So just to clarify, up here in the CFL you can challenge for not just DPI, but also illegal contact and OPI (but for some reason not defensive holding) as well as for roughing the passer, and you can challenge both situations where a penalty was called and when it wasn’t. From my experience, this rule has done a great…

Soon after I was born, my parents bought a minivan. It was used, but low-mileage, about a year old. Beautiful Ford Aerostar Eddie Bauer edition, two tone paint job, very 80's looking light brown cloth interior. They drove it for years and years, put a ton of hard miles on it; by the end it was totally trashed, inside…

Found this one pretty interesting. In it, Colin Campbell speculates as to what is causing the “CONCUSSION EPIDEMIC” (bold all-caps his). Of his 7 theories, the one he goes into the most detail on is that players are at fault for putting themselves in positions to take a big hit, and that they are staying down trying…

I nominate Mike Carey’s Lock of the Week as replacement

If things shake out the way you expect for Best Picture, with Fury Road, The Martian, and Star Wars (if it’s any good) all on the outside looking in, then I predict that this is the last year for the expanded BP category. Those kinds of films were what they hoped to include when they allowed more than 5 nominees, and…

That rule is in their specifically to deal with overthrows into the stands. While the “right” thing probably happened with Odor’s run being counted, since time never should have been called in the first place, allowing reversal of dead-ball calls and subsequently assigning runners to where they “should” be is a tricky…

It’s not goodwill he’s trying to earn, it’s a bargaining chip. The Seahawks aren’t as bad as an 0-2 record suggests, and with or without Chancellor they will improve from here. It’s a good position to have when you can say “hey, without me you were 0-2 but with me you were 9-5 or 10-4 or whatever”.

This is good news for unions/the labour movement. I would trace the decline of the public respect for unions to the sectors they historically represent, and the fights they have taken on. The original union heyday pushed for safe workplaces and fair compensation in dangerous and underregulated industries; the…

I prefer to imagine this whole thing was the result of a series of confused exchanges with a reporter.

I so whole-heartedly disagree about the garlic thing. Generally I'm all into fresh veggies (with the exception of keeping a can or two of diced tomatoes on hand for emergencies or sauces), but the pre-peeled vacuum-packed garlic is absolutely the way to go. You can get like 50 cloves of it for a buck, and it saves you…

Only if you're the help defender. If you're in man d and someone's posted up on you a charge can be called.

Yep, just look at all those women and minorities who are high ranking politicians...

Kelly, I don't mean to single you out, because tons Gawker writers (hell, all kinds of writers, not to mention people in general) misrepresent stats, but this article was particularly bad. I mean, if you want to knock sample weighting at least learn (1) how the concept works, and (2) how it was done in this poll. And…

Yeah, but how far can he punt a football?

Fine, be rational about it. I dispute your position but applaud your approach.

Unibroue is overrated and all their beers kind of taste the same. Come at me!

Wait, to keep our feminist cred we need to want Paramore to win best rock song? Out of the nominees, Arctic Monkeys should walk away with it. Sadly, the group with the best album of the year (The Orwells) didn't get any nominations. And Paramore (like most of the nominees) doesn't deserve to be anywhere near an award.…

Mac won the Vanier in 2011, the same guy whose field goal got blocked today missed in the last play of regulation, only to have another chance in double OT and win it.