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Top Ten Videos of 2009: 9. “Olivet Pong Shots”

December 14, 2009 | Permalink

When I was in college the ubiquitous drinking game at parties was quarters. These days, from what I hear, it’s all about beer pong—which brings us to number nine on my the top ten video clips of 2009, a little something called “Olivet Pong Shots.”

The video went viral back in early May. It was linked to by media outlets including The New York Times, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, popular bloggers like Andrew Sullivan, and to date has racked up more than half a million hits on YouTube. Read the rest of this entry »


The Denver Broncos: Winning Ugly

October 21, 2009 | Permalink

The Denver Broncos soundly defeated the San Diego Chargers on this past Monday night to improve their record for the season to 6-0. However, they are certainly not undefeated, at least not in all senses: for the second consecutive week, the Broncos donned throwback uniforms that were nothing less than a sartorial train wreck.

For years now, the NFL has tinkered with the look of its on-field product by having teams put on “throwback” uniforms, i.e., ones designed to replicate the look of the team’s uniforms from an earlier era. This costuming of the players for a game or two had proven popular in Major League Baseball, and the same has generally applied in football. If nothing else, the fact that they continue to do it is evidence that it has been a shot in the arm for the league’s merchandising revenue.

ugly broncosThen the Broncos took the field in Denver on Sunday, October 11, 2009 in what the team’s website called an “American Football League legacy game against the Boston Patriots… to commemorate 50 seasons of Broncos football,” and proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that some history is best forgotten. Read the rest of this entry »