sports Seven players from Australian rugby team refuse to play in "pride" version of kit featuring rainbow stripe Rob Beschizza

happy mutant Furloughed sports commentator starts covering scenes from everyday life Rusty Blazenhoff

nfl Medical historian explores how the science of repeated head injuries was established, and then forgotten Jennifer Sandlin

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

animation An exclusive interview with Peppa Pig's "Daddy Pig" Richard Ridings Devin Nealy

Japan What makes sumo wrestling so popular in Japan? Devin Nealy

"Whizzy Rascal" Watch: Child in tiny car brings rugby ball to field but refuses to hand it over in comical video Carla Sinclair

Science The album Tubular Bells (with The Exorcist theme) accidentally contains morse code sent to UK military submarine David Pescovitz

animal rescues Watch: A sheep with its head stuck in a barbed wire fence is rescued by a human super hero Carla Sinclair

mistakes Coroner says two rugby players who overdosed on heroin 'did not mean to buy drug' Mark Frauenfelder

uk London cops are using an unregulated, 98% inaccurate facial recognition tech Cory Doctorow

crowd surfing Watch excited rugby fans make impromptu crowd-surfing line for passersby Carla Sinclair

Streakers Watch: Half-dressed gentleman at Rugby game takes it all off and streaks Carla Sinclair

Boing Boing Gadgets "Roaming in Wonderland with Ears": the elf ear headphones reviewed Rob Beschizza

offworld Women take a place at the pinball table Laura Hudson

game of thrones Death—and dragons—stalk the powerful in Game of Thrones Chris Weitz

Video: teeth replaced with bottle opener implants David Pescovitz

Self-Dissection: a conversation with satirical English author Will Self Mark Dery