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Who Can Swallow The Most Wieners This Independence Day?
3 hrs ago | by 
Jon
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Following the colossal success of last year's Nathan's hot dog eating contest live thread, we're back to do it again. Face it, there's nothing better you could be doing right now. Watching grown men and women try eat as much highly-processed meat as possible is much more entertaining than your family and friends.
Last year, Joey Chestnut, American Hero, took back the mustard belt from Takeru Kobayashi of Japan by eating 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes? Will Chestnut repeat as champion? Will Kobayashi regain the title he held for so many years prior? Will someone choke to death on a hot dog? The drama will unfold at high noon Eastern on ESPN.
While many people have been talking about how technology is making swimming world records obsolete, nobody is talking about how hot dog eating world records are becoming obsolete. In 1991, Frank Dellarosa at 21.5 hot dogs to set a new world record. Kazutoyo "The Rabbit" Arai ate just over 25 in 2000. Just 7 years later, Joey Chestnut set the latest bar at 66. Imagine if someone had followed up Roger Bannister's 4 minute mile just a few years later by running a 2 minute mile, and you have some idea of just how this record has fallen.
Bodog has the following odds listed for the event:
Joey Chestnut 5/7
Takeru Kobayashi 11/10
Field 13/4
For those curious about who they get with those 13/4 odds, here is the complete field, courtesy of the International Federation of Competitive Eating:
Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti
Tim "Eater X" Janus
Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas
"Humble" Bob Shoudt
Hall "Hoover" Hunt
Tim "Gravy" Brown
Rich "The Locust" LeFevre
"Patrick "Vandam" Vandam
"The Lovely" Juliet Lee
Juris "Dr. Bigtime" Shibayama
Eric "Badlands" Booker
Erik "The Red" Denmark
Arturo Rios "Grande"
Pat "From Moonachie" Philbin
Allen "Shredder" Goldstein
Crazy Legs Conti
"Nasty" Nate Biller
"Pretty Boy" Pete Davekos
"Double-0" Kevin Ross
As for me, my hypothetical money is on Chestnut. Any other pick on this day would be un-American.
The lineup is set. The hot dogs are cooked. You've got nothing better to do. Let's get this live thread started!
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JonFollowing the colossal success of last year's Nathan's hot dog eating contest live thread, we're back to do it again. Face it, there's nothing better you could be doing right now. Watching grown men and women try eat as much highly-processed meat as possible is much more entertaining than your family and friends.
Last year, Joey Chestnut, American Hero, took back the mustard belt from Takeru Kobayashi of Japan by eating 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes? Will Chestnut repeat as champion? Will Kobayashi regain the title he held for so many years prior? Will someone choke to death on a hot dog? The drama will unfold at high noon Eastern on ESPN.
While many people have been talking about how technology is making swimming world records obsolete, nobody is talking about how hot dog eating world records are becoming obsolete. In 1991, Frank Dellarosa at 21.5 hot dogs to set a new world record. Kazutoyo "The Rabbit" Arai ate just over 25 in 2000. Just 7 years later, Joey Chestnut set the latest bar at 66. Imagine if someone had followed up Roger Bannister's 4 minute mile just a few years later by running a 2 minute mile, and you have some idea of just how this record has fallen.
Bodog has the following odds listed for the event:
Joey Chestnut 5/7
Takeru Kobayashi 11/10
Field 13/4
For those curious about who they get with those 13/4 odds, here is the complete field, courtesy of the International Federation of Competitive Eating:
Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti
Tim "Eater X" Janus
Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas
"Humble" Bob Shoudt
Hall "Hoover" Hunt
Tim "Gravy" Brown
Rich "The Locust" LeFevre
"Patrick "Vandam" Vandam
"The Lovely" Juliet Lee
Juris "Dr. Bigtime" Shibayama
Eric "Badlands" Booker
Erik "The Red" Denmark
Arturo Rios "Grande"
Pat "From Moonachie" Philbin
Allen "Shredder" Goldstein
Crazy Legs Conti
"Nasty" Nate Biller
"Pretty Boy" Pete Davekos
"Double-0" Kevin Ross
As for me, my hypothetical money is on Chestnut. Any other pick on this day would be un-American.
