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Fish and Chipps: What’s next?

Fish and Chipps: What’s next?

Isaac Chipps April 25, 2016

I was standing at the customs station in Dulles International Airport in April 2015 when I was asked the toughest question of my life. "What's next?” Two words. That's it. For a kid who has...

Fish and Chipps: Finding your voice

Fish and Chipps: Finding your voice

Isaac Chipps April 19, 2016

I was 17 and sitting in a movie theater in Gahanna, Ohio when I discovered my voice. It was a Saturday night, and I was watching a mediocre movie with a friend when I thought to myself, "I should start...

Fish and Chipps: Donald Trump’s toxic relationship with sports

Fish and Chipps: Donald Trump’s toxic relationship with sports

Isaac Chipps March 28, 2016

Long before he was "Donald Trump, the 69-year-old billionaire businessman and divisive GOP presidential frontrunner, he was simply "Donald Trump, a 37-year-old billionaire businessman looking to make...

Fish and Chipps: Here’s what’s wrong with daily fantasy sports

Fish and Chipps: Here’s what’s wrong with daily fantasy sports

Isaac Chipps March 22, 2016

Sitting in my room on a Sunday in October, I turned on my computer and typed in the URL I had managed to evade for the past three months: www.draftkings.com. I'm not a gambler. I’ve never been...

Fish and Chipps: NCAA, you have problems

Fish and Chipps: NCAA, you have problems

Isaac Chipps March 15, 2016

When the clock strikes noon on Thursday, another year of March Madness will officially commence. There will be upsets, buzzer beaters, diaper dandies, David, Goliath, rounds of hooky, bracketology...

Fish and Chipps: Athletes are not gods

Fish and Chipps: Athletes are not gods

Isaac Chipps February 23, 2016

It's hard to look at today's popular athletes and think of them as equals. Every day, we personify and admire them with gratitude as we debate their greatness on TV shows and at bars. We think...

Fish and Chipps: Winning isn’t everything

Fish and Chipps: Winning isn’t everything

Isaac Chipps February 15, 2016

As opening day approached, the 2005 Reds were talked about as the odds-on favorites to win the New Albany Little League World Series in Ohio. The team was stacked with young talent, and somehow the...

Fish and Chipps: “The Fraternity”

Fish and Chipps: “The Fraternity”

Isaac Chipps February 8, 2016

As I walked into The Boston Globe for my first day of work in the summer of 2014 to begin my six-month co-op covering high school sports, I was a hot mess. Besides the fact that I had no idea how...

Fish and Chipps: The case against cheerleading

Fish and Chipps: The case against cheerleading

Isaac Chipps February 2, 2016

Every time I'm driving to a sporting event, I can't help but think to myself, "Gosh, I wonder if the blonde cheerleader in the back corner of the stadium behind the end zone who I can't see from my...

Fish and Chipps: The Dab Lives On

Fish and Chipps: The Dab Lives On

Isaac Chipps January 26, 2016

Cam Newton and his motley crew of dance moves and dabs are taking their talents to the 2016 Super Bowl after the Carolina Panthers’ complete destruction of the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship...

Fish And Chipps: Why 'Concussion' won't hurt the NFL

Fish And Chipps: Why ‘Concussion’ won’t hurt the NFL

Isaac Chipps December 8, 2015

Ignorance is bliss, isn't it? We see what we want to see. We know what we want to know. And we ignore the truth when it doesn't affect us. You probably know something about the concussion epidemic...

Fish And Chipps: The death of Johnny Football and the fall of Johnny Manziel

Fish And Chipps: The death of Johnny Football and the fall of Johnny Manziel

Isaac Chipps December 2, 2015

It’s easy to look at Johnny Manziel, the poor decisions he’s repeatedly made and the mockery he’s made of himself, and not have an ounce of pity for the guy. He was handed the keys to the kingdom,...

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