January 4, 2008

The Jester’s Quart: The Fan Outrage Outage

Columnist Greg Wyshynski looks at a fan culture that has gone from bristling at the over-commercialization in sports to one that gladly accepts college bowl games named after pizza companies and chicken sandwiches...  All in this edition of 'JQ

Past Articles

2007

The Jester's Quart - Jan 5 -  Why Brees, Mangini Deserve NFL Honors
The Jester’s Quart - Jan 12 - An Early Valentine To the Ladies of Texas Basketball
The Jester's Quart - Jan 19 - The Booze, Banter and Betting Theory
The Jester’s Quart - Jan 26 -  The Vulgar Truth About Televised Sports
The Jester's Quart - Feb 02 - 10 Things I Absolutely Hate About the Super Bowl
The Jester's Quart - February 17 - District of Discontent
The Jester’s Quart - Feb 23 - You've Got To Be Kidd-ing Me
The Jester’s Quart - Mar 2 - Let’s Go To the Videotape!
The Jester’s Quart - Mar 9 -  Uniform Disasters?
The Jester’s Quart - Mar 16 - The Unending Controversies of Batting and Betting
The Jester’s Quart - Mar 23 - Will Fans Support International Expansion?
The Jester’s Quart - Mar 30 - Thank You, Wright and Reyes
The Jester’s Quart - Apr 6 - When You’re Too Old To Be a Fan
The Jester’s Quart - Apr 13 - What Imus Really Said
The Jester’s Quart - Apr 20 - Hokie Pride
The Jester's Quart - Apr 27 - Gary Thorne's Great Mysteries of Sports
The Jester’s Quart - May 11 - What Is Major League Baseball Drinking?
The Jester’s Quart - May 18 - When Your Worst Enemy Is Your Best Player
The Jester’s Quart - May 25 - Honoring ‘American Gladiators’
The Jester’s Quart - June 2 - Kobe, Hockey and White Castle Chicken Rings
The Jester’s Quart - June 8 - A ‘Sopranos’ Offer Mangini Couldn’t Refuse
The Jester’s Quart - June 15 -  NASCAR’s Regrettable Second Gear
The Jester’s Quart - June 22 - The Myth of the Hometown Hero
The Jester’s Quart - June 29 - Is Chris Benoit Really Sports News?
The Jester’s Quart - July 13 - Jordan vs. Beckham
The Jester’s Quart - July 20 - Jordan vs. Beckham, the Debate Continues
The Jester's Quart - July 27 - NBA Refs Crooked? You Bet!
The Jester’s Quart - Aug 3 - From Lombardi Trophy To Oscar Winner?
The Jester’s Quart - Aug 10 - Barry Bonds, the Symptom and the Cause
The Jester’s Quart - Aug 31 - Donkey Punched by a Sports Documentary
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 7 - Delay of Fantasy Game
The Jester's Quart - Sept 14 -Ice to See You Again, Ovechkin
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 21 -  McNabb and the Racist Fans
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 28 - For Coach and Columnist, a Double Fault
The Jester’s Quart - Oct 4 - Who Has It Worse, the Irish or the Mets?
The Jester’s Quart - Oct 12 - Strikeforce Marino
The Jester’s Quart - Oct 19 - The Torre Dynasty
The Jester’s Quart - Nov 2 - The A-Rod Conundrum
The Jester’s Quart - Nov 9 - The Case for Lindros
The Jester’s Quart - Nov 17 - Our Stupid Sports Apology Culture
The Jester’s Quart - Nov 30 - Limiting the Sean Taylor Impact
The Jester’s Quart - Dec 6 - Did David Stern Just Ruin Basketball?
The Jester’s Quart - Dec 14 - Lenny Dykstra, From Nails To Nailed
The Jester's Quart - Dec 21 - Tuna/Fish, Repeating on You

