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I know this sounds like the beginning of some cruel joke, and it is. I also know that in retelling this story, I should tread lightly and unjinxingly as the Browns are in town this week playing my beloved Buccaneers, Continue reading A Cleveland Browns fan walks into a bar…
After the Toronto Maple Leafs coughed up a two-games-to-nothing advantage in these NHL Playoffs, losing four of their next five games, and the series, to the Florida Panthers, I thought about contacting some of my Leafs fans friends to see Continue reading New York Knicks do it again, the only way they know how
With all this talk about how transfer portals have ruined the purity of the game, with all this mumbo jumbo about how player empowerment has changed college football for the worse and how the sport is no longer what it Continue reading Two young men remind us that college football is doing just fine
Sometimes, a little self-ridicule is in order, so here goes nothing… A lot was made of certain players returning to play against their former teams last weekend, thanks to the never-ending, hype machine that is the NFL. Most of us, Continue reading Falling for the homecoming hype: How to bet (and not bet) “revenge games”
Season after season, the National Football League continues to encounter pitfalls, thriving despite itself, only because all we want to do with our Sundays is drink beer and watch gladiators beat the snot out of each other. This season is Continue reading The NFL fumbles yet again: The Deshaun Watson appeal
Let’s discuss the “back door cover” a.k.a. why so many people fear gambling. Last weekend, we witnessed a textbook example of a back door cover, one that fucked yours truly out of real money and my top pick of the Continue reading Week 15: The Wife Hates SportsChump Tame the Jackal
Let’s talk about race for a quick moment, shall we. The hole Myles Garrett is digging for himself apparently knows no bottom. If you stayed up to watch the very end of last Thursday night’s football game, er… melee, you Continue reading Helmet throws and N-Bombs: A down and dirty week for the NFL
This past Sunday, the as-of-yet undefeated New England Patriots took on the young, upstart, great on paper but as-of-yet, highly underachieving Cleveland Browns. As expected, the Patriots won the game rather handily. After a hard fought, physical battle, it is Continue reading Odell Beckham, Jr. channels his inner Cousin Eddie
“He says what guys need to hear. He’s not going to sugarcoat it. He’s not going to baby you. He’s not going to belittle you. He’s going to treat you like a man, and you have to respond like a Continue reading Kill the head, the body will die and other official directives from the NFL locker room
Baker Mayfield’s been in the news a lot lately. With good reason. The number-one drafted, Heisman Trophy-winning, boastfully flag-planting, sidelines crotch-grabbing, far-too-short to play the pro game, Johnny Manziel comparative is the new face of the Cleveland Browns. He is Continue reading Making a case for Baker Mayfield
