It has also been associated with soccer, which of course has much less violent collision, but players directly strike the ball with the head. There have been calls to ban headers for kids under 15. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/spo…

Your opinions in a public forum are based on your ability to craft an intelligent argument. Spelling shit right shows that you are intelligent. You don't want people to listen to you? Keep spelling it 'offence'.

You know he does one of these for every team in the league, doncha?

Why is it inevitable that the guy who most doesn't get the premise of 'Why Your Team Sucks' is also the guy that spells it 'offence' and 'defence'?

I live in Denver. I thought when I moved here that maybe the Broncos, the color orange, and the passionate fan base would grow on me. Nope. Broncos fans are insufferable, irritating, and often slobbering morons. The above comment about Broncos jerseys adding 30 lbs? Probably the most true thing I've ever read about…

Everything you said is correct. But my favorite part is 37 watching… turning…. raises his hand to protest offsides… then turning away. No dude, that was not offside.

This was an excellent read, and is the kind of unbiased and honest journalism that true sports fans appreciate. We want our teams to succeed, and we want our writers to tell us whats really going when they don't. Kudos.

Baseball is frowned upon because 1) no guns are involved and 2) there is no risk of anyone getting gored to death by a huge bull. Unless Bartolo Colon is pitching.

I think they are trying to produce entertainment. Which is not compelling or interesting to watch on TV, because it is essentially a 6 hour-long race with nearly zero lead changes. So nobody will pay for it. Which is why triathletes don't make any money. So basically, it's like 'Howard the Duck' on basic cable at…

I really, really hope he is extradited to Kenya. I'm imagining Kenyan prisons are not a lot of fun.

Drew Magary, you are at your absolute best when you are shitting all over everybody. Huzzah!

I love when she hits the tv. Like giving up seven goals to Germany is the same as the horizontal hold being busted.

The 'every four days' comment is dead on. Thats why CONCACAF Champions league has got to expand and become something MLS teams aspire to. Open Cup is part of that too. ESPN and MLS haven't embraced either yet- most fans only viewing options is streaming. Broadcast and promote, and the game will thrive.

And he checked in after the 80th minute when Columbia had sealed it up, in a nearly ceremonial act. Thankfully, the US has a deep bench when it comes to top-flight goalies. Brad Guzan and Nick Rimando (the backups) are fantastic and would be fine in 4 years. Young bucks like MLS's Zac McMath, Bill Hamid and Clint…

This is what he does when he's on. At Toronto FC. At AS Roma. In Int'l caps for the two years of qualifying. He takes the pass, he steals the ball, he distributes the ball, and dishes the perfect lofted-pass or perfect through-ball to a guy that he just *senses* is making a run. I've seen it countless times. When…

Watched the whole series three times through- totally forgot about this. Well done.

Might have been a race-realtions hero. He's also the worst coach the LA Galaxy ever had. Wikipedia says that he subsequently got fired by a Chechen team for 'partying too much'. So Nelson Mandela he wasn't.

I'm saying- if you don't like the US team, then don't like the US team and root for the Germans, since they are the best. You should also root for the Seahawks, the Kings, and the Red Sox.

Those are nicknames. An acronym is when you take the first letter of each… oh I give up.