Posts Tagged ‘LeBron James’

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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Eastern Conference Playoffs Preview: The Running of the Bulls, Scorching Heat and one big, old Leprechaun

April 15th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

As some of you may recall, at the beginning of this NBA season, I suggested that only three teams (Boston, Los Angeles, Miami) had a realistic shot of winning a title and that if you found someone to take the field while giving you those three teams, you should bet the house. Read the rest of this entry »

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SportsChump held hostage… almost

April 4th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

“YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE!!!  WE HAVE A HOSTAGE SITUATION!!!”

When’s the last time you woke up to those words as a police officer was pounding on your front door?  For me, the answer is last Tuesday.  A shade of things to come. Read the rest of this entry »

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Charlie Sheenisms and their equivalent in the world of sports

March 9th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

Like most Americans, I love a good train wreck and these days, we all have a ticket aboard the Charlie Sheen Express.  Every time the artist formerly known as Carlos Estevez appears on my boob tube, I find it hard to turn away from the spiraling descent that has become his career. Read the rest of this entry »

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Presenting the “Who’s better, LeBron or Kobe?” caption contest

February 23rd, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

To paraphrase Herm Ewards, one of the great things about sports is the never-ending, and often unresolved, debates over “Who’s better?”  Brady or Manning, Magic or the Big O, Boggs or Gwynn, Emmitt or Barry, Russell or Chamberlain.  Read the rest of this entry »

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