About
/sp/ (abbreviated from Sports) is a board on 4chan which focuses on mainstream sports throughout the world, including football, soccer, hockey, and more. The site has gained notoriety throughout the web due to the memes that have come out of the site, including Why, He Does It For Free and George Costanza.
Origin
The board was created in April of 2006, along with other trial boards such as /co/, /mu, and /tv/ (television) among others. However, is the only trial board to be deleted, with all the other boards becoming full fledged boards. In 2008, the board is recreated, in a second adding of multiple boards, including /toy/ (toys) and /fa/ (fashion). The board gained large mass, but was widely ignored by the moderator team from 2010-2013. However, in May of 2013, mods had begun to crack down on /sp/ shitposting, which had been growing increasingly since 2010.
Board Culture
Costanza.jpg / George Costanza Reaction Face
Costanza.jpg is a reaction image based on a still image of the Seinfeld character George Costanza (played by actor Jason Alexander) holding a baseball bat with a look of contempt on his face. On 4chan, the image is typically used to express disapproval towards greentext implication posts that would be considered out of social norms. It has also become closely associated with the phrase “I Seriously Hope You Guys Don’t Do This” (ISHYGDDT).
Tony Kornheiser’s “Why”
Tony Kornheiser’s ‘Why’ is an image macro series featuring a stillshot of American sportscaster Tony Kornheiser and the lower third caption reading “Why.” In discussion forums and imageboard communities, Kornheiser’s pictures are often used as reaction images to patronize others’ opinions or viewpoints.
He Does It For Free
*He Does It For Free is an expression used to mock 4chan moderators, also known as “janitors,” who are accused of abusing their power or being overly sensitive. Is it often associated with images of the anthropomorphic cartoon dog John Morris from the cartoon television series Arthur, who is employed as an elementary school janitor on the show. The expression originated from /sp/.
The Philmarilion
The Philmarilion is a 97-page document containing exhaustive notes, poems and other artworks centered around 4chan user “UTV," authored and released by “the archiver” in October 2013.
Lelbron
Lelbron is a photoshop meme featuring a photograph of the Miami Heat professional basketball player LeBron James wearing pair of black-rimmed glasses and a smile. The meme involves superimposing a cutout of LeBron’s face into other base images of various settings and contexts.
8chan Board
In 2013, the site 8chan was created, rivaling 4chan, including a /sp/ board. The 8chan board has gained notability for their 4chan GETs, and heavy shitposting.
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