An interactive, analytical and hopefully entertaining look at the world of sports and all things otherwise
We are finally getting down to the nitty gritty in college football. While Georgia and Michigan are sitting pretty at one and two and can probably even afford a loss in their championship games, third and fourth-seeded TCU and USC Continue reading The Wife Hates SportsChump 2022 Weekend Pick ‘Em: Week Thirteen
Every time I think about whether a franchise should keep a player, or perhaps more importantly whether a fan base has turned on a player, I can’t help but think about what went down in Orlando in the summer of Continue reading Exercises in Patience: Anthony Richardson, Jim Harbaugh, Shaquille O’Neal, and the straw polls that broke the camel’s back
“Whoever wrote this paper doesn’t know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut.” Every time I think of one of the 20th century’s most brilliant authors, I don’t think about Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat’s Cradle or Breakfast of Champions. I think of the Continue reading The Wife Hates SportsChump 2022 Weekend Pick ‘Em: Week Twelve
We learned a lot this weekend. For example, we learned that Justin Jefferson is superhuman. We learned that previous coaching experience is not a prerequisite, nor is it all that important, when it comes to winning NFL games. And we Continue reading The Wife Hates SportsChump 2022 Weekend Pick ‘Em: Week Eleven
Another revealing week in the NFL brought us an undefeated single Tom Brady, a still troubled Green Bay Packers team, an elbow injury to the potential MVP and a brand, new head coach in Indianapolis who has not so much Continue reading The Wife Hates SportsChump 2022 Weekend Pick ‘Em: Week Ten
The Beatles once wrote “the love you take is equal to the love you make.” Chris Farley confirmed that notion one fateful night when he interviewed Paul McCartney in a Saturday Night Live skit for the ages. If it’s good Continue reading The Wife Hates SportsChump 2022 Weekend Pick ‘Em: Week Nine
Accountability. It’s an attribute that’s hard to come by these days. It’s an admirable trait, the ability to admit you’ve made a mistake, that you own up to what you’ve done and that nobody, but you, is responsible. It’s a Continue reading Bucs search for answers, accountability
It is at this point of our little experiment that we should talk about… gambling. Last week, our guest prognosticator went a perfect 5-0. I looked over the past two years that we’ve hosted this weekly event and only twice Continue reading The Wife Hates SportsChump 2022 Weekend Pick ‘Em: Week Eight
I chose the title of this post carefully because the quote holds special meaning. In 1999, I took three friends (you know them as Croshere, Partykiller and the Don Calvino) to the Swamp to watch the Florida Gators play Alabama. Continue reading “What’s wrong with this younger generation of Gators?”
Dave Zirin is a sports fan. You’d do well to remember this as you watch, and not read, his latest work. That’s right, author and journalist Dave Zirin has flipped the script on us yet again with his latest project, Continue reading Documentary Review: Dave Zirin’s “Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL”
