Mather and Hansmann believe sports is an undervalued part of that bundle, and that there are tens of thousands of sports fans in each city who don’t care about the other sections, and would rather jettison their subscription and pay for The Athletic instead.

The NBA says it was an illegal screen and an incorrect non-call — but not because KAT was moving. http://official.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/10/L2M-MIN-OKC-10-22-2017.pdf

This post has what they call bad timing.

I’m an East Coaster who lived in Texas for 4 years, Arizona for 5 years, and California for zero years, thank you very much.

Well it’s in the Platinum Plate Club, so I’m not really sure why we’re still having this debate.

Whataburger makes, hands down, the worst fast-food burger I’ve had in my life.

Should we take bets on what color NFL players will wear during White Supremacy Awareness Month? White/black seem too obvious. I’m going with teal.

Jeremy Piven won three in a row in the same category for his “work” on the “comedy” “tv show” Entourage. Which I think tells us all we need to know about using Emmy wins in an argument.

Only if they don’t fucking act right.

Is Muhammad Wilkerson still there?

Matt Forte

If you think about it, it’s really not that surprising that James Frey and Cheryl Strayed would have a kid together.

Mark Davis, a billionaire? Hahahahaha!

Where do you think Beas comes out vis-a-vis the earth, namely as it relates to its roundness?

I hope they get picked up for Season 4 just so I can see what clever way they devise to bring Logan back to life.

On top of everything else, weren’t we led to believe that Jackson watched his wife and infant son burn to death in that car? How do you even managing stealing a 6-month-old in a situation like that?

Mildly-warm take alert:

I love a lot of the opening themes you mentioned — and I still regularly want to fast forward through them (yes, including changing ones like GoT — seeing whether they’ll show me The Twins again gives me no thrill whatsoever). I LOVE this newly invented “skip intro”option.

Wake me up when the Doughboys tv show gets an air date.

No, it’s the most recent season. The premiere aired before May 31, so it’s eligible this year. (I believe that’s the rule. In any event, all the specific episodes nominated are from the most recent season. http://www.emmys.com/shows/veep)