Sports

What It’s Like: Piggy-Backing Someone Else’s Title Run

Jun 11th, 2010 | By JP | Category: Featured Articles, Sports

The Chipp Inn is not a bar you just happen across.  It sits far back off a main drag, on a dusky corner, with minimal signage and not even an ATM inside.
I was informed the night the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup that this bar, known colloquially as “the Chipp,” for all intents and [...]



Youth is Very Short: What Ken Griffey Jr. Taught Me About Growing Old…Mainly That It Sucks

Jun 3rd, 2010 | By JP | Category: Rants, Sports

On June 2, 2010, Ken Griffey Jr. made it official, retiring from Major League Baseball after 22 years.  He’s 40 now, and this season had been embarrassing for him, what with rumors of his falling asleep in the clubhouse during a game and rarely entering contests to begin with.  Last summer, I wrote the following [...]



Another Couple Thousands Words about the NBA Playoffs: The Finals Are Upon Us!

Jun 2nd, 2010 | By JP | Category: Featured Articles, Sports

Okay friends, we’re back, after what seems like months, with our Second Annual NBA Finals Preview!
One day soon, the NBA is going to figure out that the current playoff structure alienates casual fans, and pisses off die-hards, by taking so long to run through to its conclusion. Have you seen this Finals schedule? Games will [...]