Why didn’t Charles Barkley win an NBA championship? The simple answers — “MJ” and “Hakeem” — don’t do justice to the depth of a career spent falling short of the ultimate goal. To really understand why, we need to dig into the teams: the excellent but fading 76ers that drafted …
Read More »The biggest curse-ending moment in baseball history demands a deep rewind | 2016 World Series Game 7
This is perhaps the most important at-bat in baseball history. With two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, the Chicago Cubs stared down Cleveland looking for one final out. The difference between an out and a hit — potentially a …
Read More »Getting plunked by a baseball is a noble and painful art | Dorktown
Most batters do all they can to avoid an inside pitch. But Brandon Guyer, the god of the hit-by-pitch, has used it as a weapon. If you missed the last episode of Dorktown, on the tragic Chargers team of 2010, it’s here: https://youtu.be/UAL5X3TRA2A And here is our Dorktown article on …
Read More »LeBron James attracts many pests, but Joakim Noah might be the best player to ever beef with him
The Chicago Bulls were really good for a little while there. With Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose, and Luol Deng leading the way, the Bulls had some elite seasons … like, better than whichever team LeBron James was on at the time. But in every instance, Noah’s Bulls ran into LeBron …
Read More »The worst Tom Brady playoff game was a turnover fiesta that should’ve been called after 15 minutes
On January 7th, 2010, Tom Brady won the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year Award. On January 10th, 2010, Tom Brady had the earliest playoff exit of his career. Touchdown Tom turned the ball over four times, threw for just 154 yards on 42 attempts, and allowed the Baltimore Ravens …
Read More »“The Double,” a vital moment for Seattle Mariners baseball, needs a deep rewind | 1995 ALDS
The 1995 ALDS between the Seattle Mariners and the Wild Card-winning New York Yankees was a big deal. The Yankees were playing their first postseason baseball in well over a decade. The Mariners felt like they were playing for their home: A deal for a new stadium in Seattle depended …
Read More »How the Raiders’ obsession with success led to prolonged failure
Al Davis had a fairly simple mantra: just win baby. The Oakland Raiders did a lot of that from 2000-2002, culminating in a trip to the Super Bowl to face their former coach and architect of that early 2000s squad. As we all know, for Oakland, it didn’t go well…like …
Read More »The Worst Super Bowl loss was so famously bad that all we have to say is 28-3
The 2016 Atlanta Falcons were on the verge of accomplishing something the franchise had never achieved. Something that a city and a fan base had been itching for since the teams’ inception in 1966. Raising the Lombardi Trophy. But sports in its simplest form comes down to a winner and …
Read More »A legendary mascot got ejected because a crotchety Tommy Lasorda hated fun | That’s Weird
What sort of person dislikes mascots so much that they get one ejected during a game, let alone pick fights with three different Hall-of-Fame worthy mascots? Well, Tommy Lasorda. During a 22-inning game (that finished 1-0), Lasorda took out his frustrations on Youppi! the beloved Montreal Expos walking celebration. In …
Read More »We destroyed the NBA’s future with a video game | Fumble Dimension Episode 1
What happens when you give NBA 2K the worst draft class possible year… after year… after year? This show is a journey into a realm where sports are distorted beyond reason, impossible ideas are tested, and artificial intelligences are forced to reckon with a world that no longer makes any …
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