Jon Bois writes about an emerging trend that is threatening to undermine the very fabric of sports: athletes don’t call themselves Bob anymore.

• At one point the number of “Bobs” in major league sports numbered in the hundreds. Now there is just one. Bob Sanders.
• The decline in the number of Bobs hasn’t been slow or gradual. It has been short, sharp, and alarming.

To read the rest of a hilarious post with gems such as: “The Bobs arrived, didn’t like what they saw, and left. Maybe they’re off in another land, playing a sport superior to any of ours, with a ball that kicks straight and never bounces off the post. I hope they’re enjoying themselves, wherever they are. But they should know that we miss them” click here.

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