Thanks to everyone who took the time to visit Web Watch in 2011. For those of you who haven’t been able to visit every day, let’s take a look at what you did come and see while you were here:
The top ten most viewed Web Watch articles for 2011 were:
Tag: football
Confessions of a Wannabe Cheerleader
We all know that NFL players are some of the most injured sports athletes around.
According to the National Center of Catastrohopic Injury Research, 97% of all catastrophic sports injuries happened to NFL players.
What’s a “catastrophic sports injury”? Something that leads to paralysis or death.
So let’s take a look at what sport is number two on the Center’s list:
The All-Time Biggest Sports Jerks:
And Other Goofballs, Cads, Miscreants, Reprobates, and Weirdos
Sports fans are a finicky bunch.
When a player does really well and wins for their team, those players can do nothing wrong.
When a player does something that loses The Big Game, those players can have a black mark on them that will follow them for the rest of their lives.
We all remember the superstars fondly, and wear their jerseys proudly. The goats? Not so much.
Foam hats of different designs have become ubiquitious at sporting events around the world.
From the original CHEESEHEAD first worn in 1987 at a White Sox/Brewers baseball game by inventor Ralph Bruno, to paws, bird claws, horseshoes, or any other mascot figure under the sun — you have FOAMATION to thank for your team spirit.
Carolina Panthers Sir Purr Bobblehead
The WALL STREET JOURNAL has reported that the CAROLINA PANTHERS WERE THE LEAST EXCITING TEAM IN THE NFL this season.
Can’t say that we disagree, considering that would be one explanation of how the Panthers “earned” their number one draft pick in the next NFL draft.
Carolina Panthers Football Jersey – Steve Smith
If you’re a REAL football fan, you have at least one jersey in your closet to wear on game day.
At least one, because you have to have one of each team color – and perhaps some older jerseys of players you no longer care to support because the quit the team or were traded to the enemy. God forbid that you go to a game wearing a jersey for a team that isn’t even playing that day…
Suffice it to say, there are a lot of RULES REGARDING THE RIGHT AND WRONG WAY TO WEAR A FOOTBALL JERSEY, thanks to our friend Josh. Since it’s in the middle of football season right now, why not have a little refresher? Here are three of the rules Josh pulled together — and he’s dead-on with his other observations.
Official NFL Fantasy Football League Draft Kit
It’s about that time of year again.
With the World Cup over, we can officially move on from “football” to “hand egg”.
(You know, “hand egg”. Because that’s what an NFL football looks like. Oh, never mind – we’ll start over.)
Take 2: With the World Cup over, we can officially move on from soccer to professional football.
And with professional football comes everybody’s favorite office diversion after Farmville, managing your FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM. And Web Watch is here to help you with the most important part of managing your team — CREATING THE BEST FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM NAME.
Here are some ideas to get you started:
Regardless of whether you’re a sports fan or not, chances are that you’ll be watching at least a portion of the Super Bowl game on Super Bowl Sunday, whether it be during a SUPER BOWL PARTY, at a bar, or just sitting home and watching it on TiVo with your family.
And the Super Bowl is a 4+ hour long extravaganza of commercial excess. This led the WALL STREET JOURNAL to sit down and figure out exactly HOW MUCH ACTION ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE DURING AN AVERAGE TELEVISED FOOTBALL GAME.
And the WSJ came to the conclusion that during the 60 minutes worth of time on the official NFL game clock, there was approximately just 11 minutes of actual playing. So what fills up the rest of those 3 or 4 hours worth of television?