Think the big media outlets are the only ones who can do those “click-bait” end of year “remember this” bits? No, except ours are better… Read More Dubsism’s 15 Most Important Sports Stories of 2016
What do you call it when there’s a double double standard?… Read More A Defense of Hope Solo
Strychnine is a neurotoxin which acts as an antagonist of glycine and acetylcholine receptors. We’ll explain that for you.… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Olympic Weightlifter Tests Positive For Rat Poison
Get ready for an examination of the impending death of “political correctness.”… Read More Point-Counterpoint: Is Ellen DeGeneres Really a Racist?
You don’t need to be in Rio, or even be an athlete to enjoy the competitive spirit!… Read More Why Let Rio Have All The Fun? Have Your Own Office Olympics!
Forget about defining “gender.” What does “fairness” really mean?… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization – Dude Looks Like A Lady, Rio-Style
Is Vasil Kiriyenka starring in an Eastern European version of “How I Met Your Mother?”… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 98: Doogie Howser Goes To The Olympics
J-Dub exposes an admirable aspect of this story nobody is talking bout.… Read More Radio J-Dub, Volume 8 – The Definitive J-Dub Take on the Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner Story
Too bad they don’t have flying sharks in Missouri. … Read More When The Environment Strikes Back
15) The College Football Play-off and the ESPN-ization of Bowl Games There are two words to describe how we got this four-team playoff to determine the college football national champion. Television Money Don’t even try to deny that. Sure, you can point out that we really aren’t adding any games with this play-off, which is… Read More The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Stories of 2014
It’s become a tradition here at Dubsism to bring in the New Year by taking a look back the old one. Every January since this blog was created, we here at Dubsism have given an award for achievements during the previous year in some under-recognized categories in the world of sports. In prior years, the… Read More The Sixth Annual Dubsy Awards
By J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Editor’s Note: This article is a collaborative effort between J-Dub and Ryan Meehan from First Order Historians. Ryan also has his own blog, East End Philadelphia, which is featured in the Dubsism BlogRoll and it is well worth the read. Every four years, the world governing body of soccer (FIFA) holds the pinnacle… Read More Point – Counterpoint: The Basketball World Cup Is Pointless
Now that the Sochi Winter Olympics are upon us, I’ve noticed lately that the bleating of the “politically correct” police over Russia’s laws banning the advocacy of homosexuality has died off. A couple of months ago, you couldn’t turn on you television without hearing how the Winter Olympics in Sochi are going to be a… Read More The Sochi Winter Olympics Are Another Perfect Example Of American Hypocrisy
For the last two days, I’ve been trying to figure out why Pope Benedict XVI decided to resign. After all, Popes don’t retire; they die. Then I had an epiphany while reading a New York Times article about the 2020 Olympic Games. The Catholic Church and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) spent the last century… Read More What The International Olympic Committee And Pope Benedict XVI’s Resignation Have In Common
Every January since this blog was created, we here at Dubsism have given an award for achievements during the previous year in some under-recognized categories in the world of sports. In prior years, the nominations for the awards were done exclusively by an internal committee. This was the first year we allowed nominations from the… Read More The 2012 Dubsy Awards
Being that we are at the end of what has proven to be a tumultuous twelve months, why not take a look back at the biggest sports stories of such a year? After all, I’m pretty sure nobody else does these sort of retrospectives… 15) The Los Angeles Kings Win The Stanley Cup For purposes… Read More The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Stories of 2012
It’s time for another one of our patented Dubsism comparisons with another gem we found over at Listverse. As the title suggests, we found a list of ten books that literally defy explanation, until you realize the sports world is full of figure who could have easily written such strange stuff. 10) How to Abandon Ship… Read More The Top 10 Bizarre Books and The Sports Figures Who Could Have Written Them
Now that the 30th Olympiad is in the books, it is time for us here at Dubsism to bring you a rundown of all the things important to remember about the London games; more than just those American-centric things brought to you by the American media. We really can’t bash on NBC too much since,… Read More What We’ve Learned: The 2012 London Olympics
I’ll try to keep this simple. Let’s start with the basic facts. Tuesday’s Olympic women’s soccer semifinal between the U.S. and Canada was one of the most dramatic games you’ll ever see. It also had some of the shittiest officiating you’ll see this side of Major League Baseball. Tuesday’s Olympic individual event finals in women’s gymnastics… Read More A Few Thoughts On Canadian Women’s Soccer and American Women’s Gymnastics
The “win at all costs” mentality is why the Chinese will rule the world in about 40 years. You may not like it, and you may not agree with it, but while American kids are getting fat and worthless on fast food and Xbox, Chinese kids get shipped off to athletic boarding schools where they… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Congratulations on Your Gold Medal…By The Way, Your Grandparents Are Dead
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