Category Archives: Drop The Ball

A view of sports from a non-sports person

I can do modeling
Apr 30 2013

News Mash: Tim Tebow is out of a job. Hmm, maybe he should try modeling lingerie for men!

Aww…

Poor Tim Tebow!

Did you hear?

Apparently the unlucky Heisman Trophy winner from 2011…

Has been released from the Jets training camp!

Wha?!

Oh, no!!!!!!

[via NYPost]Jets release Tim Tebow ~By BRIAN COSTELLO

Tebow Time is up.

The Jets released popular backup quarterback Tim Tebow on Monday morning, The Post has learned. The move comes three days after they drafted Geno Smith in the second round to compete with Mark Sanchez, David Garrard and Greg McElroy for the starting quarterback spot.

It ends Tebow’s 13 months with the Jets that were more memorable for all of the headlines than anything that actually happened on the field. The Jets acquired him from the Broncos in March 2012 for a fourth-round draft pick (the two teams also swapped later draft picks).

The Jets confirmed the news with a press release that included a quote from coach Rex Ryan.

“We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow,” Ryan said in the statement. “Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. Tim is an extremely hard worker, evident by the shape he came back in this offseason. We wish him the best moving forward.”

Tebow reported to the Jets training center in Florham Park to work out this morning, according to a source. Before he made it to the weight room, he was summoned to general manager John Idzik’s office where he was informed of his release by Idzik and Ryan.

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Poor boy needs another job!

But as much as I love the guy, (all for purely athletic appreciative purposes, of course)…

The chances of him getting picked up as a free agent?

Slim to none.

No worries though, Tim!

Anguished Repose has found just the job for you:

[via Metro]Lingerie firm launches women’s underwear for menMen's lingerie, underwear

HommeMystere are hoping their new range of lingerie for males, which includes thongs and padded bras, will change the landscape of men’s underwear.

The Australian firm said their under garments include ‘comfortable men’s panties that really do fit, bra straps that don’t fall off the shoulder, teddies that don’t ride up halfway through the night and quality soft fabrics that feel great for all day wear’.

The label already has a UK seller so men this side of the world can look forward to more ‘enjoyable’ pants.

And the company are keen to stress the garments are not just for gay men.

They added: ‘We provide our lingerie for guys.

‘We are not concerned if you are gay, straight, vegetarian, republican, anglican, martian or any other persuasion.

‘We just design and manufacture attractive luxury underwear for men.’

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Oh, come on….

What?

Tim Tebow is a good looking man.

Can’t you see him in a cute little pink nightie?

No?

Hmmm.

Just me then.

I can do modeling

Good to know
Apr 6 2013

News Mash: Poverty rates spike for all Americans… Who are NOT Tony Romo!

No matter what the White house might say to the contrary?

If you actually LIVE in the U.S. & do not benefit from making 400K a year…

Oh, excuse me, I mean 380K a year? (Cause yeah, Obama took a whopping 5% salary cut to “help out”. *rolls eyes* Woo freaking hoo.)

YOU know just how hard times are, these days:

[via YahooNews]Help shrinks as poverty spikes in the US ~by Steven r. Hurst, Associated Press

…The U.S. Census Bureau puts the number of Americans in poverty at levels not seen since the mid-1960s when President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the federal government’s so-called War on Poverty.

As President Barack Obama began his second term in January, nearly 50 million Americans — one in six — were living below the income line that defines poverty, according to the bureau. A family of four that earns less than $23,021 a year is listed as living in poverty. The bureau said 20 percent of the country’s children are poor.

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That is…

Unless you are a crappy quarterback who can’t get his team to the super bowl.

Cause then?

Oh, yeah…

Economic times are just coming up ROSES for you!

[via ATR.org]Tony Romo New Highest Paid NFL Player After Taxes

Texas Further Demonstrates Its Economic Prosperity With No State Income Tax

Over Easter weekend, franchise quarterback Tony Romo signed a 6-year $108 million contract extension to remain with the Dallas Cowboys. While the estimated $18 million per year makes Romo the fifth highest paid player based on salary, he is actually the new highest paid player after taxes in the NFL.

The Cowboys QB now claims the top spot previously held by Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints because of no state income tax in Texas. With Romo’s income tax burden being 39.6 percent – the top marginal federal income tax rate in the U.S. – and estimated tax liability of $7.12 million, he still stands to earn $752,000 more than Brees.

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My, oh my.

How wonderful it must be for those precious few, who can totally FAIL at your job?

And yet still you are rewarded.

Jeez.

Good to know [Source]

suck
Mar 6 2013

News Mash: It’s enough to cause a brain aneurysm…$120.6M for a football player? Seriously?!

I’m a football fan.

I adore the pageantry, the violence, and all those cute, burly men, running around sweating and in tight, bright spandex pants.

