In the summer of 2006, I got a call from one of my buddies, asking me to drop over to his neighborhood’s pool and to pick up “three or four six packs of beer along the way.” Having nothing much to do, I dropped in, and in one end of the pool there were 3-4 Carolina Hurricanes players, with the Cup, passing it around…

[A]re you this woman’s superior in any way? And just to be clear, “superior” doesn’t mean being older or being a man. 

I’m still holding out hope on VVD.

A fitting choice at any time, but especially in the coming week:

A fitting choice at any time, but especially in the coming week:

A lot of people that age think “making coffee” is standing in line for five minutes and forking out $8 for a frothy milk and cane sugar concoction named something or other in Italian.

This is already a problem in the current system. To alleviate the shortage, the US grants H-1B visas to doctors and nurses with the expectation that they will work in rural areas.

Trucks have needed trans upgrades instead of more HP for a while now.

I’d prefer a car that looks like the current civic with this engine.

Nolito wants to leave City for the same reason Michy Batshuayi wants to leave Chelsea: he knows his chances with his national team aren’t as good with him playing backup. Neither player will be a regular starter at their current clubs, so it is natural for them to want to go where they can see minutes on the pitch.

I find it refreshing that Schmidt is sharing a candid analysis rather than the banal PR-speak that has become part and parcel of sports coverage the last decade or so. Maybe Schmidt can get away with it thanks to his place in Phillies history.

If this goes as it does at most major companies, Musk will perform his tasks surrounded by PR flacks and senior managers, all in a workstation with fresh paint, the best of the best equipment and staffed by the best yes-men the line managers can find.

Pulisic is in an interesting situation: he has no idea who his next manager at Dortmund will be and whether that manager sees him as a long term mainstay at BVB or not.

When your team doesn’t make the playoffs for eight straight years, and the owner is persona non grata, interest is going to crater. And that’s what’s happened in Carolina: the team always finishes ~10th in the playoff race, never improves and doesn’t seem to have a plan to do so. Meanwhile, other local teams are…

It seems more than anything, Raiola represents his own interests as much as his clients in his deals. That said, I agree with you, this is little more than one of FIFA’s quadrennial spankings of an agent. I suppose that makes them feel better about themselves and deflects attention away from their own avarice and…

Indeed...those two clearly don’t like each other, and it will be interesting to see what José has to say in Friday’s presser. Whatever it is, expect the English press to cast it as something terrible.

Thanks for the links, that clears the air on that pretty well.

Mourinho—who essentially gave up on snagging a top-four spot in the Premier League last month by fielding second-rate teams in Premier League matches

One old wives tale I have always heard is to not turn on the air nozzle above my seat because it’s essentially blowing any airborne contagions that other passengers may exhale (or cough or sneeze) into the cabin.

A tired arm in April does not bode well for Syndergaard’s year.

It’s like government is now ‘by and for the corporations.’