Posts Tagged ‘Bud Selig’

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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Juan Pablo Montoya wrecks at Daytona caption contest

February 29th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

It’s been a while since I’ve challenged your collective creativity with a caption contest but after a rainy Monday in Daytona, Juan Pablo Montoya’s run-in with 200 gallons of jet fuel gave me all the motivation I needed. Read the rest of this entry »

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The mishandled Ryan Braun drug test and the hypocrisy of Major League Baseball

February 24th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

Major League Baseball is a joke.

Okay, now that I’ve got that off my chest, let me repeat myself. Read the rest of this entry »

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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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