Posts Tagged ‘Barry Bonds’

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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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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SportsChump makes the Majors, contemplates HGH: A hypothetical fairy tale

July 8th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

I’m about to turn 43.

Roger Clemens is 48.  Mark McGwire is 47.  Barry Bonds and Rafael Palmeiro are both 46.  Sammy Sosa is 42 and Andy Pettitte is 39.

These are the names most commonly associated with Major League Baseball’s steroid era.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Impersonating Real Life: Elvis, Lady Gaga, the Beastie Boys and sports

April 22nd, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

“If a tribute band were to completely succeed, its members would no longer have personalities. They would have no character whatsoever, beyond the qualities of whomever they tried to emulate. The goal is not to be somebody; the goal is be somebody else.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Chumpservations, Vol. 21: The Fighter, Spencer Whipple, Barry Bonds, spam and having fun with parallel parking

April 7th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

NOT JUST ANOTHER CANNED MEAT PRODUCT Read the rest of this entry »

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Pete Rose gambles… on a fashion statement

April 1st, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

With all this talk about Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens cheating the game, we have lost sight of the man that made cheating fashionable… although after looking at the picture below, “fashionable” is probably a poor choice of words.  Seen here at opening day in Cincinnati, Pete Rose pulled this gem out of his closet.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Things we would like to see in sports, Part 1: Pacquaio-Mayweather, Brett Favre making a decision, Tiger Woods winning a Major, Cubs in the World Series

May 14th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

Pacquiao-Mayweather

Imagine, after both completing successful seasons, the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts make it to the Super Bowl.  Or imagine the Yankees and Phillies get to the World Series or the Lakers and Magic both reach the NBA Finals.  Then… they simply decide not to play one another.  Read the rest of this entry »

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The pay-per-view event we would ALL like to see

January 15th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

“I’m an idea man, Chuck”

-Michael Keaton as Bill Blazejowski in Night Shift

Hey, I have ideas too. Good ones sometimes. And just like every other sports fan, I have unanswered questions. Read the rest of this entry »

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A juicing Big Mac: Mark McGwire’s steroid use leaves more questions than answers

January 13th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

I don’t like movies that are predictable. Like the typical romantic comedy where the couple who despises each other falls in love in the end or the true-crime thriller where we know the killer’s identity from scene one. Scriptwriters may try to pull the wool over our eyes but the American public is not stupid. Read the rest of this entry »

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This week’s caption contest featuring Sammy Sosa

November 11th, 2009 by Chris Humpherys

It’s rare that we at SportsChump.net are blessed with a photo that needs no doctoring or no explanation. It stands alone on its own freakish merit. Read the rest of this entry »

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