And that's why the blog title is Screamer.

CAS (and much of the sports world's "legal" framework) is shameful. They word "court" is used only in the loosest sense, at least as those with a grounding in American/British/Commonwealth-based legal systems understand how courts work.

Generally, I'd agree, but find a video of this particular call. Not only did his guy not commit a foul, his guy was fouled himself. His guy fouled out of the game as a result and the outcome of the game was arguably changed as a result of the foul out and the free throws awarded to Maryland.

The news was rather sad, but I just had to laugh.

I note that the GIF was constructed to leave out the only part that mattered.

When credit card companies used to screw the hell of consumers (worse than now) on procedural stuff, it wasn't illegal. It was sketchy. Then the law changed. I noted in may original post that what the Pats did was legal.

The sketchy part is how they took advantage of the game process the officials use in implementing the rule. That's probably something the competition committee will look at. The officials do a lot that's unseen by casual fans to control game flow and often will hold p lays for various reasons involving…

Do you not understand the point? It's not the clarity, it's the timing. Usually, when an lineman is ineligible for example, the announcement is made well before the snap. On at least one occasion, the announcement was only made as Vereen approached the LOS after breaking the huddle. The Patriots were deliberately…

They complained about it during the game. What do you think the 15 yard penalty Harbaugh got was all about? NE was only designating who was eligible AFTER they broke the huddle, which is fairly deceptive. That's what Harbaugh had a problem with.

Hurley approves.

Incompetence is always a much more likely explanation than conspiracy.

The problem as I see it is that if you're so terrible as to miss the playoffs in the East you're really more than one lottery pick away from actually being any good anyway., barring getting a LeBron or KD-type megatalent. I don't see that in the coming draft.

Gruesome HBP in Milwaukee. Giancarlo Stanton took one square in the face. Had to use diamond dry to clean up the batter's box. Tough to watch. Worst part is, not an official HBP as he swung through it.

Just another brick in the wall for the Brewers and their epic collapse. Lucroy called out at the plate, replay shows pretty clearly he beat the tag, called out anyway. And the fans at Miller Park are too beaten down to even get overly upset about it. In any event, replay review has become a blight on sports.

What's the O/U for total interceptions in the first Giants/Cowboys game this season?

Hey, just like True Detective.

My wife is self-employed. Who is paying for her sick days?

Three-Yard Punt and a Dick Punch is also the subtitle of the of Fifty Years of Gopher Football, on sale now at the University Bookstore.

Maybe all that video will be a good thing. Maybe it won't. I think it will ultimately be for the good, but I'm absolutely confident it's not going to rid us of controversy in cases like these. We can't even get replay review right in something as trivial as sports. Video is as open to interpretation as any other…

But if she has a chance to play college hoops, as basketball is her first and best sport, she could really end up costing herself.