Coaches’ Death Watch: Week 9 – The “Star Wars” Edition
JFI’s latest installment on NFL Coaches who are about to go the way of the Death Star.… Read More Coaches’ Death Watch: Week 9 – The “Star Wars” Edition
Category: Movies
Coaches’ Death Watch: Week 6 – The “Let’s All Go To The Movies” Edition
Which NFL coach is about to get a “permanent intermission?”… Read More Coaches’ Death Watch: Week 6 – The “Let’s All Go To The Movies” Edition
The Dubsism View Of Iconic Movie and Television Characters As Played by Sports Figures
A “What if?” aimed at what might happen if we re-cast certain classic characters with some from the world of sports?… Read More The Dubsism View Of Iconic Movie and Television Characters As Played by Sports Figures
J-Dub and SportsChump Dissect “ESPN: The Movie”
The question isn’t IF it will be bad. The question is HOW bad?… Read More J-Dub and SportsChump Dissect “ESPN: The Movie”
Dubsism’s 15 All-Time Hockey Enforcers and Their Fictional Cop Counterparts
When it comes to hockey, I grew up on the Los Angeles Kings and the Philadelphia Flyers of the 1970’s , which means I am a connoisseur of the knuckles-in-your-mouth style of play. There’s an art to sheer bad-assery; the trouble in hockey is that bad-assery is really limited to the realm of the skull-buster.… Read More Dubsism’s 15 All-Time Hockey Enforcers and Their Fictional Cop Counterparts
How This Isn’t An Out-Take From “Slap Shot” Is Beyond Me
I can’t explain it, so take a read of the incident from the Western College Hockey blog: Farmington high school (Minn.) held a 2-1 lead over Chaska high school with just over three minutes remaining in the third period of their game on Thursday night when the truly bizarre happened. Farmington senior goalie Austin Krause… Read More How This Isn’t An Out-Take From “Slap Shot” Is Beyond Me
BREAKING NEWS: Jared Allen’s Early Film Career Discovered
We here at Dubsism, in our ever-present search for the absurd, have come up with photographic proof that Vikings’ defensive end had a career in movies before he became the most over-rated player in professional football. Go back to the 1988 college football recruiting classic “Johnny Be Good.” Look for the character “Bad Breath.” The… Read More BREAKING NEWS: Jared Allen’s Early Film Career Discovered
Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Star Wars Geekery Must Be Stopped
This may just be the usual rookie hazing, but this represents something that has gone just a bit too far in this country. This is Anthony Bass of the San Diego Padres, a team that has a tradition of making the rookies wear “Star Wars” backpacks. Frankly, this is just a glimpse of a much larger… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Star Wars Geekery Must Be Stopped
The Pro Football Hall of Fame Finally Inducts Its Most Important Member
Of all the bronze plaques hanging in Canton, until today the one belonging to the man who did the most for professional football in this country was conspicuously absent from the Hall of Fame. Oddly enough, the journey of the the man who put football in all our living rooms didn’t start on a football… Read More The Pro Football Hall of Fame Finally Inducts Its Most Important Member
Guest Column: King George VI on the NFL Lockout
Editor’s Note: Thanks to the Movie The King’s Speech, George VI came back into the view of the American populace. If it weren’t for that movie, most Yanks had long since forgotten George VI’s role as a wartime leader and the fact he ruled sovereign over a quarter of the world. Much as he did through the… Read More Guest Column: King George VI on the NFL Lockout
The Dubsism March Movie Spectacular…And the Winner Is…
We started with 64, and after four weeks, six rounds, and tons of votes, we are down to one. According to you, the readers of Dubsism, the greatest sports movie in history is:
The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Finals
After all the upsets, the highs, the lows, the whatevers, we have a championship match. The only two #1 seeds to make the Final Four face off for the title of greatest sports movie ever according to the readers of Dubsism, which, lets be honest, is the only audience that matters. Vote away gang; voting… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Finals
The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Final Four
Here we are…down the the Final Four. There have been upsets, there have been Cinderellas, but let’s be honest. Any movie that has survived this far must be both pretty good and has a fair amount of fans. Now, it is time to see which will be the last one standing. The voting will close… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Final Four
The Dubsism March Movie Spectacular – The Elite Eight
Regional Finals abound in our sports movie tournament. It is begging the question “does life imitate art or does art imitate life.” Just like real basketball tournaments (perhaps not this year’s) some top seeds perform, and there’s always a Cinderella looking to crash the ball. Voting in this round will close Friday at midnight. West… Read More The Dubsism March Movie Spectacular – The Elite Eight
The Dubsism March Movie Spectacular – The Sweet Sixteen
While all the #1 and #2 seeds are still standing, this tournament has not been friendly to favorites. There’s only one each left of the #3 and #4 seeds. There are three #5 seeds still standing. There’s a Sweet Sixteen match between a #5 and a #10. There’s even a #13 out there wearing a… Read More The Dubsism March Movie Spectacular – The Sweet Sixteen
The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Second Round Starts Now!
The First Round of the Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular offered some interesting battles, and the Second Round promises more of the same. Before we get into how the brackets look in the next round, let’s take a quick peek at what the opening round taught us. It’s Good To Be King – Much like… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Second Round Starts Now!
The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular: The Bracket Is Out – Vote For Your First-Round Winners
The selection process is complete. First off, the four #1 seeds are: West Region: Hoosiers (1986) Midwest Region: Slap Shot (1977) South Region: Raging Bull (1980) East Region: Bull Durham (1988) The full bracket looks like this (click to enlarge): West Region: Midwest Region: South Region: East Region: First-round winners will be announced next Sunday,… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular: The Bracket Is Out – Vote For Your First-Round Winners
The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular
In America, March means Brackets. In the Blogosphere, it is now a requirement to bracketize something which had not yet previously been reduced a field of 64. Since ostensibly, this is a blog about sports, we thought “Why not a Sports Movie Bracket?” Honestly, we are still in the process of selecting a field of… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular
Guest Column: King George VI – Avoid an NFL Lockout or Perish
Editor’s Note: Thanks to the Movie The King’s Speech, George VI came back into the view of the American populace. If it weren’t for that movie, most Yanks had long since forgotten George VI’s role as a wartime leader and the fact he ruled sovereign over a quarter of the world. Much as he did… Read More Guest Column: King George VI – Avoid an NFL Lockout or Perish
Guest Column: King George VI on the NFL Lockout
Editor’s Note: Thanks to the Movie The King’s Speech, George VI came back into the view of the American populace. If it weren’t for that movie, most Yanks had long since forgotten George VI’s role as a wartime leader and the fact he ruled sovereign over a quarter of the world. Much as he did… Read More Guest Column: King George VI on the NFL Lockout
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