{"specialPage":false,"currentContentLayout":"postArchive","isPage":false,"isSingle":false,"isHome":false,"isFrontPage":false,"isArchive":true,"is404":false,"archiveTitle":"sports","title":"Bestgifs.makeagif.com &raquo; The best animated GIFs on the internet","bodyClasses":["archive","tag","tag-sports","tag-141"],"posts":[{"id":2336,"post_title":"The IOC Tried To Kill Olympic GIFs &#038; Something Better Was Born!","post_excerpt":"<p>The International Olympics Committee (IOC) is infamously uptight and a little insane when it comes to the Olympics brand. They&#8217;ve\u00a0taken legal action against everyone from the mom-and-pop\u00a0Olympia Pizza &amp;\u00a0Pasta Restaurant, to a gay chatline logo full of shirtless men that the IOC said resembled imagery of shirtless Olympic athletes too much. This year the IOC&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","post_shortcode":null,"post_slider_height":"400","post_content":"<p>The International Olympics Committee (IOC) is <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/is-the-iocs-protection-of-the-olympic-brand-over-the-top-62914\" target=\"_blank\">infamously uptight<\/a> and a little insane when it comes to the Olympics brand. They&#8217;ve\u00a0taken legal action against everyone from the mom-and-pop\u00a0<em>Olympia Pizza &amp;\u00a0Pasta Restaurant,<\/em> to a gay chatline logo full of shirtless men that the IOC said resembled imagery of shirtless Olympic athletes too much.<\/p>\n<p>This year the IOC&#8217;s lunacy is the declaration that making GIFS of any Olympic events, be it the actual games or opening\/closing ceremonies, is verboten. Rather than just accept this ridiculous\u00a0decree the &#8216;Net fought back&#8230;through the power of GIFS!!!<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users commented and live tweeted on the opening ceremony by swapping out GIFS of the event with humorous reaction GIFS, here&#8217;s some of the best (note you&#8217;ll have to hit the play button to see them in their glory):<\/p>\n<p>People seemed to get a kick out of supermodel and Brazilian beauty Giselle B\u00fcndchen&#8217;s long, long, very slow journey to the stage. We can&#8217;t show you the absurd footage but&#8230;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gisele at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpeningCeremony?src=hash\">#OpeningCeremony<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/guz1FE88at\">pic.twitter.com\/guz1FE88at<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BenchWarmers (@BeWarmers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeWarmers\/status\/761707375304646656\">August 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The world was pretty psyched that climate change came up in the ceremony, unexpected but appreciated:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThatMomentWhen?src=hash\">#ThatMomentWhen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics\">@Olympics<\/a> takes on the challenge of spreading <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/climatechange?src=hash\">#climatechange<\/a> awareness. Amazing. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpeningCeremony?src=hash\">#OpeningCeremony<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ljnv2JUdi4\">pic.twitter.com\/ljnv2JUdi4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Anthony Tetro (@JATetro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JATetro\/status\/761711098533965826\">August 5, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Each athlete will plant TREES <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpeningCeremony?src=hash\">#OpeningCeremony<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sXYTLYDo3j\">pic.twitter.com\/sXYTLYDo3j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UNBREAKABLE CAMI (@TorisNormani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TorisNormani\/status\/761730211016605696\">August 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nForget the Olympics, lets all go save the planet! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/openingceremony?src=hash\">#openingceremony<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2zcEjjwyFI\">pic.twitter.com\/2zcEjjwyFI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jo (@pinnerjo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pinnerjo\/status\/761710907227512832\">August 5, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The crazy set and the stage made viewers think of a different kind of game&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The floor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpeningCeremony?src=hash\">#OpeningCeremony<\/a> reminded me of the Worlds largest game of QBert <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rio2016?src=hash\">#Rio2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ix6Czqq71O\">pic.twitter.com\/Ix6Czqq71O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alive In Philly (@AliveInPhilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliveInPhilly\/status\/761728148287488000\">August 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The psychedelic light show and dance sequence that was one of the cornerstones of the night tripped a lot of people wayyyyyy out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nI&#8217;ve either had too much or not enough sugar for this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpeningCeremony?src=hash\">#OpeningCeremony<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H6yPpsBM18\">pic.twitter.com\/H6yPpsBM18<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amanda (@TinkonBrink) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TinkonBrink\/status\/761708046858981376\">August 5, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Moving away from the opening Twitter covered and reacted to the problems of this year&#8217;s games using the hashtag #OlympicProblemsIn5Words. And of course, GIFS were one of the best ways to explore and express and explain any of these issues.