In our ongoing effort to provide you with coverage of the Olympics that you just won’t get anywhere else, we’ve decided to give you a rundown of the first weekend of the 30th Olympiad in pictures. They say one picture is worth a thousand words, but posting a picture is a hell of a lot… Read More The First Weekend of the 30th Olympiad In Pictures
Here at Dubsism, we are all about education. That means as part of our Olympic coverage, we will strive to make sure you in the blog reading public get an opportunity to learn something while staying tuned to our coverage of the 30th Olympiad. In a previous blog, we did make a reference to the… Read More What We’ve Learned: The Six Basic Throws of Olympic Judo
Now that we find ourselves at the start of the 30th Olympiad, it is time for us here at Dubsism to perform another public service by giving you a quick rundown on things you need to know about each event of the Summer Olympic Games. Let’s be hones, this is where you can learn a… Read More The Practical Dubsism Rundown of Every Summer Olympic Event
Now that we find ourselves at the start of the 30th Olympiad, it is time to get some facts about this quadrennial snooze-fest off my chest. First of all, let me preface this by saying America is a nation of sports fanatics, and I am no exception. There’s no way I can deny I share… Read More Please Fix The Olympics…Now
You read that correctly. If you had intentions of heading to London to hookup with the gay Olympian of your dreams, you might want to make alternate plans. From the Daily Mirror: A gay dating website crashed within minutes of the first Olympic athletes arriving in London – due to the volume of demand, say… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Ironically, Thanks To the Olympics, Going On An Internet Gay Hookup Parade In London Is No Longer Possible
Editor’s Note: Mr. Rockford is a private detective based in Malibu, California. We here at Dubsism have retained Mr. Rockford at his standard rate of two hundred dollars a day plus expenses to investigate matters of crime and other general shadiness in the world of sports, then report back to us when needed. If you would… Read More Guest Column: Jim Rockford on the Ten Worst Sports “Divorces”
Preface: With the release of the report concerning The Pennsylvania State University’s (Penn State) handling of the Jerry Sandusky case written by former FBI Director Louis Freeh and commissioned by the Penn State Board of Trustees, an emotional firestorm has erupted over it’s contents. If you’ve been a reader of this blog, you know this… Read More The Dubsism Report on the Freeh Report and The Post-Mortem on the Penn State Scandal
It had to happen, and it only took a week in the wake of the release of the Freeh Report. From Yahoo Sports: A member and former chairman of the Penn State board of trustees has resigned, saying his presence on the board had become ”a distraction and an impediment” to the university’s efforts to… Read More The First Of Many To Come: A Member of the Penn State Board of Trustees Resigns
To be honest, I’m not even sure why shit like this surprises me anymore. In a world why you can make a bunch of sperm-dumpsters like the Kardashians famous for no other reason than being complete skanks, why not a reality show about a disgraced baseballer-turned-felon-turned-quasi scumbag? From CBSSports.com: I guess it was only a… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Pete Rose is Getting a Reality Show
The good news for those of us here at Dubsism who intend to milk this Moyer thing for every goddamn drop: Jamie Moyer is extending his farewell tour. The bad news for baseball fans? It will come not on the mound, but in the fairways and sand traps of the greater Reno-Tahoe area. Last Friday,… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update: Moyer on the Senior PGA Tour?
So, if you are one of the six regular readers of this blog, right now you are asking yourself just what in the hell is Haiku? In short, traditional Haiku is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterized by a very restrictive format consisting of 17 syllables in phrases of 5, 7, and 5 syllables… Read More What We’ve Learned: The Baseball Power Rankings at the All-Star Break – The “Haiku” Edition
Once again, courtesy of the good people at Listverse, I’ve found the fodder for another one of my patented comparisons. People hung the nickname “The Freak” on Tim Lincecum, but he really isn’t a “freak” so much as he is an oddity. The author of the piece which I’m using for comparative purposes uses the… Read More The Top Ten Human Oddities and Their Sports Equivalent
Last Thursday, Jamie Moyer made his debut for Triple-A Las Vegas and he notched a win. Wins are huge, especially in Las Vegas, but let’s be honest. Moyer’s trip to the shadow of the “Strip” is a gamble for both the elder statesman of active baseballers and the Toronto Blue Jays. At age 49, Moyer… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 7/4/2012: Vegas is the Perfect Place to Discover You Can’t Win ’em All
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