Cutest Soccer Own Goal Ever

Posted by Minnesotastan in Sports, Video Clips on November 17, 2009 at 2:48 pm

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“Own goals” (kicking a ball into one’s own net) are uncommon in soccer (”football”) and ice hockey.  Because this one occurs in a youth sporting event, it is just indescribably cute.

Via BuzzFeed.

 
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A Visual History of Football Helmets

Posted by Minnesotastan in Sports on October 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm

football helmetsFor the past ten years The Helmet Project has been assembling images of football helmets.  The current array includes professional teams (American, Canadian, Arena, and others) and NCAA divisions I, II, and III, and even NAIA and some junior colleges.  The time period covered goes back to 1960.

Please note that my interest lies only in the “helmet design”, by which I basically mean the shell and faceguard colors, the logo decals (if any), and the stripes running over the top of the helmet (if any). No attempt is being made here to illustrate the physical variations of helmets produced by different manufacturers, or the many different styles of faceguards, nor do I intend to show changes in the physical structure of helmets over the decades (at least not in the near future); partially for these reasons, 1960 has been somewhat arbitrarily chosen as the cut-off date for all the historic helmets for now. I am also not attempting to display fine details like “award decals” that would not show up well in the image size I am using here, or those details that would not be visible from this perspective (such as numerals on the back of the helmet). It is not my intention to illustrate every variation worn by every individual football player on any of these teams, just whatever was “the” design for each team at a particular time.

Link, via Archaeoblog (!)

 
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Game Called Due to Hole

Posted by Miss Cellania in Sports on September 11, 2009 at 12:16 pm

Alcoa High was leading Fulton High in last night’s football game in Knoxville, Tennessee when the game had to called due to the ground opening up and trying to swallow the players.

With Alcoa leading 20-7, a sinkhole opened up near the stands-side sideline at the 41-yard line on the west side of the still-drenched field with 6:33 left to play in the fourth quarter. The field was declared unplayable and play was suspended for the night. The remaining minutes of the game will be played at Alcoa High School’s Goddard Field at 5 p.m. today. Admission is free.

Link -via Fark

(image credit: Mark A. Large/The Daily Times)

 
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Snack Food Stadium

Posted by Miss Cellania in Arts & Crafts, Food & Drinks on February 1, 2009 at 4:25 pm


This looks almost too good to eat! This football stadium was made from common snack foods. Holy Taco has an ingredient list and illustrated instructions. Link -via J-Walk Blog

 
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Snack Food Stadium

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on January 29, 2009 at 1:42 am

Love the Super Bowl? Holy Taco has a post about how to make your very own edible stadium out of snack food.

The stands are made mostly out of Twinkies and the players out of Vienna sausages. And of course, the end zones are color-coordinated:
queso dip for the Pittsburgh Steelers and salsa for the Arizona Cardinals.


Link - via larryfire

From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by larryfire.

 
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A Wintery Touchdown Celebration

Posted by Stacy in Sports, Video Clips on December 21, 2008 at 7:48 pm

So, it snowed during the New England Patriots-Arizona Cardinals game today (I’ll let you guess where they were playing). Of course, that means that touchdown celebrations have to be taken to a whole new level, like this one from Patriot Wes Welker:

What do you think? Rude, or funny? Personally, I enjoyed it.

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In the Macho Sport of Football, Coaching Love Wins Over Violence

Posted by Alex in Sports on November 24, 2008 at 3:33 am

When most people think about the macho and violent sports of football, they don’t think about love. But that’s exactly what coach and former NFL defensive lineman Joe Ehrmann has taught his high school football team.

And if you think that made one weak team, think again: Link [embedded YouTube clip]

(In 2004, Jeffrey Marx wrote a book about the football team, titled Season of Life, that won the Pulitzer Prize)

 
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