behind the scenes of the greatest sports GIF ever. (this must be physical comedy day today) (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/theturner">via</a>)

the first photo is stunning

"Baseball is a turn-based tactical role-playing game... Baseball is a 9-stage boss battle, and the pitcher is the boss."

"Over the last few years Russell and I have been inventing the sport of Cup and Ball ... Most of the Cup and Balls that I have seen are poorly designed and could not do most of the tricks that Russell and I enjoy thanks to our high performance Cup and Balls ... Cup and Ball is an ancient game and people have literally had centuries to develop moves and other ideas. These players might be like advanced extra-terrestrial civilisation that had a billion year technological head start ... The search for distant Cup and Ball civilisations is the main purpose of this blog and I hope to find them." Guys, you have my vote for best cup and ballers on the internet.

"some of the early modern Olympic Games included art competitions alongside the more conventional athletic pursuits"

A frame-by-frame analysis of Crosby's gold medal winning goal

holy MFing shit

statistic approach

pronger sent to ducks