A Very Welcome Victory
Sports are not a salve. That said, an unexpected win still manages to feel awfully damned good.
Category: Sports
A Beautiful Thing On The Internet: Jon Bois’s “The Bob Emergency Part II”
Jon Bois is back telling the stories of additional sporting Bobs. He focuses most on Bob Beamon. Bois tells the story of Beamon’s 1968 Olympic Long Jump, one of the greatest athletic achievements ever.
A Beautiful Thing On The Internet: Jon Bois’s “The Bob Emergency”
Jon Bois tells the incredible story of Bob Gibson. For good measure, he tells the stories of a bunch of other Bobs too.
Tiger Woods’ Far From Perfect Circle
We do love redemptive stories in the third act, after the darkness of the second eclipses the high notes of the first.
The (Ratings) Limits of Madness
There was a basketball game on last night. Some of you watched, and many others didn’t. Neither did I.
Politics, Culture, Discourse…and College Basketball?
Feel free to enter our Ordinary Times competitive bracket pool for NCAA Basketball Tournament
Strike Four: The Evolution of Baseball
This is my shameless self promotion post. I have mentioned previously that I had a book coming out. Well, it is out now. It is a history of the rules of baseball.
Meet The Knightmares: Vegas Golden Knights Littlest Un-Official Fan Club
The NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights went all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2018, and something miraculous happened. Once again, Vegas is strong, and for three adorable little girls their joy for the Knights and their favorite players setoff a passion for goodwill.
UFC 235 Preview: Jones vs Smith
The UFC’s upcoming PPV event on Saturday, UFC 235, is easily the most stacked card of the year thus far.
Gotta Be the Shoes, and That Might Be the Problem
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that happen in a basketball game before. As a metaphor for college athletics and college basketball in particular, it’s amazing.
The Bowl Points System
One of the most thrilling BCS games I can remember was the 2007 Fiesta Bowl when an outmanned and outranked Boise State team upended the mighty Sooners. That’s the kind of thing I would want to see in an expanded playoff system. Not another chance for Georgia to blow a big lead against the Tide.
Unpopular Opinion: American Football Is Barbaric
A better understanding of the toll football takes on its players might convince you: American Football should be abolished.
Deep Thoughts on the World Series
Then it hit me: How about a good rant? That is right in my wheelhouse!
USA Gymnastics Tries But Fails To Execute The Rare Triple Down Maneuver
USA Gymnastics has named Mary Bono as the organization’s newest CEO. In perhaps the least surprising news every published, her hiring was impossibly tone deaf, and the gymnasts she was proposing to lead less than thrilled with the organization’s decision. Bono has already stepped down.
What is Going on with Baseball?
With more strikeouts than hits, what, if anything, has changed? And what to do about it?
Return of the Notorious Conor McGregor
As is the case with every Conor McGregor fight, regardless of whether you love or loathe him as a fighter and character, his fight Saturday is must-watch television for anyone even casually interested in combat sports.
College Football Player Christion Ambercrombie in Critical Condition Following Brain Surgery
Tennessee State football player Christion Abercrombie in critical condition after head injury necessitated emergency brain surgery, according to reports.
