At which point it remains incredibly easy to turn autoplay off.

The worst part about the Beltran situation was that he only consulted his own doctor after being repeatedly cleared by the training staff, which, as they are wont to do, claimed that they could manage the issue with cortisone shots. The result was his knees basically being shredded and while, as you note, he came back…

pitching through pain thanks to the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, including cortisone shots.

Florio's entire business is built upon him feverishly defending the NFL no matter the subject, so I'd put him above all others. Albert Breer is a close second for me.

I recall a similar story from a few years back when a girls outdoor track team lost out of a title after an opposing coach narced on a kid (who won the pole vault or something like that) for wearing an illegal Livestrong style wristband. When asked afterwards, the coach basically boasted that he'd noticed the girl…

Good call. Diaw was the first guy who came to mind when I saw the premise of the article, as they both play(ed) point forward with the same sort of ungainly demeanor that seemed to portend doom, only for a brilliant pass to come out of nowhere and result in a dunk/layup.

Exactly. The same thing happened with Vijay Singh, too. The PGA never makes announcements regarding any sort of punitive action. I know that the sport of golf and many golfers in general like to make it seem as though they hold themselves to a higher moral standing, but after everything we learned about Tiger Woods'…

I'm a Mets fan, though, so I do know pain.

It actually had nothing to do with Jordan, believe it or not. I was a big sports card collector and was randomly given a few packs of NBA Hoops in 1992 or so. I didn't follow basketball, but my friends were nearly all Knicks fans and thought I was lucky to have gotten a Patrick Ewing. However, Scottie Pippen was also…

Growing up a Bulls fan (pro-Pippen, not so big on Jordan), I probably should have hated these Knicks teams. However, growing up in the tri-state area, I either heard (WFAN) or saw most of their games, winding up holding a great of respect for those New York teams and hoping that they found success in any series that…

Well, Troy Tulowitzki plays at Coors, so you have to adjust any statistics he produces at the plate. Ripken, Jr. played the majority of his career before the offensive spike in 1993, as well. Good luck seeing Tulo reach 2000 games played, let alone 2300, too. Great player, but he's not going to produce a better career…

Ripken, Jr. became an icon because of (partially phony) nice guy persona and the consecutive games streak coinciding with baseball desperately trying to win back fans after the debacle that was 1994. However, he became so overrated that posts like this are common when it comes to folks' perspective of his career. BA…

Yes, Ripken, Jr. totally used the magic beans known as steroids to go off offensively in 1991, then hit 20 fewers HR with a loss of 200 SLG pts in 1992 because... And then in the thick of the steroids breakout, from 1993 to 1998, he never had an OPS+ better than 107 because...

Don't forget Cory Lidle's hallowed #30, then.

Agreed. I've coached All-Stars for years and we've had a few kids who played in our league during the regular season due to attending private school within town, but were barred from Districts (et al) play since they resided out of town. Needless to say, when I saw that they had amended that rule, my first thought was…

This certainly sucks, but is hardly a surprise. Frankly, the odds are that they could have nailed several other teams from this past year's LLWS. Taney LL in Philly (Mo'Ne Davis' team) is basically a shell league that popped up solely to bring a loaded AAU team into LL. That they were so quickly chartered by…

Perfect summation of Dakich life and career. He's easily the most unbearable college hoops "analyst" going, and that's saying something given the spate of worthy contenders for that title.

Did he block you afterwards? He did the same thing to me after namesearching an innocuous comment. A surprising amount of sports media folks seem to do this (Richard Deitsch, Peter Schrager), which is pretty pathetic. In fact, I fully expect Deitsch to respond to this thread, as I can't tell you how many petty Twitter…

It's a miracle...that Don Van Natta, Jr. hasn't been hit by a car given that he is apparently the sort clueless enough to frequently play in traffic.

Agreed on all accounts. Schilling the player, along with Mike Mussina, are getting the short shrift from the BBRAA due the electorate's fetishizing of WINZ! (Smoltz got a boost from the Atlanta Big Three narrative, plus overrating guys who close), which we saw when RJ/Pedro went from being neck-and-neck in the public…