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Picture Credit The Florida Gators enter the 2025 football season with every reason for optimism. They finished the previous season with an 8-5 record and closed out the year with four consecutive victories, including pivotal wins over LSU, Ole Miss, Continue reading Florida Gators 2025 Preview: Stars, Stats, and Surprise… Read more »

I wish I could write jokes.  I mean JOKES jokes.  Like funny ones. After devouring Lorne Michaels biography, I’m currently reading Rodney Dangerfield’s and just did a deep dive into his 1969 album release I Don’t Get No Respect.  Brilliant Continue reading First Ever SportsChump Joke-Writing Contest→ Read more »

I have this friend, Croshere, a knowledgeable sports fan of the highest order.  He and I have been friends since the late 1990s.  We have watched and attended countless sporting events together, analyzed them, gambled heavily on them and statistically Continue reading Colin Cowherd’s New Favorite NBA Player: Cooper Flagg→ Read more »

“Part of the film’s charm today is almost the nostalgia factor of remembering what it was like to see it then.” -James Cameron, on Jaws There’s this memorable 1986 SNL sketch within which William Shatner, the show’s host for that Continue reading Couple goes into the cage, cage goes into… Read more »

Wednesdays are my blessed days. And while you might argue, correctly, that all days are blessed, Wednesdays mark the end of my work week and the beginning of my weekend. For all you nine-to-fivers out there, I remind you that Continue reading A Day in the Life: SportsChump’s Mich Ultra… Read more »

Credit: By keith allison – https://www.flickr.com/photos/keithallison/2310431845/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15674621 In a city known for breeding greatness, Paul Pierce has emerged as an undisputed icon. During South Central Stars, the first episode of Keyshawn Johnson’s new LA Legends series, former Continue reading Paul Pierce: The Maverick Who Conquered the NBA… Read more »

LeBron James hates Donald Trump.  And probably vice versa. This stems back to Trump’s first presidency when the Golden State Warriors, after winning a championship, said they would turn down the annual presidential invite to the White House traditionally awarded Continue reading Make The Knicks Great Again: Becoming LeBronald→ Read more »

People often refer to the NBA as a copycat league.  This is neither an affirmation nor a critique (unless you want it to be) but rather refers to how NBA teams react and adjust to other teams that have just Continue reading The Push for Parity and the End of… Read more »

What if you, a professional at your craft, a dedicated and ideal employee, a leader of men on the most public of stages, were called overrated by your peers? How would you digest this information? For years, you’ve strived to Continue reading No Time for the Hate, Vol. 2: Tyrese… Read more »

This week, I walked into the same antique store I’d walked into with my father about two years ago. The memory raced through my head of that day as it had in so many days past, Dad now gone, my Continue reading The Fighter Pilot, a Belated Father’s Day Card→ Read more »