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Why Professional Sports Need 2 Dimensional Field Altering Technology

Oct

23

2015

Most sports, at least the good ones, are the same game with minor variations: Basketball, football, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, tennis, rugby, etc – there is a goal at each end of a rectangular shaped field and you defend your end and score on the other. Most of these sports are horrendously boring and we need ...

So Many Guys Can Kick Floyd Mayweather’s Ass

May

13

2015

Like many of you I was irritated with everything leading up to the Floyd Mayweather fight, particularly its utterly predictable conclusion. The Nevada State Athletic Commission has chosen to overlook the fact that Mayweather is a serial woman beater at the behest of state lawmakers who want revenue from the fight. Pacquiao seemed psyched to ...

The Aaron Hernandez Trial And TV’s Agenda

Apr

8

2015

I noticed the Aaron Hernandez trial isn’t getting a lot of attention on the national news cycle. It is definitely mentioned, but there’s no rabid fervor for it. This is particularly disturbing because it is exactly the type of story the national media loves to cover – it involves a bloody and salacious murder committed ...

Toyota Owns Halftime?

Mar

26

2015

I was watching the NBA on ESPN when I heard something peculiar. The game went from the end of the second quarter to halftime and I heard the announcer proclaim in a seventy year old fratty smoker’s growl that it was: The Toyota Halftime. Did I miss something? Isn’t it supposed to be The Toyota Halftime ...

Why I Can Dress As Ray Rice For Halloween

Oct

28

2014

Ray Rice recently said he is “Praying for the people” who are dressing as Ray Rice for Halloween. I’m sure they are eternally grateful. Let me make a bold assumption: The people dressing as Ray Rice for Halloween aren’t woman beaters. It would kind of draw too much attention to yourself. The people who beat ...

Racist People Gravitate Towards Football 6

Oct

13

2014

Last year I wrote an article abuot how its a strange coincidence the NFL is 67 percent black, and its most prestigious position, quarterback, is 79 percent white. Its one of those elephants in the room I find hard to ignore. Particularly when my mind is wandering during a six hour blowout. Statistically this is an ...

Sport Or Game? 3

Jul

24

2014

There are several activities which spark interest on a national scale. Some are considered sports, others mere games. I am a fundamentalist when it comes to American sports. Not a fundamentalist like I exclude blacks from competing, I just think America has room for a few legitimate sports, real athletes gravitate towards them, and everything left over is just ...

The Ten Most Annoying Things About ESPN 1

Jul

15

2014

ESPN has 24 hours a day to talk about sports and about two hours worth of material. It is always on. More American males can name the third basemen for the Sox than the Attorney General of the United States. I don’t think people are stepping back to see how ridiculous this is. Here are the ...

The Wasted Potential of Aaron Hernandez

May

27

2014

As Aaron Hernandez awaits what will surely be a lengthy prison sentence, one cannot help but think what could have been. Over the course of his 3 year NFL career Hernandez put up impressive averages of 1 murder and .33 shootings per season. Had he not become so flippant, so cocky in his effortless talent ...

Marijuana in the NFL

Feb

12

2014

Like many people I found it worth noticing that the two teams in this year’s Super Bowl were both representing states which had recently legalized marijuana – Washington and Colorado. I also found it interesting to learn that the NFL currently tests players for marijuana, and that a positive test would be a violation of ...