Dirk is considered one of the toughest players, not Garnett or Kobe? No. This is not the common view.

I've only seen Dogville, and it haunted me for quite a while. I'm convinced of VT's abilities of course, but not sure I want to see any others. Maybe that's lame of me, but it seems like his message doesn't vary much from film to film.

Have fun in Buffalo!

Oh man, West Virginia continues to be the best.

Google says it's maybe this place: http://www.saratogapool.org/index.html

Yeah, that line jumped out to me too. As though boxing doesn't have piles of contrivances, and UFC, by his one work in this article, has a ton of athletic appeal.

So you're saying they should be classy about it?

That's not what happened here.

I guess I just disagree. If the coach can't come up with his own thoughts on an open question like that, fine, the reporter should be ready to direct him with questions. I think plenty of coaches can identify what they think is important about the game. And that's what I want to know.

I don't think all college sports would have to be in the same union.

I'm not a fan of this complaint, though we hear it all the time. Nothing wrong with an open invitation to talk about the game or half. It gives the coach/player an invitation to discuss whatever they think is most important about it.

I think what makes both of these look bad is the goal they allowed off Matt Cooke's skate earlier in the year.

Nice reading Province Sports.

Yeah, I do all the shopping too, because it's so much better than any of the other household chores.

I recommend reading Craig Calcaterra's many posts on the issue. He is very much against the abuses undertaken by MLB and the potential problems with the arbitration ruling. He doesn't waste his time killing A-Rod because there are plenty of others to do that, so he comes across as supportive of A-Rod, though I don't…

And what if your members have different opinions on the issue? Won't someone think of the Frank Thomases of the world?

Well, you can start with their treatment of the "Steroid Era." Or have you not been reading anything about baseball this week? I don't understand your point re: whether it's about the voters or the players. Of course it's ultimately about the players. But that access is controlled by the voters.

The defensive writers keep saying this (Doyel), but it's nonsense. It's speculation about the motives behind the move. Deadspin and Dan spelled out the motives — you're free to call them liars, I guess. But it's irrelevant. It's ignoring A) the issue (that these writers can't put together a ballot criteria that's…

I'm just one example myself, but I would guess so.

For what its worth, Joe Pos' column (http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/hall-…) also had this: