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I have this friend. Let’s call him Brotha E. While having moved around quite a bit professionally over his career, E’s family hails from Philadelphia. Despite his liking of multiple teams, in multiple sports, one thing has always remained constant: Continue reading Brotha E’s Split Decision: An exercise in the psychology of human fanhood
And then there were four. Suffice to say that the best four teams in the NFL are still playing football. Sorry, Buffalo fans, but we’ve already detailed your demise at great length. The four remaining teams, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Continue reading SportsChump’s Free to Enter Super Bowl Contest
The NFL calendar is officially over yet here we are again… talking about football. To finally put this season to rest, I thought I’d generate some discussion on the good and bad that was this football season, the pleasant surprises Continue reading The good, the bad and the 7th annual over/under contest winner
Prepare yourselves, football fans. The world is about to become a very different place. You see, Super Bowl Sunday is upon us and there’s a lot on the line, perhaps even more than in Super Bowls past. Sure, the Atlanta Continue reading The worst of both worlds: Your Super Bowl LII Outcome Edition
I think I offended someone the other day. He must have had delicate sensibilities. Since it’s Super Bowl week, I asked a complete stranger who he thought would win the big game. I’m a sports fan and an outgoing sort Continue reading Sports Snobbery, Vol. 6: Super Bowls and Communists
It’s times like these where I have to convince myself I know something about football. I try, I really do, but these first three weeks have been a jagged little pill to swallow. Just ask my bookie. Welcome to your Continue reading Week Three Results, Week Four Lines and Why Not to Believe the Hype
Five guys walk into a Las Vegas casino. They’ve arrived in Sin City only hours ago. They have unpacked their bags, showered, put on their best attire and hit the strip for what promises to be a wild night out Continue reading Week Two results, Week Three Lines and Why We’re All Still Losers
Ryan Lochte is home and safe from his now swimmingly, infamous excursions in Rio de Janeiro. Sure he lost half his endorsers (worth about a million or so in change) for lying about his buddies taking a gas station men’s Continue reading And you thought Ryan Lochte had a bad week…
This is hardly an original concept. The television show Survivor made it popular many moons ago. I never watched the show, or maybe I did once against my will, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t the first elimination-style game show Continue reading The voting off
And so ends the Philadelphia experiment. Football “mastermind” Chip Kelly has been fired by the Eagles with one game remaining in the regular season. Their next game, much like the sixteen other ones they played this season, has now been Continue reading Twitter Chips away at Kelly firing
