Posts Tagged ‘LeBron James’

Holding Court, Vol. 1: Our NBA Round Table

January 17th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

When the mastermind behind the Full Court Pest: 94 Feet of Tenacious Blog Sense first confronted me about contributing to his No Drama Hoops roundtable, I couldn’t have been more excited.  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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How Chris Paul and Dwight Howard proved the NBA lockout resolved absolutely nothing

December 12th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

It was bound to happen.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Snapshots of the apologetically jailed: A celebration of the University of Miami

August 19th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

“The University of Miami, as an institution of higher learning, is a leader in exploration, achievement and excellence and we will work hard to do our part to live up to that standard.”

- UM athletic director Shawn Eichorst Read the rest of this entry »

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Presenting… Your NBA Lockout Caption Contest

July 1st, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

I miss basketball season.

It was a season that began with LeBron hate, concluded with even more LeBron hate and was punctuated with some Blake Griffin highlights and a Dirk Nowitzki championship ring.

I miss basketball season because now, there’s really nothing left on television to watch.  You don’t expect me to watch baseball, do you? Read the rest of this entry »

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SportsChump takes his talents to South Beach

June 30th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

My sincerest apologies for neglecting my SportsChumpian duties lately, but if I told you that within two days time I shook hands with Reggie Bush, was fondled by an eight-foot python, hit the links with a rabbi, put on a karaoke rendition of “Sex Machine” inspirational enough to warrant a Rastafarian embrace and had a six-year old teach me how to Dougie, which one of those would you believe? Read the rest of this entry »

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Here we go again: LeBron is to Michael as Rory is to Tiger

June 21st, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

Over this past weekend, 22-year old Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy coasted his way to a US Open victory, leading by nearly double-digits for most of the tournament.  He became the youngest player to win a major since Tiger Woods, and set a number of Open records in the process, including most strokes under par (-16).

The comparisons became inevitable.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Miami Hate: Trying to make sense of our feelings for LeBron

June 13th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

I had an interesting conversation with a reader the other day.

He asked me if I could believe all the hatred that had developed for LeBron James since last summer.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Chumpservations, Vol. 22: Overpriced drinks, lost luggage, blackjack winners and lactation nurses

June 2nd, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

The Golden Goose

I have a buddy who’s a vodka drinker.  Grey Goose, two limes, light on the tonic.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Heat-Bulls Game One in a nutshell: Dwyane Wade, meet Taj Gibson

May 15th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

It’s not very often that basketball fans get to see Dwyane Wade on the receiving end of a facial but that’s exactly what we all witnessed Monday night at the United Center.

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