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So I missed the entire baseball season. Anything happen?
Hello, dear reader. My name is Rich. I like baseball more than just fine. In fact, it is far and away my favorite sport....
If It’s Normalcy You Seek, Then a Jackass in Fenway Is What You Need
If you had to wager which stadium would see a fan quite possibly risk his life, merely for the opportunity to yell at everyone around and act like a yahoo to an audience of no one, Fenway Park most definitely would have been the chalk....
Philly Traffic Reporter Whines About Not Being Able to Tailgate, Complains About Homeless Encampment
Bob Kelly, the traffic reporter for Fox 29 in Philadelphia, has a few questions about some Philadelphia traffic plans for this weekend....
Welcoming You To WWE’s Thunderdome: A KKK Rally, Chris Benoit, and a Beheading
This spring, WWE pulled up stakes and moved its weekly shows to the state with the second-most COVID-19 cases in America — Florida. After doing shows from its Performance Center, Vince McMahon and company have now settled into the Amway Center, which normally hosts the Orlando Magic....
Rating Each League’s Virtual Fans
With all the leagues that had to restructure their schedules or create a completely new tournament now back in action, we’ve seen various ways of trying to incorporate fans into the TV presentation. All leagues want you to know just how much they miss you (or your money), and how welcome you (or you...
2020 AL West Preview
Ah, the AL West. The truest representation about where we are as a nation. A division dominated by an organization that couldn’t wait to tell everyone how much smarter it was than everyone in the room, as it cheated, lied, smirked and mocked its way to triumph, only to be found out. And then they’ll...
<em>'Why is it that the white man took control of baseball and said that’s for them?'</em><em></em>
Ernest Fann lives in Birmingham, on a dead-end street down near Valley Creek. As the days go by, and he’s home during the coronavirus pandemic, he has something he wonders about....
Josh Gibson and the Long Gone Summers That Should Have Been
The following is adapted from the podcast script for Stick to Pods Episode 11, “Josh Gibson,” which originally aired on April 12, 2018...
The Odds of Sports Gambling Legalization in a Pandemic
2020 was supposed to be the year sports betting exploded. But a pandemic hit, the economy tanked, and major sporting events were canceled across the country....
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Red Sox Shock the World By Revealing Presence of Racist Fans at Fenway [UPDATED]
This story has been updated....
Donald Trump Gets Boos, “Lock Him Up” Chants At World Series Game 5
For once, Donald Trump got booed by a bunch of people in red hats....
The Broncos Played Like Cowards And Joe Flacco Is Pissed
Jacoby Brissett once again proved himself to be a trustworthy starter on Sunday, leading his Colts to a 5-2 record with a 15-13 late comeback win against the Broncos. Adam Vinatieri got the points that notched the victory, but it was Brissett who made one of the weekend’s best plays anywhere on a fo...
Even Knicks Fans Already Love Tacko Fall
The “We Want Tacos” chant is, oddly, not even all that uncommon at basketball games, given the wide variety of food promotions that exist for when home teams hit certain accomplishments. But at Madison Square Garden, a variation on this chant—the singular form—emerged from a Knicks blowout loss on S...
Report: Young Southampton Fan Somehow Still Believes In Team, Even After 9-0 Loss To Leicester
At least one Southampton supporter was still behind the team well into a rout that ended up tying the record for largest victory in Premier League history: a 13-year-old named Tom. It’d be easy for any young teenager to jump ship from a team that they just witnessed be on the wrong end of a 9-0 loss...
Patrick Beverley Mercilessly Taunts Warriors Fans After Clippers Ruin New Arena's Opening Night
Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers opened up the Warriors’ shiny new San Francisco arena by hanging 141 points on the hapless Dubs. That’s the most in almost a decade. Golden State looked terribly thin, with D’Angelo Russell and Draymond Green both posting plus-minus lines of -35 and Green admitting tha...
Don't Make Me Root For These Creatures To Be Happy
I am never going to forgive the Houston Astros. Not because they’ve dropped two straight at home to the Washington Nationals in this year’s World Series, although that was pretty grotesque. (They gave up a crucial home run to Kurt Suzuki, who is 129 years old.) No, it’s because their idiot assistant...
Suspected Olympiakos Fans Invade Stadium, Leave Four Bayern Munich Fans Bloody During U-19 Match
Before Bayern Munich and Olympiakos faced off in the Champions League on Tuesday, mayhem broke out during a match between the clubs’ respective U-19 sides in Athens. In the 84th minute of the UEFA Youth League match between the sides, a stadium invasion left four Bayern fans bloody and injured....
Fantasy Football Man Mad
Oh brother, can you believe that shit that happened last weekend? In the fantasy football? With the frickin’ Cardinals? They really boned us, fellas! I know you know what I’m talking about! Gah, I’m so steamed! And so is ESPN fantasy football analyst Matthew Berry:...
Bills Fan Says Dolphins' Bobby McCain Spit On Him, Also Threatened To Spit On Kid
Defensive back Bobby McCain, like all of his teammates, surely can’t be enjoying playing for the winless Miami Dolphins, but he really needs to take those losses with whatever shreds of dignity are left....
Mexican Soccer Game Abandoned After Fans Start Beating The Crap Out Of Each Other
A Liga MX match between Querétaro and Atlético San Luis was abandoned with five minutes remaining on Sunday due to extreme fan violence. As the game neared its conclusion with visiting Querétaro leading 2-0, rival fans in the stadium started brawling....