The problem ultimately is that we are a heterogeneous society that really can’t be homogenized, lest we all kill each other down to a handful of people. But people want a homogenized society.

Amen. While I’m hopeful that people will be able to see beyond the rhetoric of the campaign season in time buy putting themselves in their own future-shoes, that’s a real possibility.

As far as I can tell they also teach them that any interaction could instantly escalate into a deadly gun battle, so if you want to ever see your wife and kids again you have to get the jump on the bad guys (everyone who’s not a cop) and go in screaming and shooting from the start.

It ranges from Great Britain paying billions more per year in to the EU than receiving back, to lack of security within the EU, to the people of Great Britain feeling like their government had too little control over policy.

Lebron wouldnt have been able to guard centers in the 90s, anyway. There were 5-10 guys in the NBA at all times better than any one center right now.

Agree 100% with this. When you play 4 rounds of quality opponents things can happen. I mean if the Cavs had to play the Spurs, Thunder or a healthy Clips team they could easily lose one of those series. In fact they would have been underdogs in at least 2 of them.

What it comes down to for me is: Jordan’s Bulls always beat teams they were supposed to beat, and they were always the favorite (even that weird Laker team was a shadow of Showtime that caught lightning in a bottle). LeBron just beat a team he wasn’t supposed to, but he also hasn’t won every series he was supposed to.

Ok so making it is enough really? We’re gonna give him a step up over MJ because he beat a blown out bad Bulls team last year and lost to the Warriors? Nah I’m gonna need actual accomplishments or else we should talk about Jim Kelly as one of the best QBs...

He will never be. But saying Dilfer threw for as many yards and TDs and won as many MVPs (like the players were actually comparing) than ya he’d be better. Let me know if I can walk you through any other false equivalencies.

Disagree. Nike and Gatorade didn’t make him the player he was; they may have marketed him into a global icon, but mainly because he was so damn good. Look at his numbers by any modern or traditional metric. He was a basketball phenomenon.

“and Michael never had to do anything with even 75 percent the degree of difficulty that involved.”

Did we stop using rings to measure greatness? If so then go ahead with the LBJ GOAT talk. If not let's wait till he gets 6 first hmmm...

Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all-time. I don’t know why this needs repeating. The best offensive guard ever, and probably the best defensive guard ever. 6-0 in the NBA Finals. Was also the most compelling/exciting, and aesthetically-pleasing player of his time (and likely of all-time). Besides that,…

Yea. In games 1/2 he used the attention he was getting to get the other guys involved, and people like Livingston and Barbosa stepped up big.

As a Jets fan, nothing makes me happier than watching Tom Brady lose. NOTHING.

2007 Fiesta Bowl - Boise State over Oklahoma. Goddamn that was a great game.

There is a lot of evidence that the world is flat too

This is the best outraged reaction by an athlete’s wife since Gisele complained that Tom couldn’t both throw and catch the ball.

I’m from Sacramento so I haven’t believed in the legitimacy of NBA refs since game 6 in 02. I don’t know why people are acting surprised