Each team should get a set number of Crime Points that can be assigned to individual players as crimes are committed, and once a player reaches, say, 51 Crime Points then a graduating set of punishments would be assigned by the league based on the player’s total Crime Points over a 3-year period. After 3 years, the…

That or the Second Avenue Subway.

Golf is the republican party of sports. You got rich assholes playing and wannabe rich assholes cheering them on.

Holy cow you’re insufferable with this one. Gatorade, Jordan/Nike and countless other brands have showcased a player’s charitable efforts to celebrate a player’s accomplishments on and off the field at the end of their career (Jeter, Manning, etc.). Are we really going to start criticizing brands for making these…

Thanks for this. When I left the house this morning, I noticed the magnolia tree in our front yard was in full bloom and took a moment to appreciate its beauty. After reading this, I remembered that the real focus should be on all of those stupid flower petals which I will have to clean up over the coming weeks. Life…

Good story. Thanks for sharing.

This is a tough hurdle for me.

You’re right, coach. When I think “accountability,” I think Michigan State.

I don’t take any issue with you regurgitating big stories that you read from tweets and other websites. That is obviously a big part of what you’re supposed to do.

Just to confirm, you don’t see the difference between blogging ‘i read on twitter that Pelicans may have leaked trade details’ and ‘Dell Demps is an embarrassing GM working for an embarrassing organization and the far better managed Lakers deserve Anyhony Davis’ when in reality DD and the Pelicans had little to do…

I’m such a Deadspin fanboy that I hate Barstool Sports despite the fact that I’ve never visited their site.

Ex Band Geek here. I ask you, Mark. Next time you’re in a room with even 5 other people. Ask them all to count to 10 in their head and then clap once they get to “10". I would bet you $100 you get a cascade of people clapping at different times.

He did have a say in the path his career took - when he voluntarily chose to sign a 5 year contract extension with the Pelicans. And he is still going to get traded, likely to his franchise of choice, and just half a season later than he demanded. I am not sure that is a situation that requires this level of…

I was thinking about how much of this Stevens should bear last night, too. For all of Bill Simmons’s* constant bitching about Kyrie’s leadership (or lack there of) over the past couple of months, this hasn’t exactly been Brad’s best performance as a coach. He’s obviously one of the 3-4 best coaches in the NBA, sure,…

Since dogs spend all day licking their own taint, do you?

Lawyer here. The fact that police or the district attorney do not charge a thing does not mean such a thing did not occur, nor that they have no evidence whatsoever of such a thing occurring. It means they don’t think they have enough evidence to secure a conviction. Oftentimes this is because the way a statute is…

Because he has an entire career pursuing economic and racial justice, and not being a slum lord con man? This isn’t hard.  

Simmons a few months ago: The NBA was built on superteams, dynasties are great for the league!

You have to consider the context. Draymond was getting super chippy in the minutes leading up to that call and the game was close to getting away from the refs as multiple shoving matches were breaking out in the 4th.

Lost in all of this hagiography is the simple question of, WTF *is* Kevin Durant’s brand?