I have to ask — did the people you held tastings with do the “coffee slurp” when you use a proper spoon and almost inhale the coffee so that it covers as much of the tongue as possible? Just taking a quaff is not really going to give the best flavor impression.

Soccer is better off without blowhard know-nothings like Mike Francesa bloviating on it.

The only way for world football to recover from FIFA and it’s never-ending corruption is to kill FIFA and start over again.

Liberty Media should be proud of itself: it successfully dismantled one of the best-run organizations from scouting to coaching in the major leagues, gotten rid of all of their good players and swindled a suburban area to build it a new stadium.

Probably about as well as GM’s twelve year foray into aerospace — that being the time it owned Hughes Aerospace Co. (1985-97)

He could probably write 10,000 words on how Liberty Media have taken ownership of the Braves and taken one the best run organizations and turned it into a farce worthy of the old 1980's Braves instead.

Expect more of these laws as automated driving moves into the mainstream. Automated cars will follow traffic laws, like obeying the speed limit, and circumventing or modifying the software will carry a very heavy penalty. Insurance companies and traffic safety concerns will demand it.

Sooner or later, Carl’s going to need Kyle’s help. It could be at Talladega or Daytona, or it could be letting him by to catch up with a leader ahead late in a race somewhere else. That’s when Kyle will honestly reply to what happened today.

Women’s soccer is the Mos Eisley of sports: a hive of scum and villainy. Remember Elizabeth Lambert, the BYU defender who had a one-game mix tape of dirty play?

I can hardly wait for the highly alarmist local television news stories about this “trend.”

What is seemingly being lost in all of this is that when Coach K is confronted with his remarks to players in the post-game handshake he’s been lying about what he’s said.

“Seriously, people need to just stop with this ‘space will help us dramatically’ bullshit”

“thanks Obama for killing the Space Shuttle with no follow-on vehicle”

From the sounds of it here in Raleigh, the Canes are turning the page on the Eric Staal Era — he was supposed to lead the franchise in their post-Cup days but disappeared on the ice more and more and more. He was also the team captain, so this trade changes the dynamic of the franchise into whatever comes next. FWIW,…

Troll Football is already all over it.

I always thought Van Gaal’s tactics at Manchester United was constant foreplay around the goal, but rarely actually trying to put it in.

I’ll go with the latter. ESPN especially loves their Great White Hope college ballplayers. You know, the kids that “do it the right way” and always “play their fannies off” etc. etc. ad nauseum.

Or a megachurch.

Someone’s working overtime for the NFL’s web team:

You have to love the ever-classy Glazers and their organization. They’ve not only managed to royally screw the pooch with Tampa but simultaneously run Manchester United into the ground in England as well. And if you think some Tampa Bay fans loathe the site of the Glazers, you should see how angry most United…