2006

The Jester's Quart - Jan 6 - Good Riddance To Bad Coaches
The Jester's Quart- Jan 13 - A Sirius Proposition
The Jester’s Quart - Jan 20 - Please Shut Up, Peyton
The Jester's Quart - Jan 27 - Cowhering in Fear
The Jester's Quart - Feb 3 - Timber Tina, a True Survivor
The Jester's Quart - Feb 10 - Hockey's Higher Calling
The Jester's Quart - Feb 17 -  Who Owns the Olympics?
The Jester's Quart - Feb 24 - For USA Hockey, Miracles Can Wait
The Jester's Quart - Mar 3 - In Bed with Barry Bonds
The Jester's Quart - Mar 10 - Do You Want Sports or EA Sports?
The Jester’s Quart - Mar 17 - Instantly Controversial for NCAA
The Jester’s Quart - Mar 24 -  March Madness Media Memos
The Jester's Quart - Mar 31 - Dirty Little Secrets of the NCAA
The Jester’s Quart - Apr 7 - My Fantasy Baseball Nightmare
The Jester's Quart - Apr 14 - Brave New Whirled
The Jester’s Quart - Apr 21 - My Trophy Can Beat Up Your Trophy
The Jester's Quart - Apr - 28  Sports Bar Exam
The Jester's Quart - May 5 - Fueling NASCAR's Responsibility
The Jester’s Quart - May 12 - Team Disoriented in the NBA
The Jester's Quart - May 26 - Turgid Truth About the World Cup
The Jester's Quart - Jun 2 - Why the Spelling Bee Is Nothing Like a Sport
The Jester’s Quart - Jun 9 - The Steroid Gossip Game
The Jester’s Quart - Jun 16 - All That Gary Glitters
The Jester’s Quart - Jun 30 - My Favorite Sports Stars
The Jester’s Quart - July 7 - Bronx Bleacher Bummer
The Jester’s Quart - July 14 -  A Penalty Kick in the Pants
The Jester’s Quart - July 23 - Seattle’s Sonic Bust
The Jester's Quart - August 04 - Soriano Losers
The Jester's Quart - Aug 18 - I’m a ‘Monday Night Football’ Apologist
The Jester's Quart - Aug 25 - Upon the Fields of Barlow
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 1 - Drafting Ron Mexico
The Jester's Quart - Sept 8 - Football Comes Full Circle
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 15 - Why The Rock Is Overcooked
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 22 - On The Mets Bandwagon
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 29 - The Hockey Cynic’s Guide To the NHL’s Eastern Conference
The Jester's Quart - Oct 6 - The Hockey Cynic's Guide to the NHL Western Conference
The Jester’s Quart - Oct 13 - Humanity vs. Commodity in Sports
The Jester’s Quart - Oct 18 - Meet the Mets, Message By Message
The Jester’s Quart - Oct 27 - Wave of Controversy
The Jester’s Quart - Nov 3 - Banned in the NBA
The Jester’s Quart - Nov 17 - I Don’t Know Jack
The Jester’s Quart - Dec 1 - Why McGwire Belongs in Cooperstown
The Jester’s Quart - Dec 8 - Fear the Boogeyman
The Jester's Quart - Dec 15 - MLS Grows Up
The Jester's Quart - 22 - A Holiday Wish for Santa Belichick

 