The lineup is set. The hot dogs are cooked. You've got nothing better to do. Let's get this live thread started!
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American Idols? No. Francis Scott Off-Key? Yes!
6 hrs ago | by Jon
As anyone who is happy to have a four-day work week knows, Friday is Independence Day. On this Fourth of July, we'll take a moment to reflect - reflect upon how awful some attempts at singing the National Anthem have been. What's more American than subjecting people to public ridicule and shame?
It's not easy singing the National Anthem, especially with bad sound and tens of thousands of drunk sports fans watching. While O Canada sounds like a drinking song, the Star Spangled Banner is tough for even an experienced singer to master. What's interesting though is that the Star Spangled Banner is actually set to the tune of an old British drinking song. Maybe a pint or two would have helped some of these singers.
While the clip of Leslie Nielsen singing the National Anthem as Lt. Frank Drebin/Enrico Pallazzo in The Naked Gun is for a laugh, all of these other singers were unfortunately actually trying their best.
The first example is one of the worst renditions of any song ever, nevermind the National Anthem. Carl Lewis should have had his Olympic medals taken away for his 1993 attempt during a game between the New Jersey Nets and Chicago Bulls.
Next up, we have Cuba Gooding, Sr., who serves as additional proof that a lack of talent won't keep anyone in his family from performing, whether it's in some horrible movie or singing the National Anthem at some basketball tournament.
Moving outdoors, this is Roseanne, ensuring that no eardrums were left unshattered in San Diego before a Padres game in 1990. She was so bad that President Bush called her "disgraceful."
Another disgraceful performance comes from Steven Tyler of Aerosmith at the 2001 Indianapolis 500. On Memorial Day, Tyler honored American veterans by pissing a lot of them off. He starts with some inexplicable harmonica playing, and it only gets worse from there. Not only was his singing bad, he manged a couple of the words, then capped it all off by closing the song with the words "home of the Indianapolis 500."
While this rendition from no-talent ass clown Michael Bolton isn't entirely awful, he does forget the words, while giving an excuse to use some Office Space quotes. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks!
A lot of National Anthem singers might screw up once. Canadian singer Caroline Marcil manages to do it 3 times at a hockey game. She messes up, starts over, messes up again, then leaves. She comes back, falls down on her ass on the ice, then wisely decides to just give up.
We close with a National Anthem rendition that could have gone as one of the worst ever, but ultimately ends up being one of the best. Natalie Gilbert won a contest to sing the Star Spangled Banner at a Portland Trailblazers game during the 2003 NBA Playoffs. Unfortunately, she had difficulty with the worlds. Enter Coach Mo Cheeks, who guided her the rest of the way along with some help from the crowd.
Have a fun and safe Fourth of July, and if any of you will be singing the Star-Spangled Banner at any sporting events, please remember to videotape it all for us.
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JonAs anyone who is happy to have a four-day work week knows, Friday is Independence Day. On this Fourth of July, we'll take a moment to reflect - reflect upon how awful some attempts at singing the National Anthem have been. What's more American than subjecting people to public ridicule and shame?
It's not easy singing the National Anthem, especially with bad sound and tens of thousands of drunk sports fans watching. While O Canada sounds like a drinking song, the Star Spangled Banner is tough for even an experienced singer to master. What's interesting though is that the Star Spangled Banner is actually set to the tune of an old British drinking song. Maybe a pint or two would have helped some of these singers.
While the clip of Leslie Nielsen singing the National Anthem as Lt. Frank Drebin/Enrico Pallazzo in The Naked Gun is for a laugh, all of these other singers were unfortunately actually trying their best.
The first example is one of the worst renditions of any song ever, nevermind the National Anthem. Carl Lewis should have had his Olympic medals taken away for his 1993 attempt during a game between the New Jersey Nets and Chicago Bulls.
Next up, we have Cuba Gooding, Sr., who serves as additional proof that a lack of talent won't keep anyone in his family from performing, whether it's in some horrible movie or singing the National Anthem at some basketball tournament.
