As you all know, I tend bar for a living. I’m also a bit of a sports fan, hence the website you’re currently reading. Part of being a good bartender is the ability to strike up conversation with your customers, Continue reading
Tiger Woods was once the most marketable athlete on the planet. He was as dominant as we’ve ever seen in any sport. Five career majors behind Jack Nicklaus, he was well on his way to becoming the greatest golfer to Continue reading
When it comes to losing money, I do it with flair. Don’t get me wrong. I’d much rather win all my wagers, kick back in the Caribbean sipping rum drinks out of pineapples and freely pilot my Learjet to Las Continue reading
Sunday morning came early for us late night bar-workers and ball-wagerers. Having missed the opportunity to place my annual – and let’s be honest – required Augusta future, I looked at the final round leaderboard and thought I’d take a Continue reading
“Czervik? Czervik? Is Al Czervik here?” asked the man standing at the front of the room, microphone in his hand, as if he were Ben Stein waiting for Ferris Bueller to answer. There were a few, muffled chuckles in the Continue reading
“Overprivileged white guy goes to a foreign country, destroys property, blames it on brown people, lies about it all, flees the country, and gets hailed as a hero. Ryan Lochte is Peak American.” Dr. Milhouse, Facebook post circa 2016 Continue reading
One faithful reader requested I post another Chumpservations. Chumpservations used to be a mainstay on this website. After all, there have been 34 official volumes since the site’s been operational. Previous chumpservations haven’t necessarily been about sports (I think I Continue reading
This Is Your Brain On Sports is like no other sports book you’ve ever read. Generally speaking, most sports books are biographies about legends or drawn-out depictions of a specific game, season or event. Brain On Sports is none of Continue reading
Is nothing sacred? As sports fans, we like to sit in the stands or in front of our television sets and believe everything we’re watching is real, that the players we adore are giving it their all and the franchises Continue reading
What if Ronda Rousey fought Floyd Mayweather… and won? What if a member already in Baseball’s Hall of Fame admitted to using steroids regularly to get an edge? What if Joe Maddon wins a World Series with the Cubs? What Continue reading