Oliver Lee Bateman explains why we should pay closer attention to the sports that we watch.
Would You Use Performance-Enhancing Drugs?
February 18, 2013 By 5 Comments
Is it ethically defensible to “treat” a healthy individual so that he can excel in a given career? Is it ethically defensible to deny him that treatment?
When It Comes to PEDs, Why Not Assume All Athletes Are Guilty Until Proven Innocent
February 17, 2013 By 2 Comments
Last week JP Pelosi described the toll PED use is taking on the fans. Neil Cohen offers a somewhat radical solution.
Why Barry Bonds’s Conviction Should Be Overturned
February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Disgraced home run king Barry Bonds is appealing his obstruction of justice conviction this week. Jim Jividen explains why it should be overturned.
The Unraveling of Our Fandom: Sports and Cheating
February 11, 2013 By 4 Comments
JP Pelosi wonders whether his admiration of professional athletes may have been misplaced all along.
Lance Armstrong Owes Me an Apology for that Apology
February 4, 2013 By 1 Comment
All of these fallen stars are begging for our forgiveness, but their vague, evasive apologies give us no sense of what they’re sorry for having done.
The Super Bowl History of the 49ers + Super Bowl 47 Prediction
February 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
San Francisco superfan Jim Jividen recaps the 49ers’ 5 Super Bowl wins and predicts the outcome of Super Bowl 47.
We’re Getting Catfished
January 23, 2013 By 2 Comments
Still laughing about how poor Manti Te’o got duped? Jim Jividen addresses the ways we’re all being catfished.
My Final Thought About the Baseball Hall of Fame
January 16, 2013 By 5 Comments
If hat size and back acne are sufficiently probative to keep the greatest players who ever lived out of the Hall of Fame, why are we stopping there?
Shut Up and Sing: Let’s Talk Bob Costas and Make Some College Bowl Predictions
December 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Bob Costas’ recent stance in favor of gun control has drawn the ire of many. Jim Jividen examines why his remarks about performance-enhancing drugs didn’t provoke a similar response.
All-Steroids Team: David Ortiz
March 3, 2011 By 3 Comments
Ortiz’s rapid ascension to stardom had always somewhat clouded his gaudy numbers and jolly demeanor.
All-Steroids Team: Phil Nevin
March 2, 2011 By 10 Comments
Please. Grab your glove, Phil, and take the field—you’re our starting first baseman.
All-Steroids Team: John Rocker
March 2, 2011 By 3 Comments
We don’t know why Rocker eventually fell apart, but we do know that we need a lefty out of the bullpen.
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.