Moving outdoors, this is Roseanne, ensuring that no eardrums were left unshattered in San Diego before a Padres game in 1990. She was so bad that President Bush called her "disgraceful."
Another disgraceful performance comes from Steven Tyler of Aerosmith at the 2001 Indianapolis 500. On Memorial Day, Tyler honored American veterans by pissing a lot of them off. He starts with some inexplicable harmonica playing, and it only gets worse from there. Not only was his singing bad, he manged a couple of the words, then capped it all off by closing the song with the words "home of the Indianapolis 500."
While this rendition from no-talent ass clown Michael Bolton isn't entirely awful, he does forget the words, while giving an excuse to use some Office Space quotes. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks!
A lot of National Anthem singers might screw up once. Canadian singer Caroline Marcil manages to do it 3 times at a hockey game. She messes up, starts over, messes up again, then leaves. She comes back, falls down on her ass on the ice, then wisely decides to just give up.
We close with a National Anthem rendition that could have gone as one of the worst ever, but ultimately ends up being one of the best. Natalie Gilbert won a contest to sing the Star Spangled Banner at a Portland Trailblazers game during the 2003 NBA Playoffs. Unfortunately, she had difficulty with the worlds. Enter Coach Mo Cheeks, who guided her the rest of the way along with some help from the crowd.
Have a fun and safe Fourth of July, and if any of you will be singing the Star-Spangled Banner at any sporting events, please remember to videotape it all for us.
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Kobe Bryant Is Your Density
12 hrs ago | by Jon
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Yeah, another Nike post. But if they're going to have Kobe Bryant show up to promote the new Nike Hyperdunk shoes in a DeLorean, it's impossible to say no. Even if we did say no, I know that wouldn't stop Kobe or Nike.
I realize that Nike is purposely making this a limited edition release for collectors, eBay resellers and losers who have nothing better to do than wait in line for hours to get a shoe based on Back to the Future II, but they still could have gone to all this promotional effort for a larger release and let more people get their hands on them. I haven't worn a Nike shoe in years (Converse doesn't count), but even I would have been intrigued since those are some really sweet shoes.
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Still, if it had been a larger release, we wouldn't have had people like this guy going nuts about not getting a pair, so it's all worth it.
Ah, Fourth of July weekend, what a better way to celebrate than freaking out with your crew about not getting some material good that some other guy got.
HT: [Hypebeast via Gizmodo]
For more from the guy who owns the DeLorean, check out his MySpace post about the event.
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JonYeah, another Nike post. But if they're going to have Kobe Bryant show up to promote the new Nike Hyperdunk shoes in a DeLorean, it's impossible to say no. Even if we did say no, I know that wouldn't stop Kobe or Nike.
I realize that Nike is purposely making this a limited edition release for collectors, eBay resellers and losers who have nothing better to do than wait in line for hours to get a shoe based on Back to the Future II, but they still could have gone to all this promotional effort for a larger release and let more people get their hands on them. I haven't worn a Nike shoe in years (Converse doesn't count), but even I would have been intrigued since those are some really sweet shoes.
Still, if it had been a larger release, we wouldn't have had people like this guy going nuts about not getting a pair, so it's all worth it.
that was the biggest bullsh*t ever. my crew waited all day…kobe shows up an hour late (sh*t was suppose to start selling at 4pm, by the time they did the raffle it was easily 7:30pm, kobe arrived in a delorean and stayed 10 minutes, f*ck that dude). . . F LINECUTTER WEASELS, F UNDEFEATED, F WUSSY SECURITY, F KOBE, F NIKE.
Ah, Fourth of July weekend, what a better way to celebrate than freaking out with your crew about not getting some material good that some other guy got.
HT: [Hypebeast via Gizmodo]
For more from the guy who owns the DeLorean, check out his MySpace post about the event.
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Qing the Week's Best: Happy Birthday, America
16 hrs ago | by 
CriticalFanatic
When a fractured testicle and A-Rod's marriage are the biggest stories of the week, you know it's time to begin the countdown to football. Here's what happened, or rather, what didn't happen this week in sports...
You didn't need me to tell you this, but there's not a whole lot going on this weekend. Tomorrow, Jon will be covering the Hot Dog Eating Contest (seriously) and we'll be posting sporadically throughout the weekend. We're actually going to try to separate ourselves from these computers. We're told that's healthy.