Honestly.

What’s not to love?

But I must say, it’s news like THIS (below)…

Which makes me love the sport a little less, than oh I don’t know, say discovering I have a brain aneurysm, which will likely rupture in my near future, killing me dead:

[via USAToday]Joe Flacco: $120.6M made me feel ‘like I was respected around here’

OWINGS MILLS, Md. – Joe Flacco takes issue with the notion that winning a Super Bowl MVP factored heavily in his new $120.6 million contract, the most lucrative in NFL history.

Said the Ravens quarterback, upon signing his six-year contract Monday afternoon: “I’m worth what I’m worth.”

He added: “I think I bring to the table what I bring to the table. The fact that we won the Super Bowl just comes with that. If we didn’t win the Super Bowl this year, I still think I’m worth the same. It may not be seen that way, but that’s the bottom line. I think I give this team the best chance to win moving forward, whether we won or lost.”

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I’m sorry…

No.

I don’t care how good they are with the ball, how good they are in offense, how good they are in defense, how many points they make for their team; I don’t care if they can crap balls, shoot defensive lasers from their fingers or speed down the field via little in-born roller blades on the bottom of their feet…

NO PROFESSIONAL SPORTS PLAYER IS WORTH THIS KIND OF MONEY!

In today’s day and age, people are getting their butt kicked by the bad economy & THIS (above) scumbag thinks he is WORTH 120 million dollars?

Pffft.

I got news for you, honey, NO ONE is worth 120 million dollars.

Well, except maybe the guy who finally gets the U.S. out of the present economic hole it has dug itself in, but I don’t see THAT guy anywhere in my near future either…

Which sadly pains me, just as much as my proverbial brain aneurysm.

Dammit, I tell ya, its enough to make me wanna do THIS (below):

A lizard that squirts blood – from its eyes? Just watch, it might save the lizard’s life.

*shoots blood from my eyes*

“I’m worth what I’m worth.”

120 million dollars a year!

Pffft.

You have GOT to be kidding me?

Jeez.

suck

without a man card
Feb 6 2013

News Mash: If Obama’s “man card” gets revoked? He needs to get this ring to help get it back!

Revoking a dude’s “man card”?

I get that you disagree with his politics and all…

But whoa, dude. *shakes head sadly*

Is this really necessary?

[via Mediaite] Glenn Beck has taken it upon himself to officially “revoke” President Obama‘s “man card.” Beck was responding to the president’s comments to CBS News’ Scott Pelley during a pre-Super Bowl interview that he’d “have to think about it” before letting his hypothetical son play football.

Beck played a clip from the interview on his online show and interjected the word “girl” in between the president’s statements, before switching into a “female” voice to mock him. When Obama was finished making his rather cautious comments on the matter, Beck began his full-on attack.

“His man card has been revoked by me, and that’s saying something” Beck said. “When I’m saying you’re a girl, you are absolutely 100% girl power.” He proceeded to slam the president for getting too “philosophical” and “complex” in his answers to questions, which according to Beck was further evidence of Obama’s femininity.

Referring to Obama’s nuanced approach to the football issue, Beck continued, “You’re a full-fledged woman. I never heard anybody but a woman say that.” He explained that only women are concerned about the dangers of football and “every guy, even me, says ‘relax.’”

Taking a stern tone, Beck said, “Stop being such a chick, Mr. President. Stop it. You’re commander-in-chief. Not chick-in-chief.”

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Answer: No. It Is Not.

Look…

Not a big fan of Obama’s myself, but the “man card” needs to be left the heck alone.

It is, after all, how they “identify”.

What is a man, WITHOUT his man card?

without a man card

And because he is?

Decided to do what I could to up Obama’s man-points, since  Glenn Beck harshly decided to take some away and all for his foolish football comments.

[Though woosie-fied they may be.]

Here you go, Obama…

The perfect ring for you, to up your much dwindling man-points:

[via The Blaze] Although jewelry might be on a lady’s Valentine’s Day wish list, it’s likely not a No.1 seller for the relationship-celebrating holiday when it comes to men. But this titanium “man ring” might be an exception.

BooneRings Man Ring Reveals Hidden Tools Like an Unfolding Swiss Army Knife

The $385 ring by BooneRings on Etsy has the following tools hidden inside of it that unfold like a Swiss Army knife:

It has a working bottle opener, a straight blade perfect for cutting packing tape or fishing line, a serrated blade for tougher things like nylon strapping or those tough to open electronics heat sealed packages, a saw for cutting plastic and wood, and it has a comb! Although the comb is tiny, it actually does a surprisingly good job on the ‘stache or head! You would be amazed at just how handy this ring is.

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Now…

Wear it proudly.

And please just ignore football all together.

Thanks.

