Week Eight: The Wife Hates SportsChump hire a golf coach

And there were none.  There are a ton of really good football teams this year.  The Bucs, Rams, Cowboys, Bills, Ravens, Titans, Bengals and Packers all look like shoo-ins for the post-season.  Prior to this Thursday night, only the Arizona Continue reading Week Eight: The Wife Hates SportsChump hire a golf coach

Book Review: Built to Lose by Jake Fischer

The only thing more morally corrupt than intentionally losing games is charging fans top dollar to watch you do so. There’s no more effective way to alienate an NBA fan base than losing basketball games on purpose while simultaneously assuring Continue reading Book Review: Built to Lose by Jake Fischer

2021 Week Seven: The Wife Hates SportsChump Take on Darrell (Don’t Call Me James) Harden

I feel bad.  Kevin and I have hosted this contest for six weeks and only one celebrity guest, DRealEmmcee, has managed to out-smart us.  It’s as if running two incredibly successful and voraciously handsome sports websites gives us some sort Continue reading 2021 Week Seven: The Wife Hates SportsChump Take on Darrell (Don’t Call Me James) Harden

NFL to change record book thanks to Patrick Mahomes’ mom

Patrick Mahomes’ mother is furious… and the NFL is taking note. Regular watchers of the National Football League know that last year’s Super Bowl runners-up, the Kansas City Chiefs, are having a very un-Chiefs-like start.  While their defense has been Continue reading NFL to change record book thanks to Patrick Mahomes’ mom

Drama and the Brooklyn Nets

On May 21, 2021, in the heart of COVID, the New Yorker Magazine released an issue with a caricature of the Brooklyn Nets on its cover.  Mark Ulriksen’s artwork depicted Brooklyn’s big three of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Continue reading Drama and the Brooklyn Nets

2021 Week Six: The Wife Hates Sports Takes on the Lovely and Talented BCole

Remember when Biorhythms became popular in the late 1970s?  They were supposed to be some new-age scientific phenomenon that explained your mood swings.  For example, if you were having a down patch, that was because your biorhythms were low.  If Continue reading 2021 Week Six: The Wife Hates Sports Takes on the Lovely and Talented BCole

Sights and Sounds from a Record-Setting ALDS Game One

Baseball’s been around since the mid-1800s so it’s rare that you get to see a feat that’s never been done before.  It’s even more rare when you get to see that happen in person. The Boston Red Sox had just Continue reading Sights and Sounds from a Record-Setting ALDS Game One