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Jon Bois

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You have never read a sportswriter more recently than Jon Bois. He is an associate editor at SB Nation, he is an enthusiast of the Chiefs, Braves, and Royals, and he lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

MOST RECENT POSTS

Baseball cards as beers: Assigning spiritual brews to 1990s card sets

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Since the rise of craft brews, beers have essentially become baseball cards you can drink.

This Week In GIFs: It's round and it's going to kill you

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This week's terrific crop of animated sports GIFs teaches us an invaluable lesson: effort is for suckers. Vote, and help us decide the best of the week.

The Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles, Chapter 2: Playing through the streets of Toronto

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It is August, and Tim Tebow has signed with the CFL's Toronto Argonauts. The stadium walls have opened beyond the end zone, and now the Argos must continue their drive northeast, running and passing through the streets of a strange metropolis.

Seems like a sport: Unlawful endurance eating, or, barbecuing inside of a grocery store

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In the inaugural installment of "Seems like a sport," we examine the adventures of a Kentucky man who hid in a grocery store, ate approximately 10,000 calories after it closed, and camped out in the attic. Is this a sport?

Rep. Steve King: Obama fails to congratulate Tebow for being Christian, erodes Western civilization

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According to Representative Steve King, President Obama's decision to congratulate Jason Collins for coming out, but not Tim Tebow for being Christian, spells doom for all of Western civilization.

This Week In GIFs: Baseball gloves are purely ornamental

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Baseball gloves are the parsley of baseball, hockey is terrifying, and doing anything on a basketball court is a bad idea. Vote, and help us decide the greatest sports GIF of the week.

A preview of the Spurs' Game 2 pump-up arena jams

Monday night at the AT&T Center, San Antonio played some pretty not-good music to pump up the crowd. Here's the playlist for Game 2, which we completely made up.

The Baseball Name Hall of Fame, Class of 2013: Where Cache Breedlove finds immortality

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There have been, believe it or not, over 100 players in baseball history, and many of them had terrific names that should not be forgotten. For the third consecutive year, we pay tribute.

The List: Worst possible horse names

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Orb is a pretty bad name. But over the years, we at SB Nation have gotten pretty good at coming up with horrible horse names, and we think we can do betterworse.

This Week In GIFs: Nobody should have your job

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This week in THIS WEEK IN GIFs, we bring to you a gaggle of jerks pretending to be good at their jobs. Vote, and help us determine the best animated sports GIF of the week.