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You Got Served: Peyton Manning

We're back from our vacation, and it doesn't appear as if we missed much. The Home Run Derby is still meaningless, it's still not football season, and the ongoing drama surrounding Darko and Easy Yi's future destinations remains as...

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Chris Benoit -- WWE's Most Intriguing Story

I've kept quiet about pro wrestling for awhile. It's been tough because I'm a big fan. I can name the winner of past Royal Rumbles and Wrestlemanias like I can with Super Bowl winners. I don't, however, view it...

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Little League = Little Miss Sunshine

We need to stop living vicariously through children. I'm speaking in generalizations, here, but whether you're talking about soccer moms and little league fathers or mothers who use their daughters as pawns in the disgusting youth beauty pageant circle,...

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You Got Served...Donald Trump/Mark Cuban Edition

It's been a while since our last installment of "You Got Served," but this one is too good to ignore: Trump said, "Mark Cuban is a guy who . . . puts so much pressure on the players. He...

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Yankee Fans...They're Very Creative

This video comes courtesy of the mothership, but it's an all-too-familiar sight. Nobody gets spared from the Yankee bleacher bums' brilliant -- and incredibly matured -- "YMCA" adaptation. I have to admit to enjoying the bleacher experience at Yankee...

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O.J's Last Resort Stop: Outback Steak House

O.J. Simpson. Knife. Once-living being. OK, now get that picture out of your head. He was proven not guilty! This story involves the Juice actually being denied before ripping into tender meat with a sharp object. The owner of...

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Don Imus Was Forced Into Racism

It's about time this Don Imus thing get buried like the dead horse it is (insert Barbaro joke here). What he said was stupid, no doubt. Should he have been fired? I don't think so. I don't exactly find...

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How to Deal With Sports Overload

It's a tough time to follow sports. I didn't realize it until my friend Mike pointed it out to me, but here in the NY/NJ area, we're having a tough time watching it all. And I'm sure we're not...

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Some Perspective

I don't typically like to get too newsy or serious here. I mean, in the wake of something as awful as the Virginia Tech shooting, what am I supposed to say? Nick Dallamora, however, has plenty of interesting, insightful...

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Vince Young, The Curious Madden Choice

_image_02.jpg&autoPlay=0" /> _image_02.jpg&autoPlay=0" > A lot of ink (do computers have ink inside of them?) has been spilled about EA's decision to place Vince Young on the cover of Madden 2008. Forget about the curse, I think the downfall...

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The Internet Is Full of Buyable Commodities

The news that Yahoo(!) Sports has bought Rivals.com for $100M is further proof: anyone with a website -- about anything from scouting prep football players to the Rottweiller's susceptibility for hip displacia -- can sell it for a lot...

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Playoff Beard

The NHL playoffs are upon us. Tonight, the Devils start their journey towards the holiest of grails with a tilt against the Tampa Bay Lightning. I, frankly, am urinous with anticipation. The NHL has, bar none, the best playoffs of...

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A-Rod Getting A Man-Rub

I was flipping through the channels last night and decided to stick with David Letterman for Andrew Bird (who, as you can see above, was awesome), but there was a bonus to be found. The show had a pre-taped...

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Move Over Cassell, Noah's In Town

For awhile, Sam Cassell held one of the NBA's most well-known awards. Not MVP. Not 6th Man of the Year. Nope, he's held the NBA's Ugliest Man Award. This used to be a highly-debated point when I was in...

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Bill Tilden, Sports Giant

RP, our sometimes contributor, will be writing a semi-regular "Sports Giant" column, a sort of guide to once-great athletes who have gone by the wayside. This is his first. If you don't know who Bill Tilden is, it's probably because...

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Hulk Hogan Like You've Never Seen Him Before

Big hat-tip to the blog at sportscolumn.com for this video, especially for their Lost In Translation-biting headline. I really have no idea what this is advertising or when it's from -- is that an air-conditioner? a humidifier? and what...

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Inspect That Package

The above is part of Jakob Nielsen's study of how people look at the Web. Nielsen used an eye-tracker to gauge where people tend to focus on a web page. The study attempts to help web designers create pages...

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This Is Why Duke Sucks, Apparently

I'm not really into college basketball, but one thing I know, unequivocally, is that DUKE = BAD. I'm not good at putting words to thoughts -- yet oddly enough I aspire to write for a living -- so thankfully...

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The Bears Haven't Been Kind This Offseason

They let Ron Rivera, one of the best defensive coordinators in the NFL, go because they wouldn't pay him. It took a swell of public persuasion to finally give Lovie Smith a raise. They franchised Lance Briggs against his...

