Posts Tagged ‘Bud Selig’

SportsChump 2011 Year in Review

December 29th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

I had so much fun with this project last year that I figured I’d duplicate the effort for 2011.  Besides, it gives my newer readers a look back at 365 days of my ranting and raving. Read the rest of this entry »

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Bud Selig cares not about baseball fans and I have proof

September 30th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

I have a beef with the Commissioner.

Not Commissioner Stern.  Not Commissioner Goodell.  This time around it’s the man, the myth, the-soon-to-be-retired-but-it-can’t-come-soon-enough Commissioner Selig. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hey, now. You’re an All-Star. So What?

July 15th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

The mid-summer classic came and went last week with the sounds of crickets chirping loudly in the background. Read the rest of this entry »

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A review of Scorecasting: Sports cliches gone wild

May 19th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

As sports fans, we’ve all used clichés like “Defense wins championships,” “He’s got the hot hand” and “There’s no I in TEAM” without giving them a second thought.  Read the rest of this entry »

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So you want to be Commissioner: A multiple choice test

October 14th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

Nobody ever said being the boss was easy.

Four of the world’s more powerful men, Messrs. Selig, Stern, Bettman and Goodell, commissioners of Major League Baseball, the NBA, NHL and NFL respectively, have come under a fair amount of scrutiny in recent years.  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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Can Stephen Strasburg save Major League Baseball?

June 17th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

I recently attended my first major league baseball game of the 2010 season.  The game took place at Tropicana Field between two of the league’s best teams: the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Chumpservations, Vol. 13: Bud Selig, Armando Galarraga, Jim Joyce, World Cup Soccer, the NBA Finals, Ken Griffey, Jr., Jose Canseco, Affliction sport coats, Danny Ferry, drunken bosses and broken-down Volkswagens

June 4th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

I’d like to apologize to my regular readers for not having posted anything lately.

Let’s just say… it’s been a helluva week.

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Steroid use in cycling and marketing: Floyd Landis, Lance Armstrong and the Michelin Man

May 27th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

Professional cycling continues to prove it’s a shady business.

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Chumpservations, Vol. 10: Donovan McNabb to the Redskins, Duke as national champions and the burden of Jason Heyward

April 8th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

Changing from Green to Red Read the rest of this entry »

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