<\/p>\n<p>People getting sick and getting strange rashes from bizarre mold around the venues was a Tweetable issue:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OlympicProblemsIn5Words?src=hash\">#OlympicProblemsIn5Words<\/a> there&#8217;s nasty fungus amongst us <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GCdsLb07tH\">pic.twitter.com\/GCdsLb07tH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 3amAngst (@SamsaraKush) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamsaraKush\/status\/762041251470319616\">August 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Plus, the dirty water that&#8217;s getting people down&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OlympicProblemsIn5Words?src=hash\">#OlympicProblemsIn5Words<\/a><br \/>\n Now my stomach feels funny <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oJWJeEAFhO\">pic.twitter.com\/oJWJeEAFhO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sometimes interested (@nowthethingis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowthethingis\/status\/762032442995712000\">August 6, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Result of drinking the water<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OlympicProblemsIn5Words?src=hash\">#OlympicProblemsIn5Words<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rtnIIpjX7m\">pic.twitter.com\/rtnIIpjX7m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hunter Robinson (@HunterCRobinson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HunterCRobinson\/status\/762024828299685888\">August 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some people poked fun at the state of some of the sites where specific games were taking place.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OlympicProblemsIn5Words?src=hash\">#OlympicProblemsIn5Words<\/a> Golfers face unusual water hazards <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VfVIRSxHLu\">pic.twitter.com\/VfVIRSxHLu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Drummond (@4eyesJohnny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4eyesJohnny\/status\/762014396302360576\">August 6, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As well as some the games, and some of their unfortunate names, themselves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Creepy sounding weight lifting events. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OlympicProblemsIn5Words?src=hash\">#OlympicProblemsIn5Words<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xjSaU9uKRm\">pic.twitter.com\/xjSaU9uKRm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael (@2BigReasons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2BigReasons\/status\/762011451523342336\">August 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And of course the Olympics just ain&#8217;t for everyone:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nEveryone else cares except me <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OlympicProblemsIn5Words?src=hash\">#OlympicProblemsIn5Words<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WY3l7fguuI\">pic.twitter.com\/WY3l7fguuI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Russell Hudson (@doctorstrategy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doctorstrategy\/status\/762048636997951488\">August 6, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Okay, we cant end this post without at least 1 real GIF of an actual competition, so here you go, it&#8217;s the Chinese Team competing in Synchronized Solo Diving!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/china.gif\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2337 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/china.gif\" alt=\"Funny Olympics GIFS\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","post_mime_type":null,"featimg":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/olympicrings-400x400.gif","animation":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/olympicrings.gif","featimgCaption":"","meta":{"postSource":""},"postType":"post","permalink":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/funny-olympics-gifs\/","terms":{"post_tag":[{"id":70,"title":"funny","url":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/tag\/funny-gifs\/","slug":"funny-gifs","color":""},{"id":260,"title":"olympics","url":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/tag\/olympics\/","slug":"olympics","color":""},{"id":261,"title":"olympics 2016","url":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/tag\/olympics-2016\/","slug":"olympics-2016","color":""},{"id":262,"title":"rio 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So, it&#8217;s only natural that pundits, athletes, journalists, newscasters, and fans, will\u00a0try to predict the outcome of the game. Plus, besides the excitement of the game itself [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","post_shortcode":null,"post_slider_height":"400","post_content":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/shocking-super-bowl-gifs-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl<\/a> plays a huge role in the public conscience, occupying our attention for weeks (or if you&#8217;re a football fanatic\u2014months) leading up to the big game. So, it&#8217;s only natural that pundits, athletes, journalists, newscasters, and fans, will\u00a0try to predict the outcome of the game. Plus, besides the excitement of the game itself and the fun in attempting to guess the outcome, there&#8217;s also the matter of the hundreds of millions of dollars in bets placed on the Super Bowl each year.<\/p>\n<p>But the opinions of experts are not the only way we try to see into the future to spot the winning team. Every year there&#8217;s a bunch of absurd\u00a0methods for picking the winning team. We&#8217;re talking everything\u00a0from piglets to Presidents and now that the game is over, lets check in and see how accurate some of these bizarre predictors were. And just to refresh your memory, the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers 24-10.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;\">A Monkey in a Zoo<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/monkey.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1189\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1189\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/monkey.gif\" alt=\"monkey\" width=\"720\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Utah Zoo has a yearly tradition of having one of their animals predict the Super Bowl. This year an\u00a0orangutan named Tuah was given two\u00a0cardboard Panthers and Broncos\u00a0signs and helmets and was then studied to see which one he prefered. He chewed up the Panthers sign and\u00a0never touched the Denver Broncos stuff\u00a0indicating to the zoo staff that Carolina was Tuah&#8217;s choice. You screwed up Tuah! Wrong choice!! Next year if you&#8217;re betting on the game don&#8217;t listen to a monkey.