He's old as shit.

Sorry, but I'm keeping my built-in face scarf. Keeps my face warm in the winter.

so does Julius Erving

This is really unfair to Alex - does Deadspin favor the Celtics, or do you just have an anti-Len bias?

strap

What in the fuck are the "straps"?

They need to be contracting teams, not adding more.

Preemptive strike on all stupid comments about “this happens at all schools.” That’s not an excuse for breaking the rules and UNC deserves to be punished for what they did, and severely!

Well the bar for targeting is a lot different for a player that is possession of the ball and running intentionally, i.e. not defenseless like a QB in the pocket or a WR in the act of catching. Also, there was no "targeting" with the head, the defender actually let up since he saw Treadwell was already past the goal…

I see him taking a hit to the head because he popped back up during the tackle and it doesn't appear the defender was intending to hit him like that.

It's not the only other offensive team name. For example, "New York Jets" is incredibly insulting towards individuals who enjoy watching football.

"Broncos? OJ drove a White Bronco. If you are a Broncos fan, you support wife killers." - Jay Schoeder

Report: Timberwolves unpopular with fans, according to telephone poll

The only problem with these screeds against second-tier sports (and sports journalism) types is that each has to be more hysterical than the last for there to be any way to differentiate them at all. Every one of these columns boils down to:

Scoreboard operator was just preparing for his eventual loss on the road in the playoffs/in the Superbowl where its noisy all the time.

Not to sound racist, but Peyton is the biggest douchebag in the world.

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