There are bad writers. There are bad sports writers. And then there is the woeful Dave Feschuk.
His formula is simple.

Something happens
Feschuk hates it; worst thing ever
Feschuk liberally sprinkles positively entombs his article with the kind of bad pun dust you’d find in the staff newsletter of a small accounting firm.

Here’s what Toronto’s own Debbie Downer [...]

Via Deadspin.
Come for the apathy…stay for the selfishness!

The Al-Star Game is meaningless and dumb, but it does bubble up some nice dunk footage. Check this.

This is kind of a funny bit — a list of NHL teams and their equivalent high school personality type; what it neglects to mention is that the entire NHL is special class.
Montreal would be the kid who wants to trade you his apple for your Subway sandwich.
Nashville would be that kid with the dad [...]

Heh. It’s funny because Gary Bettman is an idiot.
“This partnership has been a long time coming. If the Food Network would have been around in 1991, we would have left ESPN in a heartbeat.”
“It’s great to know we will be on television next year,” Bettman added, smiling as the NHL’s new studio team, consisting of [...]

Note for note, goofy lyric for goofy lyric, the only national anthem worse than “Oh Canada” is the “Star Spangled Banner”. It’s all the more amazing to see Marvin Gaye actually make it kinda cool. Or maybe he’s just bathing in the reflected glory of that slammin’ Denver Nuggets track jacket.
UPDATE: How weird [...]

For all you Isaiah-haters out there. Totally sweet.

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Make your vote count.

Marc Ecko is a very bright feller. Almost 10,000,000 votes and counting.

Here’s a really funny rant about the logo the New York Yankees developed for this year’s All-Star Game.

I know, I can hear you defending it until you are blue in the face. “It’s got pinstripes! And The Facadeâ„¢. It’s pure tradition. Like the Yankees are tradition. It’s even got Trajan. How much more tradition can [...]