Yeah obviously we have the benefit of unlimited replay to see it was clean. I did concede that Smith-Pelly might have seen an elbow or shoulder to the head from his vantage point and that’s why he wanted to make Hutton answer for the hit. I just have a pet peeve of the recurring theme in recent years of guys “standing…

Completely agree it looks bad from that angle, because you see his head jar and a raise of an arm. But on the other one you can see the point of contact is shoulder to shoulder and it doesn’t get near his head. Smith-Pelly might have seen from the other angle and thought it was elbow to head and that’s why he had to…

Clean hit, and certainly not an elbow. Didn’t launch himself. Hit him shoulder to shoulder. Was already going for the hit while Orpik still had the puck and contact made a split second after the shot. Looked worse than it was because of the careening into the boards, but guys shouldn’t have to fight in response to…

Why don’t scifi authors write about this?

It’s gonna be tough to replace Joakim Noah attempting the 5th three-pointer of his career in a “dribble out the clock situation” when the score was 99-93 to try and win the crowd Big Macs as my favorite story of this ilk.

If you are saying what I think you are trying to say then this is partially correct. If you mean you should not pay the complete amount early so that a small balance rolls to the statement - which you will then pay off before the due date (and avoid finance charges) - then that is correct. If you pay off the entire…

Trying so hard to suppress my laughter at my desk that I’m tearing up.

But that’s just the thing, when they do get stuck the hardest, Republicans in power will just blame the LIBRUHLS somehow, and their core base will believe them without question. And then they will remind them that these LIBRUHLS want to take their guns, kill their unborn babies, allow people to live for free off of…

He’s the Grayson Allen of the NHL. Undeniably talented, but such a little prick.

Here come all the Tkachuk defenders from the post of the last time this douche did something stupid (Deadspin - huge in Calgary apparently! Congrats guys!) saying he was “being a leader” or some bullshit. To them I would just say that this also happened 9 months ago:

And have also been butt in league play as of late. This comparison is hitting far too close to home. But hey, even if they don’t finish top-4, I know of one other way to qualify for CL next year...

Mutumbo is laughing so hard because he hasn’t seen anything that funny in 60 years.

On Mussolini - “But is there anything more annoying than a late train??”

He’s definitely testing his limits. But the thing is, most of his supporters don’t have (or want) a safe word.

Valid points and he has been lights-out in the last few minutes of games. I just don’t think that hot shooting, or the Pistons 4th quarter offensive success, is sustainable. Shooting 44% from 3PT in the 4th quarter - a lot of it on isolation shots is not something I’d want to bank on. I’m not asking for complicated…

They still are relying too much on ISO scoring late in the 4th but the defense only gets stronger as the game goes on. Huge credit to Bradley there he’s a monster. Not having to pull Drummond off the court late in games for being a liability at the FT line is a big part of that as well. There was a play that basically…

...which makes this his 81st day playing golf and his fourth day at a club, CNN reports.

“Check and Mate.”

A. I love how you’re interpreting “worry” on his face. The fight was over, the ref is trying to separate them. Kulak should let go. Witkowski didn’t do anything while he was on the ice until Kulak wouldn’t let him go.

Look a little closer, and see Kulak refusing to let him go. The fight was over, and Witkowski is trying to pull away. Kulak wouldn’t let him. He was trying to shake him loose. Two hard slams? Don’t be so dramatic. And please, tell me more about how the shot at his ankle wasn’t a shot at his ankle.