Tag: sports comedy
Angry Ward: Baseball’s Newest Mind-Numbing Metrics
BRONX, NY – Guess what, everybody? Baseball season started this morning! Yep, as stupid as this always sounds, America’s Pastime started today, a full week ahead of everyone else, with the Oakland A’s taking on the Seattle Mariners in Japan. “Buy me some sushi and green tea ice cream, I don’t care if I’m watching […]
Big Ben: NFL Draft, Odell De-Beckale and Five Stages of Grief
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – In the aftermath of the Odell Beckham Jr. trade, the last thing the sports world needs is another jack-monkey trying to make sense of it. One jack-monkey reporting for duty. The Odell Trade and the Five Stages of Grief. Denial “Hey, they need a lot more pieces than Odell,” I tried […]
King LeBron James No Longer Best In The NBA? Then Who Is?
SPANISH HARLEM – Watching the mighty New York Knicks beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers yesterday at the garden to me thinking… is LeBron James still the best player in the NBA. The more I thought about it, the more I came to the conclusion that he wasn’t. Once you start asking yourself […]
St Paddy’s Day Special: Angel Hernandez, Odell Beckham, Nolan Ryan, Terry O’Reilly
Happy St. Patty’s Paddy’s Day! MARLBORO, NY – As the sports scene starts to heat up with NCAA Conference Tournaments and subsequent bids to March Madness there is also the NHL Playoffs home stretch, MLB’s Opening Day, and plenty of NFL-related news to think about and here are some of my random thoughts lately. Angel […]
Replacement Matt Pinch-Hit Dingers re Mets, Knicks, Giants and Rangers
SUBURBIA, NJ – Once again I’ve been asked to step in and cover for the one alleged “sports-writing professional” on this site… who is absent again. I wonder if his editors at the Sports Desk put up with this sort of thing? If so, we all need to apply there. Anyway, we”ll get to the […]
It’s Time for James Dolan to Sell the Knicks
SPANISH HARLEM– If you read the title, I already know your answer. It’s basically every New York Knicks fans dream… to have a different owner. It might happen sooner than we thought, as there have been whispers that James Dolan might sell the team. While I’m sure we are far from the finish line when […]
Golden Age of Wrestling, King Kong Bundy, Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
MARLBORO, NY – With the passing of yet another iconic wrestler at a young age this past week in King Kong Bundy, I was reminded how much a fan of the fake sport I once was. It truly was the Golden Age of Wrestling, as the World Wrestling Federation had memorable characters and plot lines […]
Tom Seaver, Matthew Boyd, Michael Bennett, NCAA Must Pay
EL BARRIO, EL FALLS: So, the little one is healing. I had an insane week of work and writing for our sister site. I really should find a part-time that pays, put I feel like working for MTM Inc is like one of those companies that will eventually give you an employee stock options. Anyway, […]
George Thomas Seaver: You’re Still Tom Terrific To Me
NEW YORK, NY – The text from Angry Ward was a blow. It was stunning and and cruel, as life can be sometimes. “Seaver has dementia. You can go ahead and start feeling old now.” It was not meant to be malicious, cavalier or insensitive. Ward may have a persona here, but that’s just what […]
Get Fired? Don’t Worry. Here Are Sports Stars That Got Axed Before Making It Big
NEW YORK, NY – Since we launched in 2005 (yes, it’s been that long) nobody has gotten fired from Meet The Matts… Well, other than Tall Matt, who made ridiculous contract demands and berated staff. But in light of one of our own getting a visit from The Turk yesterday at his day job, this […]
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