if he were in any other industry, he’d have the choice to do so.

My son has two different kids named Tyryyyynsyn in his class.  

The American hero who didn’t want to make or buy food for the kid with the broken leg was exactly right. He is not a monster, he is a patriot.

He is 27.  And he is other-worldly talented when healthy.  Let’s not write him off yet.  Fingers crossed that this guy is able to get a hold of his life. Everyone knows someone who has battled addiction and wouldn’t wish it on anyone (or their family).  

“Sadly” my ass: I know that the tank philosophy gets taken to illogical extremes in sports, but the Knicks are a healthy Zinger, max signing, and high draft pick away from being good. Durant, Zinger and Zion Williamson would make this team very relevant, especially given a somewhat surprisingly promising supporting…

And by gum it put them on the map!

He might also be a good youth sports coach. It’s amazing how easy they are to spot. Good coaches (and parents) focus on what kids do right when a kid is feeling down, remind them what they can do better when they get a little too cocky, and always offer specific, substantive feedback. “Nice try on that ground ball;…

Damnit.  Take your star, but I am not happy about it. 

The insufferable pedant in me was tsk-tsk’ing at the apostrophe till I got the joke.  A star for you.

‘tchup

Just spit-balling here, but would it not have been more fitting - and at least as funny - if you had simply done as she asked? I would expect most of you on the staff - and certainly many of us readers - would delight in sowing as much confusion as possible within the Mike McCarthy community.

I love the automation of his response, it’s a like a Sierra games from the 80s.  “I can’t do that, at least not now.”

Ref immediately called for icing. 

“I knew, at least on paper, that as I got older my body would just start to suck. [. . .] I’m only 29.”

Does it count as simply worrying about what the Yankees are doing when what they are doing is positioning themselves to fleece the Mets of one of the best two or three pitchers we’ve seen in Queens in a generation?  That seems like a pretty Mets-specific concern to me.

I LOL’ed.

I cannot for the life of me fathom the Mets’ infatuation with (a) obtaining Realmuto and (b) trading Syndergaard. Realmuto is very good! I get it. And I am a diehard Mets fan who often has a blind spot for the team.  But, from where I sit, Syndergaard’s ceiling is so damn high. To see him win a Cy Young or - god…

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Indignation at anything that USA Gymnastics does is understandable, but the bankruptcy filing itself will not really change anything. None of the individuals who run the organization get any special protection from the filing unless they file for personal bankruptcy: their civil and/or criminal liability will be…