Strong. Thanks for the smile.

Could indeed be a highly subtle bit of Spinal Tap-inspired performance art from Francona. Mad props if so.

without question was probably the right thing to do

Well, he's good at kicking it off a wall, but 'soccer' involves some running.

Always a pleasure, Mr Burneko. Is it just me and my changing preferences, or was baked ziti a heck of a lot more prevalent in restaurants 10-15 years ago?

Those rejected applicants for the Wisconsin job should've included tape of their "LET'S GO!"-shouting abilities.

Not just 'some shade of green', that particular hue of lime was hammered out for days at the negotiating table in Pretoria.

So good. Thanks Craig, thanks Emma, thanks Deadspin.

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You don't have to be Scandanavian to recognize Vikings kick ass. My guess is some guy thought it was cool, and there you go.

Yeah, still WAY too soon for jokes about that whole ice skating thing. It'll be a few more decades before this nation is ready to laugh about that. So, so tragic what happened to that poor Jeff Gilooly.

Yeah, you can almost feel the cold steel of Daulerio's gun against Koblin's temple, forcing him to write this not-at-all personal item.

'Faze.' Come on, man.

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Yes.

Why in God's name are some media types (Pete Thamel, Stewart Mandel, etc) doubling down on the 'innocent victim' angle? Dumb, contrarian, overly invested, bad journalists...?

Contrast Lance Armstrong with Michael Vick.

Hah!

To keep it in the Gawker family, Lifehacker had a good piece on the psychological limits of the work week, why 40 hours matters, and why thinking twice as many hours = twice as fast results is usually flawed.

I now feel ashamed of my username.