It’s a bit of “Satanic Panic” for sure, but there’s also a bit of “I can pretend to be concerned about this and I’ll appear to be a brave, fearless, noble and patriotic”.

Yep. After the regular season’s over, college teams that finish with a .500 record or above are eligible to be selected by one of these bowl games.

It’s like the Michael Strahan phenomena. The guy is seemingly everywhere, all week long, non-stop....does the guy really need to be working alongside JB, Howie, and Terry in LA every weekend? Nobody else can do that?

It’s not “inconsistent” refereeing. To state it bluntly, it’s flat out rigged. The NFL wants the marquee players (the ones on the State Farm commercials) in the playoffs. They also want to keep the audience engaged - that means keeping games close. It would have been more surprising if the Packers hadn’t gotten some…

Be careful! I posted a comment like this about 2 months ago and fell back into the grays the next day.

Nothing about the Yankees is impressive.

Yep. The meetings are basically for anyone that had a problem, has a problem, or wants to quit drinking.

7+ years sober here. One of the first things we learned in rehab was how to take responsibility for our actions. It sucks to come to grips with it, but ultimately we all have the final say when it comes to what goes in our bodies. I think his family is just looking for someone to blame, which is totally natural and…

Nothing funny about this. It’s absolute horror-movie stuff and having this happen to anyone, athlete or not, is just sickening. Feel terrible for Blake Bivens and the rest of his family. Hope Blake gets plenty of counseling and support during this awful time.

Yeah I think it does come down to economics. Baseball used to be the “cheap sport” for fans. Buy a bleacher ticket or nosebleed seat for $5 bucks, grab a dog and a soda or whatever, and you wouldn’t notice a big dent in your wallet. I get why NFL tickets are expensive, teams only have 8 home games per year (also…

So did this affect their British teammates? For example, would GB still get to pick 3 additional athletes to compete had these 2 women automatically qualified? Now, instead of having Learmonth and Taylor-Brown along with 3 other triathletes, GB will just have Learmonth, Taylor-Brown and 1 other athlete? If so, damn…

They just don’t know any better. It’s all about ideologies that get ingrained at an early age. Abortion = bad. Republican = my people. Democrat = pussy faggots. Black = lazy. White = good Christians. They really have that hammered home into their skulls and for a combination of reasons (most likely a cycle of poor…

I’m a longtime Deadspin reader and sadly have to agree. Deadspin has always been a news-aggregate site, but back in the day there weren’t as many other similar sites out there. This article/video about the tarp was posted hours earlier on MLB.com, Reddit, and Twitter. So if Deadspin’s going to rely on re-posting…

One of the reasons this very site was founded was because your average shitty local columnist HATED the sports they were covering.

Yeah I’m with you here. Indeed it would be nice if we had a fantastic women’s pro soccer league, complete with brand new sold-out stadiums and thousands of fans.

Debbie Downer with her “nailed it” comment was definitely the mom of the birthday kid. Had to be.

I think the replies you’re getting are bonkers. I’ll never cease to be amazed how anyone could defend these assholes. Seriously. It’s like when some wanna-be influencer spends 3 hours on the Grand Canyon Skywalk taking selfies and you complain...only to be shouted down on the internet with responses like: “I see…

Mountain Timer here. Just perfect - especially since my favorite baseball team plays on Central Time.

Oh god. While I’m happy that bullshit pass interference calls will be reviewed, I’m afraid we’ll actually see MORE pass interference called as a result of this new replay system.

Right? I mean, about 75% of penalty shots have keepers jumping the OTHER WAY, completely wrong side of the goal. Clearly they’re guessing and leaving before the shots are taken, it’s ridiculous to start calling this shit in the WWC. Not surprising, sadly, but ridiculous all the same.