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While M.I.A. had no trouble sending a message at the Super Bowl with her middle finger, there was another woman at the game who never got the chance to spread her far less controversial message to the world. If you were watching at home, you probably didn't realize that while Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert, and Blake Shelton were busy singing the national anthem and "America the Beautiful," Miss Deaf America Rachel Mazique was also on the field signing along in American Sign Language for deaf viewers at home—that's because NBC never showed her on camera during the broadcast. This oversight has Mazique and many people in the deaf community understandably disappointed and upset. More »
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Liberal airing of stupid grievances is a practice that's been perfected on the internet, and nothing gives people stupid crap to be mad about like sports broadcasts. Thankfully, ESPN has streamlined the complaining process, giving users the opportunity to sort their kvetching into categories. Users can complain about "Bands/Halftime performance," "Schedule," "Technical/Audio/Video," or "Commentators- dislike female commentators." Wait, what? More »
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Indianapolis, February 5: "It's okay, honey. We can still star in the remake of Gattaca." More »
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Eat your heart out, Janet. [NBC] More »
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In an effort to elucidate at least part of the vaguest sexual assault story ever, a representative from the Rhodes Trust issued a statement to the New York Times in which he confirms that the Trust suspended Yale quarterback Patrick J. Witt's candidacy after learning of the sexual assault charges filed against him by a fellow student. The Trust had informed Yale on Nov. 4 that Witt's candidacy would be dropped unless the school endorsed him by Nov. 15. When Yale still hadn't endorsed Witt by Nov. 13, Witt made the announcement that he was foregoing his prestigious Rhodes Scholarship and all quad-walking privileges that come with it so that he could play school hero in the Harvard-Yale game (Yale lost anyway). Witt, who at 22 is eligible and being groomed like a prized English setter for the NFL draft, insists that he made the decision to play in the Harvard-Yale game independently from the Rhodes Trust's decision. According to the Times, More »
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Paris, February 4: Alberto Sgarbi of Italy is deliciously tackled by a gentleman who we believe is France's Aurelien Rougerie (correct us if we're wrong) during the RBS 6 Nations match at Stade de France. Oui, sì. More »
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This Sunday, Giants quarterback Eli Manning faces off against Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the Super Bowl (the rest of the teams will face off, too, I think — I don't know anything about football [Ed: Yes.]), but who cares about that? Let's talk about their wives Abby Manning and Gisele Bundchen, the "First Ladies of Football." Though Abby Manning is a down-home sweetheart from Tennessee and Gisele is a supermodel from the ocean, GMA would like you to know that the two ladies have quite a bit in common. Did you know that both have worn white and purple? And both have had babies? Have you done either of these things? If yes, then you might be a professional quarterback's wife. More »
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Anna Watson is a University of Georgia cheerleader who, in addition to being one of the most earnest and nervous people to ever grace the GMA stage, can dead lift over 250 pounds. She was recently offered a $75,000 fitness modeling contract that she turned down because it required her to add an additional 50 pounds of body weight through the use of legal steroids, whereas she prefers building au naturel. Raised in the church, she attributes all of her strength to God, but come on, girl — take a little credit for yourself! Anna, get your guns! More »
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There's so much excitement during the Super Bowl that it can be easy to get caught up in all the hoopla and... forget to attend to basic bodily functions? Most people are usually more concerned with consuming as many nachos as possible than they are about whether they're breathing or have to go potty, but according to Methodist Hospital in Houston we should put our bladder's needs before all others. More »
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Some of you may care about the outcome of the upcoming Super Bowl (unless, like many, you're already convinced of the grossness of both teams and are rooting for Legionnaire's disease). However, as always, cheating website Ashley Madison is asking the tough questions: who would married ladies rather do, Eli Manning or Tom Brady? Oddly, 54% of women picked the doofy Manning because of his supposed "boy next door" looks. Shutdown Corner theorizes that ladies might also feel threatened by sleeping with a man who's also been with Gisele Bundchen. Sadly, Ashley Madison did not calculate the percentage of women who would rather contract Legionnaire's disease than have sex with either quarterback; we suspect that number might be high. More »
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Yale's star quarterback seems to have withdrawn his Rhodes scholarship application because he was accused of sexual assault. I say "seems to" because the story is incredibly vague — and that might be Yale's fault. More »
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An Alabama football fan and his errant ballsack rose to notoriety this month when a video of the man using the sack to teabag a passed out LSU fan's neck made the internet rounds. With some sleuthing and elbow grease, the fan's identity was revealed, he turned himself in, and now he's got himself a sexual battery charge and a mugshot to go along with his famous scrotum. This teaches us all a very important lesson about not teabagging people. But, thought experiment: what if one or both people involved in the incident had been women? More »