Enjoy your 4th. Happy Birthday, America and thanks for giving us a day off to celebrate such an occasion.
CriticalFanaticWhen a fractured testicle and A-Rod's marriage are the biggest stories of the week, you know it's time to begin the countdown to football. Here's what happened, or rather, what didn't happen this week in sports...- Fractured.Testicle.
- Star-Mangled Banner
- When censoring goes wrong Vol. 3,247.
- Don't hassle this Hoff.
- Cynthia and A-Rod, something, something, don't care.
- Two world records were shattered while I wrote this.
- Tom Crean impresses Bobby Bowden.
- Now we've got kids asking Kobe 'how Shaq's ass tastes.'
- Marshawn Lynch probably shouldn't get his license back... ever.
- Baron Davis will Boom Dizzle back in LA.
- Rachel, one of the many reasons to love this country.
You didn't need me to tell you this, but there's not a whole lot going on this weekend. Tomorrow, Jon will be covering the Hot Dog Eating Contest (seriously) and we'll be posting sporadically throughout the weekend. We're actually going to try to separate ourselves from these computers. We're told that's healthy.
Enjoy your 4th. Happy Birthday, America and thanks for giving us a day off to celebrate such an occasion.
This Is One Conspiracy Theory That Makes A Lot Of Sense
18 hrs ago | by 
100%InjuryRate
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Take a look at this picture above. Anything about it seem weird to you? If you said, 'Coach K is sitting down' you're partly right. If you also said 'everyone's aligned by height except for Dwight Howard' you're also partly right.
But do you know why those two things are occurring in this photo? Here's a hint: Guess who's the one player on the USA Basketball team who isn't sponsored by Nike. Yep, Dwight Howard.
Darren Rovell of SportsBiz explains:
Nike claims that this was all pure coincidence, but you'd have to be a moron to believe that. This photo was clearly set up so both shoe companies blocked each other out.
Also let's keep in mind Nike spends hundreds of millions of dollars on these guys and they sponsor USA basketball, so there's no way they want another company's shoe appearing in a picture like this.
By the way, you may be wondering then why Dwyane Wade, who wears Converse, doesn't have his shoe covered. That's because Nike bought Converse for $305 million in 2003.
There's no hiding from this, Nike. You're clearly guilty here, you greedy pigs.
USA Basketball Team Photo: Artistic or Logo 'Conspiracy' [SportsBiz] via [Fanhouse]
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100%InjuryRateTake a look at this picture above. Anything about it seem weird to you? If you said, 'Coach K is sitting down' you're partly right. If you also said 'everyone's aligned by height except for Dwight Howard' you're also partly right.
But do you know why those two things are occurring in this photo? Here's a hint: Guess who's the one player on the USA Basketball team who isn't sponsored by Nike. Yep, Dwight Howard.
Darren Rovell of SportsBiz explains:
Coach K is sitting. When a team stands, a coach normally stands. Why is this significant? Because Coach K's left foot just happens to be blocking the adidas logo on Dwight Howard's left foot.So, in other words, it's a double block. Howard's blocking the Nike logo for Adidas, and Coach K is blocking the Adidas logo for Nike.
Every player is in height order, with the exception of Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh ... What does this allow for? It gives Howard an excuse to hold the ball and be the only player to not have his hand behind his back. This conveniently helps Howard cover the Nike logo on his shorts.
Nike claims that this was all pure coincidence, but you'd have to be a moron to believe that. This photo was clearly set up so both shoe companies blocked each other out.
Also let's keep in mind Nike spends hundreds of millions of dollars on these guys and they sponsor USA basketball, so there's no way they want another company's shoe appearing in a picture like this.
By the way, you may be wondering then why Dwyane Wade, who wears Converse, doesn't have his shoe covered. That's because Nike bought Converse for $305 million in 2003.
There's no hiding from this, Nike. You're clearly guilty here, you greedy pigs.
USA Basketball Team Photo: Artistic or Logo 'Conspiracy' [SportsBiz] via [Fanhouse]
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