Putting aside issues of team and party affiliation, Jim Jividen believes intellectual consistency is the highest possible value.
Male Bodies and the Lies We Tell About Them: The Making and Faking of Professional Wrestling
May 3, 2013 by 3 Comments
What can a “sport” built around fakery and deception teach us about the lies men tell themselves?
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 7 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?
Where Have You Gone Aaron Sele?
January 11, 2013 by 2 Comments
With the Hall of Fame vote in, and no one elected, Neil Cohen says that baseball nation won’t be turning its lonely eyes to Cooperstown this summer.
Just Say No. To Barry Bonds That Is.
January 6, 2013 by 4 Comments
Neil Cohen argues that, while the baseball writers debate Hall of Fame selection, they miss the fact that it’s all about the numbers.
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.
Soul Pitcher: The Mets’ R.A. Dickey
April 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
Abuse survivor Eirik Rogers praises the bravery of New York Mets Pitcher R. A. Dickey for speaking openly about the sexual abuse he endured as a child.
8 Appropriate Punishments for PED-Abuser Ryan Braun
February 24, 2012 by 4 Comments
“Drugs are bad. Bad people do drugs. And bad people go to prison.”
What I Have Learned About Babies
July 31, 2011 by 1 Comment
In the first month with the “Love, Recorded” baby, Matt’s in-laws return, poop is discussed with great seriousness, crying is everywhere and sleep is nowhere.
Dressing like a big leaguer
April 19, 2011 by 1 Comment
Marge Schott would be proud. Maybe you already heard about this and maybe you didn’t. Either way, I’m going to give you the short version. Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mike Leake was arrested on Monday after stealing six American Rag shirts from his local Macy’s. The shirts had a total value of $59.98. While [...]
The 10 at 10
March 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
March 16 roundup: Bahrain, Silvio Berlusconi, and Harry Baals.
Brent Musberger Wants Steroids in Pro Sports
October 7, 2010 by 4 Comments
Giving a talk at the University of Montana, the famed college-football announcer suggested that professional athletes start using steroids.
“My ex-wife knew, on some level, that I was gay, at the time we got married. We both were in such denial.”
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