If you're not alive
Feb 2 2013

I’m alive and love this city – Save Me, San Francisco…And Colin Kaepernick!

Every man should be allowed to love two cities, his own and San Francisco.
~Gene Fowler

If you're not alive

[Source]

San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality.
~Paul Kantner

Man I wish I had fake girlfriends
Jan 19 2013

News Mash: Sure, fake girlfriends are bad, but real girlfriends are expensive..Just ask Tiger!

The people who actually ask:

“Why would creating a fake girlfriend be necessary?”

I’m pretty sure…

Are not asking the RIGHT question.

[via The Blaze] The Manti Te’o mystery isn’t getting much clearer.

After the Notre Dame linebacker’s tragic, heartwarming story about playing through the death of his girlfriend was revealed to be an elaborate hoax, Te’o — and the university — insisted he had been the victim of a cruel prank.

Te’o and Notre Dame said the star player learned on Dec. 6 that “Lennay Kekua” was not real — but that’s odd, because Te’o talked about publicly at least twice after the fact.

“I don’t like cancer at all. I lost both my grandparents and my girlfriend to cancer,” Te’o told reporters before the Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York City on Dec. 8.

Then in an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Dec. 9, Te’o said of the decision to play a game days after Lennay Kekua supposedly died: “She made me promise, when it happened, that I would stay and play.”

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick cast Te’o as having been tricked into an online romance with a woman using a fake name, and then being fooled into believing she had died of leukemia the same day his grandmother — really — died in September. Te’o became a campus hero for leading Notre Dame to its best season in decades after battling back from the devastating dual losses, even coming in second for the Heisman.

Yahoo! Sports reported Thursday that some Notre Dame administrators actually pushed for a public disclosure last week, but were pressed by Te’o’s agent to hold off until Monday so the linebacker could “release his version of events.” That didn’t happen, and the story broke on Deadspin.com Wednesday.

Deadspin.com also cast serious doubt on the idea of Te’o as a victim, speaking with sources who attested to Te’o’s closeness with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the man believed to have posed online as Lennay Kekua. A woman who was Facebook friends with Tuiasosopo told Deadspin, “Manti and Ronaiah are family, or at least family friends,” while another friend of Tuiasosopo’s said he was “80 percent sure” Te’o was “in on it” and said the two had schemed to create Kekua’s death for publicity.

…[Read More]

No.

The question should not be so much “Why?”…

As much as it should be “Why the Hell NOT!?!?”

I mean, just ask Tiger Woods.

A man who?

Would have benefited from a fake girlfriend or two…

Instead of sexing it up with like a million of REAL ones:

[via Jezebel] Tiger Woods Re-Proposes to Ex-Wife Elin Nordegren with $200 Million Prenup Because OH, SURE, WHY Man I wish I had fake girlfriendsNOT ~ by Lindy West

Well, this can only go well. I mean, the only thing Tiger Woods is better at than golf is fucking up marriages to Elin Nordegren. So why not give it another go-round, eh? You could go two for two! Win a fine blazer! For the wedding theme, they’re wavering between “Best Idea-Havers in Sports History,” “Fucking That Ass That I Own,” and “lolololololololooololllololooloollol.” The bridesmaids will wear matching dresses in golden-showering-upon-a-porn-star-yellow. Best wishes to the blushing lovebirds.

The shamed sportsman, who was exposed for his serial cheating behind Elin’s back in 2009, is desperate to win her back, the magazine claims, offered a $200 million prenup to the stunning Swede.

And she is said to be considering the proposal, but only if he includes a $350 million anti-cheating clause.
Elin, 33, who had children Samantha, five, and three-year-old Charlie with the ace, won a $110 million settlement when she divorced Woods.

Now she is said to feel the new deal, worth more than half of Woods’ $600 million, would be enough to keep him from cheating again.

…[Read More]

So…

When it comes to fake vs REAL?

Fake does have its benefits.

Cause I have never heard of a fake girlfriend costing ANY man 200-350 million dollars.

Just something to think about.

Media Ignores
Jan 13 2013

Poetic Celebrity Parody – This Bit Of Celebrity That I’m Makin’ Edition!

Don’t be bitter
Don’t be hatin’
This bit of celebrity…
That I’m makin’

I’m your girlfriend
You should be proud
That I’m this beautiful…
Surely no dowd

So suck it up
My quarterback chump
You are now the boyfriend of a celebrity!

Oh, you should be SOOO happy!

