User:SportsSatire/Sports Satire

Sports Satire is an artistic form of comedic expression in which human vice or folly, in the context of athletic competition, is openly mocked through irony, derision, or wit. The genre has been steadily popularized by mainstream faux news sources like [The Onion] as well as smaller, largely independent blogs.

While the style and content used by sports satirists varies considerably, most writers adapt actual news events and parody them for comedic effect. Although the breadth of topics may appear fairly limited, skilled sports satirists are able to reinvent personalities and attribute character flaws or weaknesses where they do not exist in real life.

Along with The Onion, popular sports satire publicists include [Sports Pickle], [The Brushback], [Athletes In Trouble], and [Sportalicious].