SHFFL Why Your Team Sucks 2018, Part I: The Return (Sort Of) of Season Predictions

Strictly Hands Fantasy Football League Predictions used to be an annual occurrence, something you could count on always coming back no matter what. Like taxes, herpes, or the Bulletproof Tigers losing.   And then, around 2015, they stopped.   Managers floated a few theories, most of them questioning whether the passion simply went out. Was… Read More SHFFL Why Your Team Sucks 2018, Part I: The Return (Sort Of) of Season Predictions

Canadian Man Celebrates Holiday Weekend by Punching Bear in the Face

If you’re asked to sum up “Canada” in a series of images, you probably think of one of two things: 1) extremely polite pale people with their plaid shirts tucked into their jeans, or 2) heavily bearded lumberjacks swilling whisky and headbutting trees.   This story is about the latter.   Per the Canadian Broadcasting… Read More Canadian Man Celebrates Holiday Weekend by Punching Bear in the Face

The Definitive List of Every Winning Word in Spelling Bee History

Eleven-year-old Nihar Janga stole the spotlight Thursday night when he won his share of the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee, correctly spelling “gesellschaft” and then celebrating in epic fashion.   Shouts to Dez Bryant, Dante Hall, and Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.   While most of us were left wondering just what in the hell “gesellschaft”… Read More The Definitive List of Every Winning Word in Spelling Bee History

Today in Fat Athletes: Pablo Sandoval’s Fatness Ends His Season

Pablo Sandoval better have broads in Atlanta.   A day after the Boston Red Sox announced the third-baseman was set to undergo shoulder surgery; it appears the “complicated procedure” has ended his season.   Per Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan, a “complicated” rotator cuff cleanup and torn labrum has brought to a premature end Sandoval’s 2016 campaign.… Read More Today in Fat Athletes: Pablo Sandoval’s Fatness Ends His Season

Leicester City’s Premier League Win is the Greatest Underdog Story Ever

For those of us with limited exposure to English Premier League football (“soccer”), it’s difficult to understand why news of the Leicester City’s win is clogging up every newsfeed. After all, some team won the championship of some league somewhere. No big deal.   Actually, yeah. It’s a huge deal.   There have been some… Read More Leicester City’s Premier League Win is the Greatest Underdog Story Ever