Topic: football

A Word On The Super Bowl

A Word On The Super Bowl

If you are watching the Bowl today, I hope you very much enjoy it and that you have all the right kind of snacks. If you are not, I hope you find something equally pleasant with which to pass the time. I’m not anti-Bowls, you know? Let everyone enjoy whatever bowls they like, I’ve always said, having a very tolerant bowl enjoyment policy. I’m broad-minded.

That said, this kind of Event – the bring over your friends and gather round a cracklin’ television kind of Event – brings up a serious question that demands attention from Serious People. Is talking allowed during communal TV-watching? More »

Tom Brady Wears A Dog Collar, Tom Ford Says Controversial Things In V

Tom Brady Wears A Dog Collar, Tom Ford Says Controversial Things In V

Tom Brady plays football but the fashion industry has decided he’s just too beautiful for all that pummeling and grunting, so they’ve bestowed upon him a nebulous career in being handsome. Thus, here is Tom Brady wearing a Givenchy suit on the cover of V, photographed by Mario Testino, styled by Carine Roitfeld and interviewed by Tom Ford himself (the full-court press). The New England Patriots’ quarterback and husband to Gisele Bundchen probably said some pleasant things in that interview, but it’s Ford who says all the interesting stuff. More »

Gallery: Katy Perry’s Diplomatic Superbowl Outfit From Every Angle

Gallery: Katy Perry's Diplomatic Superbowl Outfit From Every Angle

Amid all the fuss about Madonna‘s uninspired halftime performance and M.I.A.‘s “fuck you” to America, it would be easy to forget the terrible outfit Katy Perry wore to perform at the Superbowl’s pre-game show. But that would be a shame, because it’s one of my favorite fashion disasters so far this month! It’s terrible because it looks like a slutty football uniform, and football is a barbaric, life-ruining bloodsport. It’s also terrible because her outfit reps the Giants and the Patriots equally, and fence-sitters are cowards. Click through to see it from every ridiculous angle. More »

The 14 Most Ridiculous Costumes From The Giants vs. Patriots Game (Of Football)

The 14 Most Ridiculous Costumes From The Giants vs. Patriots Game (Of Football)
Eek!
Eek!
Eek!
Eek!
?

It’s a well-known fact among people who know me that I hate football. When my boyfriend revealed to me that he needed to watch “the game” while we were away on vacation this past weekend, it was like he’d torn off his human face to reveal himself to be some sort of alien/insect creature, so I promptly inserted my earplugs and started reading a book about masochism. (True story!) But the people who go to football games often wear things that showcase how much most straight dudes suck at costumes, and I think that’s funny, so here are some pictures. More »

Click for more posts