Would better team names turn the WNBA into the NBA or MLS into EPL? Of course not, but I actually think a good team name, combined with a good uniform can make a pretty big difference as to getting eyeballs on your team initially. I think the stupid original nicknames (MetroStars, Mutiny, Fusion) really hurt the MLS…

To be fair... the WNBA also has terrible team names.

Here's the reason I think "Americans like to support the best product" is at least partially a myth: NASCAR is an objectively inferior product to F1.

Americans (and I am one) don't mind trash talk (and in fact many of us enjoy it), so long as people watching the broadcast of the game can't actually see it. Linebackers wanna say some shit after nailing a halfback? Great, but don't stand block his path to the sideline to do it. Wanna let the guy you just hit a 3…

I'll remember that next time a batter walks to the pitcher's mound to psych out the pitcher before stepping into the batter's box...

I guess my biggest beef is that the team names pretend that they are in foreign languages, but actually mean nothing. FC Dallas is not short for Futbol Club Dallas, and Sporting KC is not shorthand for Sporting Clube de Kansas City. No, they clearly picked those names because famous European teams have those…

There has to be a happy medium between faux european names and terrible mid-90's names (see also: WNBA teams). I think we can take the European style of NOT giving your teams official nicknames, but without adding nonsensical adjectives and letters. The Dallas soccer club should be Dallas SC. The Kansas City Athletic…

The headline is much worse when you pronounce his name correctly. "The name is Bond, Ham-es Rodriguez."

Well, if you're 45, that makes you younger than 87% of Representatives, and 94% of Senators.

My 18 month ate the crap out of black beans. Now she's 5 and its a battle to get her to choke down the "one bite" you've heard all the other commenters talking about. Kids are weird.

I don't understand. Where would the dancing robot go? Surely stats mean more when they are presented flying across the screen with jet noises and Harry Potter style moving pictures of who we're talking about, right?

I think the same thing plagues NFL replays. "Was the ball moving before he stepped out of bounds?" Slow the replay down enough and the ball ALWAYS looks like its moving.

If you're picking a UK team, you'll want to avoid a) teams that might get relegated (you really can't follow them if they're not in the Premier League), and b) bandwagoning (This cuts off Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool).

No, taking a knee in the 4th quarter is done to wrap up a victory that is assured without risking the small chance of a loss via fumble.

The 2007 Patriots would like a word with you.

I like doing math, and can't NOT do these calculations when running (or driving), but exercising puts my brain into some kind of relativistic reference frame. I'll pass mile 3.0, then do all these calculations about my speed and how much I have to go, and when I anticipate finishing... then see mile 3.1.

no official in any sport can impact the game more than the guy calling balls and strikes.

lucky you

yeah, nobody ever does calculations in December for NFL wild card positions, or says anything like "we always such after the all star break, there's no way we'll hold onto this 3 game lead"

I'm a Washington football fan and in my estimation there are four camps here.