according to espn magazine the memphis grizzlies are the best franchise in all of professional sports

The rankings are based on eight categories, including fan feedback, which determines the best franchises for fans; bang-for-the-buck category, which tabulates wins during the past three years (regular season and postseason) per revenue directly from fans and affordability, which accounts for the price of tickets, parking and concessions. Other criteria include championships won or expected in the lifetime of current fans, stadium experience, fan relations, players, coaching, and ownership.
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can you guess which celebrity is this hot guy's father?

guess in the comments and don't cheat.

imagine waking up and alicia keys and swizz beatz are having a party in your kitchen

An unnamed Water Mill resident was awoken in the middle of the night recently by an exclusive Alicia Keys party going on in her own house, "Page Six" reports. Keys, husband Swizz Beatz, and posse were renting in the neighborhood but had become "confused" and come home to the wrong house. The resident assumed the noise was coming from her twentysomething daughter and her friends, who had gone out earlier, but instead it was "a number of strangers, men and women" in her kitchen. "She was startled." Luckily, "All parties saw the humor in the mishap." VIA


been there.

have you seen UT's new music building?

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your fortnightly boat

parbuckling maneuver : complete!

what's happening to beyonce?!?!

Beyoncé's Public Tour of Incomparable Greatness and Alarming Indignities continued on Sunday night, as the singer was briefly yanked into the crowd by an overenthusiastic (or perhaps exactly the right amount of enthusiastic) fan during a stop in Sao Paulo. (via)

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au revoir simone's new single, "somebody who". stream the whole album at npr right now.

have you listened to britney's latest new single?

me:  have you listened to britney's new single

 Charlotte:  no

surprisingly not

 me:  i put it on 2pz for your convenience

 Charlotte:  ok I will go do it now

i read a funny tweet about it today

"finally Britney wrote a song i can relate to - being forced to work"

 me:  lol

your fortnightly boat

remember that cruise ship that tumped over a while back? they've been working on salvaging it, and today they're going to try to un-tump it.

Italian officials have given the go-ahead to an attempt to right the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that capsized off the island of Giglio 20 months ago, early Monday morning. The operation—a maneuver known as "parbuckling"—is risky in that its never been tried on a ship this size and once initiated can't be stopped. It's one-and-done, regardless of the result. (via)

here's a detailed description of the process, and here's a live stream of the salvage.

a lovely facelift for the new yorker

the video is annoyingly set to autoplay, so click here to learn all about it.

why weren't you invited to fishsticks paltrow's garden party?

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fiona apple + chipotle

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thx nsikan!

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happy friday. let me introduce you to your new favorite song.

the jersey shore burned to the ground last night.

gulp.

what did thomas wilhelm do last night?

he had a little customer service problem and made some calls.