The Box Scorn GIGANTIC MLB Preview: 2013 Edition
It is almost here. Can you smell the fresh cut grass? Can you hear the crack of the bat? While Spring Training is winding down, that means Opening Day is right around the corner. It’s the day when every team has a chance, when expectations are high and when October is seemingly an eternity away. [...]
Not Another Sports Movie
It seems that nowadays, you can’t go to the movies without seeing a ’2′ or ’3′ at the end of a title. Research (that I made up) shows that remakes, sequels, and adaptions make up approximately 76% of all movies that are shown in the theatre. So what does this mean? It means that’s where [...]
No Laces, No Problems
Notre Dame is 12-0. They are the number one team in the nation for the first time since 1993, a year in which Lou Holtz was the coach, Bill Clinton the president, ‘The Sandlot’ was playing in theaters and ‘Informer’ by Snow was blasting from cassette players across the country. The Irish faithful have waited [...]
The Devaluation of Denard
Beau Knows is a real-life sports writer. We here at Box Scorn recognize that we’re lucky to have him and proudly present to you his inaugural piece, which reminds us to appreciate the smaller things — even something as small as a tied shoe. ________ ANN ARBOR — It probably came as little surprise to [...]
A Horse is a Horse
The so-called Sport of Kings, horse racing has been popular since the days of the Egyptians. A sport abnormally predicated on bloodlines and grooming, little is left to chance in higher echelon regions of the industry. Breading logs are passed down and coveted through the centauries, dripping with trade secrets gleamed from painstaking rounds of [...]
Shea Weber Offer Sheet Brilliance
Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren went from absolute prick to complete genius on the Kyle Begley Prick to Genius scale this week. I have never been so angry AND impressed with somebody I’ve never met. The Flyers’ all out assault on the Nashville Predators by way of offer sheet was such an evil and brilliant [...]
Jordan Rules? Try the Jersey Rules
You know that feeling when you walk into Goodwill for no apparent reason and walk out with five less dollars than you started with? Not because you lost your wallet when you tried out that old, unplugged electronic organ, but because something hanging up there just caught your eye. It happens every single time, and [...]
Where Will Tebowmania Attack Next?
Oh boy! Denver signing Peyton Manning has sent shockwaves through, well, everything I guess. Tim Tebow has been displaced as the Broncos quarterback, much to the relief of sensible Broncos fans as well as sports writers and broadcasters across the country. ESPN has had the month of their lives covering the Manning free agency, and [...]