*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 [...]
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 [...]
Why True Sports Fans Will Always Root for the Self-Inflicted Comeback At its peak, more than 12 percent of America was watching The Masters. Waiting...hoping... praying... that Tiger Woods could win his first Major in 11 years. Making deals with whatever gods (golf or otherwise) that they could, for at least one more time, see [...]
Gronk Dominated Like No Other Tight End Before Him Rob Gronkowski is the greatest tight end of all-time. It is not close. Nobody could catch, run, AND block like "The Gronk." Maybe Tony Gonzalez was as good of a pass catcher. You might find enough evidence to convince someone bringing up the awesome abilities of Shannon Sharpe or [...]
Is There a Difference Between Tim Thomas Boycotting the White House in 2012 and Braden Holtby Doing the Same in 2019? Tim Thomas' 2011 season is arguably the best single-season by a goalie in hockey history: he won the Vezina Trophy for season's best goalie, the Conn Smythe for playoffs MVP, and back-stopped the Boston [...]
Claims for Equality are Directly Leading to Unfairness Striving for equality in all walks of life seems like a great mission. We are all humans, therefore we should all be treated the same way. In a vacuum this makes sense, in reality, it does not. The base assumption for those dreaming of full equality is [...]
Three Instances This Weekend Reminded Viewers Life Is More Than the Game Tonight at sundown (September 18, 2018), Yom Kippur starts. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement for Jewish people around the world. It is a time for reflection and a time to apologize for all the sins of the past year. These moments of [...]
When politics creep into sports it is usually bad. Now, this is not to say it is always bad, or that sports have always been divorced from politics. Far from it. Or that the sport world is not the place for a political stance. When done correctly it can bring about change that may have gone [...]
How to Diagnose a Stupid Stat & Avoid Overusing It Through the first six weeks of the season, every broadcaster (play-by-play, color, analyst, and sideline reporter) was so eager to mention that the New England Patriots were the first team in league history to allow a 300 yard passer in six straight games. This is [...]
