Posts Tagged ‘Sammy Sosa’

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 makes the Majors, contemplates HGH: A hypothetical fairy tale

July 8th, 2011 by Chris Humpherys

I’m about to turn 43.

Roger Clemens is 48.  Mark McGwire is 47.  Barry Bonds and Rafael Palmeiro are both 46.  Sammy Sosa is 42 and Andy Pettitte is 39.

These are the names most commonly associated with Major League Baseball’s steroid era.  Read the rest of this entry »

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The pay-per-view event we would ALL like to see

January 15th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

“I’m an idea man, Chuck”

-Michael Keaton as Bill Blazejowski in Night Shift

Hey, I have ideas too. Good ones sometimes. And just like every other sports fan, I have unanswered questions. Read the rest of this entry »

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A juicing Big Mac: Mark McGwire’s steroid use leaves more questions than answers

January 13th, 2010 by Chris Humpherys

I don’t like movies that are predictable. Like the typical romantic comedy where the couple who despises each other falls in love in the end or the true-crime thriller where we know the killer’s identity from scene one. Scriptwriters may try to pull the wool over our eyes but the American public is not stupid. Read the rest of this entry »

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This week’s caption contest featuring Sammy Sosa

November 11th, 2009 by Chris Humpherys

It’s rare that we at SportsChump.net are blessed with a photo that needs no doctoring or no explanation. It stands alone on its own freakish merit. Read the rest of this entry »

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Deny, deny, deny: Mistruths and fabrications in professional sports

August 11th, 2009 by Chris Humpherys

 

“Would I lie to you?  Would I lie to you, honey?  Now would I say something that wasn’t true? Read the rest of this entry »

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Your Daily SportsChumpdate – June 17, 2009: Sosa, Favre, Stallworth, Hedo, Smoltz, Rockies, Tiger and Shaq

June 17th, 2009 by Chris Humpherys

ball-25SAY IT AIN’T SOSA  - The New York Times recently reported that former National League MVP Sammy Sosa failed a drug test in 2003.  Surprise!  I’ve never failed a drug test before… but I’m pretty sure my employer wouldn’t wait six years to tell me that I had.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Steps Towards a Less Steroid-Phobic Society: Everybody Grab a Syringe

May 9th, 2009 by Chris Humpherys

 

What’s all this fuss about steroid use? So what if Manny Ramirez recently tested positive for estrogen and fertility drugs? Who cares if Alex Rodriguez lied… then lied… then lied again about ingesting some unknown, under-the-counter, Dominican growth hormone? Performance enhancing drugs have so thoroughly permeated our national pastime that fans of the sport, if there are any left, have become numb to any new scandals. Read the rest of this entry »

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