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Time to Move Major Sporting Events from Indiana
March 30, 2015 | Mike Zoller 2
It’s incredibly disturbing and ass-backwards that a column like this must be written in this day and age, but when the governor of Indiana signs a bill that could potentially allow businesses to discriminate against the LGBT community it seems you have little choice.
March Madness Depression
March 23, 2015 | Josh Buchanan
Oh to be a college basketball fan. To think watching a full season of NCAA hoops earns you any distinction among the various friend, co-worker or family pools that amass during this frantic period. To be reminded that the chances of glory and bragging rights are only occur by happenstance. To be reminded how one games performance means nothing in the next game, and to bemoan only what could have been. That my friends, is what March Madness does to me. Read More
2015 Mascot Madness
March 19, 2015 | Tristan Chan
Your favorite PETA agitating edition of Mascot Madness is back for another year! For those who aren’t familiar, every year we have a little fun by picking the tournament field based … Read More
Screw It, I’m Becoming a College Basketball Fan
March 9, 2015 | Patrick Murray
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
Sports | New Rules Should Quicken Pace of MLB Games
March 2, 2015 | Mike Zoller
As spring training gets underway fans will notice something different when they head to the ballpark this season – they’ll be heading home sooner. At least that’s what Major League Baseball hopes.
Jackie Robinson West | A Cautionary Tale
February 16, 2015 | Josh Buchanan
There’s an old saying that goes in team sports: Players win games, coaches lose them and refs ruin them. In a sense, that is what Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West is dealing with after their successful 2014 Little League World Series Championship has been stripped. After being discovered for recruiting ineligible players outside of township lines. The whistle-blower in this case, Mountain Ridge Little League, the de-facto US championship as it so happens. A couple days of passed since the ruling, and the internet is buzzing with conspiracy theories, motivations, and plenty of victim claims.
Super Bowl Bingo Cards XLIX
January 30, 2015 | Admin 1
All boards designed by Desiree Duzich and individual bingo clues contributed by entire staff!
Be sure to check out the 2016 Super Bowl 50 version of our Super Bowl Bingo … Read More
Cooking with Beer | Top 5 Recipes for NFL Sunday
January 30, 2015 | Chelsea Mitchell 1
Since the NFL Sunday is really just a weekly holiday of food disguised as a football game, I’m bringing you five recipes instead of one. If you follow Drink and Spoon religiously, you may have seen some of these recipes before. If not, welcome to the wonderful world of Cooking with Beer. As you travel through this list of good eats, you’ll see that I have laid out a step-by-step guide on how to properly prepare all of these dishes throughout NFL Sunday. Enjoy and may the best appetizer win!
If Craft Beer Settled Super Bowl XLIX
January 29, 2015 | Tristan Chan
As you’ve likely discovered by now, we’re not your average craft beer blog. And as such, we thought we’d take a bit of a different approach to this weekend’s Super Bowl by asking what Sunday’s outcome would be if craft beer settled Super Bowl XLIX. Read More
Blame the Media for Marshawn Lynch’s Interview Mockery
January 29, 2015 | Mike Zoller
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein
The Good, the Bad & The Ugly | Sports Recap 1/27
January 27, 2015 | Josh Buchanan
The Good
Max Scherzer just hit the lottery in Washington, a contract that shaking plenty of heads. Putting together a “Thank You” ad for the fans of Detroit enhances his image more than than those 8 zeroes that are going to his bank account. Read More
When the Replay Booth Becomes Judge’s Chambers, We’ve All Lost
January 11, 2015 | Patrick Murray
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
Sports | BCS Tournament Recap
January 5, 2015 | Josh Buchanan
With parades marching throughout the land celebrating another year of renewed energy and enthusiasm about the future, 4 teams took to the field to prove something as well: The Ohio State University, the underdog and Big 10 Champion, Florida State, ACC and defending National Champion, Alabama, SEC Champion, and Oregon, PAC 12 Champion. These conferences saw their constituents take to the boards and phone lines proclaiming their superiority and dominance over one another, but the time for talk was now finally over as New Year’s day arrived. What was to come at the end of this day, no one could have expected. Read More
The Worst of Sports in 2014
December 15, 2014 | Patrick Murray
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
Four Team Playoff Should Be Eight – Still Better Than The BCS
December 7, 2014 | Mike Zoller
With the four teams now unveiled for the first ever College Football Playoff, the debates will go on long into winter about whether or not the committee got the four teams right. Just like the BCS system, the CFP system is not perfect but in its inaugural year I think they got it right.
How Bout Dem Bears? 3 Answers to the Dreaded Question
November 17, 2014 | Patrick Murray
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
Cautiously Optimistic | The Cubs Got Their Man
November 10, 2014 | Mike Zoller
For Cubs fans the holidays came early this year as the team announced Joe Maddon would be the next manager after bolting Tampa Bay for the Windy City.
NCAA Basketball Preview | 5 stories to watch
November 7, 2014 | Josh Buchanan
And so begins another exciting season of college hoops in a short span of days. While the pain and joy of last March Madness may still be fresh, it is time to begin waltzing down the familiar path of preparing— and thinking you know college hoops— for your next pool to recoup your pride and treasure.
Preseason ranking have been posted and many sports analysts have already made their predictions….usually about how good Kentucky will be this season. But believing that we can all agree that BBN doesn’t deserve all the news and hype until regular season tip off on November 14, let us move onto some other interesting topics that are developing for the 2014-15 NCAA Basketball season.
And no, Rashad McCants and Roy Williams tiff doesn’t count as basketball news anymore.
I sat through six and a half hours of baseball, and all I got was this crummy Nationals column.
October 20, 2014 | Patrick Murray
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
Why you should be watching the SEC West on Saturday
October 3, 2014 | Josh Buchanan
October is such a great time for sports. The NHL returns, the World Series comes around and conference play in the NCAA starts taking place. This Saturday, however, should be getting most of your attention. 23 of the top 25 teams will be taking the field in many important conference showdowns (16 to be exact). Most notably, 6 of the top 15 will be playing each other in, yup, you guessed it, the SEC West. Here they are. Read More
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