Category Archives: Sports

2014 NFL Season Preview

Posted on September 4, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

I got my Niners preview out of the way on Tuesday, so now, with the Packers and Seabitches set to kick off the season tonight, it’s time to take a look at the rest of the league. Will Seattle repeat? … Continue reading →

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2014 San Francisco 49ers Preview

Posted on September 2, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Hooooooo boy, here we are. This week I’m drafting fantasy teams, putting together an office suicide pool, and prepping an opening weekend trip to Vegas. So how do we feel about the return of football, Jesse Pinkman? And yet, as … Continue reading →

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The Silliest of NBA Silly Seasons

Posted on July 15, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Generally speaking, you don’t get cell phone reception on subway trains or in stations in New York. One of the exceptions to this rule is on the F line in Brooklyn, where the train comes above ground for two stops … Continue reading →

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A Midseason Bay Area Baseball Review

Posted on July 8, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

What with the NBA Playoffs (and Silly Season, which I’ll be writing about soon, I promise) and the advent of this awesome thing called the World Cup, I haven’t gotten around to writing report cards for my beloved Bay Area … Continue reading →

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My Completely Uninformative, Nonsensical World Cup Knockout Round Preview

Posted on June 27, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

I don’t know anything about soccer, but I freakin’ love the World Cup. The games are exciting, with thrilling shifts in momentum (see: USA-Portugal), and the fans at the stadiums and the players on the fields both act completely insane … Continue reading →

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Dubs 2013-2014 Season (and Mark Jackson) Postmortem

Posted on May 7, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Here we are, a few days after the Dubs’ season sadly ended after a hard-fought Game 7 loss to the L.A. Clippers. Last year, after the Spurs ended Steph Curry & Co.’s Cinderella playoff run, I wrote a series of … Continue reading →

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NBA Playoffs Round One Review

Posted on May 5, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Holy shit, you guys. I mean, seriously, the last two weeks have basically just melted my brain with the awesomeness that has been the 2014 NBA Playoffs. We’ve had back-and-forth games, buzzer-beating shots, a racist owner getting booted out of … Continue reading →

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2014 NBA Playoff Preview

Posted on April 18, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

It is sometimes said that April is the cruelest month, but the guy who coined that phrase obviously wasn’t a sports fan. The fourth month of the year is one of my favorites, because it brings an awesome confluence in … Continue reading →

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My Off the Cuff, Completely Uninformed MLB 2014 Season Preview

Posted on March 31, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

BASEBALL IS BACK!!! SPRING IS FINALLY HERE!!! Well, that last part might be a bit of an exaggeration, given that it was still in the 30s and snowing last week in NYC (God, this winter has been awful). But Opening … Continue reading →

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2014 Super Bowl Pick

Posted on January 30, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Denver 49, Seattle 0. Fuck you, Seabitches.

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