Love. Respect. Honor. As shown through hair follicles.

Kanye West showed support for his late mother, Donda, by shaving the word “MAMA” into his head for the Grammy’s on Sunday. What a great move. What a precise shave. This graffiti-style tribute to his mother is a clean, nice look. And after this, you know tons of kids out there will be sporting hair-tributes soon. Better get those blades sharpened. This is not something you can do by yourself in the mirror. This takes the work of a craftsman. Nice tribute, Kanye. If anybody has a better picture of his hair-tribute, please post it. I can’t find a good one out there.

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A beard up in yo' grille.

It takes more than secret video cameras and a pretty quarterback to get to the Super Bowl. You need offensive linemen who are man enough to grow beards like these. Matt Light (#72), Dan Koppen (#67) and Logan "Man"kins (#70) of the New England Patriots grew out theirs for the playoffs and now will be playing for the Lombardi Trophy. It’s no coincidence. Nothing intimidates like a big piece of fur growing from your face. May God have mercy on the Giants’ defensive linemen.