I watched the De La Hoya/Mayweather fight on Saturday.
The way boxing matches are scored with points makes it the dumbest sport on the face of the Earth.
As far as I’m concerned, here are the rules of boxing:

The first fighter to be knocked down for a 10 count is the loser
No hitting below the belt
If both […]

The city of Chicago is currently being considered (along with Los Angeles) to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Should Chicago’s bid be accepted by the U.S. Olympic Committee, it will be submitted to the International Olympic Committee for final consideration alongside other cities such as Tokyo.
Under Mayor Daley’s plan, much of the games would take […]

An oxymoron AND ice fishing in the same post! Nobody expected that on this Thursday morning.
For some reason consideration of the feasibility of this idea was keeping me awake last night. Let’s say you and a friend decided to play a joke on some ice fishermen. To pull this off you need a helicopter, a […]

In the snow and mud and noise of a January afternoon at Soldier Field, the Bears taught the Saints and the entire country a lesson in Chicago football.
In the preceding days, not a single analyst at ESPN (source) had picked the Bears as a favorite to win. No doubt, the sports brain trust at ESPN […]