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
Now that the 30th Olympiad is in the books, it is time for us here at Dubsism to bring you a rundown of all the things important to remember about the London games; more than just those American-centric things brought to you by the American media. We really can’t bash on NBC too much since,… Read More What We’ve Learned: The 2012 London Olympics
I grew up watching the Los Angeles Kings. I’m old enough to remember those purple and gold uniforms with the giant crown which was more reminiscent of Imperial Margarine than a hockey team. I’m old enough to remember when the Kings were essentially an NHL after-thought, when their line-up consisted of Hall-of-Famer Marcel Dionne and little… Read More There Are Still Plenty of Dan Patrick-Adjacent Seats Left On Your Los Angeles Kings’ Bandwagon
Barry Petchesky over at Deadspin spins a great story on how the electronic windbag known as Bill Simmons ascended to The Sports Douchebag Hall of Fame ESPN. If you’ve been a regular reader of this blog, you know we are prone to perform a “Breakdown” in order to help you understand what is actually happening,… Read More Deadspin on Simmons, ESPN, and “Reverse Psychology”
If you ever needed proof that this silly bit of censorship-meets-McCarthyism called “political correctness” has gone too far, the following story from the Salt Lake City Tribune should give you all you need. Just read the first sentence. Some people in Utah’s Canyons School District apparently believe BYU’s mascot (“Cougars”) is offensive to middle-aged women. Re-read… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: “Cougars” Are Now Offensive
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 nominations for the awards were done exclusively by an internal committee. This was the first year we allowed nominations from the… Read More The 2011 Dubsy Awards
If you are my age, you remember Fotomat. If you don’t remember Fotomat, then you also likely don’t remember rotary dial phones, cars that had carburetors rather than fuel injection, and the days when McDonald’s didn’t pretend to care about your health. You don’t remember the days when you never had to dial somebody’s area code… Read More What We Learned From This Weekend in Football 10/15/2011 – The “Exposed” Edition
1) Minnesota might be the worst BCS Conference team I’ve seen since…well, Minnesota The good news is the Golden Gophers found the end zone this week, and they didn’t need a Sherpa guide to do it. The bad news is both of their trips to paydirt came after they were already down by six touchdowns,… Read More What We Learned From This Weekend in Football 10/9/2011
There are several key storylines which require all media outlets to discuss in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. Seriously, any media outlet, even penny-ante blogs, are required to cover them, lest they have their noses flayed and their genitals set on fire. As usual, to meet our blogospherical canons before the upcoming… Read More Why You Shouldn’t Cheer For…The Pittsburgh Steelers
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