2005
The Jester's Quart - Jan 7 - Sandbagging Sandbergs
The Jester’s Quart - Jan 14 - Two for Hooking
The Jester's Quart - Jan 21 - Mr. Touchdown vs. The Black Quarterback
The Jester’s Quart - Jan 28 - The Battle Over Beer
The Jester's Quart: Why The Eagles Will Win the Super Bowl
The Jester’s Quart - Feb 11 - Simply Fixing the NHL
The Jester’s Quart - Feb 18 - The Bright Side of Armageddon
The Jester’s Quart- Feb 25 - Melting Away the NHL’s Lost Season
The Jester’s Quart - Mar 4 - The Pennant Race
The Jester’s Quart - Mar 11 - Current Events Quiz  
The Jester's Quart - Mar 18 - Sneaking A Peak At March Madness
The Jester's Quart - Mar 25 - Sports Media’s Steroid Hypocrisy
The Jester's Quart - Apr 1 -  Bowling For St. Loo
The Jester's Quart - Apr 8 - The Future of ESPN
The Jester's Quart - Apr 15 -  Survey Says... Steroids Don’t Matter
The Jester's Quart - Apr 22 - The New 'Monday Night Football'
The Jester’s Quart - Apr 29 - Radio Is A Sound Salvation
The Jester’s Quart - May 6 - My Afternoon as a NASCAR Fan
The Jester’s Quart - May 13 - My Dumbass NBA Notebook
The Jester’s Quart - May 20 - The Force Is With Us
The Jester’s Quart - May 27 - WNBA Action? Affirmative
The Jester's Quart - June 3 -The Neverending (Hockey) Story
The Jester's Quart - June 9 - Sidney Crosby, Broadway Bound
The Jester's Quart - June 17 -  Wocka, Wocka…What? 
The Jester's Quart - June 24 - The 100 Greatest Sports Movie Quotes
The Jester's Quart - July 1 - Demanding A Refund
The Jester’s Quart - July 8 -  The Swagger Factor
The Jester's Quart - July 15 - Problems Hockey Can't Solve
The Jester's Quart - July 22 - The NHL on HBO
The Jester's Quart - July 29 - Unanswered Questions
The Jester's Quart - Aug 5 - Create Your Own Steroid Apology!
The Jester's Quart - Aug 19 - Bass Tale
The Jester's Quart - Aug 26 - Eternal Sunshine of Frank Robinson's Mind
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 2 - You Might Be a Fantasy Football Freak
The Jester's Quart - Sept 9 - Skating Without A Captain
The Jester's Quart - Sept 16 - Chief Umpire Of The Supreme Court
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 23 - The Teachings of Jeremy Shockey
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 30 - A Hockey Cynic’s Guide to the Eastern Conference
The Jester’s Quart - Oct 14 - Rating the New NHL
The Jester’s Quart - Oct 21 - David Stern’s Crazy ‘Bout a Sharp-Dressed Man
The Jester's Quart - Oct 28 - Star Wars, Doom and Fisher DeBerry
The Jester's Quart - Nov 4 -  Remembering The Glory Of Dodgeball
The Jester's Quart - Nov 11 - D-I-V-O-R-C-E
The Jester's Quart - Nov 18 - Herm on Wry
The Jester's Quart - Dec 2 - When Gretzky's Records Fall
The Jester's Quart - Dec 9 - How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Shootout
The Jester's Quart - Dec 16 - Booze, Basketball, and Biz Markie
The Jester's Quart - Dec 23 - The Year of the Lemonade
 

