The Island of Misfit Sports

Rarely has so much attention been payed to sports that typically fly below the radar than was paid to boxing and horse racing on Saturday. The Kentucky Derby garnered its … Read More

Worth the Wait? Wait and See.

For Cubs fans, the best thing about night baseball in April is that it looks a lot like baseball in October when you watch on TV.  “Worth the Wait” … Read More

Screw It, I’m Becoming a College Basketball Fan

Picking a team to root for has never been a chore for me.  If a team or sport didn’t reach out and grab me, I’ve never bothered to make … Read More

When the Replay Booth Becomes Judge’s Chambers, We’ve All Lost

It should come as no surprise, especially after the conclusion of Sunday’s Packers-Cowboys game, that the NFL’s most famous referee, Ed Hochuli, is a partner in a law firm when … Read More

The Worst of Sports in 2014

As we approach New Year’s Day and the new and improved college football postseason that awaits us in 2015, it’s time to look back at the year that was.  But … Read More

How Bout Dem Bears? 3 Answers to the Dreaded Question

The game clock was broken at Soldier Field on Sunday, so if you asked anyone in the stadium if they really knew what time it was, they would have to … Read More

I sat through six and a half hours of baseball, and all I got was this crummy Nationals column.

By the 16th inning, I was getting pretty cold.  My wife and I were in the midst of experiencing what was about to become the longest postseason game in baseball … Read More

Four Items the Next NFL Commissioner Should Address

If anything has become clear in the wake of the train wreck that has been the last two weeks of news in the NFL, it is that the league needs … Read More

Rethinking My Baseball Monogamy

Baseball’s most exciting team (of at least the last two weeks) is playing in my town, and I feel like I am being unfaithful. When I was a little kid, I wavered back and forth between the Cubs and the White Sox, but Sammy Sosa’s home run exploits of 1998 and especially the Cubs disasters of 2003 and 2004 scarred me as a Cub fan for life. In no way has my devotion to the Cubs been reduced, but living in Washington and following the Nationals at close proximity has me rethinking my baseball monogamy.

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The (Sometimes) Soccer Fan Who Knew Too Little

For all of its flaws, FIFA sure knows (Or is it FIFA sure know?  All rules of subject/verb agreement seem to go out the window when we are talking international soccer.) the right time to schedule a soccer tournament to capture the sports consciousness of the United States.  Baseball season has been here just long enough that the novelty has worn off, and we are finally without the winter sports playoffs to keep us occupied.  What, exactly, as someone asked me earlier this week, would we be talking about if it were not for the World Cup? Read More

Landon Donovan’s Reward: A Seat on the Couch

The American soccer world was rocked, or not, last week by the news that Landon Donovan will not be invited to join the Americans in Brazil for next month’s World Cup.  … Read More

It’s ALIVE: Reawakening Basketball Fandom in DC

Washington, D.C. has experienced something special over the last week – a reawakening of a fan base.  The momentum had been building all season – in February, the Wizards pushed … Read More

Forget Reality, and Give Me the Cubbie Blue Pill | Chicago Cubs Opening Day

Although the weather in the Eastern half of the United States continues to defy what the calendar proclaims, today is Opening Day.  For Chicago Cubs supporters such as me, this year promises to be the fifth straight season of following a team without contention aspirations.  Despite the promise of various minor league talents that could make their major league debuts this summer, the general expectation is that this Cubs season will closely follow this script. Read More

Yes, We Can End the Super Bowl Hangover

Super Bowl Monday.  Whether you were rooting for Seattle, Denver, or merely fulfilled your cultural obligation of watching the commercials, there is a chance you are hung over.  There is … Read More

The Cardinals Way: Infuriating Success

Early last month, the Porch Drinking sports gang was asked to predict the World Series winner. I thought about it for a few minutes, and then realized that the answer … Read More

6 (Ill-Advised?) Predictions for the (Rest of) the NFL Season

With the NFL season underway for most of the league, and my undefeated Chicago Bears having taken their first step to an appearance in Super Bowl XLVIII this February, … Read More