The holiday season is here. People you have successfully avoided for 11 months are back in your life, and they want to talk politics. There’s your hardcore Republican uncle lip-syncing to Megyn Kelly, and your hippie cousin regurgitating what a philosophy professor told him during a semester of community college in 2006. Other than that,
Before Hulk Hogan’s recent foray into reality TV and surreptitiously filmed sex-tape racism (revealed to the world by the super-reliable National Enquirer), he was a mythical figure in the world of professional wrestling. Throughout the ‘80s and early ‘90s, he was America’s singular voice against the plagues of the world, including (men in elaborate costumes portraying) Communists,
If you look for it, you’ll find it. A yearbook photograph of Jihadi John when he was a boy. He was a goofy-looking kid with a goofy-looking haircut, and a goofy smile to match. He wore a dorky school uniform, he played soccer, his favorite band was S Club 7, and when he was older, he
The sun glares down onto the Scottsdale desert, unobstructed by clouds. It feels warmer than the listed 62 degrees. Outfield flags remain still. The intimacy of the six-week-long Arizona Fall League provides welcome respite from recent World Series bustle, which seems impossibly far from here. Less than a week after nearly 45,000 frenzied fans (plus
It’s been a busy week in the world of daily fantasy sports, hasn’t it? The attorney general of New York has gone after two of the biggest companies in the industry. DraftKings and FanDuel are being told to cease operations in the state, because they are games of chance and not games of skill. Sucks
Monday night’s four-hour West Sunberry, PA Town Council meeting featured abundant citizen comment regarding youth athletics, and was capped with a vote to continue the time-honored tradition of awarding participation trophies to members of youth sports teams. Following more than three hours of debate, legislators ruled 5-2 in favor of continuing to award participation trophies
I’d like to tell you about a bet involving really good beer, really bad beer, and also soccer, but first a clarification: Though you’d think it would almost have to be, “Bud Light & Clamato Chelada” is not the worst beer in the world. Just so we’re clear, “Clamato” is a portmanteau of “clam” and
Yesterday, as everyone knows, marked the launch of Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 tablet. In ten different NFL cities, including Washington DC, one of the NFL’s most conspicuous sponsors celebrated its new product by hosting player meet-and-greets at local Microsoft Store locations. A few hundred Redskins fans (only the first 200 of whom would actually receive
Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared at FlipCollective on February 11, 2015. These days, it seems that every time I turn on the Internet, I am faced with someone making the snap judgment that someone else is a racist. These accusations are sometimes justified, but they often seem to be based on specious evidence, like that the
Just like most sports fans, I love gambling using my knowledge to earn money based on athletic performances. So when daily fantasy sports hit the scene, I wanted in on the action. I was excited to see the occasional commercial about people who seem really relatable and nice winning all sorts of money on DraftKings
