First, there was the NBA with referees who were gambling on games. Then, there was the whole Penn State mess. Now, in a revelation that is certain to shatter irrevocably your faith in sports, it turns out that international badminton is rigged. From USA Today: The Badminton World Federation confirms it has disqualified eight female… Read More How Can You Tell When Badminton Goes Bad?
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
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
Ever since this fight last Saturday, I’ve been hearing a lot of the same discussion. It tends to revolve around the same three points. Manny Pacquiao won the fight. The judges screwed Manny Pacquiao. Boxing is rigged. I have to admit, after watching this fight twice, I can see valid arguments for all three points.… Read More The Pacquiao-Bradley Fight: The Official Dubsism Break-Down
Let’s be honest, 2011 was a lousy year in sports. Just look at all the stories which happened in that twelve-month span which completely took away the usual uplifting nature of sports. So, as part of moving forward, I thought it was time to take a look back to a year which for me was… Read More My Own Greatest Year In Sports
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 2011 Dubsy Awards
For the third January in a row, we here at Dubsism will be handing out our coveted awards for various acheivements in the world of sport. If you are unfamiliar, you can check out the two previous Dubsy awards here and here. But the one thing we are doing differently this year is opening the… Read More It’s Time To Submit Your Nominees For The 2011 Dubsy Awards
RIP, Vasily Alexseyev. Vasily Alexseyev never looked like Mr. Universe. He didn’t even look like one of those Nordic strongmen you see on ESPN9. He didn’t have the sculpted, rippling muscles nor did he have those six-pack abs that look like you could grate cheese on them. Instead, in his prime in the 1970’s, this… Read More Today, The World Lost a Hero for Fat Guys Everywhere
I think we all know this has been a tough couple of days in the world of sports. I think we’ve all had enough scandal and death lately. I think we’ve all had enough lockout talk. But out of all the sorrow we’ve seen this past week, I deliberately waited for a few days to… Read More The Day I Became One Of Joe Frazier’s “Boys”
Esteban over at Total Pro Sports put together a thought provoking list. A while ago, that site did a list of the fattest paychecks in sports, and it’s what you would expect, except for the Formula 1 racing guys and Manny Pacquiao. Granted, I didn’t think of those guys at first, but it makes sense… Read More Top Salaries From Obscure Sports and What That Really Means
Once again, the good people over at Listverse have given a list which in turn gave me pause to compare it to sports figures. Sports are a reflection of a world that is full of parasites, and so it seemed natural to compare those of the sports world to those of the real one. #10)… Read More The Ten Most Disgusting Parasites and Their Equivalent Parasitic Sports Figures
Before you get all of on a snit, this isn’t about being handicapped, or about curling. Rather it is about a combination that should never be. Some things were made to go together, like pizza and beer. Conversely, some things weren’t, like full frontal nudity and Betty White. Wheelchairs and curling are the latter. Specifically,… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Handicapped Curling
Let’s just cut to the chase here…everybody else does some sort of “Year End” list, here’s our obligatory ramble on what we consider to be the 15 most significant sporting occurrances in 2010. Honorable mention: The Vuvuzela What began as a seemingly harmless noisemaker instead became a symbol of what happens when you hold a… Read More The Dubsism Top Fifteen Sports Events of 2010
Editor’s Note: Mr. McGrath has long and storied history in the management of professional sports franchises, most notably as the general manager of the Charlestown Chiefs of the now-defunct Federal League. Oh, and this is probably a good time to mention that Mr. McGrath’s views are his own, and do not necessarily reflect those of… Read More Guest Column: Joe McGrath on the Olympics
Yes, this is another Caster Semenya update. He she Semenya scored its first win since being restored to international competition by the IAAF. The only “female” athlete allowed to compete with “internal” testicles won the 800 meters on Thursday against a field of non-testicled women. The South African she-male won in a time of 2… Read More More Proof Dudes are Better Athletes…
That’s right, America. We have yet another episode in the never-ending “dude/not a dude” saga of South African runner Caster Semenya. After 11 months, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has now decided that Semenya is apparently “female enough” to return to sanctioned competition. “The process initiated in 2009 in the case of Caster… Read More My Wiener Has A First Name, It’s C-A-S-T-E-R…
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