Category: Miscellaneous

  • Poland’s Euro 2012 Anthem – Koko Euro Spoko by Jarzebina

    Jarzebina, a group of ladies aged between 32 to 82 got their song – Koko Euro Spoko, which loosely translates to Clucking Cool Euro, to be the one to represent Poland in this Euro 2012 campaign, which they also host.

  • Kevin Durant & James Harden Featuring Kate Upton in Skullcandy’s Take a Supermodel to Work

    Kevin Durant and James Harden should have been pleased to get a day to spend with Kate Upton, but as Skullcandy’s ‘Take a Supermodel to work’ video shows, even the hottest of models can make a few hours of training and practice quite annoying.

  • 2012 NHL Playoffs About Teams Breaking Long Stanley Cup Droughts

    The 2012 NHL playoffs, currently in the conference semifinals stage of things, has 8 teams that have gone quite a long time since their last title. For five of them it’s about winning their first ever Stanley Cup (Predators, Coyotes, Capitals, Blues, Kings) while the other three teams have been going through a long stretch of title droughts, some (Flyers) longer than others (Devils).

  • Painting Yao Ming With a Basketball

    Yao Ming, for a almost an entire decade, was the most popular basketball player in the world. How do you measure popularity? All-Star voting is quite a good measuring stick. Being Chinese helped him get ahead in the global voting, placing him first in the NBA almost each season. Jeremy Lin will also enjoy that same ‘advantage’ come next season.

  • Best NBA Comics Ever?

    NBA players portrayed as kids – some fun, some annoying, some being bullies, as J.O Applegate imagines and demonstrates how some of the league’s biggest stars would look like, playing together during recess.

  • Xavi and Puyol Cover Has to be Changed; Too Gay for Some People?

    While Barcelona players are mostly worried about saving their season and beating Chelsea a the Camp Nou in order to qualify for the Champions League, there other pressing issues regarding the team in Catalonia. Like finding less offending positions of Xavi and Puyol celebrating on a magazine cover.

  • Sidney Crosby Trying to Spark Life Into Penguins

    Sidney Crosby doesn’t like the Philadelphia Flyers. Not their fans, not their players. Especially their fans. After the Philadelphia Daily News put Crosby on its cover with the title – ‘The Cowardly Penguin’ playing on the Wizard of Oz, it’ll be interesting to see how fired up or out of focus Crosby will be in game 4 of their NHL playoff series.

  • El Caminito del Rey – The Most Dangerous Walking Trail in the World

    Caminito Del Rey, the King’s little Pathway, has seen better days. What began as a walkway for workers at hydroelectric power plants later becoming a tourist attraction for the extreme and danger loving type, although its current deteriorated state has turned it into a life threatening experience.

  • Bubba Watson and the Unfair Expectations for More Majors and Being the Face of Golf

    Bubba Watson became just the third left hander to win the Masters, moving him to #4 in World Golf rankings, but bigger questions regarding Watson are not this immediate effect. It’s will he be able to win more majors in the coming years, become the future star and face of golf, and if this is the right direction for the sport.

  • Phil Mickelson Blows Chance For 4th Masters Title With a Triple Bogey on Hole No. 4

    Phil Mickelson had an incredible opportunity to win his fifth major and a fourth masters title, to tie things with Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer. But he shot a triple bogey on the fourth hole, finishing the day with a 72, two behind Oosthuizen and Watson who went on to win the green jacket.