Life and death in Formula 1

My husband Rob is a Formula 1 junkie, and I bet he'd heartily enjoy this book: The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit

Which reminds me: If you haven't seen the movie "Senna," rent or borrow or buy it, even if you know nothing about Formula 1. It's crazy good.

Chew on this

If all 32 NFL teams were Halloween candy, Vikes would be... Bazooka gum?

The Seahawks comparison is actually funnier. And true.

The man who was not Bartman

This guy was sitting next to Steve Bartman, the Cubs fan who will be forever hated for interfering with a certain famous baseball. Great read.

Touchdown

Deadspin's Haters' Guide to the top 25 College Football Teams is a spot of genius. Offensive and profane, sure, but beyond hilarious.

A few examples:

"Alabama. Oh, look! It's the school for girls who don't let their black maids use the indoor toilet!"

"Oregon. Ooooh, LOOGIT US! We're Oregon! No offense gets to the line of scrimmage and then turns the ball over as quickly as we do!"

"Nebraska. Welcome to the Big Ten! I think you Cornhusker fans will fit right in to a second-tier conference that plays unbearably slow, mistake-filled football, a conference that has no prayer of ever regaining its past glory. Really, you should have been here ages ago."

"TCU. Oh hey, you won the Rose Bowl last season! Oh hey, guess what? That game didn't actually mean anything because there was no playoff and no one gives a shit. I'M VERY EXCITED FOR YOUR NEXT PYRRHIC VICTORY."

"Georgia. When you need to go canoeing and be raped in the butt, there's no place like Georgia."

Damn, Drew Magary is hilarious. I'm going to have to buy his new novel, "The Postmortal."

Oh, Brett...

Oh, Brett...

I miss the World Cup

I miss the World Cup. Or at least the anthems.

Fallen Leaf

It's hard to feel too sorry for Ryan Leaf. I'm not sure why he's living with his parents if he had someone help him invest his $11 million signing bonus.

But he always makes me think of this song, which I love so much.

...to the wall

Pete Carroll coached his first Seahawks game tonight (they won, but it's preseason anyway).

I found this from his Wikipedia bio pretty funny.

"Because of his aggressive style, the USC band has given him the nickname Big Balls Pete. At football games, when Pete Carroll decides to go for it on fourth down, the band will start a chant of Big Balls Pete that carries over to the student and alumni sections."

File under "Duh"

Now I'm a Vikings fan first and foremost, but I've taken to the Seahawks as my second team, and of course Rob and I went to a big party in 2006, when they were in the Super Bowl against the Steelers. AND LOST. (Familiar place for me as a Vikings fan.)

It did seem that the refs were blowing the game for Seattle, but I know every fan says that when their team loses the big one. But now even the refs are admitting they blew it.

Straight-arming the world

The Heisman Trophy's famous pose, of a football player stiffarming an invisible opponent, was based on a real guy -- football player Ed Smith, who was just 22 when he posed for it in 1935.

Golden trophy

I have an almost visceral reaction to the FIFA World Cup trophy, in that ... I kind of hate it, but am also fascinated by it.

I don't know how to explain it, but it looks to me like the figures holding the globe are covered with slime, somehow? And it reminds me of a creepy horror movie scene.

Anyway, it is not the original trophy. The original was stolen in 1973, and instead of simply remaking one in that style, FIFA held a design contest and chose this as the new one.

And then this loony bird decided it should wear a hat.

Who pissed off a swarm of bees?

SHUT UP WITH THE DANG HORNS ALREADY!

Auuugh!

Auuugh! The London Olympic mascots are giving me nightmares! But here are some terrifically funny comments about them.

Apparently their names are Wenlock and Mandeville, but I prefer the article's suggestions, which include Warlock and Mandible and Warlord and Matlock.

Twitter at its best

So are you following FakeFatJaMarcus on Twitter? It gets funnier the sadder the real JaMarcus Russell's life becomes.

Although he still has millions and millions, having earned more than $100,000 for every completed pass he threw in the NFL, so likely he's not actually sad at all.

We're gonna win, Twins

Photos of the Target Field opener. Lots of Kirby Puckett images. I know his life was troubled near the end, but I will never forget watching him hit that home run in the World Series. I was there!

Food that strikes out

My pal Rick Nelson tells you what NOT to eat at the Twins new ballpark, Target Field. $4 for a bottle of WATER?

The 10 dumbest Tiger Woods stories

The 10 dumbest Tiger Woods stories.

The best one is when Us Magazine breathlessly reports that Tiger's wife was seen not wearing her sunglasses and her eyes were puffy. STOP. THE. PRESSES!

IT'S A TRAP!

Do it, Ole Miss! Pick up Admiral Ackbar as your new mascot!

Challenges, obstacles

Apolo Anton Ohno's profile on The Onion. Hilarious!

Snowkaathalaan

The Onion invents a totally awesome Winter Olympics event.