Good luck Sir Trey, in journalism myself (for how much longer I don't know) and - without coming over as sanctimonious - it's an important job and needs people with the right skills and motivations. Which you sound like you have.

If only someone could have been ... waving something ... bold and ... flag-like ... to signify the race had been won.

Totally (and sadly) agree with all of this.

This would all be okay if Rovell were an agent or a manager or a talk-show host or anything else. But he's a journalist (or supposed to be). The fact he does his job with such complete and shameless disdain for what journalism is supposed to be about is why he's a living-breathing example of everything that's wrong…

Fantastic, thanks for linking.

Does anyone have Hawk Harrelson's call of that homer? The schadenfreude would be delicious.

The almost balletic posture of the hand that tosses the helmet; the latent strength so evident in Mantle’s muscled forearm and, indeed, in his entire frame — these details remind us that even in the twilight of a career, the most memorable athlete retains something of the magnetism that made us stand and cheer in the…

The Moment Lightning Struck ... High School Football

But ... but helmets protect the head!

Amazing.

How appropriate that on its 162nd birthday, we also celebrate the death of the New York Times. End times, people. End times.

I really, really hope I don't become a cantankerous idiot when I get old.

It's like ownership is going the full Rachel Phelps here: creating the most dysfunctional team environment possible so they can up and move them to a bigger market (hello London).

Correct. Beautifully done.

+ 260lbs

... or the rampant rumors about Kiffin's personal life.

And, further, people who are still very young today were - gasp! - even younger 12 years ago.

I legitimately think the Manti Te'o could take off.

Nice, so the NFL has gotten to NBC, too. The replays no longer (primarily) "glorify" how big the hits are, they expose how brutal they are and, therefore, how dangerous the game is.

They share a border so in the spirit of Seinfeld, "adjacent to refuse .... is refuse."