Lists: Sports

27 lists in parts of videos about sports (a written list: in videos about it), oldest first. All topics · Overview

2009

• 2009-02-01 · Super Bowl Analysis from an Idiot · John, 3 named (joke, 1 unnamed item) — John says if the Cardinals lose Super Bowl 43 they need a more awesome mascot and suggests ninjas (with the Ask a Ninja guy), the Arizona Mother-in-laws, and the Arizona Herpes. (00:01:38)
  1 Ask a Ninja · … · 3 herpes simplex · 4 Edward Cullen “the Arizona blood-drinking silver-haired virgins”

2010

• 2010-02-06 · Truth or Fail: SUPERBOWL · Hank, 2 named — First set of facts: Darren Sproles the smallest NFL player today vs William 'the Refrigerator' Perry the largest of all time (00:00:44)
  1 Darren Sproles · 2 William Perry

• 2010-06-21 · You're Gonna Die · John, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — John chooses nerdfighting, books and, though it's silly, the World Cup, because it transcends geography, ethnicity, wealth and politics and puts the world on the same grass. (00:01:36)
  1 nerdfighter “Nerdfighting” · … · 3 FIFA World Cup

2011

• 2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry · John, 3 named — John says we choose what we care about, and caring about sports is ultimately about community, like caring about Harry Potter, Dungeons and Dragons or Nerdfighteria. (00:03:01)
  1 Harry Potter (book series) · 2 Dungeons & Dragons · 3 Nerdfighteria

2012

• 2012-07-31 · Nerd Olympics · John, 2 named (playful) — John's plan: recruit passionate, washed-up basketball players, give them treadmill desks and build a US men's handball team just good enough to qualify; a movie would follow. (00:01:34)
  1 Cool Runnings · 2 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

2013

• 2013-04-30 · Animals Interrupt Sporting Events: A Critical Analysis · John, 3 named (playful) — John says most sports stories (Rudy, The Blind Side, Teen Wolf) lack a complex moral narrative, while great animal-interruption GIFs refuse that moral simplicity. (00:02:26)
  1 Rudy · 2 The Blind Side · 3 Teen Wolf

2014

• 2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times · John, 3 named — John hopes Nerdfighters of Kingston, Wimbledon and Greater London will go to the game, so there is Nerdfighter support at the first official Nerdfighter game. (00:01:55)
  1 Kingston upon Thames · 2 Wimbledon · 3 Greater London

• 2014-02-14 · Happy Third Chocolate Day! · Hank, 2 named — Hank finds curling ridiculous but admits it is objectively no weirder than ice dancing or hockey, his two favourite events. (00:01:25)
  1 ice dancing · 2 ice hockey

2015

• 2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing · John, 3 named — John says a draw against Manchester United, Arsenal or Chelsea could have earned Wimbledon more from one game than 20 years of Nerdfighter sponsorship. (00:01:14)
  1 Manchester United F.C. · 2 Arsenal F.C. · 3 Chelsea FC

2016

• 2016-08-19 · 16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics · Hank, 16 named — The list: sepak takraw, tug of war, wushu, cricket, secret handshakes, robot combat, a cappella, kite fighting, ultrarunning, cheer, kabaddi, parkour, darts, headis, League of Legends, mounted archery (00:01:01)
  1 Sepak takraw · 2 Tug of war · 3 Wushu (sport) · 4 Cricket · 5 Secret handshake · 6 BattleBots · 7 A cappella “Acapella singing” · 8 Kite fighting · 9 Ultramarathon “Ultrarunning” · 10 Cheerleading · 11 Kabaddi “Kabbadi” · 12 Parkour · 13 Darts · 14 Headis · 15 League of Legends · 16 Mounted archery

• 2016-08-19 · 16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics · Hank, 2 named — Hank says the Olympics should let people post GIFs on Tumblr and Twitter. (00:03:47)
  1 Tumblr · 2 Twitter

• 2016-08-23 · The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV · John, 3 named — John says amazing sports such as headis, Muggle Quidditch, the Catan World Championships, human backflip racing and excavator-goalie demolition derby soccer go largely un-televised. (00:00:17)
  1 Headis · 2 Quadball “Muggle Quidditch” · 3 Catan

• 2016-08-23 · The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV · John, 2 named — John submits that the Ocho would be a wildly popular cable network or streaming service, home to niche sports from Olympic ones to competitive log rolling and foot billiards. (00:01:30)
  1 Logrolling (sport) · 2 foot billiards

2018

• 2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? · John, 3 named — The US lost qualifiers to Costa Rica twice, to Mexico, and to Trinidad and Tobago. (00:01:03)
  1 Costa Rica · 2 Mexico · 3 Trinidad and Tobago