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;\">A Video Game<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/madden.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1188\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1188\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/madden.gif\" alt=\"madden\" width=\"720\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nVideo game company EA Sports ran a simulation of the Super Bowl through their popular video game\u00a0Madden NFL, 16, but just like the monkey it picked the wrong team. Madden had Carolina winning with a final score of\u00a024-20.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;\">Puppies<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/puppies.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1192\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1192\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/puppies.gif\" alt=\"puppies\" width=\"720\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Late night host Jimmy Fallon has a pack of puppies with supernatural powers because his 9 cute doggies chose the winners. Fallon laid out two food bowls with the team names on them and stated whichever bowl got the most puppies would be the Super Bowl champion. The doggies went with Denver.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;\">The President of the United States<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/obama.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1190\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1190\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/obama.gif\" alt=\"obama\" width=\"720\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a sketch for Stephan Colbert&#8217;s <em>Late Show<\/em> President Barack Obama predicted that Denver would win the Super Bowl. This may not count since President Obama may have had inside info. &#8220;I&#8217;m the President,&#8221; said Obama about how he knew which team would prevail. &#8220;And it turns out all the Super Bowl winners for the next 50 years are written on the back of the constitution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;\">Piglets<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pigs.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1191\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1191\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pigs.gif\" alt=\"pigs\" width=\"720\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMorning show\u00a0<em>Live with Kelly and Michael\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwizs4a_3-jKAhVDbR4KHZEyDmUQFggfMAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvovermind.com%2Ftv-news%2Flive-with-kelly-and-michael-pigs-predict-the-super-bowl-winner&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmWHNN8INxg_FD187zjwXI1LmkqA&amp;sig2=ySshZdyeoBWe7iF-B5Hyfg\" target=\"_blank\">raced piglets<\/a> to see which team would triumph. And how did the piggies do compared to all of the other ridiculous sports prognosticators? The swine did excellent and chose the Broncos!<\/p>\n<p>Now you know who to listen to next year when you&#8217;re putting down a wager on Super Bowl 51! And why not share this post with any football fanatics you may know, shouldn&#8217;t they know who to listen to when it comes time to pick a winner?<\/p>\n","post_mime_type":null,"featimg":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/6To_BJ-400x400.gif","animation":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/6To_BJ.gif","featimgCaption":"","meta":{"postSource":""},"postType":"post","permalink":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/bizarre-super-bowl-predictors-how-did-they-do\/","terms":{"post_tag":[{"id":41,"title":"football","url":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/tag\/football\/","slug":"football","color":""},{"id":141,"title":"sports","url":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/tag\/sports\/","slug":"sports","color":""},{"id":140,"title":"Super Bowl","url":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/tag\/super-bowl\/","slug":"super-bowl","color":""},{"id":51,"title":"wtf","url":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/tag\/wtf\/","slug":"wtf","color":""}],"category":[{"id":69,"title":"Sports","url":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/category\/sports-gifs\/","slug":"sports-gifs","color":"#fff"}]},"commentsOpen":true,"nrComments":"0","haveComments":1,"commentsPassword":false,"commentsVisibility":1,"pingsOpen":true,"havePings":false,"author":{"id":"16","name":"Jonathan Stewart","bio":"","website":"","url":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/author\/jonathan-stewart\/","avatar":"<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1c9cb747a3e954c715f1ad572ee6f53b?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1c9cb747a3e954c715f1ad572ee6f53b?s=192&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/>"},"postClasses":["post-1187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-gifs","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-super-bowl","tag-wtf"],"date":{"text":"February 8, 2016","m":"20160208","url":"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/2016\/02\/08\/"},"views":"4190","votes":0,"vote":0,"next_post":"","prev_post":""},{"id":1169,"post_title":"6 Shocking Super Bowl Scandals","post_excerpt":"<p>One of the most obsessed about, highest rated, and all-and-all\u00a0significant events of the year is this weekend. It&#8217;s Super Bowl 50 and no matter if you&#8217;re obsessed with football or don&#8217;t care about the game, for the next 72 hours it&#8217;s going to dominate all media\u2014be it the Net, TV,\u00a0radio, newspapers, telegrams, and messages delivered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","post_shortcode":null,"post_slider_height":"400","post_content":"<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">One of the most obsessed about, highest rated, and all-and-all\u00a0significant events of the year is this weekend. It&#8217;s Super Bowl 50 and no matter if you&#8217;re obsessed with football or don&#8217;t care about the game, for the next 72 hours it&#8217;s going to dominate all media\u2014be it the Net, TV,\u00a0radio, newspapers, telegrams, and messages delivered by pidgeon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">But even such a huge\u00a0cultural milestone is not without its skeletons. Over the last half century there&#8217;s been numerous Super Bowl scandals, and today on MakeAGif we&#8217;re going to examine a few of the big ones.