Booze On Film, Vol. 1: Roadhouse Drambuie

I love movies, not necessarily old movies though.  My affinity for film starts around the year I was born, anything released in the late sixties and beyond, beginning with what they called the “New Hollywood” which, I suppose still makes Continue reading Booze On Film, Vol. 1: Roadhouse Drambuie

Book Review: “Expensive Basketball” by Shea Serrano

There are very few authors whose releases I count down the days for.  Chuck Klostermann is one of them.  Shea Serrano is undeniably the other. I’ve been familiar with Serrano’s work for a while now, his trilogy on basketball, hip-hop Continue reading Book Review: “Expensive Basketball” by Shea Serrano

MVP Candidate Baker Mayfield Still Putting People in Their Place

“Every time he goes to a different team, it seems like he learns more about the league and more about himself” – Nate Burleson on Baker Mayfield When I think about Baker Mayfield, I inevitably think of Colin Cowherd.  Those Continue reading MVP Candidate Baker Mayfield Still Putting People in Their Place

Unadulterated Signs of Impending Authoritarianism, or A Day at the Movies

Many moons ago, I lived overseas underneath a military dictatorship.  Rights were repressed and freedom of speech was halted.  The media was controlled and many of the nation’s people lived in fear, remembering all too keenly the coup that had Continue reading Unadulterated Signs of Impending Authoritarianism, or A Day at the Movies

First Ever SportsChump Joke-Writing Contest

I wish I could write jokes.  I mean JOKES jokes.  Like funny ones. After devouring Lorne Michaels biography, I’m currently reading Rodney Dangerfield’s and just did a deep dive into his 1969 album release I Don’t Get No Respect.  Brilliant Continue reading First Ever SportsChump Joke-Writing Contest

Colin Cowherd’s New Favorite NBA Player: Cooper Flagg

I have this friend, Croshere, a knowledgeable sports fan of the highest order.  He and I have been friends since the late 1990s.  We have watched and attended countless sporting events together, analyzed them, gambled heavily on them and statistically Continue reading Colin Cowherd’s New Favorite NBA Player: Cooper Flagg

Couple goes into the cage, cage goes into Shark Con, Jaws at Shark Con

“Part of the film’s charm today is almost the nostalgia factor of remembering what it was like to see it then.” -James Cameron, on Jaws There’s this memorable 1986 SNL sketch within which William Shatner, the show’s host for that Continue reading Couple goes into the cage, cage goes into Shark Con, Jaws at Shark Con

Jokic, Hartman, Reagan, SNL and the not-so-surprising firing of an NBA head coach

There’s this classic Saturday Night Live sketch starring the late, great and brilliant Phil Hartman where he plays two sides of Ronald Reagan.  As Reagan aged, there came a time late in his presidency when most Americans believed he was Continue reading Jokic, Hartman, Reagan, SNL and the not-so-surprising firing of an NBA head coach

ESPN tells MLB No Soup for You, Cuts Ties with America’s Former Pastime

If you’re looking for baseball these days, and let’s be honest, why would you be, you may want to skip past the self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader.  After next season, the only baseball highlights you’ll be seeing on that network will be Continue reading ESPN tells MLB No Soup for You, Cuts Ties with America’s Former Pastime

Saturday Night Love

I remember exactly where I was when I watched Saturday Night Live’s 40th Anniversary special. I was lying in a hospital bed, a stretch of partying Belushi and Farley-style had finally caught up with me.  That week-long stint under medical Continue reading Saturday Night Love