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Hopefully, A Full "Cut That Meat" Skit

It's awesome being the Super Bowl MVP and the most recognizable face in the NFL (even with a wig and mustache). There are perks. Groupies. Endorsements. Free drugs. Errr....scratch that one. There's also the opportunity to host Saturday Night...

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It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time

A lot of people are taking offense to the above advertisement, which, it should be noted again, cost Snickers $2.5M. The peanutty company decided to pull the four-pronged campaign after complaints from just about everyone claim that the advertisements...

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Samac: The Rising Sun

The Maryland Nighthawks of the American Basketball Association unveiled the latest addition to their roster this week, a man the team is touting as the tallest in the history of professional basketball. 7-foot-9 Sun Ming Ming was introduced to...

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This Is What It's Coming To

For all the talk about Super Bowl commercials, they, like the game itself, always seem to let me down. The last time I think I actually laughed out loud at a spot during the big game was the "Terry...

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This Ain't Around the Horn, Plaschke

Everywhere you go on this here series of tubes, the sporting world is talking about Media Day and making fun of how absolutely ridiculous it is. We're not gonna go there. Media Day is totally awesome, because the players...

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Peyton Manning's A Choker?

It took a week after the Saints lost to the Bears to actually be able to muster any interest in football again. For a while, I didn't want to hear about Peyton Manning's quest to get off the shitter...

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Tony Dungy Hates Them Gays

Well, duh. Any man that possesses such a faith in God HAS to hate gay people. It's part of that silly credo Christians believe in. Oh, I guess a backstory is necessary: Dungy appears on the website for the...

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It's Not Summer, But Mariotti Loves Flip-Flops

I'm glad that people are on top of these sportswriters and all of their inconsistencies. Now with the internet, where everything is archived for the world to see, we're finally able to prove that these people are just like you...

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Elmers Stock Just Went Up

If you've ever had a family member on life support or in a coma for an extended period of time, you've probably had to deal with the inner-tension that comes when you want that person to live, but wouldn't...

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Calling All Contributors

So I think it's become painfully obvious that neither Kyle or I have enough time to update this site with the frequency and quality that both you and we would like. It isn't as if we've lost sight of...

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Monday YouTube Extravaganza

It's going to be a video day today. I know I've been slacking off, big-time, but things have been hectic in the Jerz lately. Sorry. We're putting out calls for contributors to help me get my shit in order, expect...

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RP: The Dangerous World of Auto-Rickshaw Racing

We've got a new contributor here; he goes by the name of RP. Whenever it strikes his fancy, he'll be contributing his thoughts on just about everything. He sleeps all day and writes all night between episodes of The West...

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RP: The Carly Patterson Workout

We've got a new contributor here; he goes by the name of RP. Whenever it strikes his fancy, he'll be contributing his thoughts on just about everything. He sleeps all day and writes all night between episodes of The West...

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Your Winning Super Bowl Ad

You've seen the commercials -- lots of dorks pitch their idea for the perfect Super Bowl ad, and the winner has his made. Well, there's a winner: It doesn't involve monkeys, which is the typical formula for a successful Super...

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Madden Birds & Bees '07

A 14-year-old thought he was about to hunker down with Madden '07, perhaps for a little Franchise Mode, and got something so so so much better. Christmas became XXX-mas for a 14-year-old Layton boy who discovered hard-core pornography on a...

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Movie Review: Rocky Balboa

During my senior year of college, AMC ran Rocky marathons constantly. Though I'd seen the movies before, I really learned them that year. My roommate and I watched more Rocky in that year than many do in their lifetimes....

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Dumb Sports Quotes Of The Year

Now THIS is what I'm talking about. The sports media is a ripe target for assault (the humor kind, not the physical kind, although I reconsider whenever Sean Salisbury's on TV). In-touch sports fans recognize the idiots, sense the flip-floppers,...

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Canadians Can Be Un-Patriotic, Too

I'm a little late on this, but Off Wing Opinion tipped me off to this story about a Canadian junior hockey coach who was suspended when he cut a player who he thought wouldn't sign a Canadian flag meant for...

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Troy Smith Loves Strippers

I guess the natural response to the above headline is, "Well, who doesn't?" But The New York Post still manages to offer some interesting details about Smith's post-Heisman celebrations: Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith celebrated his Heisman Trophy by...

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Mash 'Em Up

Here's the hot new mixtape burning up the Internet this morning: the Allen Iverson/Jim Mora mash-up video. Pretty good stuff, but could be better. First of all, it needs to be longer. Second, this mixtape needs to be fleshed...

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One More Friday Video

It's a bunch of refs getting what's coming to them. Enjoy the weekend, everyone! I'm about to go on a two-day bender....

