LeBron: "Hey, look, it's a comic, sans shirt."

I hate myself for doing this, but I have to point out (no, I don't "have to") that MSG was ALL OVER the "I'm coming home" thing when Denver traded Carmelo to the Knicks several years ago. At his first game at the Garden they turned all the lights out and played it just as he was introduced. I still hate that fucking…

Wife: "Honey, little Johnny is going to fall down the stairs."

This comment deserves more than the star I already gave it. I love Deadspin — especially reading Drew's contributions! — but this counter-narrative-knee-jerk felt more about finding a new angle than it did about saying something constructive and interesting.

The word that comes to mind - and that the New York Times used to describe the SI piece (and, by extension, the decision to go back to Cleveland) - is "mature." I think that's pretty apt. The whole circus around The Decision four years ago got away from LeBron. That's not to absolve him of responsibility for the…

Tana-gonna-picth-in-New-York-again-this-season . . . AMIRITE?

damnit. +1

My cousin is best friends with Burneko and she swears that he and Magary are going to Grantland. They are meeting with Barry tonight to break the news.

"Tap, Snap, Tilt and Enjoy" also sums up Kirby Puckett's time in Minnesota, though not in that exact order.

Everyone who says that Americans don't care about soccer should spend a few minutes with the five year-old boy who spent the first 30 minutes after the game with his buried in my chest, sobbing, because he didn't want his mother or little brother to see him cry. I am hardly an expert on this sport, but fuck all do I…

The Knicks are going to offer him a max contract and finally, for once in his fucking life, he is going to pass. smh.

Head of basketball operations? I hope he doesn't get a big head . . . . eh, never mind.

My life would be measurably (though not immeasurably) better if I could have participated in this undertaking. Oh to have been your garden-variety drunk! To missed opportunities . . .

The Rebel IPA is the best thing Jim Koch has come up with since his original beer (which, by the way, remains the best thing Sam Adams has to offer). I don't know why, but Sam Adams has spent the last two or three years flooding the market with a ton of variations. The Rebel stands out for being different, really…

Ghana finishing last is all you need to know about how brutally tough it was to get out of this group. Ghana played the Germans to a tight draw and damn near beat the U.S. Way to go, 'Murica. Already blocking off the calendar for Tuesday at 4.

Could really use Jozey today. Can't believe that Ghana could do us in again . . .

The Guardian's interactive allows you to roll over each individual entry in the bar graph to reveal each individual player and his nationality. Very cool.

That sound you just heard was the entire State of Ohio getting a LeBoner.

Brands are just things. People who have no perspective and think that "protecting their brand" is the most important thing in their lives are the worst.

I am absolutely, 100% one of the bandwagon soccer fans that are the subject of debate in this thread. I understand the sport: no hands, kick it into the net more often than the other guys do (we're not sequencing DNA here, people). But, I just haven't gotten in to it except for the World Cup, and I don't apologize…