Here’s where you discover how an episode of “The Rockford Files” echoes off nearly every wall in British sport!… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 104: “The Rockford Files – Drought at Indianhead River”
Instead of the “Old West” of the 19th Century, imagine a 21st Century Gregory Peck riding in to Fenway Park to gun down the Boston Red Sox.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 103: “The Bravados”
Most popular depictions of Frankenstein’s monster show him as a shade of green. But how close were we to Andre the Giant as “Redskin-stein?”… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 102: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Politicians, lawyers, and used car salesman have nothing on the sleaziness of college football recruiters.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 101: “Johnny Be Good”
O Romeo, Romeo…Wherefore art thou, Romeo? Well, he’s certainly not playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves anymore.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 100: “Romeo and Juliet”
Dubsism: The only place where the twine tying John Wayne to the greatest hockey player who ever skated involves a gymnast playing Peter Pan.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 99: “Big Jake”
It took a space catastrophe and a pandemic to get me to say something positive about Roger Goodell. … Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 98: “Apollo 13”
There’s a lot of clues that “Ralphie” might have been a Philadelphia Eagles fan.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 97: “A Christmas Story”
“Ol’ Blue Eyes” had such a way with the ladies, there’s no way he would have had 5,700 career strikeouts, right?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 96: “Von Ryan’s Express”
A tale of two Buicks and one North Dakota. … Read More Story Time With J-Dub: Episode 5 – “Buick Riviera”
I’ve nailed every category in this “Thankful” blog-a-thon with only two movies. You’re welcome…… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 95: “The Why I’m Thankful For The Comedy of Jonathan Winters Double-Header”
Could Donn Clendenon sink a German gunboat with just a Louisville Slugger?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 94: “The African Queen”
Get ready to sharpen your light sabers, Star Wars fans…between J-Dub and The Unknown Blogger, somebody is going to say something you might consider sacrilege!… Read More Point-Counterpoint: What Kind of Movie Is Star Wars?
Forget boxing’s “Rocky.” There was never a tougher son-of-a-bitch than Rocky Bleier.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 93: “Pride of the Marines”
Ever see yourself in a movie character? Even one who is a bit of an asshole?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 92: “The Great Santini”
Be they a counter-terrorist commando or a college basketball coach, the difference between an anti-hero and a hero is perception.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 91: “ffolkes”
Americans love movies and baseball. Here’s the ten best examples where those two intersect. … Read More Dubsism’s 10 Greatest Baseball Movies
There can’t be a connection between Ingrid Bergman and the New York Mets…can there? Perhaps if Anwar Sadat owned the New York Yankees…… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 90: “A Woman Called Golda”
How many different positions could Van Johnson have played in the National Football League?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 89: “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo”
Some people call this Brian De Palma’s best film. That’s seriously depressing.… Read More Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate – Episode 9: “Blow Out”
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