This is the part where I have to prove my purist orthodoxy by going, "Hey, I find Andre Ward exciting, maaaaaaan!" isn't it?

One never knows where Bill Belichick might be lurking.

Congratulations! That's wonderful. Huzzah to you both.

This shutting down stuff is catching on around the majors. You've got the Nationals shutting down Stephen Strasburg; you've got the Cubs shutting down Jeff Samardzija; and way out west, you've got Bartolo Colon shutting down Golden Corral.

Love this. +1

Yes!

Yes, let's pray it's the former, indeed. Specifically, let's pray it's the former Field Marshal of Uganda, Idi Amin, who rises stinking and maggot-bloated from the grave to suck the eyes from Berman's sockets before enfolding him in the cold unbreakable embrace of judgment and dragging him, blind and screaming and…

Get in the habit of ignoring all burners. It's what I do, anyway. If any of them are worth a damn, they ought to get real accounts.

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Jesus. It's kind of scary to think they hate Art Modell that much, when he only moved the Browns once. What must they think of Taco Bell?

"OK, you can do it, just focus... stay under it... use both hands... look it all the way in... focus... focus... and make the catch."

[dying]

Coincidentally, the Baccalà alla Valentino is the name of one of my favorite lunch dishes down at my local Olive Garden. For this dish, a thick fillet of salt cod is coated in a cornmeal batter and pan-fried in clarified butter, then plated on a bed of soft white polenta and topped with a sauce made from…

Ha!

"...and do you promise to love, honor, and cherish her for as long as you both shall live?"

False.

This is spectacular.

Ha!

Ha!

Nice.