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Letter to a younger me about catfish and hockey in Nashville
You don’t think your hometown can truly turn up about anything but you will be proven wrong.You were wrong about a few things. First: You were born here in Nashville, and it’s never exactly felt warm...
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Clemson beat Alabama, the final product of so many what-ifs
Think of all the little moments that led us to this one.If previously unstoppable Alabama RB Bo Scarbrough didn’t miss most of the second half, or if Alabama’s offense hadn’t been handed to an entirely...
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Tiger Woods finally has a story
At 41 years old, ranked the 666th best golfer in the world, Tiger Woods is finding himself.Tiger Woods grew a line beard last year. A line beard, for those unclear on the concept, is the heavily...
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You can't overthrow an owner like James Dolan, but you can fight (a little)
How to combat your tyrannical sports owner.James Dolan owns the New York Knicks and there is no telling how long he will own them. Lifelong Knick fans have already done this, but I’d like to tell you...
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The Georgia Dome got the farewell it deserved
Monster Jam was the last memorable event in a stadium that begged to be forgotten.Monster Jam fills up enough of the Georgia Dome — most of the bottom bowl, and a good chunk of the mezzanines and upper...
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The Future of Football
Football as we know it is done, because the lawyers are here. When the lawyers arrive, things as you know them are over. After making an initial beachhead with concussion lawsuits in the NFL, The...
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Alex Honnold casually climbed a rock higher than the world's tallest...
The climber rewrote what humans are capable of and made it seem totally logical and normal. It’s easy enough to read it: On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold rewrote what is humanly possible by climbing the...
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Bob Stoops’ one huge failure at Oklahoma
The Bill Parcells quote is: “You are what your record says you are.” Bob Stoops retired yesterday after achieving real, genuine football greatness at Oklahoma. His record in 17 seasons was 190-48, with...
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Letter to a younger me about catfish and hockey in Nashville
You don’t think your hometown can truly turn up about anything but you will be proven wrong.You were wrong about a few things. First: You were born here in Nashville, and it’s never exactly felt warm...
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Buddy, you got hit by a bale of hay
Buddy, you got hit by a bale of hay. That bale of hay is rolling somewhere in Wales, which is where this was shot. I know that because I looked it up, something you do in 2017 because you have to know...
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Conor McGregor's 'movement' training is just another part of the circus
The fighter’s bizarre training might not be a joke — but it won't matterEvery Rocky has his side of beef. Athletes always let you know they train, and sometimes that they do things that are not just...
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Mayweather-McGregor and the death spiral of American sports
I used to work at the American casual dining chain Bennigan’s, and it’s really helped me think about the impending shitshow that is the Mayweather-McGregor fight. This was in the death spiral days of...
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The Top Whatever: The season’s 6 days old, and I’m already tired of Alabama
It’s time to rank only the exact number of teams you feel like ranking.1. Alabama. America’s unfunniest program did have one funny moment in an otherwise dismal, anti-climactic, sludge-slow, 24-7...
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The Top Whatever: Oklahoma’s No. 1 because Baker Mayfield will light you up...
A weekly ranking of only the teams that must be ranked, and not a single team more. (If you’re looking for the top 25 polls, they’re over here.)1. OklahomaThe entire point of the Top Whatever is to...
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The Top Whatever: Mississippi State made exciting, new LSU look like sad, old...
Ranking only the teams that really deserve to be ranked right now. If you’re looking for the polls, those are over here.1. ClemsonDestroyed Louisville, 47-21. Let’s go through some comparisons that...
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The NFL is being devoured by its own economic model
This is a very boring, simple explanation as to why the NFL’s ratings are declining. It is not an opportunity for you to shoehorn in your feelings about Colin Kaepernick protesting the game. No one...
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THE TOP WHATEVER: TCU kicks every ass in Stillwater, Oklahoma and leaves in...
It’s this week’s updated ranking of only the teams that really need to be ranked right now.1. TCU. There are more delicate ways of saying this, but football is not a delicate sport: the Horned Frogs...
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THE TOP WHATEVER: Washington State gets to be No. 1 this week, and you can...
It’s time for the weekly ranking of only the teams that really need to be ranked. If you’re looking for the polls, those can be found here.1. Washington StateYeah. What. Fight me. They beat USC 30-27...
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The Top Whatever, where only like 12 college football teams really need to be...
This is the weekly ranking of only the teams that really must be ranked on this exact day. If you’re looking for the polls, those will be over there.1. Stacey. She’s number one this week. This is just,...
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The Top Whatever: Ranking college football teams after everything went all...
The Top Whatever is a weekly ranking of only the college football teams that really need to be ranked at the moment. If you’re looking for the polls, those will be over here.1. Alabama.A boring,...
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