Not that it’s terribly important, but for some cultural context: for middle-class Torontonians, going up north to cottage country is a yearly ritual in summer. If your family doesn’t have a cottage, it’s likely that you’ll know someone who does. For a lot of kids, visiting friends at their cottages represents, for…

NOT the best a team can get...

At least he has his shaving empire to fall back on!

Welp better suspend Sean Payton for a year

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Hard Knocks. But more perplexing, Simmons is lousy on camera.

Whenever someone tries to list all the NFL teams, the Titans are always the one they can’t seem to remember.

I was really supportive of your post yesterday, and you repay me by calling Batman a choad? TRUCE OVER.

I too had my pitchfork out and was upset about the original post and how it was handled. I felt resignations were in order, and I think they were needed. But as a pretty dedicated reader of Gawker/deadspin, it was obvious Tommy was a fantastic editor, and beloved by his staff. But that’s also what threw me for such a…

“In trying to reconcile my emotions as a reader with the thoughts and feelings shared by you and many of the other writers, I feel like I get a better sense of who Craggs is and why he chose to go out this way. I still wish that there was an apology and a better explanation for the original article, but the pitchfork…

I think you’ve done readers a service here. On the one hand, I’m still upset about the original post, the subsequent non-response, and the tone of the resignation letters. On the other, I can also see that Craggs was a respected mentor, coworker, and friend. In trying to reconcile my emotions as a reader with the…

Yes, looks like you guys were super close.

… “And then he did something real shitty. So maybe its best for him to move on, because a line was crossed and that line can’t be uncrossed.”

“Hey, collusions are part of the game. That’s why we wear helmets.”
- Emmitt Smith

Or as ESPN puts it on their front page: “Source: Union to cry collusion if WRs don’t sign”.

Yeah, in no way are they in bed with the NFL. Nope.

I’m looking for Part II of this, with the ones that aren’t completely obvious!

You learn something every day, even in the comments of a post about man-to-animal combat.

You forgot the Wolverine. Any animal that forces a bear to climb a tree and then CHASES up the tree after it has got to make the list.