Tag Archives: football

Madge On M.I.A.

“I was really surprised. I didn’t know anything about it. I wasn’t happy about it. I understand it’s punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy and positivity; it seemed negative. It’s such a teenager, irrelevant thing to do. There was such a feeling of love and unity there. What was …

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Wingnuts Outraged That Millions Saw The Most Famous Hand Gesture In The World

The Parents Television Council is outraged that nobody will take responsibility for M.I.A.’s flipping the bird during the Super Bowl. Because children saw it. Explanations and apologies by both the league and the network ring hollow, says Dan Isett of the Parents Television Council, seeing that both are essentially blaming each other. “NBC is blaming the NFL for having hired …

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Super Bowl Prank

Kimmel told his viewers to record the reactions after unplugging the TV during a critical moment in the game.

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UMass Students React To Super Bowl

I wouldn’t quite call it a “riot,” but maybe throwing beer bottles at cops qualifies. Dumbassery on parade.(Tipped by JMG reader Chelsea)

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The Brotherhood Of NBC

I really really liked this.

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Tomorrow: NY Giants Ticker-Tape Parade

It’s been decades since ticker-tape went the way of the rotary phone, but that’s what they’re calling tomorrow’s Manhattan celebration for the Giants. But good luck getting anywhere within sight of the players as millions are expected to descend on the Canyon Of Heroes. New York City will be hosting a ticker-tape parade and City Hall ceremony for Super Bowl …

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GLAAD To CNN: Fire Roland Martin

CNN commentator Roland Martin got into a Twitter war with gay activists last night after he made two tweets that appear to endorse violence against unmasculine men. Today GLAAD is calling for Martin to be fired. At a time when the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs found that violence against LGBT people was up 23%, we need people in the …

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Super Bird

Oh how shocking.

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Madonna At The Super Bowl

I thought it was fucking fantastic. And easily the gay gay gayest national sporting event in the history of everything. UPDATE: Clip yanked. Looking for another. UPDATE II: This one won’t last either. Watch it now.

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Super Bowl Parking

GLSEN is live-tweeting from the stadium where their anti-bullying PSA will show on the Jumbotron.

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Atheist Banner To Fly Over Super Bowl

A banner plane will tow an atheist message above the Super Bowl tomorrow. But not during the actual game, apparently. An Atheist civil rights group announced today that it will be flying an airplane banner on Super Bowl Sunday around Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The banner will read “Football beats church anytime – atheists.org.” The banner is scheduled to …

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LAUNCHED: Super Bowl Campaign To Change Channel During Madonna

A coalition of Christian churches is promoting their adoption video as “family friendly alternative” to sitting through Madonna’s Satan-fueled Super Bowl halftime show. The three-minute video features former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy and his wife, Lauren, urging Christians to consider adopting orphans. The Dungys, who have adopted several children themselves, say doing so mirrors the adoption of believers …

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GLSEN’s PSA To Play At Super Bowl

GLSEN’s Think Before You Speak PSA will run on the Jumbotron for tens of thousands of fans attending this weekend’s Super Bowl. Via press release: “GLSEN is thrilled to share the Think Before You Speak campaign’s message of respect with tens of thousands of football fans attending the Super Bowl this year,” said GLSEN Executive Director Dr. Eliza Byard. “The …

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How To Reinforce Stereotypes

During yesterday’s playoffs I idly wondered aloud when Nebraska had gotten a pro football team. I was tartly informed that the “NE” on the scoreboard actually stood for New England. Whatever. I liked the team in the purple blouses.

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Coach Joe Paterno Dies At Age 85

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Poll Shows 43% Of Americans Are Nuts

They should repeat this poll in light of last night’s result. The Jan. 8 survey involved 756 people who were up to date on Tebow. The youthful 18-to-29-year-old demographic was the one most apt to believe that it isn’t just the football gods who are smiling on Tebow, with 52.3% saying yes to the Divine Intervention theory. Among ethnic groups, …

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Single-Digit Wind Chills For NYC

It’s colder in Gotham than in Green Bay.

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Children Of The NFL Corn

As Tim Tebow embarrassed himself in front of God and all the other white people in heaven, his masters at Focus On The Family ran their beyond creepy tribute to brainwashing. UPDATE: A petition has already been posted on Change.org that demands an apology from CBS.

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Bumper Stickers Now On Sale

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Did Jesus Intervene?

Item One: From a Buzzfeed photo essay. Item Two: My most-forwarded tweet from yesterday. Item Three: No comment. Courtesy of JMG reader Homer.

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