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World Net Daily is upset because Fox has rejected a Super Bowl ad promoting the scripture John 3:16, which became famous for being seen at major sporting events thanks to Rollen “Rainbow Man” Stewart (seen above). They quote the ad’s maker: “The rainbow man, the guy we always used to see standing in end zones after field goal and extra …

Frito-Lay wants you to know that they have nothing to do with all those gay-themed Doritos ads pretending to be Super Bowl contenders. GLAAD reports: There has been tremendous confusion however, about what these ads actually are. Some say they could run during the Super Bowl – others say the ads were created by fans of Doritos, and will never …

Surely just an unfortunate typo, right?

Fox has rejected the below Super Bowl ad from the wingnut site Jesus Hates Obama, which sells t-shirts and bobblehead dolls with their message. The banning will doubtlessly send them more traffic than the ad ever would have. Also rejected is an ad from the heterosexual pro-adultery site, Ashley Madison.

Catholics and Freepers have launched a petition against this entry in a contest in which the winning ad will be aired during the Super Bowl. Currently, this clip leads in the voting. Wait until Bill Donohue sees it! (Tipped by JMJ reader Lynda)

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre has been fined $50,000 by the NFL for sending his cock shot to a female employee of the New York Jets, for whom Favre played at the time. Favre had faced a suspension by the league, a slight punishment considering he is expected to retire after this weekend. The fine is less than 1% of …

Tonight’s Vikings-Giants game will not take place.

Buffalo Bills player Stevie Johnson took to Twitter to blame God because he dropped a potentially game-winning pass. God responded by unfollowing Johnson. (Via – Gawker)

Mario Gomez, one of Germany’s most famous soccer stars, has urged gay players to come out, saying it would not only improve their game, it would better the sport. Gomez, who has not said whether he is gay, told a German magazine that being honest about their sexuality would improve gay players’ performance. “They would play as if they had …

Mississippi high school football player Coy Sheppard was kicked off his team last month when he showed up for practice wearing pink cleats. Just like NFL players were doing to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Apparently Sheppard’s coach thought the pink cleats signified something else. According to the Associated Press, WLBT.com and USA Today, among other outlets, Coach Chris Peterson …

Paul the Octopus, who correctly predicted the winners of the World Cup, was found dead in his tank today. An aquarium spokesperson says the death was from natural causes and stressed that Dutch soccer fans are totally not suspected in Paul’s demise.

My alma mater UCF is facing some wild weather at their game against Kansas State today. More amazing photos here.

Yesterday NFL team owners voted to award the 2014 Super Bowl to NYC. It will be the first time the game will be played in a “cold weather” city with an open stadium, the brand new Meadowlands. Which is in New Jersey, of course. The Super Bowl could bring in as much as $550 million to the region, according to …

Back in 1989, Miami was host to Super Bowl XXIII. Several days before the game, Miami police officer William Lozano fired his gun at a moving motorcycle, killing the driver (and his passenger, who died later from the resultant crash.) The motorcyclist and his passenger were black, Lozano was Hispanic. Massive rioting ensued in downtown Miami, where I was the …

This is the unedited version of the classic Men On Film skit from the 1992 Super Bowl episode of In Living Color. Two jokes were censored out of the skit in repeat airings. One referred to the Richard Gere/gerbil urban legend, the other implied that Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis a closet case. “You can run, but you can’t hide …

If you’ve got no other reason to care about who wins this weekend’s Super Bowl, here’s a pretty good one. On Sunday, Scott Fujita will reach the pinnacle of his football career, playing linebacker for the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl. Fujita describes it as “this small moment in time where you have a platform to do some …

Focus On The Family has purchased ad time during next month’s Super Bowl, when University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother will shill for the hate group. Tebow is known for placing Bible verses into the black stripes under his eyes during games. (He’s home schooled!) It’s expected that the Tebows will give a personal message against abortion …

To stoke up student fervor for their annual football game with arch rival Harvard, Yale students voted to sell a t-shirt using a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald: “I think of all Harvard men as sissies.” On the back, the students added: “WE AGREE.” But after complaints from a campus LGBT group, the shirt has been dropped. The LGBT Co-op …

Rex Wockner points us to this bit of holiday Americana. Wayne Spring shot off his mouth. And then a firing squad of Saints fans shot up his 60-inch flat screen – may it rest in pieces. The Louisiana man predicted a Washington Redskins’ victory over undefeated New Orleans last Sunday – and offered local fans a chance to blast his …