I admit I’ve been fighting this battle for decades now. But I also know it’s a losing battle. As the business of sport has swelled to gargantuan proportions, it has to pay the bills somehow. I don’t watch NASCAR, so I really don’t give a shit about the fact their cars and racing suit look… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Sports Sponsorship Has Officially Gone Too Far
The good people over at Deadspin were kind enough to point this out; there’s so much wrong here I’m not even going to start listing them. All I’m going to say is that I have been a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers dating all the way back to Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, and… Read More No Wonder Everybody Thinks Laker Fans are Dipshits
Do you remember the board game Risk? If you don’t there’s really something wrong with you. Anyway, with the continuing re-alignment of college football conferences, it occurred to Mrs. Dubsism that the college football world is beginning to resemble a Risk map. Now that Rutgers and Maryland have opted for the Big Ten, New Jersey… Read More Your Updated NCAA Conference Re-Alignment “Risk” Map
For those of you who want a football playoff, for those of you who love brackets, and for those of you like me who suck at contests like this and just want a bit more torture, we here at Dubsism are ready to oblige. After all, who says you can only have a bracket in… Read More The Dubsism NCAA FCS Football Pick ‘Em Challenge
Now that the Los Angeles Lakers have hired a new coach, we can take an exhaustive look at what really happened in what has become a complete train wreck. The whole situation has become a public relations nightmare, and both sides are only making matters worse by their jockeying for the high ground. Because of… Read More The Post-Mortem on the Lakers/Phil Jackson Debacle
The shirt really says it all. Let’s say you’ve never been to Baltimore and you were curious about it. There’s a reason why everybody left it. The Colts left for the bucolic splendor and corn-fed beauties of Indiana. The Bullets left to end up as the Washington Wizards, the NBA’s consistently minor-league franchise. Baltimore… Read More Summing Up An Entire City In One T-Shirt
ESPN soccer commentator Alexi Lalas at auction purchased Geraldo Rivera’s mustache and had it dyed ginger. This is important to note because only a guy working in a growing sport could pay those kind of prices. If you doubt that, take a look at some of Lalas’ looks from when soccer was the red-headed step-child… Read More The Ever-Changing Looks of Alexi Lalas Are More Proof Soccer Is Gaining In Popularity In The United States…
Last week, the NBC Sports Network announced that through an $83 million bid, they have secured the broadcast rights in the United States for the English Premier League (EPL) for three years beginning with the 2013-2014 season. However, this move means more than soccer fans finding the “beautiful game” on another channel. This move has… Read More NBC Sports Network Is Your New Home For The English Premier League; This Is Very Bad News For ESPN
At last, our long national nightmare is over. Thanks to the NBC Sports Network, the Dan Patrick Show is back on cable. Well, maybe it wasn’t a national nightmare, but it sure screwed things up at the Dubsism household. First, let’s get through the boring “news” part of this story. NBC Sports Network has acquired… Read More How The Dan Patrick Show Has Taken Over My Life
For those of you who aren’t bloggers who use WordPress, you may not be familiar with what exactly “Freshly Pressed” is. Freshly Pressed is a place which features those blogs considered by some unknown entity somewhere out there in the WordPress world to be trendy, entertaining, or essentially having any other positive quality which apparently… Read More If I Don’t Get A Post On “Freshly Pressed” Soon, I’m Going To Eat A Bug
Today, we are going to learn how much pure sadism and hilarity can come from one sixteen-second video. First of all, where does one find a school that would line up 9 boys heads down and their pre-pubescent taints exposed for prime soccer-ball damage? Not one of them seems to know what is coming; otherwise… Read More Signs We Are Near The Civilization: Dodgeball Takes a Sadistic Twist
If you are a regular reader of Dubsism, you know we’ve covered the Jerry Sandusky case in detail. Back in July, after the release of the Freeh Report, we released an exhaustive review of that report. While there was much blame to go around, one of the key questions we asked at the time was… Read More Former Penn State President Graham Spanier Indicted: What Took So Long?
This is why the National Hockey League is screwed. I’m a big hockey fan, and I know I’m missing the game, but I also know that if Commissioner Gary Bettman would work on settling this shit rather than worrying about the remnants of his reputation, they might actually be hockey being played. Now, if you… Read More Signs We Are Near The End of Civilization: Live Broadcasting an Xbox Version of the NHL
If you are a fan of the show Family Guy, here’s a bit of trivia for you. What was the name of the team Peter Griffin was traded to after he blew his shot with the New England Patriots. The answer: The London Sillinannies. Why does that matter? Because despite what Kommissar Roger Goodell wants… Read More If You Want To See An NFL Franchise In London, Get A “Family Guy” DVD
Seriously, everybody locked me into this Christian thing… Shabbat Hospitality? What about Shomer Shabbas? When do you fucking roll, Timmy? Walter Sobchak is going to want an answer…
Game 1: In the Dubsism World Series Preview, we said that for the Giants to win the World Series, they had to beat Verlander at least once, and that would preferably happen in Game 1. Obviously, Pablo Sandoval reads Dubsism. By joining the exclusive club of guys who have belted three homers in a World… Read More The Dubsism 2012 World Series Recap
Oh, was this a sweet moment…In a game where the Minnesota Vikings were finally exposed, the most over-rated player in the NFL got the bitch-slapping he’s deserved for far too long. Some folks at ESPN may want you to believe Tim Tebow is the most over-rated player in the NFL, but somehow they forgot about… Read More Jared Allen Gets His Over-Rated Ass Kicked
In this series, we here at Dubsism will investigate failing franchises and assume the role of general manager in order to return these franchises to past glory. In today’s installment, J-Dub will tackle the challenges facing the Minnesota Twins. Granted, the Twins are already making roster moves; for example, they’ve already declined the option on… Read More Project Rebuild: The Minnesota Twins
Now that the League Championship Series are complete, it is time to look forward to tomorrow night when the 2013 World Series will begin. The Giants will be making their 19th World Series appearance; their second in the last years and third in the last ten. They will be facing the Detroit Tigers, who are… Read More The Dubsism 2012 World Series Preview
Editor’s Note: This article is a collaborative effort between Dubsism’s own J-Dub and Ryan Meehan from First Order Historians. Ryan also has his own blog, East End Philadelphia, which is featured in our BlogRoll and it is well worth the read. Introduction: The United States of America offers to the rest of the world a classic example of… Read More Guest Column: The Dubsism-Meehan Primer on the Upcoming Election
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