Media Ignores[Source]

[via The Superficial] Thanks to Brent Musburger‘s pacemaker rocketing out of his penis during the BCS Championship, Katherine Webb became an instant Internet sensation which apparently pissed off her boyfriend, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, who thinks everyone should be talking about how awesome his football team is and nothing else. NOTHING ELSE! I’m sorry, baby, coach’s been riding me and keeps giving me these pills… TMZ reports:

McCarron made it clear to her — he’s not happy that the media is ignoring his accomplishments on the field. We’re told Webb is taking her relationship seriously and thinks the publicity could torpedo things with A.J.
In fact, we’re told one major media outlet showed up to Webb’s front door this morning looking to speak with Katherine … but she turned them down. We’re told she also backed out of several interviews that were already scheduled.

You’re probably thinking, yeesh, the only thing that could make this thing worse is a forced statement that makes you think he hit her, so here’s a forced that makes you think he hit her: …

…[Read More]

but he can run
Jan 13 2013

News Mash: When it comes to Tim Tebow? Hope is about all fans have left.

Poor, poor Tim Tebow.

Is he the best quarterback out there?

Pffft, not even close.

He’s marginal (though extremely pretty) at best.

Nevertheless…

He doesn’t deserve THIS:

[via CBSLocal New York] NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Once the Jets’ season wrapped up in disappointing fashion against the Buffalo Bills, it seemed almost certain that it was the last time Tim Tebow would ever wear the Jets’ colors.

It turns out that might not be so.

As the season progressed, and Tebow’s playing time continued to be limited, reports came out that the Jets would release or trade Tebow in the offseason. Reports then indicated that Tebow, who was leapfrogged by third-string quarterback Greg McElroy when Mark Sanchez was struggling, would request to be let go by New York.

Many pointed to the Jaguars, Tebow’s hometown team, as a logical destination for the former first-round pick.

Jacksonville, coming off a disastrous 2-14 season, had expressed interest in bringing the backup quarterback back home.

But then general manager Gene Smith was fired, and on Thursday the team announced that head coach Mike Mularkey will be relieved of his duties.

Dave Caldwell is the new GM in Jacksonville, and he doesn’t appear to be on-board with bringing in the unconventional quarterback.

Speaking at his introductory press conference on Thursday, Caldwell said, “I can’t imagine a scenario where (Tebow) will be a Jacksonville Jaguar.”

Caldwell went on to say that even if Tebow is released, he doesn’t see himself bringing the 25-year-old in.

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For s former first round draft pick…

It must be hard to watch all of the break-out young quarterbacks, this year, strutting their stuff.

Tebow, despite the fact that his passing is notorious bad, does have ONE thing in his favor…

The boy can run.

And considering that is the way the NFL is leaning these days, towards quarterbacks who can run their butts off?

I hope that means at least there is SOME hope left for this young man.

[via NFL]Are running quarterbacks the wave of the future?but he can run

…

Quarterbacks like Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers don’t come around all the time, and for every Andrew Luck that does, there are far more top-10 draft picks at the position that don’t pan out.

It’s incredibly difficult to neutralize that advantage a team has with an elite passing QB. You have to find the right guy, have the patience to develop him and keep a core of veterans in place to help bring him along.

Pure pocket passers are fewer and farther between in the college ranks now, which makes step one above – finding the right guy – a tough enough task. Then it’s even tougher for that player to have a realistic chance to win early.

The Vikings spent the 12th overall pick in 2011 on Christian Ponder, and if he hadn’t finally put it together in the final month of his second season, the Vikings would have been playoff-less for two straight years having made a major draft investment in a franchise QB. Ponder was the fourth QB taken in that draft and the only one to lead his team to a playoff berth thus far.

That’s where the running QBs come in. Maybe the Panthers aren’t letting Cam Newton, the No. 1 pick in the ’11 draft, run enough. Look at the immediate success RGIII, Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick have enjoyed upon getting their chance. Those zone-read option plays give the defense more to think about, and that in effect simplifies the passing playbook because there are only so many exotic defenses a team can throw at a young QB and stay sound against that college-style stuff.

If the complex NFL game is simplified a bit, it gives a young QB a better chance.

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That last line sums it up…

the one thing Tim Tebow hasn’t had this past year:

A chance.

Will there be a team out there to give him one?

A fan can only hope.

Heck…

It’s all we have left.

Dec 22 2012

Stupid Man Tricks – Patriot’s Tom Brady Is Scared of 49ers Chris Culliver, Edition!

Duh!

I mean just look how fast he put on those ‘brakes’…

Big ol’ weenie didn’t even MAKE the attempt, but instead just flapped his hands in fear, as he backed quickly away.

Ugh.

Who’s a woosy?

Tom Brady is One Tough Mamajama[Source]

Yeah…

Tom Brady is.

Kasandra Perkins
Dec 6 2012

News Mash: When it comes to NFL’s Belcher, guns are not the issue…Domestic violence is the issue!

The tragic murder/suicide by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher…

Has inspired LOTS of commentary in the media.

