Day: April 28, 2015

I try to view myself as an even keeled person when it comes to sports and relevant social commentary. Yes, I’m aware enough of world events where I can splice in a few jokes about the world and have it tie in with whatever NFL or MLB topic I’m going over that week.

This week is different. Over the past week, the worlds of sports and social issues came together in some ways we have seen, and some ways we have never seen before, so here goes nothing.

The Bruce gender issue

Like a lot of people, last Friday I watched the Bruce Jenner interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC. Yes, part of it is because my wife watches E! every day, and I was forced to, after she’s seen just about every Kardashian show and subsequent spinoff since its inception, but also out of curiosity on a societal issue that we honestly don’t know that much about and the issue was about to get it’s most famous face.

The Jenner gender change is unique, especially from a generational perspective because there are two types of people that know him. The first, is the older generation that remember him as the greatest athlete alive, the epitome of physical fitness and really at one point was pretty much the man that a lot of men wanted to be. Continue reading Eat My Sports: This is what it’s like when worlds collide

Science can get confusing. In today’s news alone, the possibility that the universe is merely a two-dimensional surface that we project a third-dimension onto during observation (like a hologram) just gained more traction. Meanwhile, another group of scientists completed the most comprehensive three-dimensional map of the universe.

So, which is it, doctors? Does the universe have depth, or do we only imagine it, like in Hawkeye from The Avengers?

Fortunately, Prof. Stephen Hawking chimed in today: the universe is neither 3D nor 2D, but 1D, as in One Directional. He assured a girl at one of his Q&A sessions that, although it is depressing that Zayn Malik has left One Direction in our universe, theoretical physics mean that he could still be in the boy group in a parallel universe.

Looks like somebody’s been studying up on women after we called him out on it a couple of years ago.

If you’re reading this and you’re a woman, there’s a decent chance you’re drunk right now. It’s science.

According to a new study by the American Journal of Public Health, binge drinking among women is on the rise in the U.S. In case you’re wondering, the white coats define “binge drinking” as five or more drinks in a sitting for men, and four or more in a sitting for women. In fact, from 2002 to 2012, lady binge drinking rose by about 36%, while men rose by only 23%.

Congratulations, ladies. Every drink you take brings us all closer to gender equality.