Gripes with Sports Fans

Gripes with Sports Fans: Autographs

     Autographs.  It’s amazing how much personal, cultural, and sometimes even monetary value society gives to just a small handwriting sample.  If you think about it, that’s all an autograph really is.  They aren’t incredibly rare- the people important enough to be signing autographs end up signing a lot…

Draft

Evaluating My Own Fantasy Draft

     On Saturday I participated in my fantasy football league’s draft, which also happened to be the first live draft I’ve ever been a part of, the rest being done online.  This is the third year of a 10-team league I created with some high school friends, and there’s…

Fantasy

Fantasy Football Draft Strategy Guide

Disclaimer: links used in this post apply to the 2015 fantasy football season.  If you’re reading this post in the future, take a minute to find the current versions of the pages I talk about.     Congratulations, football fan.  You’ve successfully made it through the offseason and now as training…

Gripes with Sports Fans

Gripes with Sports Fans: Bandwagon Crucifiers

     Fair-weather fans.  They love their sports teams when they are championship contenders, and aren’t going to let you forget for one second how many wins they’ve had in a row, or simply how much better they are than your team.  However, when things aren’t looking so bright, they’ll…

Boxing

The Insane Wealth of Floyd Mayweather

     Floyd Mayweather is one rich man.  If the fact that his nickname is “Money” didn’t tip you off to that already, then all the news stories about his ridiculous purchases and bets sure have.  To give just a few examples, he owns an estimated $50 million in cars,…

Misc.

Open to Suggestions

     Do you have a sports topic that you want researched?  Are you interested in my opinion on a particular subject?  If so, I’d like to remind you that while I typically have a couple posts that I am either in the process of writing or researching, which can…