By: Mike Hanus
Really, what were the odds Oakland didn't make the Super Bowl this year? They were pretty much a lock. I guess crazier things have happened.
Anyway, this is the start of a semi-regular column about sports websites and their headlines. Starting today, I'll be posting one of these within a week of the aftermath of a huge sporting event (tennis Grand Slams, the Super Bowl, the World Cup Finals, etc). The goal here is to criticize really highly paid website editors for not making their headline really exciting or using pun abilities to their fullest extent. Headlines are important! They're exciting, and they pull readers in, and they offer a chance for an editor to do some really cool creative wordplay. There really is nothing better than a sweet headline pun.
As such, there will be a very rigorously tested and objective scoring system. Headlines can earn up to 5 points in each of the following categories:
Originality (how many other people are doing this?)
Pun-tastic (Is there a pun? Is it great?)
Epic (Does the headline sum up how awesome whatever the event was?)
So let's start slow. We'll take Sports Illustrated for Kids.
