• Minnesota Vikings’ Peterson Receives Twitter’s Inaugural NFL Award (Satire)

    (Satire) Last night Twitter, the world’s pre-eminent micro-blogging social media site, presented its inaugural NFL Twit Head of the Year Award for reckless remarks to Minnesota Vikings’ All Pro RB Adrian Peterson.

    Twitter initially planned to award the gleaming NFL Crystal Ball Twit Head Trophy to a worthy NFL personality at the start of [...]

    Spring’s Maddening Sickness of NCAA College Basketball

    With swift and unapologetic fury, the same sickness attacks me every March. Rendering me nearly powerless, this early Spring malaise – far worse than any cold, virus or flu -devours my energy, cripples my logical thinking and negates any thought of normality in my life for nearly 30 days. This month the same [...]

    Rutgers Recruiting Snags Snooki on College Football’s Signing Day (Satire)

    (Satire) Yesterday Rivals.com reported that Rutgers University landed the single biggest coup in this year’s NCAA College Football National Signing Day by inking Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi to a binding commitment.

    According to head coach Greg Schiano, the irreverent, infamous and inane personality known as Snooki of MTV’s Jersey Shore fame officially signed with the Scarlet Knights and is projected to start as Rutgers’ fullback next season.

    Often [...]

    Interview with WikiLeaks Founder Troubling to Some Sports Star (Satire)

    (Satire) CBS News’ “60 Minutes” reported yesterday that the seemingly unending saga surrounding WikiLeaks will soon surface in the sports world.

    During last night’s television interview with Julian Assange—the WikiLeaks founder currently under United States criminal investigation—”60 Minutes” learned that the Aussie plans to allow sensitive and private information to leak, thus divulging the dastardly behavior [...]

    Cincinnati Bengal WR Chad Ochocinco Changing Name Again (Satire)

    (Satire) In a surprise move, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco is legally changing his name for a second time.

    At first, speculation surfaced that the mercurial No. 85 was reverting to his originally given birth name, Chad Javon Johnson.

    However, upon further review, NFL officials quickly learned that in light of another listless, [...]

    ESPN’s Musburger Calls Auburn vs. Oregon BCS Title Game for All the Tostitos

    Auburn kicker Wes Byrum’s last-second field goal may not be what sports fans remember most about the Tigers’ 2011 BCS title game 22-19 victory over the previously unbeaten Oregon Ducks.

    ESPN sportscaster Brent Musburger’s surprising remark ’bout Byrum’s boot being “for all the Tostitos” may live on as one of the most timely, clever, [...]

    ESPN to Televise BCS National Championship Game Tonight

    Finally. The only postseason college football game that really matters kicks off in Glendale, AZ between two unbeaten teams—the Oregon Ducks and the Auburn Tigers. 

    Tonight’s Tostitos BCS Championship Game caps a painfully long bowl season in which 35 total bowl games over-saturated the NCAA college football landscape. 

    Anxious national sponsors, coupled with the [...]

    New Nicknames for Miami Heat’s Lebron James, Dwyane Wade & Chris Bosh

    The Miami Heat‘s Lebron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh need to quit…while they’re still waaaaaaay behind…that is in NBA fan popularity contests held outside South Florida.

    Lebron James dubbed the three NBA superstars “the Heatles” after the legendary music group the Beatles because the Heat‘s new No. 6 says, “they sell out arenas wherever they go.”

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    I Love ESPN College Football Announcer Lou Holtz

    I absolutely love Lou Holtz!

    For cryin’ out loud—as this charismatic old coaching codger likes to say—how could anyone not absolutely adore this soon-to-be 74-year-old after listening to his commentary during last night’s coverage of the FedEx Orange Bowl featuring the Stanford Cardinal and the Virginia Tech Hokies?

    Lou Holtz’s candid college football coverage [...]

    FIFA Awards 2022 World Cup to Qatar (Satire)

    (Satire) On December 2, 2010, FIFA officially announced Qatar as host country of the 2022 World Cup.

    FIFA’s surprising selection of this little known, oft-mispronounced Persian Gulf Emirate is cited as a “courageous step into new territory.” Yea, kinda like intentionally marching right off the nearest cliff!

    Despite Qatar’s location in a politically unstable [...]