This past weekend, baseball lost a true legend with the passing of Ernie “Mr. Cub” Banks. I really can’t say more than has already been said in terms of eulogizing this larger-than-life baseball icon, but I can say how Mr. Cub taught me a lesson I would use throughout my life. I’m of such an… Read More RIP, Ernie Banks
This one comes to us from a guy named Jeremy Bellmyer. We here at Dubsism don’t know him, but he knows our regular collaborator Ryan Meehan. While that in and of itself should be enough of an indictment of his character, the fact that he came up with a pretty solid addition to this series… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 66 – Say Hello To My Little Cavalier
Forget about this not being your father’s NFL anymore. This is barely MY NFL anymore. Seriously, I’ve been saying this on Twitter for weeks. On an unrelated note, you should really follow @Dubsism because it is the best way to tell when I’ve had too much to drink while watching sports. But I digress. I’ve… Read More As Much as Football Has Changed, At Least It’s Still Not Soccer…Yet
You have to admit, it makes sense reading this story on the blog which has been home to the Jamie Moyer for the Hall of Fame campaign for close to five years now. Before we go any further, we aren’t talking about the “big” Hall of Fame in Cooperstown; the Seattle Mariner pitcher headed there… Read More Jamie Moyer Finally Gets Into The Hall of Fame…Well, Not That Hall of Fame
Four days ago, Cardale Jones was a third-string quarterback thrust on to the big stage; suiting up for a football game to determine college football’s champion. Since then, he’s become a National Championship-winning quarterback, which led to his becoming a media sensation because his performance in that game and the two before it watered the… Read More Cardale Jones’ Name Is Now Synonymous With The Media Creating A Story Where There Was None
Try not to let that headline shake your faith in humanity. I know it’s hard to admit that something as innocent as Little League baseball might be fraught with corruption. In case you didn’t realize it, that was pure sarcasm. Every year, I watch the Little League World Series if for no other reason that… Read More Apparently, There’s Cheating in Little League and Nobody Cares
With last week’s announcement of the 15 Football Hall of Fame finalists, we here at Dubsism want to take this opportunity to prove something we’ve long suspected: the readers of Dubsism and Turtle Boy Sports can put together a better Hall of Fame class than can the pointy-heads with the ballots that count. The reason… Read More Cast Your Ballot In The Dubsism Football Hall of Fame Ballot Challenge
Every athlete has a moment when they have to make some decisions. That moment is now for Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston. The first decision he needs to make is obvious. Will he or won’t he enter the 2015 NFL draft? Winston is now three years removed from high school, which makes him eligible to… Read More Things Jameis Winston Needs To Do…Today
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. When a situation threatens to become a train wreck, much like the Dallas… Read More Conversations Not Meant to Be Public: Jerry Jones Sells His Soul To The Devil
Last night, I watched the Los Angeles Lakers lose by nineteen to the exceptionally mediocre Indiana Pacers. There were times in that game where the Lakers were trailing by over thirty points. That was the moment I realized this may very well be the worst Laker team I’ve ever seen. There’s two types of Lakers’… Read More Project Rebuild: The Los Angeles Lakers
Now that we have the field for our first four-team college football playoff, we have our first #5 who doesn’t like the system. Not to say I told you so…but I told you so. Baylor head football coach Art Briles took to the podium after his Bears came up #5 in the final rankings, and… Read More What Art Briles Doesn’t Understand About The College Football Play-Off
For the sixth January in a row, we here at Dubsism will be handing out our coveted awards for various achievements in the world of sport. But this year, we are doing something different. For the fist time ever, we are opening up the nomination process to the readers of our partner blog Turtle Boy… Read More It’s Time To Submit Your Nominees For The 2014 Dubsy Awards
To understand this latest J-Dub/SportsChump collaboration, you need to know that the exceptionally Floridian SportsChump is a recent convert to the religion known as hockey fandom. To most, the idea of ice hockey and Floridians seems as natural a mix as Navy Seals at a Tupperware party, but it actually isn’t that strange if you… Read More Point-Counterpoint – J-Dub and SportsChump on the Growing Popularity of the NHL
For purposes of full disclosure, I’m not a Colts fan, but due to certain circumstances, I currently live in Indiana. To be honest, I’m a Philadelphia Eagles fan, and I owe a small debt of gratitude to the Patriots for finally exposing as truth something I always knew; Donovan McNabb would never be a Super… Read More An Open Letter to Patriots Fans: Did You Know How Much Shit Colts Fans Talk About You?
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. When a situation threatens to become a train wreck, much like the Florida… Read More Conversations Not Meant To Be Public: Jimbo Fisher Keeps Trying To Figure Out Jameis Winston
Even since the Jerry Sandusky scandal broke at Penn State three years ago, my position on this story has been both clear and consistent. You can research the Dubsism archives to see it for yourself, but for purposes of this discussion, it can be summed up in a single compound sentence. From Day One, people… Read More Two Years Later, The Flaws In The Freeh Report Finally Come To Light
Cities all over North America clamor for major league sports franchises. Obviously, with such a demand, it would make sense that major sports leagues tend to place franchises in the larger population markets. But that hasn’t always been the case, and even today there are exceptions to that convention. Currently, the “magic number” seems to… Read More Be It Seattle or Saskatoon, Relocation Not Expansion is the Way To Go For The NHL
For purposes of full disclosure, I originally intended to publish this post last week after the Colts suffered that crushing loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. But then I looked ahead on the Colts’ schedule, and I thought this week after what should be a decisive victory over a minor league team would actually be a… Read More An Open Letter To Indianapolis Colts Fans: Its Time For The Delusions To Stop
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