Tag Archives: Absurd

On Wednesday, the Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as Chiefaholic (real name: Xaviar Babudar) pleaded guilty to the bank robbery charges he faced in federal court. His name and story have become so popular that even Adam Schefter has been tweeting about his trial, all the way to the guilty …

Former Chelsea star, Callum Hudson-Odoi has been forced to address – and deny claims on social media that he was a part of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.     The 23-year-old Nottingham Forest star took to Instagram on Thursday to clarify that he has never been associated with Epstein after a list …

UEFA has criticised the increase in stoppage time across Europe, highlighting their concern for player welfare.  In order to compensate for time-wasting and lost minutes in games, leagues such as the Premier League and EFL have adopted policies to encourage match officials to add as much time onto the end …

This was the moment. If Novak Djokovic was going to be stopped in the Wimbledon semifinals, if his much younger and harder-hitting opponent, Jannik Sinner, was going to turn things around Friday, the monumental comeback required would need to start immediately. Djokovic knew it. Sinner knew it. The 15,000 or …

Parties of all shapes and sizes were hosted yesterday in honor of July 4. You will be hard-pressed to find a more star-studded event than Michael Rubin’s “White Party” in the Hamptons. The Fanatics founder has hosted the event annually for a few years now and clearly is not afraid …

The NBA and NHL will soon crown a champion and FanDuel Sportsbook has a new absurd promo befitting of royalty. Following an initial deposit, your first wager of up to $2,500 will be covered by FanDuel and refunded in bonus bets if you lose! That means you can bet on …

Russia’s main opposition figure is serving a combined sentence of 11 and a half years for fraud and contempt of court. Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny says investigators have opened an “absurd terrorism” case against him, possibly leading to a further 30 years in jail. Navalny appeared in a …

The Internet was abuzz on Tuesday with rumors the Carolina Panthers had decided to select Kentucky quarterback Will Levis with the first pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. Levis’ odds to go No. 1 overall jumped from +4500 to +400 in a matter of hours. All of those rumors are …

Last week the White House released the After Action Report for the Afghanistan withdrawal with a 12-page talking point paper for the public. For those of us veterans and active military, we are familiar with the After Action Report, or AAR as it’s lovingly acronymized.  However, this report reads more …

The New York Times opened a can of worms in a recent interview with self-described “anarchist” Woody Harrelson while promoting his upcoming movie, Champions. Harrelson took the opening to spotlight the “absurdity” of Covid protocols and found an unlikely ally in fellow actor Tim Robbins. Harrelson, a self-described anarchist, is …