My wife was 39 weeks pregnant meaning she could deliver a baby any day. We were out and had some time to kill before my wife's weekly OB appointment, and as my 2 year old daughter was behaving fairly well, I decided to take us out to a nice place for lunch, rather than the normal soup/sandwich/ Panera type of place…

Or throw it farther and at least near where you have a teammate. I'm 5'8 and never made it past freshman basketball and I can throw it from the end line to the opposite free throw line without a ton of effort. It would at least make it a harder catch and shot than what happened.

Responsibility is not ceded and is not an all or nothing thing.

But if either of them had a gun (even without the premeditated intent to use it) this could have turned into a tragedy. If you look at George Zimmerman in the most generous light possible (not something I think he deserves) he was an unathletic guy who picked a fight and as soon as he was losing decided that he…

what's the JIC? Just curious, and would help me enjoy your story more.

I remember from med school that it can cause orchitis which is inflammation of the testes, but I'm a cardiologist so I've never actually seen mumps to know if that inflammation could cause sterility.

The benefit of the doubt that she was slamming the door on her racist friend by proving her wrong and did something nice for these kids in the process. Or, the benefit of the doubt that she didn't approach them with an attitude of interrogation but rather with a friendly, conversational attitude as one has with…

I fully sympathize that given your personal experiences, most people don't deserve the benefit of the doubt, but is it possible that this woman with a black son might get some consideration for it ?

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Ah, I see. I skipped over reading the "East" part. My team, Florida, was killed by Missouri by virtue of our coaching being insanely terrible. Then we demolished Georgia. One if these 3 will win the division, so we are all mediocre at best. But he's right by the book: Missouri is the "top" team in the standings.

It's probably due to my own ignorance, but can you clarify what you mean here?

Nice rant. Sounds like you were dumped by an SEC girl because of dick-too-small.

I totally see how the statement could be taken that way, especially with Gawker's headline creating the focal point if this story ( that she didn't match her profile). But he could just have easily meant that the male misrepresented himself as not-a-violent-psychopath.

Is she? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I couldn't tell a race from either that pic or the video. Some black people have lighter skin, and/or highlight their hair. And there's the open possibility that she's neither white nor black, but rather Asian, Hispanic, or some mix. Can we tackle this before delving into the…

Agree with you and theme of this post that the play was beautiful, but Chris Anderson gave up completely and actively conceded this layup (it should have been at least a hard foul if he doesn't jump out of the way).

Yeah, the dude was clearly joking around.

Touché. Well done.

Yes, speaking from experience as a physician, not just re- runs of Greys Anatomy.

Residents are doctors. Just in training, but they have their MD (or DO) already.

They weren't even guarding him on the 3 pointers.