Obligatory Sports Babe

This morning we’ll go with SI Swimsuit model Tori Praver, representing The Who, which, according to Hot Clicks, is apropos, because they’re who the dinosaurs at the NFL have decided to exploit as the Super Bowl halftime act. Jeez, it’s almost like baby boomers have nothing better to do but sit on their fat asses in front of their TV sets.

Strongest. Hair. Ever?

“Manjit Singh broke the Guinness World Record on Thursday by pulling the bus weighing 8.5 British tons for 21.2 metres across Battersea Park in London with ribbons attached to his hair,” says an Associated Press story that ought to depress anyone who’s ever actually accomplished anything in their lives.

Wetteland Saga?

The Seattle Times reports that a “story on the CBS 11 News website out of Dallas says that ‘officers took a call from the Argyle/Bartonville area at 12:30 p.m. Thursday on a possibly suicidal person. When officers arrived to the home, a man later identified as [former Expo and major league closer, Mariners bullpen coach John] Wetteland came out with his hands in the air, saying he “needed help.” ‘ The M’s and Wetteland say there’s a logical explanation for all this. Sure…

Frat Boys Taking Extreme Measures To Maintain Douche Bag Status

“Fraternities, which have long been given some of the best seats in the stadium at schools like Auburn, are facing the prospect of losing the privilege,” reports the Wall Street Journal. “To avoid this, they're taking a page from their fathers and grandfathers before them: Putting on coats and ties and showing up with a date.”

Quickly

I wish I could embed this video from Cracked—via Filmdrunk—here, but something about it’s code won’t let it happen. Either that or something about this blog isn’t cool with the most American things imaginable: fake John Mellencamp, football, Jesus, and making out with dudes.

Yahoo’s Puck Daddy has a fantastic piece on what to do about the (so far) slight incursions of MMA culture on the NHL—particularly as it has to do with fighting.

Amog—whatever that is—takes a look at six sports careers defined by failure. Scott Norwood, I’m looking at you.

Ahhh… So That’s What Auto-Tune Is…

This actually has nothing to do with sports, but… what am I going to do? Go look for a sports video? Here’s Weird Al and friends explaining the auto-tune phenomenon. You’ll thank me later.