Photo: Raymond Boyd (Getty Images)
The pyramids of Egypt are extraordinary monuments to the culture, scientific achievements, and grandeur of one of the ancient world’s most powerful empires. The Great American Pyramid, on the other hand, is mostly a monument to the strange path of excess capital in the postwar United States.
Abandoned, Jake Williams explores the history of Memphis, Tennessee’s Great American Pyramid (a.k.a., the Memphis Pyramid, the Pyramid Arena, The Pyramid, the Tomb Of Doom, and the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid). The bizarre structure dates back to the mid-1950s when a man decided that the American Memphis needed a bit of Egyptian Memphis flavor. In the ’80s, that man’s son managed to actually get the project underway. He envisioned The Pyramid as a sports arena and wanted it painted gold. Over time, it was also pitched as a music venue and museum, and it ended up attracting a whole lot of public funding.
Photo: Bruce Bennett (Getty Images)
Gritty, everyone’s favorite shaggy-haired, googly eyed freak, has posed nude. Though we somehow missed this landmark shift in the Philadelphia Flyers mascot’s career when his overwhelmingly erotic portrait was unveiled last month, we feel it’s of the utmost importance that we mark the occasion now, with apologies to all of those who have wasted precious weeks ignorant to this momentous news.
Advertisement
The Philly Voice reported at the time, posed for his daring painting during a Flyers game against the Boston Bruins, baring all as the opposing team had to figure out how to maintain their concentration knowing a big orange sexual dynamo was lounging provocatively on a nearby couch. Virginia artist Benjamin Davis was given the Herculean task of capturing Gritty’s deranged stare and hirsute curves. Naturally enough, Davis says he “kind of spaced out a little bit” while working, overwhelmed by Gritty’s “gaze, his body his essence
Idaho wins game with help from its farkakt stadium
Alerts
The giant wall immediately behind the goalposts should have counted as the 13th man for Idaho, who beat Eastern Washington on Saturday.
Screenshot: SWX
You might think that three-time defending champion North Dakota State not only having its 39-game winning streak snapped, but getting blown out, at Southern Illinois, would be the craziest thing to happen on Saturday’s slate of FCS action, but that means you did not consider the Kibbie Dome, the unique stadium at the University of Idaho.
Advertisement
Thanks to the giant walls behind the goalposts, when Eastern Washington’s Seth Harrison kicked a 24-yard field goal, the ball bounced back onto the field, and because the official under the goalpost apparently couldn’t be bothered to look up and see the ball go through the uprights, the kick was ruled no good. With no clear video, even though there’s no physical way from what was visible on the video that the kick wa
John McClain has been covering the NFL in Houston since the Oilers were there, and isn’t someone who’s associated with throwing stuff out there to see if it sticks.