Throwback Thursdays! The Phil Factor: Brought to You by the Makers of Viagra! (7/24/2006)

I published this in 2006 and sadly, it doesn’t seem dated at all.

I’m a sports fan. It used to be that sporting events were just sporting events that took place in ordinary stadiums named after a dead guy or the city they’re in. Thanks to the advent of corporate sponsorship, the names of sporting events or venues that are decades old have suddenly turned into events or places we no longer recognize.

As annoying as it is to those of us who enjoy the history and tradition of the sports we love, s...