What a great find. Bol was an amazing man, on and off the court.

I grew up in a city that was basically the poster city for pre-reform welfare abuse (Lawrence, MA). I saw lifestyles that were pretty damn similar to what this dude describes.

I don't think $35,000 after taxes is a king's ransom but a lot of people make $35,000 before taxes out of college. If you could really make $35,000 after taxes on welfare that's a fairly strong disincentive to bother trying.

Bill Simmons Disproves Dig That He is A Guy Who Likes to Grab Headlines by Intentionally Grabbing a Headline

It took Lebron four games to convince Simmons' his signing was analogous to the Angels signing an older and injury prone Pujols. It took him the same number of tweets to confirm that Golic is right, he is ridiculous.

good, considering the availability to resources other shows can only dream about, Mike and Mike is an absolute pile of garbage.

I will reiterate my belief that the entire purpose of these talking heads and reporters at ESPN is to create controversy for all other ESPN writers, reporters and "analysts" to bloviate on. It's a big ol' circle jerk.

Doesn't matter. If he had said what you suggested they would still say he's racist because he's still stressing that it's physical prowess which we all know is impossible because everyone on this planet is exactly the same.

He did say that. That's what I heard, and a lot of people on this site heard. Seems like just you and the author heard a "savage/civilized dichotomy."

Dude, what do you want him to say? He was asked about recruiting around the world. You want him to say, "Well John Smith from Mozambique needs to work on his weaker foot, Eric Jones from Kenya has good vision, Tom Williams from Cote d'Ivoire had a wicked header.....wait lemme get out the rest of my list... *unfurls…

You insensitive fuck!

Off putting? To some. Racist? Not so much. American players generally have a higher work rate, but lack the technical skill to succeed on the international level. Is that racist? He's right, African players tend to be cheaper, more physical and stronger than typical players you'd find in Northern France or somewhere…

Man, he really needs to learn the American way of using code words such as "scrappy" and "natural athlete".

You can bet if it were a man talking like this, claiming that he was a sexual predator, he would be skewered beyond belief here. But it's not just a woman, it's an icon here, so she gets a pass.

They want to defend Lena and the only way to do so is to omit.

THANK YOU. The only answer to this question is that it is on purpose they are leaving out the parts you mentioned because in totality it looks really fucking bad.

Why are we acting like this is only about her touching her 1 year old sister's vagina when she was 7 and not also about emotionally coercing her sister into sleeping in her bed and then masturbating while she sleeps? And about paying her sister in candy to give her long kisses on the lips? And about paying her sister…

"HERE PPL LOOK AT MY FACE I NEED PEOPLE TO LIKE MY STATUS TO GIVE ME SOME KIND OF GRATIFICATION BECAUSE IM EMPTY WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA LOVE"

Hence, why

If a man takes a selfie and puts it on twitter - or even has a twitter - I'm going to lose a little respect for him. These are minor offenses, like drinking a Mike's Hard Lemonade, using a smiley face, shaving your chest, or typing LOL - just things I don't think a man should do for any reason.