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Chuck Klosterman’s recently published Football is not for you, and he’ll be the first to admit it. As he clearly states in his introduction, his latest project, brilliant as always, is intended for people in the future. Football does its Continue reading Shedeur Sanders Pro Bowler, Bill Belichick Second Ballot, Chuck Klosterman right
I’m not sure I understand. Why now? Pete Rose passed away in September 2024, his lifelong effort to become if not the greatest baseball player ever, at least its hardest working, was a feat he accomplished in the eyes of Continue reading Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson become Hall of Fame eligible… but why now?
Carmelo Anthony is about to become a Houston Rocket. At 34 years of age, he is about to embark on his 17th NBA season with his fourth different team. Despite coming off a career low in scoring, after so many Continue reading The fault in our expectations and the waning careers of Carmelo Anthony, Vince Carter and Dwight Howard
The National Football League simply can’t get out of its own way, tripping over its two left cleats every chance it gets. The league continues to prove with overwhelming splendor that it is one of the most self-serving, poorly managed Continue reading The ongoing saga of Terrell Owen’s HOF snub aka yet another reason the NFL is a piece of shit
“I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” -Groucho Marx Plenty of athletes have been ripped for their off-field indiscretions over the years. Contract disputes, bar brawls, drug use, extra-marital soirees, we’ve seen Continue reading Terrell Owens not going to Hall of Fame… induction
Something happened on the way to growing up and the major assumption here is that I have, in fact, grown up. I can honestly say that over the course of this baseball season, the forty-eighth of my existence, I have Continue reading Baseball and the changing me
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist, novelist It looks like the old school and new school are at it again. It was only a week ago that Oscar Robertson implied Steph Continue reading Baseball, boredom, bat flips and bickering
I’ve never been banned from anything. Don’t get me wrong. I was once escorted out of a Las Vegas nightclub long before Johnny Manziel made it fashionable but that’s a story for another time. I bring this up is because Continue reading No soup for you: New York Met banned from baseball for life
What if Ronda Rousey fought Floyd Mayweather… and won? What if a member already in Baseball’s Hall of Fame admitted to using steroids regularly to get an edge? What if Joe Maddon wins a World Series with the Cubs? What Continue reading What if?
One of the greatest sports arguments of all-time has finally been resolved. I’m not quite sure how many times I’ve written about Pete Rose in the past but this may be the last time I ever do. As you all Continue reading Pete Rose’s third strike
