Posts Tagged ‘Masters’

Sports Snobbery, Episode 1: A fan talks Tiger’s recent win streak

April 11th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

“You’re totally elitist. You feel like the unappreciated scholars, so you shit on people who know lesser than you.”

Nick Hornby, High Fidelity Read the rest of this entry »

Share/Save/Bookmark

My journey to Augusta, Part Four: The course, of course and a pictorial

April 9th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

The drive from Charlotte to Augusta, Georgia takes about three hours.

First take I-77 South for about an hour and a half, until you hit Columbia, South Carolina.  Then take 20 West for another hour and change until arriving in Augusta.  Read the rest of this entry »

Share/Save/Bookmark

My journey to Augusta National, Part One

April 1st, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

With all this talk of a record Mega Millions payout, the news that I had struck lottery gold actually came long before that.

My lottery tickets, to Augusta National, arrived in my mailbox a month earlier.

I booked my flight, zero hour, 9 am.  Read the rest of this entry »

Share/Save/Bookmark

SportsChump invades Augusta National: A tradition unlike any other

September 9th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

Good news arrived in the mail today, which was a welcome change from the bills, catalogs and random coupon mailings that usually clutter my mailbox. Read the rest of this entry »

Share/Save/Bookmark

Phil Mickelson, the Masters and the reasons we watch sports

April 14th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

We have all played sports at some time in our lives.  Most of us, however, have never dunked a basketball, hit a 90 mph fastball or shot a round of golf under par.  We simply can’t relate to the lives of professional athletes.

Until now. Read the rest of this entry »

Share/Save/Bookmark

Weekly Caption Contest celebrates Tiger Woods, the Masters and sexting

April 3rd, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

What kind of sports website would we be if we didn’t celebrate Tiger Woods’ return to golf the right way… with a caption contest?

Read the rest of this entry »

Share/Save/Bookmark