And just because there’s a house edge that’s unbeatable in the long run doesn’t make it “unsafe,” either.

Great post. If we decided what to allow and what to ban based on the potential for someone to become addicted, nothing would be legal.

I feel like the best time to post an article about potential upsets in the NCAA tournament might be, I don’t know, at least a day or two before it starts. Or does Deadspin think there are actually more than a handful of people paying attention for anything other than brackets/gambling/rooting for one particular team?

The 2017 major league White Sox product is exactly as relevant as the 2012 Cubs product was. Just put some guys on the field to lose as many games as possible until the prospects are ready to come up.

How can they possibly require it in cases where there’s clearly no gap? If I buy a $30k car and finance $15k, clearly I will never owe more than the car is worth.

Reportedly the Celtics wanted to offer at least one of the lottery picks from the Nets in exchange for Butler, but the Bulls were stuck on getting back players from the Celtics’ core. Which, if those players are overvalued by the Celtics and thus the Celtics were more willing to part with very high draft picks, makes…

Absolutely. Saying they were suckered into believing the ridiculous things Trump said is like saying that someone was suckered into believing 2+2 is 5, or that the earth is flat. There is no excuse short of actual mental deficiency for believing things that are provably false.

I think there’s a big difference between “you’re suffering because you’re lazy” and “you’re suffering because you consistently vote against your interests and stubbornly refuse to acknowledge facts,” though.

Your grandfather’s typewriter is the antithesis of cheap sweatshop-made crap from Target. They’re both technically possessions but recognizing the value of one does not mean defending the other.

It’s actually the ownership. Fuck the McCaskeys.

This says plenty about the Bears’ front office. Cutler’s cap hit would’ve been $16M, and he’s costing them $2M in dead money. If you’re drafting a QB and just want a bridge, why not keep Cutler?

The thing is, given that this is Dan Snyder, I would not be at all surprised if McCloughan was totally sober and everything Washington has said is a lie.

In the context of being a team leader, though (which Marshall always proclaimed himself to be while doing things like yelling at the kicker and challenging someone to a fistfight on Twitter), I would argue that dedication to winning matters. It’s like the difference between an executive and a worker. A worker can be…

Olsen and Bennett I agree with you 100% on. I thought at the time they should’ve tried to keep Forte but based on his stats last year it looks like he’s done. And shipping Marshall out of town was addition by subtraction.

Name one way that Jay Cutler could be described as dysfunctional or unstable. (Saying that he’s not a very good quarterback doesn’t count).

Walter’s ex’s dog isn’t actually a Pomeranian, either.

Because Glennon has upside. I’m a huge Cutler apologist but even I’ll admit that he is what he is, plus after his shoulder surgery last year it’s questionable if his arm will be the same.

It’s only absurd if someone gives him a ton of guaranteed money. There’s really not middle class when it comes to quarterbacks; you have guys who are cheap because they’re on their rookie contracts, guys who are cheap because it is universally acknowledged that they are backups at best, and guys who earn $20M a year…

Eryk. Justen. Auston.

Yeah, I’m not even sure what he wanted. Did he actually think that he shouldn’t have to wait in line with the rest of the players at the combine?