I just want to note that I broke into sportswriting with a sabermetrics-oriented baseball column for a daily newspaper in New York City. That was 11 years ago.

No but the joke insinuates that Rovell would be on board with a swastika because it build a brand.

So we should avoid any jokes that involve subjects that might be read by someone who was potentially affected by something referenced in the joke?

How far can you punt a football?

Where does your fandom lie now? Did you stay national with the Blue Jays or make the sacrilegious move to the capital of the United States? Being Canadian must be tough.

Jonah—

Why don't more teams use the Expos tri-color hat format? I know it's dated and cheesy. That's the point

Why did you not just title your book "Expos: Exposed. The expose you weren't expressly expecting."

This is an honest to God real bracket that was submitted in my friend's office pool.

"The Haters Guide to Drew Magary's singing" is something I hope to see soon.

Seriously? Still no mention of Wichita State? You haven't mentioned them once except to hate on their mascot. You don't like a team full of nobodies that goes to the Final Four last year and follows it with a 34-0 season this year and now faces the shittiest bracket that's ever been heaped on anyone? Come on guys

One hellUVa story.

This is going to be fun.

Yet, the New York Andrea Bargnani Shits All Over The Court While Falling Sideways remains strangely unclaimed.

We don't care

you know... at least you tried.

I really enjoy these "detached, unemotional tweets concerning sports". There should be a twitter account that just does that. "Joakim is yelling, but not in an angry way or a happy way. It's rather primal and exhilarating."

I was talking about this the other day when it was noted that a healthy proportion of the schools I couldn't recognise were historically black colleges. I felt super racist.