14 Other Songs As Irresistibly Fun As ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ by The Darkness

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There were so many great things to come out of Super Bowl XLVI.

Tom Brady lost, making his life now only 99.98% perfect. We got the first supermodel-induced scandal in NFL history. MSF had its great single-day traffic total ever.

But for me, the single greatest outcome of Super Bowl XLVI is that “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” by The Darkness is back in regular rotation on my iTunes and all of my portable music devices. And for that we have Samsung Mobile to thank, because the company featured the song in what our own Keith Mullett called the best commercial of Super Bowl XLVI.

Here is the video for the song itself, which I have always felt is one of the most irresistibly fun songs of all-time:

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Kelly Clarkson Super Bowl 46 National Anthem Preview: Prop Bet Odds, Time Prediction, and Past Anthem Videos

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I want to make three things clear right off the bat with this post: I’m a man; I’m 30; and I’m a big fan of Kelly Clarkson.

That’s right, I think Kelly Clarkson is a wonderful singer, she seems like a down-to-earth personĀ  I’d enjoy hanging out with (whereas many celebrities don’t), and I am very much looking forward to her rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner for Super Bowl XLVI.

Granted, I could have done without this terribly annoying commercial, but I blame that more on the presence of Chris Berman than on Clarkson.

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Video: Nate Davis of D-III Heidelberg delivers one of the most remarkable putback dunks you’ll ever see

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I just came across the video below, which was posted on Saturday at the official YouTube channel for Heidelberg Mens Hoops and has apparently made the rounds, seeing as how it is close to one million views.

Heidelberg University, if you don’t know (as I didn’t), is a private school in Tiffin, Ohio. It’s sports teams play in Division III. Over the weekend one of Heidelberg’s players produced a highlight that you might not expect from a D-III hoopster.

Nate Davis (no, not this one…or this one) delivered quite possibly the most remarkable putback dunk I’ve ever seen. Don’t believe me? Watch.

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The 5 Most Entertaining GIFs and Videos From NFL Week 15

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I just took my weekly Monday morning browse through r/NFL, and here are the most entertaining moments from Week 15 that are now immortalized online in GIF or video form.

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Fun With YouTube: 1929 NFL Footage, The Oldest Recorded Sound, And Other Awesome Old Stuff

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The magic of the Internet allows us all to be armchair archaeologists. Using devices that we can hold in one hand we can access old films and audio recordings that, less than two decades ago, would have been available only in museums, library back rooms, and private basements and attics.

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Unique Christmas Gift Idea: The ‘MintyBoost Kit’ Portable USB Charger

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In what is becoming something of annual tradition around these parts, it’s that time of year again for me to present you with a most unique Christmas gift idea.

Last year, I told you all about beard hats (and gave them as Christmas gifts myself). This year, I’m all about the MintyBoost Kit portable USB chargers, which are great for iPhones, iPods, iPads, other iThings, as well as any other devices that can be plugged into a USB port.

And yes, just like last year, I stumbled upon this most excellent gift idea while clicking on the beautiful blue links (this one in particular) at Reddit.

So what is the MintyBoost Kit you may now be wondering? It’s a neat little device that a Redditor’s mother made for him as a gift and is now smartly selling. I’ll let the photos do the talking and build the impulse, then I’ll let you know where you can get your very own.

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Is this the funniest commercial starring an NFL player…ever?

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As you have surely heard by now, Jake Delhomme is back in the NFL.

The man who quarterbacked the Carolina Panthers to the Super Bowl in 2003, and who is renowned as a great guy and good leader, but who in subsequent years became synonymous with terms like “interception” and “noodle arm”, is now a member of the Houston Texans.

But no matter where Delhomme goes, now or at any time in the future, to me he’ll always be Bojangles’ Defender of the Fresh Biscuit.

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Video: Are these diving speed boat grabs the best frisbee catches ever?

