The problem with tackle football is that it is inherently dangerous for brains. We have known for years that the habitual subconcussive hits are primarily responsible for brain damage. Changing helmets won’t work, instituting weight limits won’t work, and watching for concussions and keeping concussed players out of…

True, but coaching contracts are fully guaranteed. A new coach might fire these guys, but they still get paid. I would think they would be more screwed at this point if they’ve hadn’t signed their contracts and were unemployed at a time when staffs are mostly assembled.

That’s definitely what the Bears thought when they hired him after a 5-11 season. Three years later, they fired Fox after a...5-11 season.

Look, I was rooting for the Eagles so I’m happy they won. And the outcome was in question for literally the entire game, so that was a plus. But “perfect”? No, the all-time record setter for combined yards in any game was not perfect. How about a little defense somewhere? Receivers were wide open all game and there…

Travis Walton lived in Izzo’s fucking BASEMENT at one point. But sure, no reason to think he might have had a close connection to Izzo.

Arrested and removed, sure, but if they actually press charges against him...fuck them. Especially when the cops and justice system specifically failed victims like his daughters.

To me it hinges on their evaluation of the QBs in this year’s draft.

You laugh, but I would bet on Smith going undefeated in the postseason in Washington.

Well, that seems stupid.

I think the only way Game of Thrones gets cancelled is some major on-set scandal involving multiple people. No one actor could do something horrible enough alone; he or she could just be fired. Even if George R.R. Martin was implicated in something, the show’s already past what he’s written so they could just cut ties.

Completely aside from the journalistic ethics here, why do companies think this laughably obvious product placement is a good idea? The non sequitor about the car having WiFi and the description of the hotel that seems straight out of a brochure are jarringly bad.

I am of the opinion that Washington shouldn’t overpay Cousins, but wow...unless they got Alex Smith to agree to like a $12-15M a year contract (which seems highly unlikely, since there isn’t really a middle class for QBs), it looks like they’re going to overpay another mediocre QB.

To me it hinges on the question: is there something objectively bad about the food?

Law enforcement should really be at the top of the list. Dozens of people outside of law enforcement are quite fairly being criticized for looking the other way or not doing enough to ensure that Nassar would be investigated. That’s bad enough. But the idea that people whose very jobs are to go after guys like Nassar…

I looked them up on Wikipedia because I was curious, and in those 7 consecutive playoff seasons, they have: zero championships, zero Finals appearances, 1 conference finals appearance (where they got waxed by the Spurs 4-0), and they didn’t get out of the first round in three of the last four years. They are in…

The thing that strikes me about 37 reports of sexual assault by athletes in 2 years, beyond the obvious that the NCAA and Michigan State swept it under the rug, is the fact that they are happy to let criminals onto their campuses in the first place. 37 incidents by athletes in only 2 years? Holy shit. Even if they had…

I want to know: when is the focus going to shift to include the members of law enforcement who knew this was going on and looked the other way? Please don’t misunderstand me; I think the NCAA and Michigan State administrators deserve every bit of the blame coming their way. But I recall that Jerry Sandusky was…

What team would be willing to give up real assets to acquire him for half a season? I don’t see why Cleveland would accept anything less than a lottery pick, and LeBron ain’t dragging a non-playoff team to a championship.

I honestly care a whole lot less about actually keeping cheaters like Bonds and Clemens out of the Hall of Fame than I do about getting to enjoy the outrage of pro-steroids millennials every time guys like them get shut out.

Yes, the best way to correct a mistake is to insist on continuing to make it.