If I had to pick one idea in sports that I hate above all others, it very well might be tanking. For the uninformed, tanking is when a sports team intentionally loses games, usually in an effort to receive a higher pick in the upcoming draft, but also…
*Gripes with Sports Fans is a new weekly series where I discuss some of my biggest problems and pet peeves with sports fans, and attempt to explain why these issues are unreasonable or unacceptable. In game 4 of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals on May 25, Warriors…
It seems that far too often athletes commit illegal and criminal acts, become addicted to drugs, or take place in other acts not deemed socially acceptable. This is something I’ve been wanting to write about since the blog began. However, it’s always been on the back burner, stuffed…
Johnny Football has made news again. This time, it doesn’t even involve anything he did on the field or off the field. In fact, he might not have even known before the fact that he would be making news. But he did. This time, Johnny Manziel was “drafted”…
I am going to get something off my chest that’s been there for a long time. It is not acceptable to blame every questionable refereeing decision in professional sports on the rigging of games. There are a lot of reasons for this. First off, and the most obvious, is that…