It's definitely not the industry standard regional delicacy bet on a championship sporting event. The civic pride food wager has long been a stale cliche, but Super Bowl LI has seen a brand new spin on it, via the team’s quintessential hometown brewers. It all started with a Georgia gas station banning sales of Sam Adams, the brewers of Boston-based Samuel Adams, and then a … [Read more...] about Sam Adams vs Sweetwater in Super Bowl LI Beer Twitter Beef
Archives for January 2017
Indiana Basketball: Thomas Bryant NBA Draft Stock Update
Indiana Hoosiers Coach Tom Crean may be feeling his seat warming in Bloomington, (and by warming we mean scorching) but that hasn't stopped him from landing some of the nation's top prospects class after class. Five star forward Thomas Bryant chose the Hoosiers over Syracuse and Kentucky. Bryant said he models his game after Kevin Garnett and LaMarcus Aldridge. He's also a big … [Read more...] about Indiana Basketball: Thomas Bryant NBA Draft Stock Update
Indiana Basketball: OG Anunoby NBA Draft Stock Report
Indiana basketball player OG Anunoby will undergo surgery on his right knee next week and will miss the rest of his sophomore season. The 6-8, 236 pound forward from Jefferson City, Missouri got hurt at Penn State on January 18th, and now big basketball future contains a ton of question marks. Is he done in Bloomington? Will he be back and recovered in time to impress NBA … [Read more...] about Indiana Basketball: OG Anunoby NBA Draft Stock Report
Phil Jones Says Winning FA Cup is Not Enough for Man United
At Manchester United you are expected to win and win big; you must also do it with style and panache. By winning, it is meant that you must win league titles and advance deep in Europe. Since Sir Alex Ferguson retired the team has just one trophy, two if you count the 2016 Community Shield. David Moyes obviously didn't win anything as he was a disaster hire that lasted not … [Read more...] about Phil Jones Says Winning FA Cup is Not Enough for Man United
Apology Culture, Extreme Political Correctness Helped Empower Donald Trump
There are many strong insidious forces that helped give rise to Trumpism and the throngs of passionate acolytes he has that are often referred to us as Trumpians or Trumpsters. The overreach of extreme political correctness is one key, underrated factor. The "apology culture" that accompanies it, spawned by political correctness taken to scarily extremist levels inevitably … [Read more...] about Apology Culture, Extreme Political Correctness Helped Empower Donald Trump
Liverpool FC in Complete Free Fall; Sadio Mane Absence Devastating
"Now I'm free, free-falling," as Tom Petty in the Heartbreakers once sang back in the 1980s. The 2016-17 Liverpool FC season is in total free fall. This endeavor has gone completely off the rails, and who knows when they'll be able to get it back right again. January has been an absolutely calamity for the Reds as they now crashed out of the FA Cup today; right on the heels … [Read more...] about Liverpool FC in Complete Free Fall; Sadio Mane Absence Devastating
Manchester United Injury/Fitness Report: Eric Bailly, Luke Shaw
With three matches this week, expect to see some regular first team Manchester United players get some rest tomorrow against Wigan Athletic in the fifth round of the FA Cup. The team is pretty much at full strength, fitness wise now as they'll get some reinforcements to their back line. Left back Luke Shaw might return to action after miss the last dozen due to a dozen game … [Read more...] about Manchester United Injury/Fitness Report: Eric Bailly, Luke Shaw
Paul Pogba Organizes Massive FIFA 17 Man United Player Competition
Manchester United are headed into and extremely busy period. Fresh off their Thursday night loss at Hull City which still yielded an aggregate win in the EFL Cup semi-final, the Red Devils will face Wigan Athletic in FA Cup Fifth round tomorrow, Hull again in league play Wednesday, and defending champions Leicester City in a league fixture. Yes, three different competitions … [Read more...] about Paul Pogba Organizes Massive FIFA 17 Man United Player Competition