There’s two weeks until the first weekend of the NFL regular season, and I’ve already got a belly full of the quarterback controversy in Denver. From the moment the Broncos used a first-round pick to draft Tim Tebow, both he and Kyle Orton have been joined at the hip in what has to be one… Read More Are Tim Tebow and Kyle Orton Both Victims of Stupidity?
This past weekend, we had yet another episode of violence at a sporting event. This time, three people were seriously injured in separate incidents at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park during a 49ers-Raiders game. So far, two have been upgraded to fair condition, one was a 24-year-old man who was shot several times in the stomach, and… Read More 49ers-Raiders Aftermath – Get Ready For Another Classic Over-Reaction
Editor’s Note: Mr. McGrath has long and storied history in the management of professional sports franchises, most notably as the general manager of the Charlestown Chiefs of the now-defunct Federal League. Oh, and this is probably a good time to mention that Mr. McGrath’s views are his own, and do not necessarily reflect those of Dubsism, our staff,… Read More Guest Column: Joe McGrath on Which NFL Teams Are Most Likely To Move To Los Angeles
Lost in the media-gasm going on about the return of football, there is a story that has quietly been emerging, and it’s a story that shouldn’t be lost. The National Football League is being sued over concussions. Mark Duper, Ottis Anderson and 73 other former players sued the National Football League, claiming it concealed information… Read More The Real Problem With The Lawsuit Against the NFL About Concussions
Of all the bronze plaques hanging in Canton, until today the one belonging to the man who did the most for professional football in this country was conspicuously absent from the Hall of Fame. Oddly enough, the journey of the the man who put football in all our living rooms didn’t start on a football… Read More The Pro Football Hall of Fame Finally Inducts Its Most Important Member
Apparently, I have to dig this article out of the Dubsism archives. The fact that ESPN just will not leave the whole Orton-Tebow thing alone; in fact they are decidedly trying to inflame a situation that is clearly not a situation means I have no choice but to reprise this article originally posted on August… Read More An Open Letter to Denver Broncos Fans: Kyle Orton is the Greatest Athlete in the History of Ever REVISITED
The NFL is the most popular sports league in this country; in my mind in spite of itself. Here’s four reasons why I don’t understand why the NFL succeeds. 1) The Fans Somewhere along the way, NFL fans became as dumb as those in NASCAR. The most recent lock-out proved that. There was a ton… Read More Four Things I Don’t Understand About The NFL
I’ve held my tongue on this as long as I can. I’m two days into your “Lockout-is-over-gasm,” and I’m officially sick of your bullshit. I don’t care who you are, whether you are from ESPN, or some penny-ante blog like this one, the next person who says “thank God the NFL is back” will find… Read More Open Letter to NFL Fans: Time To Shut Your Traps Already
We all remember this. It was the perfect metaphor for a shitty stadium that houses a shitty franchise which has nothing but a shitty future. But at least stadium-wise, Minnesota’s long nightmare is over. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men found a way to put the HumptyDome back together again. One of… Read More Metrodome Roof Raised In Time For Another Season of Shitty Viking Football
Editor’s Note: Thanks to the Movie The King’s Speech, George VI came back into the view of the American populace. If it weren’t for that movie, most Yanks had long since forgotten George VI’s role as a wartime leader and the fact he ruled sovereign over a quarter of the world. Much as he did through the… Read More Guest Column: King George VI on the NFL Lockout
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. Today’s world gives us no shortage of things which make us want to stab ourselves in the eyes. Many… Read More Five Current Events That Piss Us Off and Their Sports Equivalents
According to the eternal optimists over at Yahoo Sports, there is a belief the NFL lockout is nearing an end. I will believe that when I see it. Despite all the fuzzy cuddle-bunny, fell good crap in their article, the problem is neither the article nor the warring sides ever touch the “turd in the… Read More NFL Lockout Over By July 15th – In Other News, I’m Opening A Unicorn Ranch
If you don’t remember (I’m not sure how anybody over the age of 35 would forget), back in 1985 the soon-to-be Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears produced what I consider to be the vanguard in ultra-cheestastic sports/music videos when the foist the “Super Bowl Shuffle” on the world. Sure the Dodgers had the decidedly more… Read More Signs We Are Near The End Of Civilization: The PGA Goes All “Super Bowl Shuffle” On Us
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 well worth the read. There’s many things wrong in the world, which is why some of the things that should be… Read More Ten Things I Hate About Sports Right Now
I’m just going to come out and say it…Tony Dungy irritates the shit out of me. Dungy is a guy who, except for one accidentally successful moment, really should be relegated to the backwater of NFL history. But because we live in a society that believes anybody who won a Super Bowl automatically has opinions… Read More People Who Grind My Gears: Tony Dungy
Things to Remember: References to the “Kiper Theory” are ironically based on our Dubsism Anti-Kiper NFL Draft Board. We refused to change our board based on hype, workouts, or Todd McShay. As the only draft prognosticator who actually watches college football earlier than December, we based our rankings on something simple: the guy we thought… Read More The Dubsism Comprehensive NFL Draft Review – What We Told Them vs. What They Did
If you had to take either Ryan Mallett or Cam Newton, which would you take? If I’m a GM, I’m not touching Cam Newton with a 10-foot pole with a 60-foot pole attached to it. I don’t want anything to do with Newton, period. Newton’s left a paper trail wherever he’s been; there’s solid, documented… Read More Cam Newton or Ryan Mallett?
The Liberal approach doesn’t work. The conservative approach doesn’t work. So now what?… Read More The Socio-Economic Failings of Sports
To make a long story short, it is very dangerous to pile all your hopes and dreams on a draft pick. To prove that point, I’ve complied a list of guys who at the time were all seen to be saviors of franchises, only to disappoint for what ever reason. Naturally, guys like Ryan Leaf… Read More A Team-by-Team Warning About the NFL Draft
#10) Minnesota Vikings What can I say about the Vikings that I haven’t already said? Go over to the tag cloud on the right, click on the “Minnesota Vikings” tag, and you will see that I’ve written the Vikings’ football miasma time and time again. But that’s because there’s so much to write about. Even… Read More The Ten Most Dysfunctional Franchises In Professional Sports
Dubsism 