To bad a majority of those in the media are missing the point entirely:

[via NewsBusters] Kansas City sportswriter Jason Whitlock loves to stoke controversy. So after he blamed Jovan Belcher’s murder-suicide on the “gun culture” — inspiring NBC Sports lecturer Bob Costas –  in an interview with Roland Martin, he added fuel to the fire by claiming “the NRA is the new KKK.”

Apparently, black youths are “armed” by the NRA, and they’re also responsible for loading up black neighborhoods with drugs:

WHITLOCK: Sports gets so much attention, and people tune out the real world, that I try to take advantage of the opportunity to talk about the real world when sports lends itself to that and try to open people’s eyes. You know, I did not go as far as I’d like to go because my thoughts on the NRA and America’s gun culture – I believe the NRA is the new KKK. And that the arming of so many black youths, uh, and loading up our community with drugs, and then just having an open shooting gallery, is the work of people who obviously don’t have our best interests [at heart].

I think it’s obvious if you’ve traveled abroad, and traveled to countries where they have legitimate gun laws, that we don’t have to have what we have in America, where people somehow think a gun enhances their liberty, and that people somehow think a gun makes them safer. It just doesn’t. A gun turns some kids listening to music into a murder scene. And uh, you know, if you don’t have a gun, you drive home. You know, kids listening to some loud music, you don’t like it, you go home and complain to your wife. But when you have a gun, you open fire, potentially, and take the life of a child.

That’s just bizarre — the NRA encourages people to shoot people who play loud music?

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Seriously?

Does the idiot above honestly believe that if Belcher wanted his girlfriend dead, and if he didn’t have access to a gun thanks to gun laws…

He wouldn’t have picked up a knife to do the job?

No.

In this instance guns are not the issue.

What should be the issue?

How violence by athletes is casually dismissed in the culture OF violence which is professional sports.

And for all of you idiots out there who claim, ‘What violence?” Complete with ‘duh’ face?

Let’s not go there.

[via Slate] On Saturday, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins to death. Then he Kasandra Perkinsdrove to the Chiefs’ practice facility, where, after thanking two of his coaches and the team’s general manager for all they had done for him, he shot himself in the head.

The Chiefs’ team captains and the NFL decided that Sunday afternoon’s game with the Carolina Panthers would proceed as normal, and, as an acknowledgement of the tragedy, the game began with a moment of silence for victims of domestic violence. It was a nice gesture, but considering the NFL’s serious domestic violence problem, it was sort of an empty one.

The San Diego Union-Tribune hosts a tremendously helpful database of NFL player arrests since 2000. I went through it last night, and determined that of the 32 NFL teams, 21 of them have this year had at least one player who’s been charged at some point with domestic violence or sexual assault. (I should note that some of these charges were withdrawn, and some of the players were acquitted. I should also note that charges are often withdrawn in domestic violence cases, even when the accused is almost certainly guilty. I should finally note that even though this database is thorough, it is likely not totally comprehensive.)

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In summation?

Guns are NOT the problem. They are merely a distraction.

The problem?

Is how the NFL dismisses violence perpetrated off the field, by its players, to make sure that the violence ON the field…

Continues to give the fans what they want.

Good games. [How else do you describe THIS: Ben Roethlisberger Beats 3rd Rape Charge]

And just how disturbing and horrifically twisted is THAT?

The NFL should be ashamed.

[via The DailyBeast]In the NFL, as soon as a man shows his weakness, he is replaced and no one sees him ever again. The other men learn to keep their pain to themselves, writes former Denver Bronco Nate Jackson.

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The NFL’s decision to carry on with business Sunday, after Belcher killed Perkins and then himself Saturday, drives home the point.No matter what happens in life, there will be a football game on Sunday.

I am in no position to speculate as to why Jovan Belcher did what he did. Whether the constant frontal-lobe smashing made him more prone to lose control is a question I’ll leave to the scientists. But what I can say without any doubt is that the NFL is a breeding ground for mental illness.

When I played in the league, my moods were erratic. I was in constant pain, some days worse than others. I medicated myself with pills, alcohol, and marijuana. The substances were not a problem for me and were not the source of my pain. Football was the source of my pain.

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But as long as unbalanced, violent players continue to make the NFL money…

On the field?

The violence OFF the field will continued to be propagated.

And for no other reason?

Than the NFL does not deem fit to stop it.

tough as nails
Nov 12 2012

News Mash: When it comes to football, anything boys can do…Girls can do better? Huh?!

Girls are often told…

When it comes to full contact sports, such as football?

That they cannot compete with boys.

Oh really?

[via PopSci] …Erin DiMeglio, the first female quarterback to play high school football in Florida, made a splash by taking a spot on her team. But some research indicates it’s an uphill battle.

