Tim BaffoeinThe CauldronDarius Fleming, And Our Sad, Reflexive Sports CynicismFor a few hours, the Patriot’s claim of helping a woman after a car crash didn’t fully check out. We immediately doubted him.Jan 21, 2016Jan 21, 2016
Tim BaffoeinThe CauldronUnhappy 25th Anniversary To SNL’s ‘The Superfans’Even today, it is the enduring mockery of Chicagoans everywhere. And that’s precisely the problem.Jan 13, 20164Jan 13, 20164
Tim BaffoeinThe CauldronJohnny Football: The NFL’s Affluenza TeenJohnny Manziel is a star. That he’s become such in all the ways except the ones that matter: That’s the problem. So when will we wise up?Jan 7, 2016Jan 7, 2016
Tim BaffoeinThe CauldronPeyton Manning Didn’t Cheat — And If He Did We’ll Reconcile It AnywayMost view the report linking Peyton Manning to HGH as bunk. Even if the charges hold, we’ll try and rationalize the fallout. Like always.Dec 30, 2015Dec 30, 2015
Tim BaffoeinThe CauldronSports Still Has A First Amendment ProblemAthlete opinion outside the framework of sports continues to make many uncomfortable, which drives suppression.Dec 18, 20151Dec 18, 20151
Tim BaffoeinThe CauldronTyson Fury, The Donald Trump Of The Boxing WorldNothing mimics politics better than boxing, and each arena currently is being ruled by a remarkable clown prince.Dec 10, 2015Dec 10, 2015
Tim BaffoeinThe CauldronBarry Bonds Being Back In Baseball Will Be BeautifulIf the polarizing legend takes a batting coach gig with the Miami Marlins, it will drive a bunch of people insane. Good.Dec 3, 2015Dec 3, 2015
Tim BaffoeinThe CauldronPeyton Manning’s career twilight a reminder that everything endsThe cruelest part of sports — and the one we try so hard to willfully ignore — is that they are a metaphor for our own mortality.Oct 16, 2015Oct 16, 2015
Tim BaffoeinThe CauldronThe uncomfortable truths about the star-crossed Derrick RoseA s requisite high school canon, I happen to be teaching Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to ninth graders this week. Star-crossed lovers and…Oct 14, 2015Oct 14, 2015
Tim BaffoeinThe CauldronJust A Parade AwayWhile the entire city of Chicago reveled in the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup victory, a massacre in South Carolina felt (uncomfortably) worlds…Jun 19, 2015Jun 19, 2015