Editor’s Note: This article is a collaborative effort between Dubsism 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. This time last year, we were just getting over a labor dispute with the players which threatened to wipe… Read More Five Things You Need To Know About The NFL Labor Dispute with the Referees
Baseball is sport full of “unwritten rules;” you hear about them all the time. That’s why we here at Dubsism decided to break down the most common ones to see if they really have practical applications. Unwritten rules about etiquette: Pitchers never show up their fielders. This is just a matter of being a good… Read More A Practical Examination of The Unwritten Rules of Baseball
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
Don’t look now, but did you know that last year was the first time since 1999 that none of the five California teams made it to October? Barring a drastic tectonic shift in either baseball or the Golden State, that’s not going to be the case this October. We are at the beginning of August… Read More The Baseball Trading Deadline – The Shark Week Comparison
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
Editor’s Note: Mr. Rockford is a private detective based in Malibu, California. We here at Dubsism have retained Mr. Rockford at his standard rate of two hundred dollars a day plus expenses to investigate matters of crime and other general shadiness in the world of sports, then report back to us when needed. If you would… Read More Guest Column: Jim Rockford on the Ten Worst Sports “Divorces”
Preface: With the release of the report concerning The Pennsylvania State University’s (Penn State) handling of the Jerry Sandusky case written by former FBI Director Louis Freeh and commissioned by the Penn State Board of Trustees, an emotional firestorm has erupted over it’s contents. If you’ve been a reader of this blog, you know this… Read More The Dubsism Report on the Freeh Report and The Post-Mortem on the Penn State Scandal
It had to happen, and it only took a week in the wake of the release of the Freeh Report. From Yahoo Sports: A member and former chairman of the Penn State board of trustees has resigned, saying his presence on the board had become ”a distraction and an impediment” to the university’s efforts to… Read More The First Of Many To Come: A Member of the Penn State Board of Trustees Resigns
To be honest, I’m not even sure why shit like this surprises me anymore. In a world why you can make a bunch of sperm-dumpsters like the Kardashians famous for no other reason than being complete skanks, why not a reality show about a disgraced baseballer-turned-felon-turned-quasi scumbag? From CBSSports.com: I guess it was only a… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: Pete Rose is Getting a Reality Show
The good news for those of us here at Dubsism who intend to milk this Moyer thing for every goddamn drop: Jamie Moyer is extending his farewell tour. The bad news for baseball fans? It will come not on the mound, but in the fairways and sand traps of the greater Reno-Tahoe area. Last Friday,… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update: Moyer on the Senior PGA Tour?
So, if you are one of the six regular readers of this blog, right now you are asking yourself just what in the hell is Haiku? In short, traditional Haiku is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterized by a very restrictive format consisting of 17 syllables in phrases of 5, 7, and 5 syllables… Read More What We’ve Learned: The Baseball Power Rankings at the All-Star Break – The “Haiku” Edition
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
Last Thursday, Jamie Moyer made his debut for Triple-A Las Vegas and he notched a win. Wins are huge, especially in Las Vegas, but let’s be honest. Moyer’s trip to the shadow of the “Strip” is a gamble for both the elder statesman of active baseballers and the Toronto Blue Jays. At age 49, Moyer… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 7/4/2012: Vegas is the Perfect Place to Discover You Can’t Win ’em All
It has been an interesting few days in our coverage of the ongoing Jamie Moyer saga here at Dubsism. First, on Saturday Moyer seemingly put an abrupt end to his pitching career which has spanned four decades when he asked for his release from the Orioles, and his wish was granted. This came as a… Read More Your Jamie Moyer Update 6/26/2012 – Moyer Says “Take Off, Eh!” and Heads For The Great White North
A few minutes ago, the child molestation trial of former Penn State Jerry Sandusky went to the jury. Now that we are on the verge of the end of this chapter of this terrible saga, it is time to look at four things that will be a part of the Penn State future no matter… Read More Four Final Thoughts on the Jerry Sandusky Situation
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