I hate the Patriots, but I absolutely support the idea that the last thing coaches and players owe us is aesthetics. Their job is to try to win the game by any legal means necessary.

I don’t hate a low-scoring game but I would’ve liked to see more turnovers and sacks. The other problem was that the Rams defense basically fell apart in the last 10 minutes of the game. I’d have actually preferred it if the Pats had won 6-3 on a 55-yard field goal as time expired, or something like that. (Once the…

I’m generally critical of the McCaskey family in terms of how they’ve handled the Bears, but I am not aware of any specific assholery their family has engaged in and I think it would be pretty cool to see Virginia McCaskey celebrate a Super Bowl.

As someone who is not much of a basketball fan, but consumes enough Chicago sports media to have followed the Bulls fairly closely for a while, I agree with you wholeheartedly.

I agree that defense is a viable path to winning a championship, but it’s rational for teams to prefer an offensive head coach for three reasons. One, it’s easier to build sustained success on offense; if you can acquire/develop a top 10 QB, you’re in the conversation every year he’s healthy. Two, and another reason…

The most fascinating and perplexing thing about these people is the fact that they don’t even seem to be very good at maximizing their own happiness. I mean, I can envision being very selfish if I had billions of dollars, but stuff like this just does not compute:

Looking at this from the server’s perspective, the only reason I see to get strict about enforcing an age limit is if your management requires it. If you’re worried about your tip, do you think that calling out a parent for lying about their kid’s age is going to improve it?

It’s truly weird how much hand-wringing Deadspin does because Machado and Harper haven’t found a nine-figure deal they like enough to sign yet, compared to how little they mention that baseball pays many minor leaguers less than minimum wage and fights hard to keep doing it.

It’s a pet peeve of mine how often these articles say that a player like Grandal had to settle for a “below market” deal. No, the market for his services wasn’t what you thought it should be.

I really don’t see a major downside to that for either side. For the owners, you probably have to give the player an opt-out anyway so in a way you’d be assuming less risk with a shorter deal. For the players, you get more money upfront and a very good chance at another big payday or two).

Everyone at Deadspin refuses to acknowledge that while MLB owners are indeed greedy SOBs, there is also plenty of evidence to support the idea that signing free agents to big long-term contracts generally doesn’t pay off. And that guys are peaking younger than before.

Yeah, it would be one thing if the owners were saying “we’re going to pay the players less to keep ticket prices down and make being a fan more affordable,” but it’s the exact opposite. And if you want to hate guys for getting paid millions “just for playing a kid’s game,” you should hate the owners even more for…

It’s a radical idea, but I wonder what would happen if the salary cap wasn’t the same for all teams, but small market and/or losing teams were given a bigger cap. They’d have to be forced to use it, of course, but it would mean that those teams could either offer more money to the best players than the Lakers or…

If anything I think Schultz would peel votes away from Trump. People who like the big business Republican status quo but are turned off by Trump’s boorishness would gravitate toward him. I don’t see anyone who holds liberal views choosing Schultz.

I agree in the sense that nobody should need to be called “sir” or “ma’am” anymore, but I’m hard pressed to think of a clear alternative in the scenario where you don’t know someone’s name but are trying to get their attention. “Hey you” etc is going to get a lot of service workers in trouble. If there’s a…

He literally said, a little over a month ago, that if the government shut down on his watch it would be his fault. Are his supporters holding him to that? Ha!

Also...replace him because he failed at kicking. Don’t replace him because he singlehandedly cost you a game where the offense managed exactly one touchdown. That narrative still bothers me so much. His 2018 season was disastrous and worthy of him losing his job, but that game should not have come down to a single 43-y…

You’re not wrong about kicking in general, but the worst thing about Parkey is that the Bears signed him to long-term money because they thought he was worth it. It’d be one thing if they had taken a flyer on an undrafted free agent who didn’t work out.

At least we (hopefully) won’t have to hear “Cody Parker” anymore.

The post from the police is addressed to tourists, but plenty of people stay in hotels on business.