Grantland Writing Style Guide, Abridged Version

Nike maintains that the shirt design is genius and the result of profuse inspiration.

He's just the Better Man, I suppose.

Been a fan of this since my younger days (~25% credit goes to Chris Elliott and "Get a Life"). Like a lot of their other stuff, but I've always found this so damn catchy... especially the intro.

+1, just wonderful

Got the feeling Mizzou and someone else is going to end up the the Big 10 eventually, too. It fits geographically and at the slightest hint of an opening, they'd drop their panties (and whatever conference they were with) in a heartbeat.

This is the greatest Catch, and no one seems to care.

Ah, just mostly that a tattooed gent didn't jive with my own mental picture I had of you after many previous concerned father-type comments I'd seen (and I absolutely have a number of inked friends who also meet both those criteria).

That you have a tat completely blows my mind. Both you and Vodkanaut's advice are balls on, though.

Finally, side-by-side comparisons definitively show that "girth" does not deliver as well as a lengthy, skinny Johnson.

It's 11 guys sort of standing near the middle of the field with no discernible purpose, other than perhaps waiting for someone to bring out the water.

Most "Ughs" featured on Monday Night Football since Kornheiser left.

Congrats. Got two girls myself (5 months, 3.5 years). Personally, I will be taking up gun ownership and maybe taxidermy or something equally creepy once they get to dating age. Normal folks dating age that is, not "Uwe" dating age.

Yes, believe it, the Pirates have defeated the Phillies in September.

"...and,....and, that's why you should vote for me, Danny Woodhead, for student council president."

Juror 1: "And how many women did he bag outside?"

Jay Cutler's had a few awkward post game kisses as well. Of course, it should be expected when you go around asking everyone for "a little sugar".

Just wanted to point out that the one on the right is not a cheetah, but a leopard. You can tell the difference by the spots. The other thing that separates them is 95 lbs. of herpes.

In the same vein as Lonesome Dove, I'll throw in The Stand. While probably offending Freeman McNeil's more refined tastes, I really found those both much more engaging than most other books I've read. While I thought they were ok, I really didn't have much love for both A Farewell to Arms and Slaughterhouse Five. …

One of the first comments today was about it being hump-day. As an old married man, I immediately thought "Hey, it's my birthday today too".