking coach Rene Simoes' resignation on Wednesday. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

30-year-old Canadian Paula Stephanson: she has completed swimming across all of the Great Lakes. She completed the 35-mile swim across Lake Michigan, from Chicago to Michigan City, last night. The undertaking began in 1996. picked by suebe 2 months ago

Welp, Ben Roethlisberger makes $100 grand every 3.6 snaps.. picked by cb__ 2 months ago

A Brooklyn judo champ stripped of her first place medal when judges realized she was a woman competing in a contest against men secured her place in the history books Friday. *After waiting 50 years!* picked by tvirus 2 months ago

Last Sunday evening a "wingnut pilot" flew into JFK airport, where he briefly landed in the cargo area of a Brazilian airline and took off again before he could be arrested. Another pilot reported "Looks like some guy on a parachute -- pretty stupid." picked by suebe 3 months ago

Media conglomerate Tribune Co. announced a definitive agreement Friday to sell all but a 5 percent stake in the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field to the billionaire Ricketts family, capping a tortuous selection process that began nearly 2½ years ago. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

The one-time Super Bowl star was indicted earlier this month on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment. He faced a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years if convicted at a trial. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

With Michael Vick back in the NFL, so is the availability of customizable jerseys bearing his name. Including one for your dog.

**Related source picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

For the bases that is. Blind individuals play beep ball, a form of baseball specially modified for the blind. A special baseball that beeps (and weighs an entire pound!) is used, and payers run toward padded columnar "bases" that beep. Due to varying levels of sightedness, players wear blindfolds on the field to keep things equal. An update on the sport from an earlier post picked by suebe 3 months ago

South Africa’s track and field federation had been asked to conduct a gender test on an 800-meter runner amid concerns she does not meet the requirements to compete as a woman. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

Who didn't see it coming? picked by JoshSF49 3 months ago

So how could they take the field at Yankee Stadium? Because this was 3 a.m. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

Women boxers will compete at the London 2012 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has ruled.

They will compete at three weight divisions after the IOC's executive board ruled that boxing would no longer be a male-only event. picked by DAVEthefish 3 months ago

While British divers invented underwaterhockey to spend the winter months their continental nemesis - Germany - found diving at winter temperatures equally unpleasant resulting in the invention of underwater rugby. Simply exercising to maintain your physical fitness for only a few months of actual diving a year gets boring eventually, a problem solved creatively by inventing an underwater ball gam... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Imagine Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier slugging it out for a round in one of history’s greatest boxing matches and then when the bell rings sitting down for a game of chess. Preposterous? Ok, maybe. But we would have loved to see it and you wouldn’t have to make up the rules as you go because Chess Boxing is a real sport. picked by iamamaniac 3 months ago