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The US Women's Olympic soccer team was saved from a shooting in the Vancouver hotel where they were staying by a well-timed yoga session. Unfortunately, the shooting interfered with the team's plans to go to Starbucks. Can't win 'em all. More »
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Steinbeckian simpleton Tim Tebow is a divisive figure. On one hand, he was in that obnoxious Super Bowl commercial where his mom implied that women who die in chldbirth aren't tough enough, he's really seems to think that God cares about football and he's been known to spend free time "converting" Catholic Filipinos into more sensible evangelical Tebowian Christians. On the other hand, America loves few things more than a big, gentle, soft-hearted dummy. And sometimes he acts like an incredibly decent guy. Take, for example, his friendship with 22-year-old cancer survivor Kelly Faughnan. More »
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February 5th is right around the corner, Sport Heads, so I ask you, are you ready for some lingerie football? That's right— fire up the grill, chill some brews and invite over your best buds because it's time for the most important sporting event of the year (that takes place on MTV2). This year, however, the highly anticipated Lingerie Bowl is getting a different spin in the advertising department. Sure, we still see a lot of busty ladies walking around in tiny tiny clothing, but we also see our share of pretty intense football action and, damn, can those broads tackle. More »
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At a town hall meeting for Penn State alumni, University President Rodney Erikson was there to provide comfort. After all, the University community's still healing from the horrifying accusations that longtime assistant coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused several boys over the course of many years while the University turned a blind eye to his actions. So what was the number one topic of discussion at the alumni meeting? Football! And being mad about it! More »
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Who do you think is going to win the Super Bowl this year? The Green Bay Packers? The Patriots? Tim Tebow cloned a bunch of times playing against an entire other team of Tim Tebows? Wrong, wrong and wrong. The winner of the Super Bowl this year is Randall Terry. The pro-life zealot has won the right to air graphic anti-abortion ads featuring images of fetal remains during this year's Big Game, and there's nothing you or I can do about it. More »
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NBC executives were shocked to learn that last weekend's Sunday Night Football match up between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants was the third most popular primetime show among women ages 18-49. It's unclear why women would enjoy watching musclebound dudes in tight pants piling up on one another, but advertisers are excited about reaching a wider demographic. It's only a matter of time before they crank out some tampon commercials featuring women playing flag-football in a field of wildflowers, wearing white spandex pants and being tackled by a friend. More »
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NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne has apologized for a Tweet wherein he called the sight of a woman breastfeeding her child "nasty," and a follow up Tweet wherein he called a woman who criticized his calling the woman nasty a "bitch." Someone who makes obscene amounts of money as a professional athlete/amusement has a sub-enlightened attitude about something? Hold me; we'll get through this together. More »
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Pittsburgh radio sportscaster Mark Madden has responded to a woman's Twitter insult by responding that all women are idiots who should "get in the kitchen." More »
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Women are apparently turning to target-shooting in increasing numbers. And some say they find the experience calming. More »
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It's no longer possible to blame Jessica Simpson for Tony Romo's troubles on the field, so the Wall Street Journal has come up with an alternate theory: Perhaps cheerleaders are jinxing teams in the NFL. Six teams, the Bears, Browns, Giants, Lions, Packers and Steelers, don't have cheerleaders, and Jared Diamond jokingly suggests that this may be the key to their success. In the past six years, those teams have won four Super Bowls and made up half of the Super Bowl participants. Clearly ladies shouldn't be anywhere near the gridiron, even if they're just dancing on the sidelines. More »
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Last night during the much anticipated Packers-Bears football game, NBC flashed a shot of a lady Packer fan holding up a sign that read "My cheating ex-boyfriend is watching from couch instead." The unusual sign made an instant impression on the audience. I happened to be watching the game in Wisconsin, and, as I rushed to take the above snapshot of this genius, everyone in the room was giving her major props for cleverness. By this morning, her bold move was all over the news! High-five for a game well-played. Deadspin has identified the girl as Annie Wagner. So far the cheating cheesehead's name hasn't been revealed. He should be very glad she showed some restraint and didn't put his name on the sign, since he'd probably never be allowed back into Lambeau Field for as long as he lived! More »
