trickery
Mets 3B Tricks Umpire With Fake Ball He Found in Stands
New York Mets third baseman Todd Frazier looks to have pulled off some sleight-of-hand work to dupe the umpire against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday.
Legendary Internet Troll Ken M on What Comment Sections Tell Us About Ourselves
“They have the opportunity to connect with people and they choose instead to be dicks to each other.”
A Fellow Magician Tricked Me At My Own Birthday Party
While magicians frequently try to fool one another with cleverness, it’s much more rare for a fellow performer to go full force and refuse to admit any form of trickery.
The User Experience Researcher Who Was Fooled by a Twitter Bot
A user experience researcher now works with bots as part of her day job. But before that, she was fooled by one that seemed a little too human.
How to Convince People Your Fake Website for Thigh Gap Jewelry Is Real
The hardest part about an internet hoax is timing the reveal.
An April Fools' Joke from 2007 Taught Me to Be Wary of the Internet for Life
It used to be a lot earlier to pull one over on the internet.
The Lost Art of the Internet Prank
A conversation with Hipster Runoff's Carles.Buzz about satire, anonymity, and how trolling is replacing the prank.
Close-Ups of Halloween in New York
Ben Baker gets amazing shots by pretending to flash people—then giving them another kind of flash.
NFL Dos and Don'ts: St. Louis Rams
The Rams beat the Seahawks last year with a couple of fantastic trick plays. Don't pay any attention to the gross uniforms they were wearing, though.
NFL Dos and Don'ts: Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns had a respectable year and maybe even have some promise. Still, they are the Browns, so, you know.
Seattle Scores TD on Fake Field Goal
The Seahawks scored their first touchdown on a nice bit of trickery on a fake field goal.
Trevone Boykin Has All The Blockers On Trick Play TD
TCU opened up scoring for the day with a well-executed trick play that left Trevone Boykin with approximately 50 blockers for an easy TD run.