It may be a borderline-offensive schoolyard taunt, but “throws like a girl” has an element of truth. Studies suggest that girls often don’t throw as well as boys. (Boys v. girls is a little diminutive, but it’s an important distinction; we’ll get to that.) In fact, the “throwing gap,” as it’s called, is one of the biggest differences between the genders. It’s not just the largest gap in physical activities–although it’s the largest gap in that field–it’s possibly the most salient gap. Period.

…

Before puberty, the physical differences between boys and girls (see?) aren’t enough to account for the throwing gap; structurally, their bodies should produce the same distance and speed in a throw. Nonetheless, girls are more likely to, for example, throw in a dart-tossing motion or step forward with the incorrect foot, which means a weaker throw. The age group from Hyde’s report still falls into post-pubescence, when those natural, physical differences in size and muscle can distort the data, but even at age 4, says Jerry Thomas, dean of the College of Education at the University of North Texas in Denton, the difference is three times higher than any other motor function. In the U.S., where we’re so proud of The National Pastime, the effect of doting parents vetting their boys while letting the girls slide on the skill has an effect–the same way it does anywhere baseball or other throwing-heavy sports are popular–but Thomas has researched this, too.

To account for the effects of nurturing, Thomas studied aboriginal children in Australia, who throw the same amount regardless of gender. The girls threw tennis balls at about eight-tenths the velocity of their male counterparts. In the U.S. that’s only slightly more pronounced, as The Washington Post points out, with girls throwing about 51 to 78 percent of the velocity. That suggests there’s some kind of explanation in addition to nurture.

Thomas pegs evolution for that, hypothesizing that throwing was the most important trait for hunting, and that the best (male) hunter was more likely to pass on his genes with the woman of his choosing. There’s no way to test that theory, of course–”It’s not one of those things you can go back and randomly assign people to groups and try to figure out”–but the other skills he studied, like running and jumping, would be more necessary for both sexes to use, so might account for why the gap is less pronounced today. Skills that might not be used as much by either sex, even ones as similar as underhand throwing, as opposed to ready-for-the-buffalo-slaying overhand, wouldn’t show the same difference.

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There are plenty of boys chasing this little girl but they are not after a kiss on the school playground – they are trying to tackle her on the football pitch.

Only problem is that nine-year-old Sam Gordon is too fast for them to catch, earning her the nickname Sweet Feet.

What started as a way to keep up with her big brother, has turned Sam into a star player in her local, all-boys football league in Utah, becoming one of the fastest children in the Salt Lake City area ‘Gremlins’ league as well as breaking and making tackles among the much bigger players.

After outrunning the boys in various speed and agility drills, Sam was made quarterback for her team.

Now a video posted online by her father Brent Gordon showing her play highlights has gone viral as people continue to be amazed at what the young, fearless girl can do and she has only been playing for a year.

Her coach Chris Staib was quoted by Yahoo!Sports saying: ‘She could cut and follow blocks like a college football player.’

…[Read More]

Just remember boys…

Anything you can do?

Sometimes she can do better.

Maybe not ALL the time…

But definitely some of the time.

So check the taunts, eh boys?

Cause there is always that ONE girl you taunt…

Who can back up her junk.

I love to golf
Oct 27 2012

News Mash: Note to leopard shark, ‘crucial survival behaviours’ do NOT include golf!

BREAKING NEWS:

Science has discovered that crucial survival behaviors are learned.

And?

Not just by humans, but across ALL species boundaries.

*whispers* Even the tiny ones.

[via CosmosMagazine] ADELAIDE: Crucial survival behaviours, such as mating and learning from experience, may be controlled by a similar system conserved all the way from worms to humans, according to new research.

The researchers studied C. elegans, a transparent nematode or roundworm about one millimetre in length that is often used as a model organism in biological experiments. The results, published in two independent papers in the U.S. journal Science, confirm the idea that worms and other invertebrates can offer key insights into understanding human behaviour – and could eventually lead to new ideas for treating social and neurological disorders in humans.

Cornelia Bargmann from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in New York, whose paper looked at reproduction in C. elegans, said she was surprised but delighted with the results from her laboratory.

“The results suggest that even complex behaviours have a common biological vocabulary that is shared by vertebrates and invertebrates,” she said.

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However, unfortunately?

This learned ‘crucial survivor behavior’ has NOT been learned yet by this particular marine animal…

The shark.

And I say this because?

BREAKING NEWS:

Live leopard shark discovers that no, despite its desires, playing golf? Not a good crucial survivor behavior.

At all.

Pssst, probably because of that whole ‘fish out of water‘ deal…

[via LiveScience] At the San Juan Hills Golf Club in southern California, course hazards include sand traps and falling sharks.

Or they did on Monday (Oct. 22) afternoon, when a 2-foot-long, live leopard shark apparently plummeted from the sky and landed very close to the 12th tee box at the San Juan Capistrano, Calif., course.

