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By Ryan Meehan Don Barris has a unique brand of comedy unlike most other comedians, and that’s what makes him the perfect closer at The Comedy Store every single night. Barris is the co-creator and star of the cult-classic film “Windy City Heat”, which was developed in the legendary…
Obviously, this is a follow-up to my original post on this matter. Yesterday’s decision to strip the Jackie Robinson West (JRW) team from Chicago of it’s U.S. title came as a complete surprise to me, because I thought for sure there was no way Little League International (LLI) was going to kill it’s “feel-good” story… Read More So…If You’re Going To Cheat in Little League, At Least Be Smart About It
There’s probably a bunch of people in Las Vegas who don’t know why the flags are all at half-mast today. College basketball fans under the age of 30 may not even remember Jerry Tarkanian, and many others may only know him as the guy who chewed on towels. After all, Tark’s University of Nevada-Las Vegas… Read More RIP Jerry Tarkanian – I Knew He Was A Genius Long Before You Ever Heard Of Him
Unless you live under a rock in a cave at the bottom of a crater on the dark side of the moon which only gets service from Comcast, you know last Sunday the New England Patriots knocked off the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl. You also know that Super Bowl Sunday has become an… Read More A Chronology of Minnesota Viking Futility
by J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Ideas are the very fabric of innovation. While that line sounds awfully deep for a silly-ass sports blog, it is nonetheless painfully true. Without ideas, as a race we humans would have nothing to do and would spend even more time masturbating. Take we writers of this piece for example.… Read More The Deep Six: Terrible Sports Ideas Which Thankfully Haven’t Happened Yet
This one almost sounds like the setup to a joke. “So, a future NBA MVP and an excessively weird 1930’s Mexican artist walk into a bar…” But there’s no joke about the fact that New Orleans Pelicans center Anthony Davis and quirky artist Frida Kahlo share some distinct features. For our full series of Doppelgangers,… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 69
Back when the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced their list of 15 finalists for induction, we here at Dubsism offered our readers a chance to cast a ballot as if they were a member of Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA). Well, the Dubsists have spoken, and there’s some major differences between what they… Read More Our Football Hall of Fame Results Are In – Dubsism Readers Don’t Agree Much With Football Writers
Ok…as we wade through the aftermath of last night’s Super Bowl, it must be pointed out that in my nearly half century of football fandom, Seattle Seahawks’ head coach Pete Carroll and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell’s decision to throw the goddamn football from the 17-inch line with the Super Bowl on the line when they… Read More Pete Carroll and Darrell Bevell’s Other Play Calls Throughout History
I have to admit, the fact that Marshawn Lynch is becoming a media star by not saying anything is nothing short of hilarious. What else can you say about a guy whose brutal honesty can be summed up in lines like “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.” More importantly, as part of Dubsism’s… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 68 – The Real “Beast Mode”
For purposes of full disclosure, as a Philadelphia Eagle fan, this may be the only time you ever see me heaping love on a Dallas Cowboy. But there’s no better time than Super Bowl week to remember one of the great performances to ever happen in the big game. Chuck Howley was a six-time Pro… Read More Remembering Chuck Howley
By J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Every year about this time, it is tradition here at Dubsism to write a piece trashing the Super Bowl contestants. The reason why we do this is actually rather simple. The Super Bowl is the biggest sports event in America, and as such, it draws in all the casual fans… Read More Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For…The Seattle Seahawks
By J-Dub and Ryan Meehan Every year about this time, it is tradition here at Dubsism to write a piece trashing the Super Bowl contestants. That means we’ve written this piece about the goddamn Patriots before. You would think we have run out of material. Thankfully, nothing could be further from the truth. The reason… Read More Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For…The New England Patriots
What is becoming a tradition here at Dubsism is to point out the look-alikes present on the rosters of both Super Bowl contestants. The problem we face this year is both of these teams have been in recent Super Bowls, which means we faced a bit of a challenge. We weren’t doing this feature the… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 67 – The Super Bowl 49 Edition
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
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