The piece is about baseballs dwindling importance among African Americans. He points out how popular the game is among blacks in the DR.

if you enjoy British soccer, why would it be odd to have a favorite team?

Can it be both strange AND bandwagony? Jumping on a bandwagon would suggest that its a rather obvious choice, so then not strange at all. Crystal Palace would be a strange choice.

“I’m an NBA fan, but games without rooting interest are pretty damn boring, right?” Wrong. If you were truly an NBA fan then you could watch any two teams and be entertained. You like a team, or maybe a player, but you aren’t really a fan of the league.

You seem to be working from the premise that you can only cheer for a team if it represents your home town. Which is nonsense. There are Yankees fans all over the country, many of whom have never set foot in NY.

I’m sure there are. And I’m sure there are fans in Spain who’d rather watch the NBA. If you are a soccer fan, you want to see itvplayed well. I would LOVE for the MLS to become a top flight league. But I also want to see Chelsea play. The two things are not mutually exclusive.

This would be like asking Spanish basketball fans why they follow the NBA.

That’s sort of the point. Had Ray Rice done this a few seasons ago, when he was still one of the most productive backs in the league, he’d have no problem getting on a roster. As things stand now, what he brings to the table simply isn’t worth the potential trouble.

The fact that he got through this without using the phrase “credit to her race” is a small victory.

Either way though, the Spurs would have had a title. As much as I enjoyed last year’s run, if I could have seen them win a 5th title without that soul crushing loss, I’d take it.

I assume we'll see Sheamus return tonight, probably as a heel and probably feuding with Bryan. Beyond that, I'm not sure what to expect. Hopefully the crowd isn't too obnoxious.

They aren't Batman, so why are we knocking them for the things that make them different from Batman? Because if they didn't have these variations, then we'd be criticizing them for being direct rip-offs of Batman.

That shit's not funny, man. #RIPWash

The irony is that he'd probably have a better case of arguing for Paul as DPOY. Grantland had an article right around the Sloan Conference that said CP was the best perimeter defender in the league, based on the fact that the players defended by Paul shoot less often and at a lower percentage than normal.

I'd be curious to hear his thoughts on Sandy Hook.

Its not that people don't care whether something is good or bad, and no one on here is cheerleading for it. Its just that some folks — myself included — don't see it as the worst thing in the world. Doesn't make me any less of a Stars Wars fan. It wasn't a great movie, by any stretch. But given the choice, I'd watch…

If the books are changing to fall in line with the movies, that's stupid. There's nothing wrong with the two being distinct from each other in certain ways.

Doesn't the fact that they're making these movies at all give credence to the comics? Aren't there multiple version of the heroes in the comics, each with a slightly different back story? Why can't the comic fans just accept that the films are just another iteration?

Pym isn't a founding member in the movies, and the movies haven't suffered from not having him around. So I'm not sure why he "should" have had a cameo.

The Mavs didn't win in the lockout season. The Heat did. The Mavs won the season before. And the Spurs and Heat are both teams that use analytics extensively. No one is arguing that talent isn't important, but everyone accepts that talent isn't all that matters. You have to know the best way to use that talent, which…