The writhing fish out of water was discovered by an on-duty course marshal, who acted fast to save the shark, according to the Capistrano Dispatch.

He loaded it onto his golf cart and drove it back to the clubhouse, where other employees joined the cause to save the wayward animal. After briefly placing the shark in a bucket of homemade salt water, cart attendant Bryan Stizer used his break to drive the shark to the Pacific Ocean, about 4 miles (6.5 kilometers) away.

“I thought he was dead,” Stizer told the Dispatch. “When I dropped him into the water, he just lied there for a few seconds, but then he did a twist and shot off into the water.”

The shark, which reportedly had two bleeding wounds near its dorsal fin, is thought to have been dropped over the golf course by a predatory bird, though no one is known to have actually seen the shark fall.

…[Read More]

And one would think that playing golf would NOT be a ‘crucial’ survivor behavior for anyone…

Not just sharks.

And yet millions of people do it every year.

There’s no accounting for taste.

I hate tim
Sep 4 2012

News Mash: Sure, Mark Sanchez might lose the Jets to Tim Tebow, but at least he has Eva Longoria!

When you’re a Jet…

(And no, I am not talking those Jets, but these!)

It’s tough.

Especially if you are the starting quarterback, and one?

With an extremely popular backup quarterback just waiting to take that spot you have worked so hard for.

Buddy?

It doesn’t look good for you!

[via NYDailyNews]Tim Tebow will be the Jets starting quarterback by Nov. 11 in Seattle.

It won’t necessarily be all Mark Sanchez’s doing, but it doesn’t appear the Jets are going to be scoring a lot of points this season. How could they? Rookie running back Terrance Ganaway scored their only TD of the preseason and then was released. The Jets have a rough first-half schedule and if they go into their bye at 3-5 or 2-6, Ryan’s job security will become an issue for the first time. How does he shake things up and appease the fans? He puts in Tebow.

[Read More]

At least on the football field.

On the romance playing field however?

Oh, Mark…

Things are looking much more positive.

[via DailyMail]Eva Longoria has no intention of sitting at home mourning the end of her relationship with Eduardo Cruz,.

Just a few weeks after their split the 37-year-old actress was spotted on a dinner date on Friday night with her latest paramour, 25-year-old New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez

The new couple appeared completely at ease as they sat at an outdoor table near Sanchez’s Colonial cottage at Donald Trump’s National Golf Club in New York. [Read More]

So, sure…

There are millions of fans just waiting for you to screw up, just so they can get the amazingly handsome Tim Tebow?

To come in as your replacement.

But that shouldn’t depress you too much…

Because you have Eva Longoria as a ‘fallback’.

….

……

…….

Wow, huh?

No.

*cough*

OK, no…

Dude, you should SERIOUSLY be depressed.

Heck, I am depressed for you…

And I’m not even a fan.

And with that said, I must now say?

“Go Tebow – Play that football! But watch that face, baby, watch that face!”

full of crap
Aug 27 2012

News Mash: What the USADA is doing to Lance Armstrong? A total load of bull$#*%!

Let me just say for the record…

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency SUCKS!

This is a kick in the gut of the WORST sort, and all based on what I would like to know?

No physical evidence…

That’s what!

[via AP] The champagne toasts on the Champs-Elysees and the two-fingered “V” for victory signs he flashed while pedaling to the finish line.

The excruciating mountain climbs and the explosions of power that pushed him past other heaving cyclists on narrow Alpine roads.

The legions of fans wearing yellow Livestrong bracelets cheering on the cancer survivor whose grit and determination gave them hope.

Faded images are all that remain of the unprecedented cycling career of Lance Armstrong.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency erased the rest of it on Friday.

It wiped out 14 years of Armstrong’s career – including his record seven Tour de France titles – and barred him for life from the sport after concluding he used banned substances.

USADA said it expected cycling’s governing body to take similar action, but the International Cycling Union was measured in its response, saying it first wanted a full explanation of why Armstrong should relinquish Tour titles he won from 1999 through 2005.

The Amaury Sport Organization, which runs the world’s most prestigious cycling race, said it would not comment until hearing from the UCI and USADA. The U.S. agency contends the cycling body is bound by the World Anti-Doping Code to strip Armstrong of one of the most incredible achievements in sports.

Armstrong, who retired a year ago and turns 41 next month, said Thursday he would no longer challenge USADA and declined to exercise his last option by entering arbitration. He denied again that he ever took banned substances in his career, calling USADA’s investigation a “witch hunt” without any physical evidence. [Read More]

Not to add to your worries, or upset there Lance?

But you might wanna go get your gut checked.

That last gut-kick?

Might have lasting consequences.

