Boston Red Sox: 2013 World Series Champions

The narrative appeared

Preordained.

The Brotherhood of the Beard

Could not be contained.

Destiny,

That fickle mistress,

Demanded to see

Red Sox success.

A Fenway feel-good story.

Boston Strong glory.

Opening Night of the NBA Season: Derrick Rose v LeBron James

As preseason columns dropped names

Speculating who’d dethrone King James,

They should’ve asked Derrick Rose

He certainly knows

Who decides who wins these kind of games.

Seattle 14, St Louis 9: A Review in Verse

The myth of Seahawk superiority
Unravelled by four quarters of mundanity.
The alleged class of the NFC
Debunked by Golden Tate's immaturity. 

Detroit 31, Dallas 30: The Battle of the Wide Receivers

While Dez Bryant was complaining

Megatron was yard-gaining.

It doesn’t take much explaining

To decide which wideout’s currently reigning.

San Francisco 42, Jacksonville 10: A letter from London to Roger Goodell regarding the Jaguars' Possible Relocation

Oi! Goodell! Are you looking for Barney Rubble?

If you think we want the Jags then you’re ’avin’ a bubble.

It’s blinding to welcome you septics as guests,

But ’avin’ these muppets here all season long? Give it a rest!

Rugby League World Cup: Day One

The success of the team allegedly from Italy
Demonstrates the Rugby League World Cup's futility. 

Haiku analyzing the St Louis Rams' call to Brett Favre and what it means for Tim Tebow's pro football career

Favre’s creaking body

Has more potential than Tim.

Dude, it’s so over. 

Boston 8, St Louis 1: World Series Game One Reviewed in Verse

The Cardinals chose the wrong occasion
To film their 'baseball bloopers' compilation.

Real Madrid 2, Juventus 1: Arturo Vidal's Dive Reviewed in Verse

The art of diving

Redefined.

A golden seam of comedy

Mined.

Verses Revisiting Phil Mushnick's Column on Adrian Peterson

Is there anyone who read the column by Mushnick

And didn’t feel immediately sick?

In search of a cordial resolution,

So accepted civility can resume,

I suggest locking Phil and Peterson in a room

With guaranteed impunity from subsequent prosecution.

Indianapolis 39, Denver 33: A Review in Verse

The Golden Boy's greatness enunciated.
Peyton's win streak terminated.
Symbolic torch passed on the biggest stage.
The onset of the Andrew Luck Age.
Alleviating the pain
Of losing Reggie Wayne.

New York Jets 30, New England 27: A Review in Verse - Tom, Petty and a Heartbreaker

Four and a half quarters of thrilling action
Brought to an end by a trivial infraction.
The Jets deserved better than anticlimax,
Awarded a victory by The Pats' patted backs.

Reviewing the 2013 ALDS

For Jim Leyland
I have one poser;
Why would you ever
Pull Max Scherzer?

Roy Hodgson and England Move Past the Monkey Joke

The players’ criticism remains unspoken

But the dressing room leak proves the team’s spirit’s broken.

Short Verse on the Announcement of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee

It’s so nice

For college football

To see competency back.

Condoleezza Rice,

After all,

Did such a good job with Iraq. 

England 2, Poland 0: The Robert Burns Verdict

Szczęsny

Doesnae

Change summer plans

For English football fans.

ALCS Game 2: The Ballad of Officer Steve Horgan

How could I Protect and Serve

With an Ortiz grand slam to observe?

Statistics have shown

The Sox pen’s a crime free zone.

Torii Hunter’s health, I’m not obliged to preserve.

NFL Week 6: Quarterbacking Art vs Science

As sportswriters exalt
Peyton's statistical assault

Brady paints
A masterpiece against The Saints.

Texas 36, Oklahoma 20: A Review in Verse

Mack Brown keeps his job
For a few weeks more.
At $5.2million a year
Every extra day's worth fighting for.

The Descent of Eli Manning in Haiku

Eli's Hall of Fame
Stock stabilizes. Only
three picks versus Bears.

On The Retirement of Sachin Tendulkar

In the modern era

The best batsman by far

For style and statistics

Was Tendulkar.

So farewell little Sachin

We’ll miss your brave catchin’

Your scoring records

Will take some matchin’.

Jack Wilshire vs Adnan Januzaj in Rhyming Couplets

Smokin’ Jack Wilshere rejects Januzaj’s international candidacy

Craving English purity and its classic inadequacy.

ALDS Game 4 Instant Review: The Oakland A's were Robbed

Victor Martinez’s homer

Should ne’er been allowed.

Nine Tigers should have the bite

To win without help from the crowd.

ALDS Game 3: The Tampa Bay Rays Avoid Elimination

José
Lobatón
Helps The Rays
To bat on.

Denver 51, Dallas 48: A Review in Verse

Without highlighting The Cowboys’ defensive vulnerability

The Broncos’ comeback appeared fuelled by divine inevitability.

Although Peyton’s kneeldowns were dull ways to end the action

It was worth enduring the anticlimax to see Jerry Jones’ reaction.

Florida State 63, Maryland 0: A Review in Verse, Jameis Winston Edition

Jameis

Is about to become more famous.

It doesn’t take a wise man

To predict he’ll win the Heisman,

(Assuming he’s marketed competently:

As it’s a Trophy awarded on hyperbole). 

Short Verse from The Presidents Cup

The Presidents Cup is far from presidential.

Despite the hype as spectacle it’s hardly essential.

The only people watching are golf insiders

Insisting it’s half as exciting as The Ryder.

George Bush and a squirrel cannot raise
The drama stakes in significant ways.

Fernando Torres Scratches Jan Vertonghen: The Aftermath

"I'll scratch your eyes out!" smirks Fernando Torres.
"Nothing wrong with that," Jose Mourinho says.

The fact that Torres will go unpunished
Leaves the FA's reputation irreversibly blemished. 

Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Reaching the NLDS

It’s such a pleasing rarity,

The Pirates playing into Fall.

Their utter lack of celebrity

Means sports fans barely know them at all

And suffer great perplexity

When Bucs headlines aren’t about football.