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“Best” is a tough word to qualify. “Best” can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. So I don’t know if the frisbee catch in the video below is really “the best.”

But I can’t imagine any frisbee catches have ever had a higher degree of difficulty than these by the bros from How Ridiculous.

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Today’s Tebow Quota Post: “Run With Me Jesus” and “Tebowing” Videos

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It did not receive much publicity at the time, but Congress recently slipped through a law requiring anyone who maintains a sports blog to post at least one Tim Tebow-related item every single day. It’s true. Look it up.

Luckily, I recently stumbled upon two relatively entertaining videos that will fill today’s Tebow quota.

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Video: Phil Mickelson’s Remarkable Lob Shot

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I’ve never been the biggest Phil Mickelson fan, but I can appreciate supreme, other-worldly skill even in athletes I don’t root for.

Mickelson’s remarkable lob shot certainly qualifies, and it is on impressive display in the video below.

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Video: Ad campaign with Alec Baldwin and John Krasinski comes to a funny conclusion – but is it the best of the bunch?

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As you may know, New Era has had a rather humorous series of web commercials this season featuring Red Sox fan John Krasinski and Yankees fan Alec Baldwin.

According to today’s Hot Clicks, the series has now come to an end, and the final installment may be the best one in the series.

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Video: Incredible Game Winning Punt Return in DIII Game An Early Nominee for College Football Play of the Year

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This game winning punt return by the University of Virginia’s College of Wise (UVa-Wise) to defeat Emory & Henry in the annual Southwest Virginia Bowl is a pretty damn remarkable play.

Watch it first, including the rather entertaining spazzing out of the announcers at the end, and then we’ll break it down.

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All 32 Week One NFL Starting QBs…as Michael Jackson Songs

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When Super Bowl XLVI arrives in Indianapolis come February 2012, it will be 19 years since one of the most iconic moments in the history of America’s most popular sporting event: Michael Jackson’s epic 1993 halftime show.

Unfortunately, the eternal King of Pop is no longer with us (he would have turned 53 just a few days ago on August 29th), and he thus he will never be able to follow in the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen, The Who, John Mellencamp, and others who have taken to the Super Bowl stage as older musicians, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t weave the musical brilliance of Michael Jackson into a post about the National Football League.

So enjoy this homage to my favorite musician of all time, Michael Jackson, as we kick off our coverage of the 2011 NFL season. Here are all 32 Week One starting QBs in the NFL…as Michael Jackson songs.

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Kilian Martin skateboards better than you do anything

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Earlier today, MSF writer Keith Mullett posted the below video on Facebook with the description “I think this guy is better at skateboarding than I am at anything.”

I’ll take it one step further: this guy – Killian Martin – is better at skateboarding than Keith, you, or I are, combined, at anything. He’s that good. (And the filmmaker, Brett Novak, is pretty damn impressive as well.)

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500 of the Most Entertaining & Memorable Movie Lines Ever

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So I was taking a midday Reddit break, as I often do while transitioning from one task to another in an effort to find fun and entertaining content to tweet out, when I came across a video entitled the 100 Greatest Movie Threats of All-Time. This sounds interesting, I thought to myself; and it was, replete with lines like “Sit your five dollar ass down before I make change” (which is somewhat comical now, considering notorious tax-evader Wesley Snipes said it. Big I digress…)

Then in the related videos I saw the 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes of All-Time and damn near ruptured my stomach laughing. Among the best just in the first few minutes are “I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubble gum” and “I hate to disappoint you but…rubber lips are immune to your charms”.

Once I’d spent a good 15 minutes (two and a half if anyone from Orangecast asks) enthralled by these movie lines, I realized I needed to do something productive with my entertaining discovery. So I rounded up the rest of the related videos and have embedded them all here in this post, giving you 500 classic movie lines to enjoy at your leisure.

Have fun. And don’t worry, there are plenty of sports movies sprinkled throughout. (But do worry about the language if you are at work; it is not edited or bleeped.)

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