What’s crackalacking so far in the NHL playoffs
We are nearing the halfway point of the Stanley Cup pursuit and while it makes me a little sad that there are no longer three games on every night, the…
A huge NFL bust, NBA Draft Trivia, and some Pacers love
Hope everyone enjoyed the first edition yesterday of Midday Cup Check, the new staple of your must read daily content on the world of sports. Please feel free to comment…
Bacon isn’t just for breakfast any longer. Ranking the top 5 best bacon foods
As sports fans we love ranking things. We often come up with various lists of our favorite players, teams, hot chicks, whatever. For me bacon is an elite champion of…
Terribly Awesome Baseball Card of the Day: Rodney Craig
Rodney Craig, Unknown Today, Rodney Craig brings us one of my favorite baseball cards of all-time. One look at this card and it becomes clear that Rodney, or Buckethead, as…
Charlie Hustle, Joe Table, and a 105 year old woman who loves bacon
Welcome to the first edition of the most important stop in your day. The place where you will find everything you need to keep your day going, from sports trivia…
Pull out your Starter Jackets because the Charlotte Hornets are back!
Tuesday Michael Jordan made the best move of his tenure as owner and controller of basketball operations with the Charlotte Bobcats, announcing Kwame Brown would come out of retirement and…
Terribly Awesome Baseball Card of the Day: Glenn Hubbard
Glenn Hubbard, 1984 Fleer Glenn Hubbard is clearly channeling his inner Jake the Snake while having a good time at the Vet in Philly. What’s amazing is that his beard…
This day in sports, bacon cologne, and a baseball fight video
Todays Sports Birthdays Lets celebrate the birth of the severely slumping Josh Hamilton. Angels fans are praying you stay sober and start hitting. Kent Hrbek, the consonant king, Hall of Fame Manager…
Happy Birthday David Wells, Stan Mikita, and Tony Stewart
Celebrating a birthday on May 20th is the bad boy of driving in a circle Tony Stewart, oversized pitcher and surprisingly very effective while hung over David Wells and the…
Terribly Awesome Baseball Card of the Day: Felix Millan
Felix Millan, 1976 Topps I’ll guarantee you that never has a baseball card so falsely painted a picture of a players skill set based on the picture alone than Felix…
Derrick Rose Pickup Artist-ed us all. Mystery would be proud
In 2007, VH1 aired a show called The Pickup Artist. For those (probably everyone except me) who didn’t have the pleasure of seeing this program, it was a reality show…
Video of Red Wings fans doing the robot and giving Chewbacca impressions
I was given the task by the Chicago Red Eye to head to a Detroit Red Wings bar and see what sort of content I could come up with. Rocking…
Terribly Awesome Baseball Card of the day involving a Budweiser Umbrella Hat
I am so happy that someone with a real job decided to capture this moment of Jay Johnstone wearing a Budweiser umbrella hat and put it on his baseball card.…
I miss the NBA of yesteryear
If you’ve been watching this years NBA Playoffs, you have witnessed some great basketball. There has been the expected : Miami breezing through opponents like Lil Wayne breezing through bottles of…
Titus Young Continues To Set Records…Off The Field
Detroit fans have a new Triple Crown winner to celebrate and he doesn’t go by the name of Miguel Cabrera. Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young has had a…
5 ballers whose verticals make me sad
Yes I can dunk. It isn’t easy for me and it’s not pretty. I’m also 6 foot 3 and have the gangly arms of an orangutan. If I had to pick…
Awarding an MVP of the Mighty Ducks Trilogy
Recently, the NHL announced Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, and the Islanders’ John Tavares as the three finalists for the 2013 Hart Trophy, which reigns supreme among the pantheon of obscurely-named…
Hard Sports Trivia Quiz 14: Baseball Edition
Its Friday again, thankfully, and we all know what that means. It is time to use our brains one last time for the work week and answer all of our…
Celebrating your birthday by lighting your hair on fire
On this May 16th lets blow out the candles for Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas, outspoken Billy Martin and former NHL MVP Corey Perry, reading from the couch at home.…
Terrible Baseball Card of the Day: Pete Ladd
Pete Ladd, ’86 Topps There is nothing remotely interesting about Pete Ladd aside from the fact that he looks like Wierd Al. I do question him wearing a gold chain as…
From Jimmy to Dwyane: A Marquette Alum’s Take on Their Divergent Career Paths
At Marquette University, Dwyane Wade is a god. He’s thunder and lightning and pyrotechnics rolled into one transcendent badass. He’s the freaking Golden Eagle pope, the incomparable ambassador of all things MU basketball, and…
John Smoltz’ Ironing Accident, the Frozen Envelope and More Urban Sports Myths
Today is John Smoltz’s 46th birthday. Smoltz is often noted as one of the most underrated pitchers of the last 30 years, if not all time. He was an 8-time…
Kaner in the shootout and Bob Probert destroying people
Tonight one third of the original six go head to head to start the second round of the NHL playoffs. The Presidents trophy winning Chicago Blackhawks versus the hated, 7th…
Happy Birthday George Brett. Here’s the epic video of him talking about crapping his pants
The sports birthdays for May 15 include John Smoltz, Heisman winner Desmond Howard, our favorite “alleged” murdering preacher Ray Lewis, and Emmitt Smith. A ton of sports studs on this…
Toronto, Go F yourself. Love Cleveland
So the Toronto Maple Leafs choked harder than Bob from Bill Swerski’s Superfans, blowing an insurmountable 4-1 lead with 10 minutes to go to the Boston Bruins in game 7…





















