Author Archives: Chris Humpherys

SportsChump goes full TMZ Paparazzi with “Lionel Messi Shop ‘Til You Drop” caption contest

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Attention Football Shoppers and Captioners alike! Before we embark upon our latest soccerin’ succotash, I must give credit where full credit is due and that is to both my Cuban-American brother Kid Sheraton, and my Serbian-American brother Marko, who combined Continue reading SportsChump goes full TMZ Paparazzi with “Lionel Messi Shop ‘Til You Drop” caption contest→

Book Review: Power Players: Sports, Politics and the American Presidency by Chris Cillizza

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When you think of the times and places throughout history where sports and politics have intertwined, the first images that come to mind are probably presidents throwing out ceremonial first pitches at baseball season openers, or commanders-in-chiefs quipping one-liners while Continue reading Book Review: Power Players: Sports, Politics and the American Presidency by Chris Cillizza→

NBA Marijuana/Sports Gambling Contest: Free to Enter!

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It’s been a momentous week for the NBA. The league that continues to be recognized as the most progressive in all professional sports has once again taken one giant step for player-kind.  Weed and gambling-kind too. According to the league’s Continue reading NBA Marijuana/Sports Gambling Contest: Free to Enter!→

NCAA suspends Anfernee Hardaway for doing his job

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I guess I’m confused. I recently read that Anfernee Hardaway, head basketball coach of the University of Memphis Tigers, was suspended for the first three games of the upcoming season. When I investigated why he was suspended, I found it Continue reading NCAA suspends Anfernee Hardaway for doing his job→

The Milwaukee Bucks organization restores my faith in humanity

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Not long ago, guest poster and SportsChump significant other, BCole wrote about the night she took her youngest of four, who we’ve lovingly nicknamed LeBrode, to his first ever NBA game. For months, she’d secretly planned and plotted his birthday Continue reading The Milwaukee Bucks organization restores my faith in humanity→

The day that sports changed forever

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When I first saw that Nick Taylor (no, not the one from Duran Duran) had sunk a 72-foot-putt on the fourth sudden-death hole to capture the Canadian Open, I didn’t think of how miraculous a sports feat this was.  I Continue reading The day that sports changed forever→

Are the Denver Nuggets the NBA’s new trendsetters?

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The last player we saw truly revolutionize the NBA was Steph Curry.  This wasn’t all that long ago. As soon as Curry started making three after uncanny three, NBA teams got smart.  Realizing the value of the well-planned, well-calculated three-point Continue reading Are the Denver Nuggets the NBA’s new trendsetters?→

PGA Tour loyalists fall for banana in tailpipe

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Lo and behold, professional golf has, at least momentarily, embraced a truce.  The Great Golfing Compromise of 2023 came to the shock of absolutely everyone, for not a single soul saw this group hug as a reality.  The PGA-LIV fissure Continue reading PGA Tour loyalists fall for banana in tailpipe→

Successful “reverse jinx” ploy results in mass confusion

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“We mock what we don’t understand.” Dan Aykroyd as Austin Millbarge, Spies Like Us, 1985 There seems to be some confusion regarding my recent “Miami Heat future/Derrick White putback/Heat have no chance to win Game Seven” post, so here I Continue reading Successful “reverse jinx” ploy results in mass confusion→

Derrick White awakens the long, hard jinx

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There’s a general rule of thumb amongst superstitious gamblers that you don’t talk about wagers while they’re still in play.  Of course, logic would tell you that the wager you’ve placed (or for heaven’s sake discussed with others) has nothing Continue reading Derrick White awakens the long, hard jinx→