Either way Byron Hout ran his mouth to someone who was willing to knock his ass out over it. Deserved or not there is a saying "don't start no shit, there won't be no shit".

She writes these hit songs, and it's more than just a vanity credit. I'm not a pop or country fan, and Taylor Swift is mostly off my radar, but she's talented. Arguing otherwise makes you sound delusional.

Ya, I was going to type the exact same thing. Didn't think she sounded bad at all. Not studio quality (duh), but for running around on stage and singing at the same time I thought it was fine.

I'm with you. I mean she is dancing around and we have certainly heard much, much worse.

Why did Kanye let her finish?

Was it just me, or does it not sound that bad? She went flat for a bit on the big note towards the end, but otherwise I didn't think it was terrible.

The Pirates couldn't have made two sadder outs than these? Barry, you clearly didn't attend any Pirate games from 1980-2013.

But having said all that, I think it's important to recognize that that doesn't mean [you] have a right to [people being] comfortable with you.

So you've got Skip Bayless trying to justify the outrage by COMPARING GAY PEOPLE TO DOGS and Steven A. Smith justifying Dungy's comments by AGREEING GAY PEOPLE ARE DISTRACTING.

Let's be clear: The owners aren't voting him out because they don't like what he says in private. The owners are voting him out because they don't like that what he said is now public and extremely damaging financially to the league.

How was it obtained illegally? I am honestly asking, since I have no idea how it was obtained but I didnt hear it was obtained illegally.

What about the dissenting opinion here? I mean, it was a private conversation that was obtained illegally. Weren't the Gawkerrati all up in arms about the NSA spying scandal? Im not condoning what the sleazeball said, just pointing out that indeed it is a slippery slope if you start taking things away from people…

Oh totally, I was just surprised that some well-meaning non-racists seems to suffer the same delusions.

Plank makes a great point. If Silver had any sense of decency, he'd have brought down the hammer on Donte Stallworth a long time ago.

I was at the game, and I did hear a smattering of boos after yet another east-west half-attentive pass went right to the tape of a Blue Jacket's stick. It happened to be Crosby who made that pass, but I'm not sure anybody cared who it was at that point. Carelessness with the puck had been a problem all game long. Had…

"is the reason that the Pittsburgh Penguins are not currently playing their home games in Kansas City."

100% agree. Its ridiculous how many times dirty plays go unpunished because there is no injury.