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Far be it from me to kick a team while it’s down… but why not. After all, isn’t that what blogging is all about? I’ve rooted for my share of lousy teams so when it comes to teams far shittier, Continue reading 49ers ask stupid question, get losing record
I wore my Superman costume to work for Halloween the other night. It was only a onesie but it got the point across. For an evening, I was the Man of Steel… or at least a guy dressed in comfy Continue reading When things in Florida are not what they seem
“If you have hate in your heart, let it out.” – Dave Chappelle as Clayton Bigsby, Chappelle’s Show, 2003 Let’s talk about hate for a second. Oh? You don’t want to because you’re all about the love? Well, think again Continue reading SportsChump presents a contest… about hate
87-to-1. According to Las Vegas, that’s what the odds of California beating Washington State and Syracuse beating Clemson were in the same night. 87-to-friggin’-1! That means if they played those two games eighty-seven times, the two teams that won that Continue reading Pick college football winners, win fabulous prizes courtesy of SportsChump! (Sounds easy, right?)
I listen to a lot of sports talk radio… which is a shame because it’s starting to dull my senses. Trust me when I tell you I can think of far more entertaining ways to erode brain cells. Whenever a Continue reading The three most common complaints about today’s professional athlete… and why they’re complete bullshit
I’m going to go ahead and write about soccer for the 2.2% of my readers that actually care about it. (Note: that figure’s probably high). It’s been a few years since I’ve touched upon the world’s most popular sport. It’ll Continue reading If the US Men’s National Soccer team fell down in the woods, would anyone hear?
All of time can be neatly divided into three specific eras: a time when people frequented bars and never drank water with their drinks, the theoretically healthier period shortly thereafter when people realized hydrating while getting drunk was a good Continue reading The overly-apologetic water drinker
I went to a professional football game last Sunday. The sky did not fall down. Hours before the game, a friend sent me a text asking me if I wanted to play golf that afternoon. I politely declined, saying I Continue reading Beating a dead horse: Protests, ratings and the NFL experience
Betting on sports is a complicated business, especially when it comes to the NFL. The smallest occurrences can have a drastic impact on betting odds, which is why it is essential that care is applied when one is scrutinizing NFL Continue reading The Week 5 Lines to Watch
I saw Rick Pitino coach in person quite a bit back in the early 1990s. That was one of the perks of attending a school in the Southeastern Conference. College athletics was a healthy, even historical, distraction. Back then, SEC Continue reading Rick Pitino ends coaching career with an ‘L’
