Category: SPORTS

February 6, 2013 at 11:11 am

Football Matchups Illustrated by a Pixar Animator

Football Matchups Illustrated by a Pixar Animator

Pixar animator, football fan and aspiring paleontologist, Austin Madison, illustrated an amazing series of NFL football matchups called Fantasy Football. In the series, which went viral on Reddit yesterday, teams are depicted in epic showdowns. Madison incorporates popular characters from video games (Skyrim and Halo) and popular culture (Star Wars, Chuck Norris, Bill Murray…

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February 1, 2013 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Baby on Board

Picture of the Day: Baby on Board

BABY ON BOARD Photographed and Edited by centsless43 on Reddit When the wife of Redditor centsless43 asked him to take a photo of their six-month old baby this is not what she expected. Fear not, this is not another Tony Hawk controversy but rather a clever use of photoshop to remove himself…

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January 24, 2013 at 4:03 pm

Picture of the Day: Landing with Style

Picture of the Day: Landing with Style

LANDING WITH STYLE Photograph by Shoayb Hesham In this fantastic composite photograph we see 18 different skydivers landing with style for Skydive Dubai. The photograph by Shoayb Hesham earned him first prize in HIPA (the Sheikh Hamdan International Photography Award). According to comments on his Facebook page, Shoayb combined 18 different photographs…

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January 3, 2013 at 10:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Ride the Earth

Picture of the Day: Ride the Earth

RIDE THE EARTH Photograph by Luis Vidales/Red Bull Content Pool Professional BMX rider Martin Postigo performs at Red Bull Ramparanoia at Campo de Piedra Pomez in Catamarca, Argentina on December 11th, 2012. The competition is set against a breathtaking backdrop of pumice rock formations moulded by volcanic lava flow known as “Campo…

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December 19, 2012 at 8:09 pm

Picture of the Day: Lightning Strikes a Fairway

Picture of the Day: Lightning Strikes a Fairway

LIGHTNING STRIKES A FAIRWAY Photograph via SmangAllDay on Reddit Redditor SmangAllDay shared this photo earlier this week of his local golf course after being struck by lightning. The fascinating fractal pattern you see on the fairway is known as a Lichtenberg figure which has been featured on the Sifter previously. For those…

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December 13, 2012 at 3:42 pm

The Most Perfectly Timed Graphic Overlays in Sports

The Most Perfectly Timed Graphic Overlays in Sports

Yesterday, Redditor iR3C0N7 posted a perfectly timed graphic overlay of former Liverpool football manager Rafael Benitez. Like most sports broadcasts, graphic overlays are used to show statistics, game information and player names. In the comment section, other Redditors contributed more examples of perfectly timed graphic overlays in sports. Below you will find the top…

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December 11, 2012 at 9:43 am

The Top 100 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2012

The Top 100 'Pictures of the Day' for 2012

After the positive reception from last year’s Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2011, the Sifter promised to highlight the top 25 ‘Pictures of the Day‘ at the end of every quarter, eventually culminating in an epic Top 100 for 2012. That time has come! Below are the top 100 POTDs for 2012.…

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November 27, 2012 at 5:07 pm

Picture of the Day: The Alpinists

Picture of the Day: The Alpinists

THE ALPINISTS Photograph by Jakub Polomski on 500px In this incredible capture by Jakub Polomski, we see a group of Alpinists making their way to the top of Aiguille du Midi (3,824m/12,605 ft), a mountain in Chamonix (French Alps) and the starting point for one of the routes to the Mont Blanc…

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November 21, 2012 at 10:28 am

21 Incredible Photos from Red Bull’s Art of Flight

21 Incredible Photos from Red Bull's Art of Flight

Released on September 8, 2011, The Art of Flight is a Red Bull sponsored documentary film about snowboarding on some of the best mountains in the world. The film took two years to make and takes viewers to places all skiers and snowboarders dream of riding such as: Austria, Alaska, Canada, Patagonia, Aspen and…

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November 9, 2012 at 5:58 pm

Picture of the Day: Snowmobiling the Norway-Sweden Border

Picture of the Day: Snowmobiling the Norway-Sweden Border

SNOWMOBILING THE NORWAY-SWEDEN BORDER Photograph by haqbar on Reddit In this incredible photograph by haqbar on Reddit, we see a rider preparing to snowmobile across a section of the Norway-Sweden border. The 1,200 pixel tall image is reminiscent of the popular ‘wait for it‘ pic. The photo above was taken in February…

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