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Starting Denver Broncos quarterback and real life Forrest Gump Tim Tebow has made no secret of his ultraconservative views, once appearing with his mom in an anti-abortion ad that aired during the Super Bowl. Now, an internet-based group of pro-choice advocates is turning his moderate gridiron success into a fundraising effort by donating $10 to abortion providers for every touchdown Tebow scores. This makes me want to Tebow right here, right now. More »
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A former security director for the NBA alleges that when he spoke up about sexual harassment of female employees, he was given bad evaluations and fired. Now he's suing. More »
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It's a fair question! The Denver Broncos' mission-tripping, orphan-loving, foreskin-snipping, prisoner-inspiring, anti-choice-crusading, eye black-preaching, pre-game and post-touchdown-praying quarterback is, in addition to all of the aforementioned qualifications for sainthood, a man. A man who is purportedly a virgin and saving himself for marriage, but a man nonetheless. And some of us happen to have sex with men. As we stumble through life, our souls barreling through the cosmos, the mysterious universe pushing us in unknown directions, through unforetold twists and hairpin turns — well, who knows what the fates may have in mind? More »
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Professional fighters are supposed to be infinitely stoic and fearless. But according to a new study, they actually experience fear like anyone else, and employ complex techniques to manage it. It's almost like men have feelings or something. More »
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As part of a yearly tradition, fans of the very cuddly-sounding Calgary Hitmen deluged the ice with stuffed animals as soon as the team scored its first goal. The team collected 25,003 animals, more than last year's total but still below the 2007 record of 26,919. The toys will be donated to the Alberta Children's Hospital. Unfortunately, the Hitmen lost the game, probably because they were distracted by cuteness. More »
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Women's Pro Soccer has lost one of its teams, and now it could lose its sanctioning as a professional league. But players are fighting to keep the league alive. More »
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For the first time in the history of the games, Saudi Arabia is allowing women to compete on their country's Olympic team during the 2012 summer games in London. We are truly making great strides. Wait, Saudi Arabia only did it because the International Olympic Committee threatened to bar them from the London Olympics unless they allowed female competitors? And they're only letting one woman compete, and that's only if she lives outside of the country while she trains? Oh. More »
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When two men came forward to accuse Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting them as children, head coach Jim Boeheim called them money-grubbing liars. Then he apologized. He should have stopped there, but now he's saying he doesn't regret defending his friend. More »
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Natalie Randolph took over the head football coach position at Washington, DC's Coolidge High two years ago, and proceeded to lose the first five games of her first season. But now, she's found her stride and her all-boys team is poised to play in the city championship tomorrow. Quick, someone turn this into a heartwarming film about overcoming obstacles! More »
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An investigation into the conduct of US Gymnastics coach Don Peters has concluded that his sexual misconduct with teenage gymnasts in the 1980's warrants a lifetime ban from the sport. He's also being removed from the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame. More »
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Mixed martial artist Forrest Griffin recently won an award from the Ultimate Fighting Championship for being one of the "most creative" fighters on Twitter. Unfortunately, that "creativity" includes rape jokes. More »
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This has been a weekend of complicated emotions for fans of Penn State's Nittany Lions football team. On one hand, they're number 1 in this week's Big Ten Power Rankings and have an impressive 8-1 record; it's possible the team could be headed to the Rose Bowl. On the other, former longtime defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky has been charged with 40 counts related to serious incidents of child abuse that affected 8 at-risk youth over the course of more than a decade, and it sounds a lot like university officials knew about what was going on but did nothing. Two high ranking PSU folks have already resigned, and others are calling for the head of 5,000 year old head coach Joe Paterno. More »
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 06: Firehiwot Dado of Ethiopia celebrates with Buzunesh Deba of Ethiopia after finishing in first and second place in the Women's Division of the 42nd ING New York City Marathon in Central Park on November 6, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) More »
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Officials from The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) nearly incited fisticuffs when they implied that the first ever Olympic female boxers will be required to enter the ring in skirts. But, calm down, Panicky Von Anxoius O'Feminista— they only might be required. Official uniforms for Olympic women's boxing haven't been finalized yet. More »
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Prince William has taken flack for eschewing a wedding ring, but there's a group of dudes who could probably get out of wearing theirs by reason of occupational hazard: pro athletes. Nonetheless, some choose to put a ring on it. And their reasons are pretty amusing. More »
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