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Super Bowl XXX<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/screaming.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1183\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1183 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/screaming.gif\" alt=\"Screaming Watching TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">In 2009, viewers in Tucson, Arizona were treated to more than the average ball playing when adult cable station Club Jenna interrupted the game for 30 seconds. Instead of seeing the Cardinals fourth-quarter touchdown, viewers were treated with full frontal male nudity.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;\">The Boob Seen &#8216;Round the World<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jjnips.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1179\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1179 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jjnips.gif\" alt=\"Super Bowl gifs janet jackson nipple\" width=\"550\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Even though it was just 12 years ago this controversy seems almost quaint now, but at the time it was a HUGE deal. An enormous scandal. Super Bowl XXXVIII&#8217;s halftime show ended with\u00a0Justin Timberlake tearing off part a of segment of Janet Jackson&#8217;s costume to reveal a flash of her breast for a few seconds before the lights went down&#8230;.kind of.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: left;\">The obviously planned move, which the performers claimed was a &#8220;wardrobe malfunction&#8221; revealed no more boob than a cheerleaders bikini, Janet was wearing a &#8220;nipple guard&#8221; over part of her rack. But it still drove the nation insane and started a mini-culture war.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;\">Thanks to Bribes Dozens &amp;\u00a0Dozens of Footballs Are Altered for Super Bowl\u00a0XXXVII<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/alterfootball.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1173\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1173 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/alterfootball.gif\" alt=\"super bowl gif deflategate\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">You&#8217;d think this would be a bigger deal than Janet Jackson&#8217;s bewb. But bizarrely no one seems to give a fig that\u00a0quarterback Brad Johnson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/2015\/1\/21\/7865605\/brad-johnson-tampa-bay-buccaneers-super-bowl-deflategate\" target=\"_blank\">bribed some NFL workers to alter the balls<\/a> used in 2003&#8217;s\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0XXXVII. He admitted it a few years after the fact claiming it was no biggie, just a little extra money to some workers to scuff up the balls and break them in a bit. His confession was initially greeted with\u00a0shrugs and a general &#8220;who cares&#8221; response.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">But recently people seem a little more uptight that happened. It&#8217;s probably thanks to &#8220;deflategate&#8221;, and the whole common sense approach that it might be sketchy if a player is paying thousands in bribes to alter footballs.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;\">Super Bowl XXXIII&#8217;s Moral Scandal<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/hooker.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1174\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1174\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/hooker.gif\" alt=\"hooker\" width=\"500\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">1999 featured a scandal that should appeal to all lovers of irony. On the day before he was to play in Super Bowl XXXIII for the Falcons, defensive back Eugene Robinson received an award for\u00a0&#8220;high moral character&#8221; from the Christian organization,\u00a0Athletes in Action. Hours later he was picked up by an undercover cop for soliciting a prostitute. Robinson still played in the game only to see the Falcon&#8217;s lose.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;\">More Half-Time Shenanigans<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/prince-guitar-penis-super-bowl-halftime-show.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1177\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1177\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/prince-guitar-penis-super-bowl-halftime-show.gif\" alt=\"prince-guitar-penis-super-bowl-halftime-show\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The moral guardians of the nation were once more set into a tizzy by the Super Bowl halftime show in 2007. During a performance by Prince he had a giant sheet-like screen placed in front of him so that his shadow projected onto it. He then proceeded to make his guitar look like a large phallus&#8230;.very mature Prince!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;\">The Lights Go Out at Super Bowl XLVII Leading to Conspiracy Theories<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/lightsagain.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1178\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1178\" src=\"https:\/\/bestgifs.makeagif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/lightsagain.gif\" alt=\"lightsagain\" width=\"672\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">During 2003&#8217;s Super Bowl\u00a0the 49ers were down 28-6 to the Ravens and the outcome of the game was looking obvious. When suddenly the lights went out! A mysterious power outage shut down the game for 34 minutes. The 49ers rallied and made a miraculous comeback&#8230;but still lost with the final score being 34-31. 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