That was brutal.

"He's had knee issues, McGahee."

I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's!

@NineSevenOh: I imagine every job on a mountain, from 'cat operator to liftie, is cold, boring, irregular hours, cold, pays badly, and cold. All worth it if you like cheap skiing and drinking nearby. Plus the mountains I go to are usually staffed by young Argentinian and Brazilian hotel/tourism students.

Now that is a blue moon, Odom.

@One Sack, Two Sack: +1 - A Voyagers reference! Reminds me yet again why I love Deadspin. And sorta explains the whole Plaxico thing; he was just joking with the gun by his thigh - "let's see if there's one in here for me."

So the Chris Chelios card actually comes with a piece of fossilized Chelios in it?

Bleh. Anyone who's ever spent much time in rinks knows the Zamboni driver is drunk and/or high 24-7 anyway.

Needs more barbed-vine tattoos.

Jesus also didn't drive his elbows into the skull of a prostrate Pontius Pilate. Then again, maybe he should have.

Baby Mangino @ 72.5 on Intrade right now.

@Big Tuna: I'd like to slap any hipster doofus who looks like that and sings like that. And since he's getting hitched to one of the lovely Deschanels, even more so.

...and yet he's still having a better first half of the season than Alexei Kovalev.

@Business_Socks: Does +1 play in DUAN? You get a +1.

@Business_Socks: Yep, and cameos from Cosell and Giff.

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"The World's Greatest Athlete," with Jan-Michael Vincent, on TCM now. Anyone else watching this, or is it just the scotch kicking in on me?

Good evening from the late shift.

@Chamomiles Davis: They know how to deal with Santa on Long Island.

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