Archive for the ‘Punches’ Category

Ripping paper/laughing baby: A metaphor for modern sports

March 30th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

Aside from being possibly the cutest thing you’ve ever seen on the internet, it occurred to me that the following video serves as the perfect metaphor for sports today. Read the rest of this entry »

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Shafting Tyson

March 12th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

I was watching some tribute to Muhammad Ali on television the other night.  He had just celebrated his 70th birthday so some Las Vegas big wigs decided to honor the former heavyweight champion by basically booking every star imaginable for the occasion.  Read the rest of this entry »

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SportsChump not so proudly presents the Danica Patrick Chart of Ever-Increasing Annoyance

March 5th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

Some people just drive me batty.  I like to consider myself a pretty patient person but as I get a little longer in the tooth, I’m finding out there’s a lot more crap I won’t tolerate… and a lot of people that just annoy me. Read the rest of this entry »

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Gratuitous Perpetuation of Racial Profi-Lin: Headlines we hope we’ll never see

February 20th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

We have repeatedly discussed on this website, the outright need for political correctness, Read the rest of this entry »

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Who needs heavyweight boxing when we have Federer, Nadal and Djokovic?

January 30th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

Soon after his retirement, basketball junkies everywhere craved the second coming of Michael, so much so that we dubbed every player after him who could jump out of the gym “The Next Jordan.”  Read the rest of this entry »

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The 13 most memorable individual altercations in sports, Part Two

March 8th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

Before I delve into Part Two of my most memorable altercations in recent sports memory, let me first say that we fans must be a bloodthirsty bunch.  The previous post in this series brought a record amount of viewers to the Chump, meaning I’ll probably resort to posting a lot more blood and guts in the future. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hail or Rail Scale, Part II: LeRon McClain, Erik Spoelstra, Antonio Margarito, Cecil Newton, Lakers, Jazz, Steve Spurrier and Kevin Love

November 18th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

Last week’s Hail or Rail Scale was such a smash hit, I did my best to expedite the next episode.  Never let it be said I don’t have my readers’ best interests at heart.

As you may recall, Randy Moss and Zenyatta topped (and bottomed) last week’s Hail or Rail.  Let’s see who takes the honors this time around. Read the rest of this entry »

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The night I knocked out Brock Lesnar and other tall tales from the weekend in sports

October 27th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

This Saturday, I traveled to Gainesville to witness the marital vows of an old poker buddy, so before we even start talking about sports, I’d like to extend my most sincere and heartfelt congratulations to Damion 2.0 and his beautiful bride.  Thanks for one blast of a weekend… and once again, you’re welcome for the lap dance. Read the rest of this entry »

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Chumpservations, Vol. 16 Wishful Thinking Edition: Randy Couture takes out Brett Favre, Roger Goodell AND fantasy football

September 2nd, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

UFC sells out

Did anyone else find last weekend’s Randy Couture-James Toney match gimmicky Read the rest of this entry »

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Things we would like to see in sports, Part 2: Roger Clemens tell the truth, a Kobe-LeBron Finals, Cy Young being bested, a college football playoff and the return of the heavyweight division

May 17th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

Roger Clemens telling the truth

Roger Clemens, the greatest pitcher of our generation, has gone into hiding.  His defiance led him there. Read the rest of this entry »

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