• 2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? · John, 6 named — Italy, the Netherlands, Chile, Canada, China, New Zealand and many other countries also failed to qualify. (00:01:21)
  1 Italy · 2 Netherlands · 3 Chile · 4 Canada · 5 China · 6 New Zealand

• 2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup · John, 32 named — Argentina to Iceland: Messi, the Socceroos, Egypt as John's adopted team, England's fans (00:00:17)
  1 Argentina · 2 Australia · 3 Belgium · 4 Brazil · 5 Colombia · 6 Costa Rica · 7 Croatia · 8 Denmark · 9 Egypt · 10 England · 11 France · 12 Germany · 13 Iceland · 14 Iran · 15 Japan · 16 Mexico · 17 Morocco · 18 Nigeria · 19 Panama · 20 Peru · 21 Poland · 22 Portugal · 23 Russia · 24 Saudi Arabia · 25 Serbia · 26 Senegal · 27 South Korea · 28 Spain · 29 Sweden · 30 Switzerland · 31 Tunisia · 32 Uruguay

2019

• 2019-07-23 · What to Love and How · video description, 4 named —
  1 Divock Origi · 2 Trent Alexander-Arnold · 3 Virgil van Dijk · 4 Andrew Robertson

• 2019-07-23 · What to Love and How · John, 4 named — Liverpool fans sing the same songs and share a history; John has met them from Indianapolis to Sierra Leone, Hollywood to Stockholm, and they always remember together. (00:00:57)
  1 Indianapolis · 2 Sierra Leone · 3 Hollywood · 4 Stockholm

2022

• 2022-04-12 · Utter Chippy Butty Chaos · John, 2 named — Formula One, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Dr. House the anesthesiologist (00:01:47)
  1 Lewis Hamilton · 2 Max Verstappen

2023

• 2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team · John, 2 named — John says Wimbledon currently sit narrowly ahead of Wrexham, owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, and several spots above the Milton Keynes club. (00:02:05)
  1 Ryan Reynolds · 2 Rob McElhenney

• 2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team · John, 3 named — AFC Wimbledon backstory, sponsorship, surprising season and star players, Joe Lewis's shorts (00:02:26)
  1 Ali Al-Hamadi · 2 James Tilley · 3 Aaron Sasu

• 2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team · John, 2 named — John says great players are emerging from Wimbledon's academy, including fullbacks Jack Currie, his personal hero, at the club since 10, and Isaac Ovandera, who joined at 14. (00:02:58)
  1 Jack Currie · 2 Isaac Ovandera

• 2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team · John, 2 named — John hails central defenders 'Greatbeard' Ryan Johnson and Joe Lewis, whose aggressively rolled-up shorts hide the DFTBA logo, which John is fine with. (00:03:15)
  1 Ryan Johnson · 2 Joe Lewis

2024

• 2024-03-05 · THE BEST DAY · John, 3 named — For John that thing is football; for others it could be crochet, Jane Austen or distance running. (00:04:08)
  1 crochet · 2 Jane Austen · 3 Running

• 2024-08-20 · Thoughts from Places: BROMLEY! · John, 3 named — John says Bromley was once home to David Bowie, Charles Darwin and H. G. Wells. (00:00:42)
  1 David Bowie · 2 Charles Darwin · 3 H. G. Wells

2026

• 2026-06-09 · Your 1-Sentence Guide to EVERY TEAM in the 2026 World Cup · John, 47 named — Greeting; the World Cup as beautiful, confounding and corrupt; one sentence per team in reverse order of John's odds (00:00:00)
  1 Curaçao “Curacao” · 2 Haiti · 3 Jordan · 4 Iraq · 5 New Zealand · 6 Uzbekistan · 7 Qatar · 8 Cape Verde · 9 Saudi Arabia · 10 South Africa · 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo · 12 Iran · 13 Australia · 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina · 15 South Korea · 16 Tunisia · 17 Algeria · 18 Paraguay · 19 Ghana · 20 Egypt · 21 Canada · 22 Scotland · 23 Czech Republic “Czechia” · 24 Austria · 25 Mexico · 26 Ivory Coast · 27 United States men's national soccer team · 28 Senegal · 29 Sweden · 30 Norway · 31 Uruguay · 32 Croatia · 33 Turkey · 34 Switzerland · 35 Belgium · 36 Germany · 37 Ecuador · 38 Japan · 39 Netherlands · 40 Portugal · 41 Morocco · 42 Colombia · 43 Brazil · 44 England · 45 Argentina · 46 France · 47 Spain

• 2026-06-16 · My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover · John, 2 named — The Vlogbrothers sponsorship program is open: part of the channel's ad money supports educational online video; past grant recipients include This Glorious Clockwork and Kurzgesagt. (00:03:50)
  1 This Glorious Clockwork · 2 Kurzgesagt