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Let's Laugh at Kids

I cannot thank good ol' Matt Ufford, of the outstanding With Leather, enough for this video. Plus, he's a Seahawk fan, so make sure to visit the site and offer your condolences regarding last night's embarassing self-destruction against the...

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Culture of Winning?

I was at the Devils/Canadians game last night for work. Afterwards, I shimmied my way to the locker room to grab some quotes when I saw Zach Parise sitting alone -- the reporters hadn't fully made their way into...

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PHEE-nom-in-AL

Say what you will about Mad TV, but Frank Caliendo does a mean impression. Here he is, absolutely nailing Jim Rome....

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Happy Thanksgiving

I was planning on taking today off, but I decided it'd only be fair, seeing as how my lack of DSL service (eat a dick, Verizon) prohibited me from posting earlier in the week, that I give you guys...

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Weekend Recap

With Tom's computer and my mind on the fritz, we took the weekend off at the Out Route again. Here's what we missed: The NFL had some big games and some big injuries. Donovan McNabb is out for the...

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Go Crazy, Football Fans

My skipper at AOL, Jamie Mottram, passed along an email yesterday about a pretty great contest AOL is running that, if I weren't an employee and therefore ineligible, I'd give a go at in a heartbeat. I encourage you all...

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Hey, Look: I'm Flat-Out Asking For Help

Kyle and I are busy people. We both have full-time jobs. We both write for the FanHouse. I have to spend hours a day sifting through applicants who want to take me on a date, only to discard most of...

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Joey Porter is Crazy

I didn't catch this -- it certainly didn't make any NFL highlight shows and was buried at the bottom of the AP's game story of the Steelers/Broncos game from Sunday -- but at the tail end of the Steelers/Raiders...

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Larry Johnson's Got Nothing on Darrell Hammond

Maybe you've seen this video by now of Larry Johnson impersonating Herm Edwards. If not, enjoy. It's a pretty good representation, although LJ doesn't sell it as well as he could. He's got the sayings down, and the voice...

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That's No Way to Treat Someone

The Associated Press ran a lovely story today on a 45-year-old blind woman from Afghanistan participating in the New York City Marathon. She wants to run the marathon until she's 90. And she wasn't even born blind. In 1997,...

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The Out Route

The Sports Desk of Glorious Noise

July 09, 2007

You Got Served: Peyton Manning

June 28, 2007

Chris Benoit -- WWE's Most Intriguing Story

June 27, 2007

Little League = Little Miss Sunshine

May 14, 2007

You Got Served...Donald Trump/Mark Cuban Edition

Yankee Fans...They're Very Creative

May 09, 2007

O.J's Last Resort Stop: Outback Steak House

May 04, 2007

Don Imus Was Forced Into Racism

May 01, 2007

How to Deal With Sports Overload

April 18, 2007

Some Perspective

Vince Young, The Curious Madden Choice

April 13, 2007

The Internet Is Full of Buyable Commodities

April 12, 2007

Playoff Beard

April 11, 2007

A-Rod Getting A Man-Rub

April 05, 2007

Move Over Cassell, Noah's In Town

March 24, 2007

Bill Tilden, Sports Giant

March 19, 2007

Hulk Hogan Like You've Never Seen Him Before

Inspect That Package

March 14, 2007

This Is Why Duke Sucks, Apparently

March 09, 2007

The Bears Haven't Been Kind This Offseason

March 01, 2007

Hopefully, A Full "Cut That Meat" Skit

February 06, 2007

It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time

February 02, 2007

Samac: The Rising Sun

January 31, 2007

This Is What It's Coming To

This Ain't Around the Horn, Plaschke

January 30, 2007

Peyton Manning's A Choker?

Tony Dungy Hates Them Gays

January 29, 2007

It's Not Summer, But Mariotti Loves Flip-Flops

Elmers Stock Just Went Up

Calling All Contributors

Monday YouTube Extravaganza

January 23, 2007

RP: The Dangerous World of Auto-Rickshaw Racing

RP: The Carly Patterson Workout

January 10, 2007

Your Winning Super Bowl Ad

January 04, 2007

Madden Birds & Bees '07

January 02, 2007

Movie Review: Rocky Balboa

December 29, 2006

Dumb Sports Quotes Of The Year

December 28, 2006

Canadians Can Be Un-Patriotic, Too

December 21, 2006

Troy Smith Loves Strippers

Mash 'Em Up

December 15, 2006

One More Friday Video

Let's Laugh at Kids

December 07, 2006

Culture of Winning?

December 06, 2006

PHEE-nom-in-AL

November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving

November 19, 2006