Four Horsemen Tattoo – Confessions of a Sports Fanatic

Last week was a long 7 days.  I couldn’t go anywhere without perpetual hazing from the droves of Cub fans enlightening me on their latest triumph over the Sox.  Despite the annoyance caused by said jackasses and their mouths, cooler heads prevailed.  Engaging in a pissing match with a Cub fan is pointless, and I usually laugh [...]

This week, 4HT honors a man who played the game of football bigger, badder, and meaner than most would ever dream to.  This legend has two distinct claim to fames.
1. His name is absolutely hilarious
2. His absolutely hilarious name earned him recognition by many through appearing in the original NES classic Tecmo Bowl
Ladies and gentlemen, [...]

5 minutes…….300 seconds…….This is the time frame each NBA team is granted to make up their minds.  Although the Bulls were jet-set on their pick weeks ago, I couldn’t help but squirm a little during those tumltuous ticks of the clock.  These are the Bulls we are talking about here.  Since Pax is capable of screwing [...]

Wow.  The Green Pay Packers have expressed interest in acquiring all-world defensive end Jason Taylor from the Dolphins.  I just spit my PBR all over the monitor after reading that.  This is probably one of the most shocking headlines of the last quarter century. 

Cubs 11, Sox 7. Final.   For the second day in a row, Sox pitchers were ineffective protecting a lead, and blew it today with a meltdown of Biblical proportions.  Jose Contreras continued his losing ways, offering gift after gift in the 4th inning, turning a 4-1 Sox lead into a 9-4 deficit.  When the rubble [...]

Cubs 4, Sox 3.  Final.  Up 3-1 going into the bottom of the seventh, I was feeling pretty good about a favorable outcome.  This good feeling was immediately erased by Octavio Dotel serving up back-to-back home runs to Derrick “I punch like a sissy” Lee and Aramis “I seem to always get shit lucky against the [...]

Kansas State forward Michael Beasley headed to Deerfield this week, to show off the goods for Bulls brass.  Like the NFL combine,  these flattering individual workouts usually make or break a prospect’s draft status.  His intent was to woo them, and everything was going as planned, until the tape measure and questions came out.

My dislike for both the Lakers and Kobe Bryant is not something I spend time hiding.  These feelings have been on my sleeve for quite a few years. With this in mind, NOTHING was more gratifying than witnessing the Celtics pound, pummel, and humiliate the fancy nancys from L.A. on the biggest of stages.  This site backs the Bulls [...]

Each week at 4HT, one lucky individual will forever be enshrined in the “Steelhead Hall of Fame.”  Qualifications for such a huge honor vary, but every member of this heralded list truly shine above the rest.  Today, we salute a man who answered the call to greatness for 91 minutes straight in the 80’s classic Teen [...]

First it was the sizzling series, NBA Superstars VS WWF Superstars.  Today, our friends at SI were nice enough to share the piece on sports movie montages. Check it out. 

For those of you sitting in your cubicle, forklift, office, tank, or crane, Monday is not a happy day.  It’s that dreaded morning where one realizes the weekend of upcoming excess is still 5 days away, and you are still reeling (and reeking) from the previous one.  Motivation is lower than Jim Thome’s batting average.  [...]

Vinny Del Negro.  Vincent Joseph Del Negro.  Vinny Pee Pants Del Negro.  No matter how many different ways I say his name, it always comes out the same way, sounding more like a 70’s porn star than an NBA head coach.  Come to think of it, approximately 75-80% of all people who recognize the name [...]

Dear Readers,
Here at 4HT, we take great pride in our bottom-feeding status, but even more in our impeccable integrity, which has recently been compromised.  It has been brought to my attention that our writer, Steelhead, promised to reveal the top 4 of a running list of “badass sports nicknames” yesterday, and did not come through.  I confronted SH on the issue, and, what [...]

Some athletes, due to a competetive spirit, tenacious attitude, or general ability to kick the shit out of everyone, earn a nickname that sends shivers down opposing players spines.  This list commemorates some of sports biggest ass-kickers and the names that made them famous.  

Due to the direct correlation between a previous post  heaping joy and adulation on the White Sox, and the 3 game skid that followed, this entry will not be about a happy South Sider chirping his praises.  Even though credit is due to many right now, why fuck it up because a delusional psychopath (SH) wants to dance in strawberry fields with “Southpaw” in lieu of recent [...]