"So, I don't get what that movie was about. Were the blue people environmentalists or something?"

So many NBA ones... almost too many. Jordan's exile, Game 6 of Lakers-Kings in '02, Mavs-Heat in '06, the Ewing draft card, basically every Finals since 2000.

Smith had his ejection for punching an opponent overturned when he pointed out that the circle was, in fact, below his waist.

I had made this back during Deadspin Hall of Fame voting, hoping my man Nyjer would get a nod. Forgot I had it until I was doing some desktop cleaning tonight.

Get TweetDeck. You'll be glad you did. Way faster and easy to manage multiple accounts.

From the recycle bin:

If you're going to make unfunny cancer jokes, at least get your own blog and do it like IronMikeGallego.

Travel DUAN

Rovell's really going to be disappointed with the Chocobukkake Fountain at the Brazzers post-game party.

Things were even worse at Al Abama's stadium, where outraged fans rioted in response to their transfer-deadline fax cam girl showing too much forehead under her hijab.

I don't have kids; if I ever do, I assume they'll inherit my ability to drop monster deuces on command.

In the afterlife, the "Hang In There!" kitty is replaced by the "Hang In There!" Robert Traylor.

Ahem.

I find pooping away your problems usually does the trick.

It was a warning sign when .WPS owners couldn't afford to upgrade to the full Microsoft Office.

The absolute stupidest rule in sports right now, hands down, is the false-start rule in track & field sprints. It used to be the first false start was charged to the field, then a second was given to a runner and they were DQ'd. Now, the first false start, you're out. It got Usain Bolt tossed from last year's World…

Are you on Twitter? I dropped a Mabel in a tweet last night and me and EddieSuttonSoCo and DJ Jazzy Jeff Weaver got into a discussion about the origin. The first time I ever remember hearing it was in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

The AHL (the NHL's "AAA") has 30 teams. The ECHL ("AA") has 20. Throw in the CHL, SPHL, LNAH, and Federal League, and you're pushing 100 minor-league teams, most of them in the USA. Not to mention major juniors, although I feel like they're only a spectator draw north of the border, and college hockey, which is a huge…

This is my radical proposition to improve the game. One simple rule change that would revolutionize the sport, speed up end-game situations, and increase TV viewership. It's crazy, but it just might work:

All that everybody said, plus my two cents: