The GIF Bracket: The Quest For The Greatest Animated Sports GIF Of All Time

On Wednesday, we enter Day 3 of the Animated Sports GIF Bracket, a 64-item tournament in which we vote to determine the greatest GIF of all time. Halfway through the first round, we’ve already witnessed some landslide victories, such as that of Rollerblading Raptors Mascot, who as of this writing is winning by a 948-47 vote. We’ve also seen massive upsets that have rocked the sports GIF world, such as Hot Sauce’s (not the And1 baller) death blow to Sad Browns Fan.

I regret to note that this tournament has also been marred with controversy. At the last minute, I pulled a GIF from contention that I found to be tainted, and hastily replaced it with another. The GIF I replaced it with, in which Nick Swisher somersaults into home plate, also turned out to be tainted, as it is looped in reverse.

The first day of the Animated Sports GIF Bracket was one of mortified punters, bored fans, strife and sorrow, and at the end of the day Monday, some pretty clear winners had emerged. Voting is still open on those guys, by the way. If you missed them, you can vote on them here.

On Day 2 of the tournament, we shift our gaze to the South Region. Throughout the day, I’ll be adding links to the bracket below that you can follow to view GIFs and vote on the winners. If you’d prefer to follow along via Twitter, I’ll also be tweeting the links via @jon_bois.

Basketball is a waste of time. All you do is bounce it on the floor a bunch and then you throw it. Who cares? We are occupied with determining something far more important: the greatest animated sports GIF of all time.

And this time, you will help determine it. In the coming weeks, we’ll be asking you to vote for your favorite GIFs. We begin with the West region, which is named as such for absolutely no reason at all.