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Hail or Rail Scale VII: Jay-Z, Kevin Ware, Auburn football, the Yankees, Lakers, Falcons and good old Mike Rice

April 10th, 2013 by Chris Humpherys

HAIL


1 point – NBA Winning Streaks

I don’t recall that last time we saw double-digit winning streaks by four different teams in a single NBA season.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Darrelle Revis: Buyer Beware

March 23rd, 2013 by Chris Humpherys

These are interesting times in the Tampa Bay area.  Not only is our promising, young, baseball team about to embark on a quest for its first World Series title, our beloved Buccaneers are once again making noise in the free agent market. Read the rest of this entry »

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Manti Te’o is a little slow and other reasons we sports fans need to reassess our priorities

March 5th, 2013 by Chris Humpherys

“You may have never set foot in McDonald’s but you have your own McDonald’s. Maybe instead of buying a Big Mac, you read Us Weekly.  Hey, that’s still McDonald’s.  It’s just served up a little different.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Josh Freeman’s bad and not just at quarterback

February 11th, 2013 by Chris Humpherys

To continue their proud tradition of ground-breaking journalism, ESPN the Magazine is coming out with its “Music Issue.”  Read the rest of this entry »

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SportsChump and the The Wife Hates Sports talk writer’s block, Penn State football, Super Bowl predictions and the pros and cons of being single during football season

January 31st, 2013 by Chris Humpherys

I have this friend who perpetually suffers from writer’s block.

He’ll e-mail me from time to time, asking me for ideas or ways to generate more traffic to his site. Read the rest of this entry »

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They Said What, Vol. 5 starring the (second) greatest wide receiver ever, more alleged drug use in sports and the potential reemergence of JaMarcus Russell and Allen Iverson

January 30th, 2013 by Chris Humpherys

So Randy Moss thinks he’s the best wide receiver ever to play in the NFL.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Field goals count for three points and other important lessons in football

January 16th, 2013 by Chris Humpherys

A friend and I were driving around town last week listening to the local broadcast of the Outback Bowl.  Even though I live in Tampa and he was just visiting, he and I determined that bowl game, which featured neither of our alma maters, was not worth the price of admission.  Sure, we missed the nastiest hit of the decade but we made up for it by watching it repeatedly on SportsCenter afterwards. Read the rest of this entry »

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One ticket, one time machine, one contest

January 11th, 2013 by Chris Humpherys

“I’ve got two tickets to paradise”

-Eddie Money Read the rest of this entry »

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Hail or Rail Scale VI: Jadeveon Clowney, Ray Lewis, the Florida Gators and who else but the Los Angeles Lakers

January 8th, 2013 by Chris Humpherys

We haven’t had a good Hail or Rail Scale in a while so here goes nothing… Read the rest of this entry »

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An NFL season review, how Las Vegas was wrong and the crowning of a new champion

January 4th, 2013 by Chris Humpherys

Another regular NFL season has regrettably come to a close, bringing us plenty of surprises that nobody saw coming back in September. Read the rest of this entry »

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