The Dubsism March Movie Spectacular…And the Winner Is…
We started with 64, and after four weeks, six rounds, and tons of votes, we are down to one. According to you, the readers of Dubsism, the greatest sports movie in history is:
We started with 64, and after four weeks, six rounds, and tons of votes, we are down to one. According to you, the readers of Dubsism, the greatest sports movie in history is:
After all the upsets, the highs, the lows, the whatevers, we have a championship match. The only two #1 seeds to make the Final Four face off for the title of greatest sports movie ever according to the readers of Dubsism, which, lets be honest, is the only audience that matters. Vote away gang; voting… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Finals
Here we are…down the the Final Four. There have been upsets, there have been Cinderellas, but let’s be honest. Any movie that has survived this far must be both pretty good and has a fair amount of fans. Now, it is time to see which will be the last one standing. The voting will close… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Final Four
Regional Finals abound in our sports movie tournament. It is begging the question “does life imitate art or does art imitate life.” Just like real basketball tournaments (perhaps not this year’s) some top seeds perform, and there’s always a Cinderella looking to crash the ball. Voting in this round will close Friday at midnight. West… Read More The Dubsism March Movie Spectacular – The Elite Eight
While all the #1 and #2 seeds are still standing, this tournament has not been friendly to favorites. There’s only one each left of the #3 and #4 seeds. There are three #5 seeds still standing. There’s a Sweet Sixteen match between a #5 and a #10. There’s even a #13 out there wearing a… Read More The Dubsism March Movie Spectacular – The Sweet Sixteen
The First Round of the Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular offered some interesting battles, and the Second Round promises more of the same. Before we get into how the brackets look in the next round, let’s take a quick peek at what the opening round taught us. It’s Good To Be King – Much like… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular – The Second Round Starts Now!
The selection process is complete. First off, the four #1 seeds are: West Region: Hoosiers (1986) Midwest Region: Slap Shot (1977) South Region: Raging Bull (1980) East Region: Bull Durham (1988) The full bracket looks like this (click to enlarge): West Region: Midwest Region: South Region: East Region: First-round winners will be announced next Sunday,… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular: The Bracket Is Out – Vote For Your First-Round Winners
In America, March means Brackets. In the Blogosphere, it is now a requirement to bracketize something which had not yet previously been reduced a field of 64. Since ostensibly, this is a blog about sports, we thought “Why not a Sports Movie Bracket?” Honestly, we are still in the process of selecting a field of… Read More The Dubsism March Sports Movie Spectacular
Charley Pegler – Brewster’s Millions Charley Pegler would the perfect manager for the Cubs, as he knows how to deal apparently self-destructive people. If you don’t remember the plot, Richard Pryor plays a minor-league pitcher who inexplicably inherits a shitload of money on the proviso he wastes $30 million in 30 days. Naturally, everybody thinks… Read More The Best Movie Baseball Managers
There’s an old saying about necessity being the mother of invention. Add some desperation and a heaping helping of good, old-fashioned horny, and you get this: Now, I ask you: Is there a better combination of monstrously disturbing and sickeningly funny? Even if there is a sweaty pervert out there who could legitimately answer “yes,”… Read More Great Moments in Inflatable Doll History
Spring games…just another reminder that we are mired in the doldrums of the college football off-season. Sure, it has been another off-season with its usual carousel of coaches, but none with the drama of what happened in the Southeastern Conference in 2007; the year that my favorite completely insane sideline leader finally fell victim. That December marked the time Houston… Read More Oxford-alypse Now
First of all, I don’t mean that kind of fanstasy quarterback. I mean fantasy in its traditional sense, as in not real. Ever since Brett Favre hit Minnesota, Viking fans have been having a fantasy that this aged wonder will lead them to the championship they so desperately crave. It’s not going to happen; there’s… Read More Open Letter to Minnesota Viking Fans: Get a Better Fantasy Quarterback
Mention the movie “A Star Is Born,” and the TCM-o-phile in me comes right out. I’m not the only one; it seems that every generation feels the need to remake this classic. Legendary Hollywood mogul David O. Selznick first made this movie in 1937. Another, and undeniably the best version starred Judy Garland and James… Read More Steve Sarkisian – A Star Is Born
Once again, the balance of power in the Big Eleven Ten lies in ruins. Once again, the Ohio State Penitentiary University starts a campaign highly-ranked, only to suffer a big early season loss. Of course, these shifts in the balance of power occur because tOSPU dominates the Big Eleven Ten landscape in much the same… Read More Inglourious Buckeyes – The Tarantino View of Ohio State