I don't understand how a man who's made millions upon millions of dollars has been unable to afford the $80 for a box set of The Wire.

How is Rick Reilly the voice of reason, here? Surely the apocalypse cometh.

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He's a rookie, no?

I like how they won't show you the whole game. I was wondering what was taking so long for the sound to come back. Now I realize they want me to buy some shit instead of just making more money on ad revenue. Nope.

Do you think shoving an 18-year-old is the best way to motivate him? I don't care what goes down. You cross the line by making the altercation physical, and you deserve to get punched in the face. And you think the administration is going to side with the coach when you have a videotaped practice that shows that the…

I tried to read that last sentence, like, five times. Damn, dude. Clarity.

"Game you love." You've obviously never watched Hoop Dreams.

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You have to put your hands out to catch the ball.

Now that it only takes 41 homers to lead the league, I too think it's about time.

If you can do a good job of explaining how NCAA D1 basketball players are not exploited, I'd be all ears.

Except that the kid was working to make money for his university by winning the game so he should have been compensated for his risk. You know, compensation for the full-time job he has for the university.

You must have missed the part a few months ago when they broke the Te'o story, which was probably the biggest get in sports media since Tiger Woods fucked all those trashy white women. I can't say I love all of Deadspin's content, but I am keenly aware that I am free to take my page-view consumption elsewhere should I…

Why isn't it "Dunk Coast?" What does a city have to do with anything?

It's all about shot selection. If you get this many opportunities to make a shot with a success rate of 97% or so, you're going to win a lot of games. If they lose I suspect it will be because the opposing team gets hot from 3PT or FGCU is unable to procure those high-percentage opportunities.

I disagree with the NBA's age restriction because I think that it's unlawful and designed to benefit owners, not players, but as far as parity goes, it'd be hard to argue that taking ten or fifteen of the nation's best players out of the college game would not make things a bit more even. Players like Davis can win…

You don't really think that they could have beaten the Bobcats, do you?

Have you read Dave Berri's work on the effect of coaching in the NBA? Thesis is that most coaches don't matter (but Jax and Pop are outliers) and that more than anything coaches affect team performance by choosing which players to play and which players to bench. Given how few minutes McGee plays relative to, say,…

No, no. Irish therapy, like my family does. Just ignore it long enough and it'll likely go away. That's how mental illness works, right?