Every year during March Madness the quest to create the perfect bracket is taken on by sports fans everywhere. As someone who doesn’t follow college sports at all, I’ve never come close to even winning a pool amongst friends, let … Continue reading Competing Against Myself With 9 Meme March Madness Brackets
A friend’s family has a habit of getting drunk at Jays game and delcaring, “The Dodgers belong in Brooklyn or the bottom of the sea!” My family traditions mostly revolve around rum and cokes and not talking very much at … Continue reading The Dodgers Owe It to Clayton Kershaw to Relocate to the Bottom of the Sea
“Sports are Dumb” is a series about the most unbelievable “straight out of a movie” moments in sports history. Today we look at the story of Jaromir Jagr and his 11 point game. The 2007 John Grisham novel “Playing for … Continue reading Sports Are Dumb: Jaromir Jagr, His 11 Point Game, and the Benefits of Being Paid In Schnitzel
In their first meeting, Iceland crushingly defeated Team USA. This was due in large part to the hubris Team USA gained from securing victories over noted hockey powerhouses Team Italy and Team Trinidad and Tobago. Iceland put an end to … Continue reading Recap of the USA/Iceland Final of the Junior Goodwill Games
We are finally past the All-Star break and the trade deadline is disappearing in the rearview mirror. Finally, real NBA basketball can begin. Every storyline up until now – the Anthony Davis botched trade saga, Luka Dončić’s unbelievable rookie season, … Continue reading Tips For Playing In A League Where You Know You’ll Never Win It All
As a part of my true descent in madness, I’m gonna go a little deeper into quidditch. We’ve already covered how nobody has ever been good at quidditch in the entire history of the sport. In the Harry Potter canon, … Continue reading Quidditch Abstract Part II: Kill the Seeker
Freddie Rivas is a comedian and host of the podcast “Confederacy of Dunks”. Like any sports fan, he gets emotional over the state of his team. Here are today’s Five Freddie Feels about the Toronto Raptors. 1. Boston Glee Party … Continue reading Five Freddie Feels: Raptors VS Celtics (27/02/19)
While the Harry Potter canon does not contain enough quidditch statistics to do any meaningful analytics, there is enough information about how the game is played to highlight some competitive inefficiencies that could be exploited. You might be asking if … Continue reading Quidditch Abstract
Could a team of players traded away by Peter Chiarelli beat the current Edmonton Oilers? Continue reading Building a Team Out of Players Peter Chiarelli Traded Away
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