I got flamed to hell and back on Splinter for saying this, but I’ll say it here too, because what the hell. George W. Bush was a profoundly awful president, both in terms of domestic and foreign policy. He was, without question, a criminal of great magnitude. He was not, however, aspiring to become the dictator of a…

California has many homeless initiatives. Homelessness has been an ongoing issue since Reagan defunded much of the federal government programs that aided the issue.

The Pac 12 has the most national titles 14 years in a row.

not just sports media; the New York Times itself spent all of 2016 hyping butter emails

The article also glosses over the fact that LA is one of the only cities to actually turn a profit hosting the Olympics, and the money from ‘84 funded youth athletic programs for years.

Angeleno here. This litany of complaints about L.A. and the IOC are mostly true, though I’m not sure they add up to “a scam to speed up the rate of (the city’s) whitewashing.” It’s a pretty unprovable thesis that the 2028 Games will accelerate the negative effects of gentrification in L.A. beyond what the city would…

If we HAVE to stand for a specific song, and HAVE to put our hands on our hearts or risk getting jacked are we really free?

Sad story in light of plenty of pieces in recent years (here, here, and here) about the financial pitfalls athletes face.

AP needs a good financial advisor to bring discipline to his finances and whip it into shape.

I hope he beats this 

Of course Europe makes you better. Spend five minutes with anyone who studied abroad and they’ll tell you.

Really, you just need to look at his background to see where this stuff comes from:

It is patently ridiculous that US Soccer, the non-profit organization thats primary purpose is to promote soccer in this country, does not pay the men’s and the women’s team equally. I don’t care which team earns more for US Soccer or less, the whole point is that the organization takes money from its money-making…

Ah yes, the country that declares the Men’s World Cup trophy (created by a Frenchman and awarded by an organization based in Switzerland) is “coming home” anytime they string a couple of victories together is schooling us on arrogance. Got it.

From Pinoe’s girlfriend...

Crystal Dunn was the Player of the Match, though.

Sorry Deadspin, but in the US soccer world, ur only slightly better than TMZ.

I happened to see this extremely bad take. It was incredibly frustrating and disturbing. I want to quote a different commenter, who has some academic experience in these matters. This is from Arnheim:

I like this story because in a way it’s uniquely American. It’s about sporting excellence, pride in your accomplishments and not even pretending to understand the concept of moderation.

This reminds me of what my father used to tell me about good sportsmanship... “Don’t be such a baby. I’ll make it to the next game.”