In Defense of Women’s Basketball

With March Madness coming soon, sports fans across the country will turn their gazes to Kentucky’s one-and-dones, Gonzaga’s Kyle Wiltjer, and the good looks of Villanova’s Jay Wright. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship has earned its place in the firmament of sports-watching greatness. The first weekend of the Men’s NCAA tournament is my favorite sporting

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Under Further Review: Foxcatcher

If there’s one film genre that could be described as “exhausted”, you could make a solid argument for sports movies. It’s the easiest category with which to make a voluminous list of clichés (for starters: team of losers gradually becomes winners; down-on-their-luck coach finds glory again through an unexpected partnership; a player/team’s success reflects positive

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Stadium Music: A DC-centric Primer

Here in Washington DC, we’ve been blessed with teams in each of the four main team sports. As nobody living in DC is actually from DC, there’s sometimes more excitement over opposing teams (think Yankees and Cavs) than there is over the Nationals and Wizards themselves. But if you root for a bad team, you

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Happy Valentín’s Day

Today, February 14th, the romantically attached celebrate Valentine’s Day. Bleh. Tell me one good thing about Valentine’s Day. Guess what? You can’t. It’s intellectually impossible. Bad things, however, abound:

Please Support Our Teammates

  In just two days, Crooked Scoreboard will turn one year old. Pretty soon, we’ll be able to walk on our own! But we haven’t made it that far all by ourselves. We’ve relied on an incredible group of guest writers, mentors, and influences to help us keep this project going and growing. To express

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Freezing Out the Pro Football Hall of Fame

My family home has an obscene number of refrigerator magnets. Our fridge is plastered with souvenirs from all around the world. Our freezer, however, is almost bare. It’s below the fridge, and reserved for things our household wishes to have nothing to do with. There are only three magnets there: John McCain for President, Florida,

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