[via ScienceNews] Kick in the gut may lead to IBD

In a healthy gut, a thin layer of mucus-lined intestinal wall separates billions of beneficial bacteria from the immune system. But in the throes of an intestinal infection, the walls are breached and both infectious and beneficial microbes penetrate the intestinal wall.

Immunologist Timothy Hand of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Md., and his colleagues show online August 23 in Science that in mice these breaches cause immune cells to lose their tolerance for the beneficial bacteria. Worse yet, the T cells form long-lasting memory cells that harbor the ability to bring the beneficial bacteria under friendly fire in subsequent encounters.

The new findings suggest a role for misdirected T cells in inflammatory bowel ailments such as Crohn’s disease, in which there is evidence of barrier breaching and T cell dysfunction. In this way, gut infections might prime T cells for a subsequent destructive role and, Hand suggests, predispose some people to the disease. [Read More]

Stupid USADA…

If anyone deserves a gut-kick, it’s them.

They are sooooo full of crap!

which is odder more unique
May 2 2012

News Mash: To know you, is to know you are genuine!

Just because something seems odd…
Out of place.
The fact that it doesn’t fit into any predetermined slots devised today?
Doesn’t mean it’s a freak!

[via The Blaze] Scientists are trying to find out just where this newly discovered microorganism found in mud from a Norwegian lake fits into the tree of life.

Time for a quick biology lesson. We know that in taxonomic classification we follow something called the phylogenetic tree (think: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species). Where scientists are struggling with this organism’s classification according to Popular Science is at nearly the highest level: kingdom.

So let’s start with what we do know. It’s eukaryotic, meaning it has cell membranes and nuclei. This also means under the current system, it would need to be classified in the kingdom Animalia,Plantae, Fungi or Protista. Popular Science states this organism, known more specifically as Collodictyon, most closely resembles an “algae-eating protozoan” but it doesn’t fit exactly into that category. Here’s why:

The organism is weird in several key ways. It has four flagella, for instance, which makes it different from bacteria and eukaryotes. Mammals, fungi and amoebae only have one flagellum — that’s the propeller-like feature that helps cells move (think of the “tail” of a sperm cell). Algae, plants and single-celled parasites called excavates are thought to have had two flagella. Collodictyon is somewhere between an excavate and an amoeba.

Also, the organism has the same internal structure as a parasite, but it uses amoeba-like protuberances to catch its food, which are blue-green algae. So again, it combines features from two branches of the eukaryotes, further evidence that it’s a primordial creature, the researchers say.

The research on this organism’s genetic makeup is being led by Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi with the Microbial Evolution Research Group (MERG) at the University of Oslo. It wasn’t that long ago, 1990, that a brand new branch was added to the phylogenetic tree to include the new Domain and Kingdom Archaea, so Popular Science notes it is not out of the realm of possibilty as research on this organism continues for it to be found of a new branch.

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No…
In fact, all it could mean?
Is that it is wonderfully unique.

[via NYPost] Last week, the proprietors of the adultery-promoting Web site Ashley Madison offered $1 million to anyone who can “prove” she’s had sex with Tim Tebow.

Sure, it’s a stunt by a site that caters to married people seeking affairs, snarking at a famous virgin. But it also tells us something about the modern quest for “authenticity.”

We supposedly prize “realness.” You see a contestant on a food-competition TV show told he’s not being “authentic” enough in his cooking. We hear that Mitt Romney suffers from not “being himself” — we don’t feel like we know the true Mitt Romney. Being called “fake” is one of the more devastating modern put-downs.

What, then, are we to make of the animosity toward Tebow — one of the most genuine people in public life?

It can’t just be that people dislike overt religiosity. Sports players come off the field all the time, look into the cameras and thank Jesus Christ for a win.

We don’t blink when they do it — maybe because it usually sounds so automated. I suspect we shrug off that in-your-face religiousness because some part of us doesn’t believe they truly mean it.

In other words, it seems fake, so we’re OK with it.

With Tebow, there’s no such skepticism. By now, his every word about his faith has been parsed and repeated; “Tebowing” is a phenomenon.

And it’s his earnestness — the quality we claim to want in our celebrities — that rubs some the wrong way.

They want “real,” sure — but they don’t want Tebow’s faith to be real.

In fact, even the Ashley Madison folks know it is genuine. The size of their offered prize tells you they don’t actually think they’ll find anyone. (After all, no one was offering $1 million to prove Britney Spears was not that innocent, back when she was proclaiming her virginity.)

And it bothers them that Tebow is Tebow.[...][Read More]

Dare to be who you are
Despite dissenter and all those who tell you…
It is not natural to be you!

No matter WHAT others might say to the contrary.
Celebrate your differences.
And live your life?
Without any society stipulated hindrances!

Be YOU!

And be proud of that.