Link Bait Hall of Fame

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then I’ve already wasted too many words on this one. (Go check it out – I only printed a cropped teaser version here). As an example of the true impact a killer photo can have on your website, it speaks for itself (so much so, I suppose, that [...]

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The Babes of the 2008 US Open

“The Babes of” anything is good for a hearty influx of links. This one’s US Open tennis, but it could just as well be bartenders in (fill-in-a-city), politics, the police force, the PTA. If your audience includes anyone with a sexual appetite (which is everyone other the age of puberty, really) then getting access to [...]

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Fan Steals Derek Jeter From Yankee Stadium

The seminal fake news source has tickled the funny-bones of sports fans once again, apparently the onlin magazine’s premiere squadron of link partners. This story mocks sports fans’ obsessive avocation of absconding with would-be sports memorabilia from games in order to later (most likely) sell on eBay for a handsome profit. What we want to [...]

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The Most Memorable Athlete Meltdowns

Watching an athlete lose his (or her) cool is the American Way. It’s part of the reason why we watch televised sports in the first place. To see some action – mostly athletic, but occassionally in the form of some good old fashioned human melodrama. A born-again Chase Hilgenbrinck, Ricky Williams choosing THC over the [...]

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Female Fans Out for Season with Tom Brady’s Knee Injury

Don’t even try to tell me The Onion’s not real news. Not when they nail a boner like this one. Tom Brady’s knee injury is real. His being placed on “injured reserve”, most likely for the remainder of the 2008-2009 season is real. And The Onion’s conclusion that this invariably has resulted in the instantaneous [...]

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Did Police Eject a Man from Yankee Stadium for Trying to Use the Bathroom During “God Bless America”?

America, America, what has become of thee? This news story is so outlandish as to raise eyebrows as to its veracity. But true or not (I believe it, sadly, is), this report of a man roughly ejected from a Yankee game for running to the bathroom during the 7th inning stretch’s ritual playing of “God [...]

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The Top Showboaters in Sports

What do Sean Avery, Manny Ramirez, Serena Williams, and Terrel Owens have in common (besides their athleticism)? In a word: showboating. Grandstanding; making a big to-do and hullabaloo about their every triumph and defeat. For better or worse, however, turning every little stride forward or back into a production number rivaling Halftime Shows in their [...]

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