Dave Hakstol being hired by Ron Hextall... sounds like Dom Grady as New England’s fourth-string QB.

Well, no. The Sabres would still crush Wisconsin, BC, NoDak, BU, Michigan, Minnesota, etc. - to say nothing of playing against Sidney Crosby, agent Malkin, John Tavares, and the whole Rangers team on the regular.

Good research, but this is still an insane jump. At the very least, a coach who didn’t play in the NHL should have 5+ years in the CHL (WHL, QMJHL, or OHL) before most teams even give him a thought.

Everything about this sentence tells me he’s going to be a hero in Philadelphia.

I don’t think I’ve seen any professional sports coach’s legacy crumble faster than Phil’s. Pete Rose doesn't count.

The beauty of relegation is that even late-season games between the equivalent of the Jaguars and Bills mean more than just about any other game that week.

I really thought he would get funding from another outlet to buy the rights to Grantland. Looks like that won't happen now, but such is life with the WWL.

I’m not going to be convinced that “clutch” doesn’t exist in any sport simply because “anti-clutch” is most certainly real, therefore proving that clutch has some small degree of impact. However, you and Ward are right on here: his best senses and skills shine through when the chips are down. This doesn’t mean that…

Rand Paul, who shoehorned a “John Wall” narrative in to a conversation about police brutality on a sycophant’s radio program, was indignant when Chuck Todd asked him to describe in what ways his father influenced his own political views.

“Whoa, hey look, I’m just a guy at a basketball game! Stop talking about my t-shirt, there’s nothing to see here. Just a guy at a basketball game. Wearing a sweatshirt so awkwardly wide open so that you can read exactly what the shirt says.”

Dare I suggest it was the Best Triple Play in Baseball?

These are exactly my thoughts as well, only Bill might not realize he’s not a fit at Vox as clearly as most people do. The staffers is also a really interesting question because Skipper seemed to downplay the notion that there would be any big changes. While they might not anticipate hem, those writers work at…

Lots of parents who deserve one-way tickets to the sun, if you ask me.

Scapegoat move. Management assumed that former pitching coach Farrell could polish up a turd. He can't, it's their fault for believing he could.

And where’s New England’s recourse for punishing the Jets for using a ball over the allowed PSI?

For sure. His perspective was from that of a witness. This comment was in a business management context, not a legal one. But your point is exactly valid, and it’s ultimately indicative of what will be Roger’s downfall: that his burden of proof for suspensions, fines, docked picks, etc. is largely up to him with no…

“But Exponent’s research has come under fire from critics, including engineers, attorneys and academics who say the company tends to deliver to clients the reports they need to mount a public defense.”

Or 14.5. Or 16, as the Jets balls apparently were.

Which, you (as perhaps the most biased commenter here) have to admit is a major piece to overlook. It’s not to say the analysis it wrong: they answered the questions they could with what they had. It’s just that with the data available, a responsible statistician should have walked away.

My stats professor (grad level) once talked about participating in trials as an expert witness. He said the other side will always try to frame you as being paid for your analysis and that it’s critical to redirect the point to being paid for your expertise. In this case, it smacks of paying for analysis rather than…