The reasons behind this long-married couple’s fraying inform By the Sea’s central mystery, and writer-director Jolie offers some big clues, which will lead to a pretty predictable revelation.

Damn, Barry- Etiolated? Sending me to dictionary.com awfully early in the morning.

As a bit of an art deco obsessive, this season of American Horror Story is right up my alley. Even Lady Gaga looks like a Tamara de Lempicka painting come alive.

Is there a reason the USMNT almost always seems to have a top-flight keeper while most of the roster is in the “scrappy, but wouldn’t come close to making it on Germany/Brazil/Spain/Insert Classically Good National Team Here” category?

Listening to Verducci and Reynolds obsessively push narratives is frustrating as hell (seriously, did a defensive shift kill Harold’s dad?), but Verducci isn’t wrong when he goes on about “you don’t know where you are in the lineup” with the Royals. The only two bad hitters in the lineup are Rios and Escobar, and,…

And wasn’t Mike Carey considered one of the best referees in the game when he was an active official?

I want the players to band together and have a different player honor some worthy fallen friend or family member every week just to bring this entire thing into sharper relief.

I’m not going to pretend to know the precise details of Fabian Johnson’s injury status, but I do think it’s worth pointing out that Deadspin’s typical reaction to a coach or journalist accusing a player of exaggerating an injury or demanding he “tough it out” and “play through it” is decidedly more hostile than this.

I’ve also spent a lot of time thinking about what the NFL can do about domestic violence.

Kudos to Cara for the rare BCO story where the joke is on the writer.

Two words: Speed. Option.

It’s a a popular insult directed at Urban Meyer, who experienced a range of health problems in 2009 (including “esphogeal spasms” that felt like a heart attack), quit after 2010, citing those health problems, and then came back a season later at Ohio State.

I still can’t believe that’s what Mark Davis actually looks like. Every time Deadspin posts a photo of him I have to remind myself that it’s not another great illustration from Jim Cooke.

Am I a joyless motherfucker if I just don’t enjoy live music? It’s crowded, it’s expensive and it’s not even a particularly good way to listen to songs you love. I feel bad about this and submit it to the Deadspin staff for adjudication.

Yeah, fuck you, Freddie. We’re never going to get the #1 pick if you keep this up.

It’s hard to overstate just how badly I want Mariota to thrive and Winston to bust. The 30 for 30 on the Bucs’ decision would just be so glorious.

I briefly went out with a woman who was 6’3. Taller than me, obviously, but I’m 6’0, so there weren’t any morale problems. There were some amusing logistical issues physically (hard to do that decisive first kiss when you have to stand on your toes to kiss a woman), but in general it just made her all the sexier.

If these were just a couple of lucky rich people who decided they wanted to live their lives as Victorian-era cosplayers...well, I’d find that odd, but fuck, it’s their time and money and it doesn’t hurt anyone. You want to play dress up with your life and you have the money to do it? God bless.

Andy Reid seems like a fairly even-keeled sort and he’s won a ton of games over a long period of time, though he obviously hasn’t had Harbaugh’s success. And the tragic stuff with his kid colors everything else.

Well, they did say they wanted to play four-on-five on defense.