Valar Morghulis

The dog's new owner IS a bad ass (and a friend of Davis', not just some random dude)... whoa

The national broadcasters also referred to Logan Couture (former rookie of the year, top-6 player in the series, likely Canadian Team member) "Nathan Couture" and referred to one of the teams' PK as "a vastly improved Vancouver unit" or something like that.

The dude has been pretty consistent from the get-go. He has songs about Seattle sports, plays concerts backing the bring-back-the-Sonics effort, and consistently reps throwback Sonics gear in concerts and videos (including before he got big). He also, for what it's worth, has an incredible song ("Wings") about…

Great. But you missed the possession arrow in Louisville-Wichita.

Team captain Brown riding Fieler like a pony to the bench at the 0:57 mark of this video clip is not getting nearly enough play. GIF, please!

This would be a good time to mention that international mafia rings tend to focus on fixing many smaller-level league games rather than big matches in the UCL or EPL.

Jason Terry Coffin and Smoke and Flowers dot GIF please?

Not really. The only circumstance in which an owner will be asked to expose their personal financials to creditors - even if its just review to see if they can backstop things - is if they borrow early for construction (a "naked" loan). Plus, lenders know that virtually any team (valuations: billion plus) is worth…

Also, remember: Tom Crean is Jim and John Harbaugh's brother in law. So... yeah. Competitive family, huh?

If only I had written an "Ivy-Level" school instead of saying an "Ivy League" School.

I posted a comment on another reply to the article where someone asked why teams build new stadiums. It's all about increasing local revenue to keep pace with salary cap growth, which is driven by other teams (hunt down that comment if you want more detail).

The question of "why do they need new stadiums" is actually a question that has a very important answer.

It will never happen unless the govt requires them to. The teams hold all the leverage with the local government entities, so they can never get that kind of info.

The Packers are unique because they are a nonprofit. So every year they have to spend their net cash flow on something, and that something can't be "making our owner rich" because the team is public. That's why you get the constant improvements to Lambeau these days. If they ever need more cash, they can easily dip…

Nobody likes the idea of a PSL, but to be fair to the owners out there, I actually think PSLs are a fair deal if you look at them in a strict business context, especially if you look at the alternative (broad public financing).

Yeah it's a matter of dates. An arena or other small venue can really help a locale out. 50 to 100 nights a year, taxis are picking up customers, restaurants and bars are booming, people are buying swag, parking lots are raking in $10 to $20 a spot, etc. A football stadium does that too, but 10 nights a year. That…

I worked in public and private stadium financing in a past life. All I will say is this: no NFL team needs to fleece taxpayers for its stadium. Between PSLs and the ability to borrow money, and maybe small tax measures that make sense (hotel taxes for the municipality, etc), they can pay for their stadiums and be…

An exceedingly intelligent guy, actually. First from his family to go to college, first from his school to go to an Ivy-level school. 4.3GPA in high school. He's a smart dude... he just chooses to talk like a guy from Compton, not revise his style to fit a Stanford personotype.

The amazing thing is that Ertz MUST HAVE HAD amazing, 34" arms last year while he was the best TE in football, the only receiving option of note on the Rose Bowl Champion team, and the guy who scored game winners v. pro-talent rich teams USC and Oregon.