2004
The Jester’s Quart - Jan 9 -  On (Burgundy And) Golden Pond
The Jester's Quart - Jan 16 - The Jester's Quart: Could A Kicker Be A Coach?
The Jester's Quart - Jan 23 - The Jester's Quart: Steroids, In The Bush League
The Jester's Quart - Jan 30 - Inside The Mind Of The Patriot Fan
The Jester's Quart - Feb 6 - Football: Fact Or Fiction?
The Jester's Quart - Feb 13 - Happy Trails, Blazers
The Jester's Quart - Feb 20 - Embracing The Evil Empire
The Jester's Quart - Feb 27 - Caught In The Nets
The Jester's Quart - Mar 7 - Great Moments In Baseball Steroid History
The Jester's Quart - Mar 12 - Quiz Time!
The Jester's Quart - Mar 19 - The Joy of Bashing Hockey Fans
The Jester's Quart - Mar 26 - The Worst Fantasy Baseball Team of All Time
The Jester's Quart - Apr 2 - NCAA March Madness Diary (Authored By the Floor at a Hooters Restaurant)
The Jester's Quart - Apr 9 - Basketball Gender Bias
The Jester's Quart - Apr 16 - Baseball Makes Stupid People
The Jester's Quart - Apr 23 - Baseball Should Go To Pot
The Jester's Quart - Apr 30 -  An Unprovoked Attack on ESPN’s Announcing Crew
The Jester's Quart - May 7 - Me Gusta Deportes (I Like Sports)
The Jester's Quart - May 14 - The Evil Genius Of Bud Selig
The Jester's Quart - May 21 - The NHL On NBC
The Jester's Quart - May 28 - The Names Of The Games
The Jester’s Quart - June 4 - I Hate Hockey, The F.A.Q.
The Jester's Quart - June 11 - Sorely Missing Sore Winners
The Jester's Quart - June 18 - Who Needs Dodgeball
The Jester's Quart - June 25 - Take A Bite Out Of Cooperstown
The Jester's Quart - July 2 - The Naked Truth About Women's Hoops
The Jester's Quart - July 9 - Pity Of  The Yankees
The Jester's Quart - July 16 - Gold Medal Mess
The Jester's Quart - July 24 - The Special People Club
The Jester's Quart - July 30 - A Brief History Of BaseBrawls
The Jester's Quart - August 06 - Pop Quiz, Hotshot...
The Jester's Quart - August 13 - Were No. 3!
The Jester's Quart - August 20 - Please, Cancel Prime Time
The Jester's Quart - August 27 - Hamm, Hockey And Homers
The Jester's Quart - Sept 3 - Muzzling the Turtles
The Jester’s Quart - Sept 10 -  Monday Blight Football
The Jester's Quart - Sept 17 - Revisionist History, Yankee Style
The Jester's Quart - Sept 24 - No Football, Ladies
The Jester's Quart - Oct 1 - Capital Concerns
The Jester's Quart - Oct 8 - Hail No!
The Jester’s Quart: Oct 15 - Our Daddy, Who Art in Da Bronx  
The Jester’s Quart: Oct 22 - The Bostonian Candidate
The Jester's Quart - Oct 29 - Waking Up From The Impossible Dream
The Jester's Quart - Nov 5 - How's Your Hoops?
The Jester's Quart - Nov 12 - The Owens/Lewis Debates
The Jester's Quart - Nov 19 - Terrible Towel-Dropping
The Jester's Quart - Nov 26 - Thanks For Nothing
The Jester’s Quart - Dec 3 - Characters Count
The Jester's Quart - Dec 10 - The Business of Barry Bonds  
The Jester’s Quart - Dec 17 -  A Heart-Warming Column About the BCS
The Jester's Quart - Dec 31 - The Year In Sports 2004
 

2003
The Jester’s Quart: June 20 - Life Is Boo-tiful
The Jester's Quart: June 27 - Affirmative NBA Action
The Jester's Quart: July 3 - Independence Daze
The Jester's Quart: July 11 - Rules For The Black Athlete
The Jester's Quart: July 18 - We Will Be Fooled Again
The Jester's Quart July 25 - How About A Little Fire, Scarecrow
The Jester's Quart August 1 - Horsing Around
The Jester's Quart August 8 - Total Recall, Too
The Jester's Quart August 15 - Buy Me Viagra and Cracker Jack
The Jester's Quart August 29 - Beast Of The East
The Jester’s Quart Sept. 5 - Is Baseball More Thrilling Than Football?  
The Jester’s Quart Sept 12 -  5 Reasons Why Fans Don’t Care About Barry Bonds The Jesters Quart Sept 19 - The "JQ" Current Events Quiz
The Jesters Quart - Sept 27 - Cutting Curtis
The Jesters Quart - Oct 3 - A Hockey Cynic's Guide To The Eastern Conference
The Jesters Quart - Oct 10 - A Hockey Cynic's Guide To The Western Conference
The Jester’s Quart - Oct 17 - Swallow Your Pride, And Meet The Marlins
The Jester’s Quart - Oct 31 -  Major League Mythmaking
The Jester's Quart - Nov 7 - Let’s Do The Time Warp, ESPN
The Jester's Quart - Nov. 14 -  Foreign Objection
The Jester's Quart - Nov. 21 - Point Break
The Jester's Quart - Nov. 25 - Jive Turkey
The Jesters Quart - Dec 5 - Gluttony On The Bounty
The Jester's Quart - Dec 12 - Top 6 Rejected Alternatives To The BCS Computer
The Jester's Quart - Dec 19 - No Fun League
The Jester’s Quart - Dec 30 - The Year In Sports, 2003