The Boston Red Sox Just Played a Refund Game for the Ages; Let's Go Over it in Detail! It was all going so smoothly... until it wasn't. When the Boston Red Sox took on the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park on June 23rd, nobody watching from the stands or at home knew they were [...]
The Red Sox/Twins Marathon Reveals the Importance of the RBI Scoffed at. Derided. Belittled. The RBI is an anachronism in modern-day baseball. Cast aside by the sabermatricians and analytical minds in the front offices of major league baseball organizations. Yet, it still shows up on your standard player bug for every bat. It remains a [...]
The Kyle Kashuv Admission Fiasco Should Scare Everyone No. Nobody is dead. That is the important thing to remember as everyone starts to grab their spades and dig their trenches. Harvard first granted admission and then rescinded admission to Kyle Kashuv; the now famous right-wing survivor of the Parkland Shooting. By every available metric, the [...]
The Worst Timeout in NBA History Brings the Warriors Back from Valhalla Congratulations Andy Reid, you have company on the Mount Rushmore of Clock Mismanagement! And the newest addition joins you for the polar opposite reason. The Jolly Red Giant of Kansas City (and Philadelphia) is, of course, known for his complete and utter inability [...]
*Editor's Note: The First Section is a Rant on the Stanley Cup. The Real Article Begins in the Second Section. Enjoy* Bad Officiating Breaks the Promise Implicit in Sports Nole Acciari was slew-footed. Acciari knew it. Every person watching in person or on television knew it. Hell, even Tyler Bozak knew it. But, the only [...]
Jewish Identity Politics Completely Drowns Out Important Dialogue Jews come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. A few weeks back, Hen Mazzig led the charge in a viral sensation called #JewishLooking. The premise was simple; to eradicate the idea there is a stereotypical Jew look. It worked. Jews from around the world, on every continent, [...]
Explaining Bill Belichick's Sudden Love Affair With Big Receivers Everyone knows that part of Bill Belichick's genius is his ability to implement a seemingly entirely new gameplan from week-to-week depending on the New England Patriots' opponent for that week. But Belichick is even more dynamic; constantly changing the Patriots' system overall from season-to-season depending on [...]
Eli Valley Claims His Works Are Misunderstood, But His Words Are Impossible to Misinterpret For a man so concerned about gaslighting, Eli Valley's fingerprints are all over the lamps lining the streets of both the Diaspora and Israel. During his 50+ minute presentation and 40-ish minute Q&A session before Stanford's Students for Justice in Palestine--a [...]
Why Brad Marchand Bristled at One Question Before you form an opinion on the matter, just keep this one question in mind when watching the following interview; "what is the point of the second question?" Ready? Let's roll: That is Kyle Bukauskas of Sportsnet asking Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins if he [...]
There is One Main Difference in Men's and Women's Sports That is Always Overlooked Women's sports are a great thing. While the first Modern Olympics in 1986 stupidly prohibited women from competing, they rectified that error by 1900. Since then, women's sports and athletics has taken off. Title IX promised true equality and it has [...]
