The Nine Circles Of Fan-Anger in Sports
A group of Bills fans recently bought time on a billboard in order to voice their displeasure with the team’s direction. That’s not unheard of, seeing how a bunch of Notre Dame supporters did the same thing earlier this year. But considering all the different ways a fan can show his or her displeasure, where does buying a billboard rank?
Streaking: It’s All Fun And Games Until Someone Becomes A Sex Offender
This season, St. Francis High in Minnesota has had a spate of nogoodnik teens impressing their lady-friends and making good on dares by streaking across various fields into that gentle night. When you’re not athletic enough to be invited onto the field, there’s really only one other way to get there.
Take off your clothes and sprint across it.
A Whisper In The Noise: When Pierce Was Better Than Bryant
Early Tuesday morning, former NBA pariah Stephon Marbury found himself too giddy from a rousing night of dance lessons and stargazing to fall asleep. So what does he do? He pushes out a few tweets disparaging former teammate and Celtics captain Paul Pierce.
Makes sense.
His actions, anyway, not the content of his remarks.
Picture This: So This Is Why Hamels Hasn’t Pitched Well This Season
Periodically, an image floats to the surface of the Sidelines Blog too good to let submerge back into the Internet abyss.
Meals-a-Kulpa: My Tax Dollars Are Being Wasted On These Umps
sarcasm /
Wow. Look at that screen capture of Ron Kulpa’s botched call on Chase Utley’s infield single Sunday night. Kulpa said 1B Todd Helton left the bag before he had the ball, but I dunno, man. This frame-by-frame series of closeups kinda proves (sorta) that Kulpa’s call was wrong. Dead wrong, man.
