It already has spawned a generation of female players who are impossible to listen to.

Better yet, how do the men manage to be almost completely silent in comparison to the women? They're exerting themselves equally.

Strategically, the shriek acts as an audible cloak of when the ball hits the racket, a disadvantage to the opposing player. Monica Seles was the first prominent player I remember doing it, although back then it was more of a grunt. The sounds she made were almost quaint in comparison to what is going on out there…

Possibly. I am surprised at the number of empty seats for a semi with players of this stature. Unless the noise chased off the in-person audience as well.

I hope so, but for the love of god this noise they're making is somehow worse than usual. It sounds like they're kicking a pregnant cat back and forth. Glad to see the booth is bringing up the egregiousness of it as well. The commentary is, for once, the reason I haven't muted the match.

Agreed, though right now I'd take Nantz if it meant not having to listen to this duelling shriek-fest.

Wow, a fifth double-fault in the first set.

Oh shit, sorry - I meant my reply for ClownBabies. Damn Kinja.

I was flipping between the Nats and O's. At point during the latter, the announcer got the score and the inning wrong in the same breath.

In which case, everyone is a winner.

I'd love a Nats-O's World Series, if only for the majesty that would be Peter Angelos' head exploding if the Nats won.

I'm sold. Hated Bridesmaids but this does actually sound likable and relate-able.

the sense of entitlement amongst the hockey team, reinforced by the fact that they get to run around banging skate-chasers whenever they want, is the cause for this high incidence of sexual assault.

The caveat with that fix is that you lose comments - both original and within a comment thread. I looked like an imbecile a couple weeks back correcting someone about something, but it turned out, an entire conversation was missing in the Chrome view that was not missing in Kinja, and the person I was responding to…

Sex (safe or unsafe) outside the parameters of an intimate relationship is not rape, nor is it "entitlement," in spite of what this initiative seems to think.

This culture of sexual entitlement, as evidenced by frequent sexual encounters with women absent an emotional relationship or on-going commitment, can also involve unprotected sex.

+1 Fantastic.

+1

I eagerly await tomorrow's Shaughnessy column where "unnamed sources" inside the Red Sox management team blame Theo Epstein for Valentine's failure.

There is a reason that defined-benefit plans have fallen out of favor - the promise of lifetime retirement benefits, paid entirely by the employer, for the duration of the retiree's (increasingly long) lifespan is an economically untenable model for a company wishing to remain in business for generations to come. DB…