Tag Archives: football

Conspiracy theories take root around the Penn State pedophilia case

As it’s been a while since we’ve had a good conspiracy theory thread here on the site, and as I haven’t yet opined on the whole Penn State pedophilia scandal, I thought that I’d move the following clip up to the front page. It comes from the website of the New England Sports Network, and […]

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Detroit’s bet with America

Sometimes, when I don’t have anything to say, I just repost something from Facebook. This is one of those times. So, I want to start by apologizing to anyone among my friends may have already seen this. I just think it’s too good of an idea to be lost to the archives of Facebook. Anyway, […]

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Ypsi/Abor Exit Interview: Thomas Kula

When I think about the kind of people we need more of in Ypsi, there are probably five or six distinct archetypes that come to mind. If I ever went to the trouble of naming them, one would certainly be called “The Kula” in honor of the man we’re talking to here tonight. Thomas moved […]

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The universe continues to shit on the Detroit Lions

Maybe I’m not qualified to comment, as I don’t know shit about football, but this sure as hell looks like a touchdown to me. My question is this… Is there any historical precedent for the NFL changing the outcome of a game once it’s been called on the field? I ask because it seems as […]

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Rallying football hooligans to the anti-Muslim cause in Europe

I’ve been meaning to pass along a link to this article on the so-called English Defense League for the past week or so. I find the intersection of football hooliganism and anti-Muslim violence to be both absolutely fascinating and completely terrifying. Here’s how the article begins. A middle-age, respectable looking man has emerged as a […]

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