The most interesting shots in televised golf are the ones that make you go “wow, that’s what I would’ve done.” Putting the first shot in the water was one thing, but how badly he misfit the next one was unbelievable...the first one would've been fine if it's gone a little further and not rolled back. The second water…

I think given that he's already won a Masters and he's finished 2-1-2 in the 3 he's played, and he's 22, it's not on that leve. With Norman it was the magnitude of the collapse plus the fact that it was as close as he ever came.

I don’t think he didn’t take it seriously; I think he choked under the pressure. You could see on the replay that he hit the ground first and that shot was so far from what he wanted (heck, if he’d chunked it any worse he might have been short of the water) that I don’t think it was a matter of not concentrating.

I watched the entire final round today and the idea that anyone could be offended by Spieth politely asking the cameraman to get out of his face as he walked off the course boggles my mind. He gave an interview and fulfilled his obligation to present the jacket to Willett. God forbid he ask for a couple minutes to let…

1. Anyone who attributes this to the Cubs being cursed is a moron. Injuries happen in sports.

And that would've prevented this how? It was just a really unfortunate play and didn't happen because Schwarber is a bad fielder. Sure, if they had the DH he wouldn't have been in the outfield but then it could've happened to someone else.

Exactly.

Oh, for sure...but it's still early enough that if I had a hairstyle I could hide it. Hell, when my hair grows out to almost half an inch it's less noticeable than right after I buzz it to an eighth of an inch.

Isn’t the point of this article not that the process failed, but that Hinkie himself and his ability to evaluate talent failed?

I’m so conflicted about him because while he’s objectively bad in some ways and getting worse in just about every way, his voice is White Sox baseball to me and it takes me back to my teenage years and watching games with my late father.

Exactly. I don’t care if it’s safe to stink; I don’t want to smell it.

Counterpoint: yes, yes I do.

Yup. Been doing it for the better part of the last 12 years. I had one brief period where I grew it out a bit and got regular haircuts, but I stopped because I’m lazy and don’t want to style my hair, and also I feel like I have weird hair that doesn’t look exactly the way I want it to look anyway.

Yup. Totally different sports, but look at what happened when the Cubs tanked. Three years of embarrassment, followed by an unexpected NLCS berth and then being favored to win it all (and being positioned to compete for years to come, regardless of what happens this year). The difference of course is that Theo Epstein…

Oh man. I went through a big country phase in college and listened to so much Haggard.

If you have a simple tax situation, I recommend doing your taxes yourself using the fillable forms on the IRS website. It’s free and if you can read and follow instructions, it’s easy. It’s also really educational as to how your taxes are calculated, what changes to your income will mean to your taxes, the impact of…

If you are getting a refund that’s more than a few hundred dollars, you should adjust your withholding so that you don’t give the government an interest-free loan next year. Ideally you’d even end up owing a little bit on April 15, but I always am happy if the refund is <$500. (My wife gets a decent chunk of her…

State (and I think local) income taxes are deductible too. Depending on where you live and how much you make, they could even add up to more than the standard deduction by themselves.

This sounds to me only slightly better than being homeless, but what's the substantive difference between this and having roommates?

Two things about talking vs texting/emailing/whatever. One is that in general, the millennials who suck at talking also suck at communicating via writing. There are exceptions to that, but I think on the whole we are witnessing a decline in the ability to communicate at all.