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NEW YORK CITY (TSC) — Exactly one year ago, we got this crazy chill up our spine and a nervous twitch in our eye.We thought it was just the double-wrapped Chipotle burrito we had eaten the night before. Turns out, we were giving birth.

After following several sports blogs around the wonderful World Wide Web, we decided we weren’t quite getting the content we craved. We decided to, on top of our full-time jobs and weekly commitments, develop our own site dedicated toward people more like us — people with a strong liking toward excellent journalism, witty remarks, good-looking gals and the most compelling irony. On June 8, 2008, we spread our legs and mental wings, and our baby was born.

And wouldn’t you believe it, we dropped it on its head.

Still, The Sports Culture has lived to see its first birthday today. We still don’t know how we made it this far.

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Hugs and kisses to Bristol,

The Sports Culture.

YOURMOMSBASEMENT, Calif. — You are currently reading a top-20 blog.

A team of analysts at Sports Media Challenge put together a regular index of the nation’s top sports blogs using their proprietary algorithm* of more than 10 key variables.

Generally, the three main criteria are: Influence, Community and Relevance.

TheSportsCulture.com was ranked 19th overall in the sports blogosphere, it was announced Tuesday.

Here’s a breakdown of America’s The World’s Top 25 Sports Blogs:

1. Deadspin
2. The Big Lead
3. Sports by Brooks
4. With Leather
5. Busted Coverage
6. Awful Announcing
7. The Sports Hernia
8. Black Sports Online
9. Hugging Harold Reynolds
10. Sportaphile
11. Total Pro Sports
12. The Love of Sports
13. Sharapova’s Thigh
14. Can’t Stop the Bleeding
15. Joe Sports Fan
16. NESW Sports
17. Sports Crackle Pop
18. Sports Frog
19. The Sports Culture
20. Deuce of Davenport
21. Larry Brown Sports
22. Rumors and Rants
23. The World of Isaac
24. No Guts No Glory
25. Bootlegger Sports

*The fuck’s a proprietary algorithm?

April Fools. We don’t suck, we’re just in an awkward transition period between a Great Website and Greatest Website. Just like puberty, our voice is getting deeper, and the site is about to experience a big, big overhaul over the next month.

The Sports Culture 2.0: Coming to you May 1, 2009.

Stay tuned.

It’s a supply and demand thing.

Here on The Sports Culture, there’s a huge demand for information, freshness and quality blogging. But due to other projects and jobs, our supply is limited.

That’s why we need you.

The Sports Culture is currently accepting applications for a newly-created managing editor position for the Web site. What exactly does this entail?

• Managing the day-to-day blogging operations
• Being creative
• Being funny
• Knowing sport

Bonus points if you’re a cute, single and intellectual young businesswoman. Just kidding. Kinda.

Please e-mail your writing samples, résumé and/or highlight reel to broy(at)redcupmedia.com.

Ta ta!