Truthfully, this is awesome. I'm glad the biggest superstar in the world is acting in his own best interest (twice now) and not beholden to some stupid tropes about sacrifice and team and all that bullshit just to take less money from asshole owners when he's already underpaid. Under this CBA (and the last one) his…

yeah stop saying this

Normally I'd agree with you - but this wasn't a character like Papa Shongo or something, or Yokozuna - this was a character he independently developed and perfected (and lost himself in for the rest of his life), whose promos were weird extemporaneous philosophizing. They're very, very revealing of the man, and…

"You're attacking my examples rather than my argument...." Yeah, we're done here.

You are not making any sense. For one, Kurt Warner had a hall-of-fame career. Matt Hasselbeck was a very solid starter. Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl. To say that they are "boderline NFL QBs" in the same sense that Tim Tebow was is just dumb.

I'd also point out that McCutchen, Trout, and Harper are universally beloved by just about everyone who follows baseball for combining their greatness with various levels gentlemanliness, grit, hustle, and media availability. Puig is raw in nearly every aspect of how we view Major League Baseball players, but his…

You just compared Tim Tebow to Yasiel Puig...? You my friend, are a douche.

It's not the same at all because Tebow was a shit-for-QB that shouldn't have been covered and all the young talents (like Puig & Trout) that Deadspin obsesses about are, well, actual talents! Who should be covered!

I'm not following. We have written plenty about McCutchen, Trout, Harper, and many other exciting baseball players. Aside from that, though, you can't compare Puig to Tebow because Puig actually is an extremely talented and interesting athlete, whereas Tim Tebow is not all that talented or all that interesting. So,…

And the QFMS and SCWWS are essentially useless as long as Qatar's kafala system remains in place. Under kafala law, migrant workers are essentially indentured servants, completely at the mercy of their employers. Many migrant workers have their passports confiscated by their employers when they arrive in Qatar, and…

That's a fair question. You could argue that a boost in development might increase the taxbase and, as an extension, the city's general fund. Which might then increase the DPS budget. But that's a bit too optimistic and/or Yglesias-y for my tastes.

And besides, let's say it does lead to more development and increase…

It is fair to ask. In fact, economists have asked the question over and over and the results typically come back as either neutral or negative. The proposed economic development that is the selling point of these projects almost never materializes.

This has been the line of thinking since he bought the Wings in 82. Look what Mr. I has done for Detroit. Mr. I loves Detroit.

I think it's more what Detroit has done for Mr. I. He's a businessman. Sure, there are some jobs and ancillary investment. But all this is doing is benefitting his portfolio: The Fox Theater,…

“As a coach, who’s supposed to be involved in the preparation process, we dropped the ball and so did the players,” Mike Babcock said. “This wasn’t a good enough effort. When you’re getting booed off the ice after the first period, in your own building, the last day before Christmas (break), to me that’s a sad state…

Oh geez did someone whack their funny bone? Stop acting all sancti-whiniest about a joke that is actually rather clever. Rich white people own the majority of NFL teams and young black men comprise the majority of NFL players. Every year the NFL holds a scouting combine where these young men are poked and prodded and…

Jesus that is painfully true..

Boom.

NFL: "Nigger" is a bad word that drags us back to the days of slavery. Now step on this scale and run the 40 yard dash so we can measure your physical attributes and let rich white men decide where you get to live and work.

Great interview, and awesome to see an article on track on Deadspin.

I scanned through this and looked for the words West Virginia and if i found it i read it and that was all i did