I’m sure there are some aspects of recruiting that require a certain mindset and keen eye for the sport they’re recruiting for, but the more that these kind of stories come out about unknown prospects, the more I feel like dumb luck is probably a good majority of the job.

And thus it begins.

Banwala declined to provide any photographic evidence from the summit or even give the names of the four Sherpas who allegedly helped them to the top

Been with this team 46 times around the sun and it really doesn’t seem real. The rug is always pulled at some point, usually in the second round at some distant western arena.

Health is a matter of luck, but there are aspects of health that a team can control.

The Hut Fumble

No one’s actually going to hear you on this. It doesn’t fit the agenda.  People who for any reason don’t agree with the agenda, but be silenced with insults and name calling.

I just can’t agree with this part:

I’ve always viewed it as more akin to a high altitude hike than to actual climbing, but I’ve never tried mountaineering, so what do I know. I can say this, though: I’ve climbed 5-10 sport routes with at least two guys who have supposedly summited Everest, and neither one could finish the route under their own power.

This is the obligatory reminder that according to Deadspin, the Lakers should have, nay, deserved to be gifted Anthony Davis because they’re so well run.

It’s been like this for years. And it’s not even about adrenaline junkies, but about middle-aged rich dudes who can afford to pay all the fees and all the porters to carry all their shit to the top. And then, these super-serious “mountaineers” like nothing more than to look down their noses at all the broke-ass…

You are conflating necessity with disrespect. We slaughter animals because we are omnivores and they taste delicious. But when we grab an animal and treat it like a nonliving, nonfeeling object, that is when we demonstrate a complete lack of empathy. That, is psychopathic, by definition.

Fuck this animal cruelty for shits and giggles, and fuck whoever replies telling me they’re just pigeons.

What, you’re saying they don’t owe it to a conference rival to send them their best player for a bunch of also-rans while rescuing that rival from it’s own bad decisions?  What kind of garbage human are you?

Every Deadspin Anthony Davis/Pelicans take has made me want to tear my hair out until this one. It was Ringer-esque in an entire staff’s commitment to an obviously terrible take. 

Pelicans fan here. Everyone can kiss my ass he’s our hostage. 

Sir, this is a Wendy's

People keep saying this like hockey is a real sport anybody should care about.

No, I don’t particularly want most of those things. However, I’d rather have those things than “those things plus Kyrie Irving for the next five years.”

Uh, sorry that you ungrayed me, but you misunderstood my comment and I disagree with you and think that trans women should not be playing women’s sports.