Opinion February Rewind: The Most Popular Articles on SportsPickle
Only the greatest things ever appear on SportsPickle. But among those greatest things ever are the greatest things of the greatest things.
Here's what they were in February, based on traffic numbers.
1. The 10 People At Your Super Bowl Party
2. The NFL's Official Facebook Page During Super Bowl XLV
3. The 10 Kids On Your Youth Basketball Team
4. 20 Steps To Get In Shape The Baseball Spring Training Way
5. The SI Swimsuit Issue Is Finally Giving Helpful Swimsuit Advice
Poll What NFL Combine workout has the greatest relation to playing football in the NFL?
- broad jump -- many a top NFL player has eluded police and continued their career by jumping over a dead broad/hooker
- vertical jump -- if a player can't celebrate a TD by dunking over the crossbar, he's really going to blow at firing up the crowd
- 40-yard dash -- star NFL quarterbacks like Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger and Peyton Manning have all probably run sub-4.2 40s
- 3-cone drill -- a team needs to know if a player will go the extra mile, even to the point of humiliating himself doing a pointless drill
- Wonderlic exam -- a low score means you have a small brain and thick skull, both great signs that you'll be tough to concuss
February 25, 2011 Column
Tweet of the Week
A Helpful Reminder for the Ladies
From @jabaalsheard AKA PITT defensive lineman and 2011 NFL Draft prospect Jabaal Sheard …
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And just look what those hairy nipples forced him to do! …
Opinion The 10 Worst Sports Movies of All-Time
#10 — "Little Big League" (1994)
Sure, skimpy payrolls and watching Nick Punto bat have been hard on Minnesota Twins fans, but this stinker came up with an alternate reality that was far, far grimmer.
A preteen inherits the franchise and proceeds to install himself as the team's manager and suddenly the moribund team gets hot. (Note to the Royals: it's worth a shot.) And can you believe the players even help their skipper with his math homework?!
If this is the kind of family comedy you have to watch with your kids, dying alone might not be such a bad alternative.
#9 — "Summer Catch" (2001)
Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Matthew Lillard playing in the Cape Cod League? What could go wrong? Other than the acting. And the baseball scenes. Oh, and the dialogue. And the soundtrack featuring Semisonic and Fastball.
Still, this one could have been a hit if the producers had marketed it properly. Who could turn resist the allure of "Brian Dennehy and Wilmer Valderrama … together at last!" on a marquee?
February 24, 2011 Column
Overheard ...
The Game: Issue #4
Ever hear something horrible and/or hilarious at a game? Send your submissions to OverheardSP at gmail. Or submit for future editions about the gym.
At the Winter Classic in Pittsburgh the Penguins and Washington Capitals had a fairly balanced percentage of fans. Throughout the early part of the game Caps and Pens fans are yelling hilarious obscenities in general direction of the ice. One sign read "Ovechkin Laichs Semin."
As the trash started to get more personnel between two opposing fans, a third Pens fan interrupted by finding a level of interest that all the diehard fans from both sides supported.
It only took a few seconds for the entire 67,000 capacity crowd to ignore their differences and join together chanting "Flyers Suck!"
- Scott
There were games on, so I think this counts … I work for a Buffalo Wild Wings, and apparently the new trend is to place your baby that is no older than 4 months up on top of the bar table next to all the beers. Sometimes the parents are kind enough to place the stroller and kid underneath the table, and feed him like a dog under the table.
One time, a family of regulars placed their son "securely" on a bar stool and he fell out. He immediately began crying, and I overheard the couple trying to figure out what they were going to angrily say to my manager about the safety of our stools. They left shortly, and I haven't seen them back since. For the baby's sake, I hope they didn't just become regulars at Hooters.
- Chel
Opinion The 10 Kids On Your Youth Basketball Team
Maybe his rich parents should have sprung for some instructional camps, too. Oh, they did? And a personal trainer, too? Wow, he was truly terrible at basketball.
He led the team in scoring, but he also led the team in shot attempts (by 150) and, if turnovers were tracked in biddy basketball, would have set a league record with 17.4 per game. But it's not how he filled up the stat sheet that everyone remembers. It's that one game when he had a breakaway layup and tried a 360 from the free throw line, only to airball the attempt 11-feet short of the rim.
