Thompson wrote a column called ‘Hey Rube’ for Page 2 up until his self-inflicted death.

People have made the Dorian Gray/Greg Oden joke before to explain Tim Duncan’s ongoing performance.

Oh! So that’s what LeBron was subtweeting about back in February.

There’s some regional variation, but generally in the South, ‘you’ is singular; ‘y’all’ is plural; but ‘all y’all’ is totally inclusive of the audience.

Obelisks are essentially straightforwardly phallic. ‘I am an important man with a gigantic penis. Look how large an obelisk I can commission and have set upright to reflect that.’

This isn’t related to the substance of the article, but I thought Deadspin was one of the news outlets who had determined to refer to the Washington football team without the slur, except where unavoidable for clarity or in a quotation.

Don't tell Sarah Connor that.

If you're an editor for a writer, you can see the internal monologue of a person a bit, though. And maybe, you're right, if you're a position coach who sees a person perform a certain act repeatedly, you can notice a hesitation in their reaction, or something like that.

The original Starship Troopers is an extraordinarily well made film, from top to bottom. The special effects have also aged better than they have any right to.

I very rarely read Jezebel for this very reason. An article with flippant, news-sounding speculation and commentary with no added journalistic value and a misleading headline that actually makes people less informed than if it didn't exist at all.

When you look at the Seahawks' options on their final offensive play, they didn't need to throw a slant, or do bootleg, or run off tackle. That was obviously an inside job.

Damn it, Marie!

This article made me a convert to the blue and black camp.

To me, it was the closest thing to a Paul Verhoeven action film I've seen directed by someone else.

"The blue one looks cool," she said of the women. "The other four are similar, long legged, slender, mostly sexualized armor, high heels, lack of pants." She contrasted that to the men. "The male characters get to be short and stocky or heft gorillas or equipped with a massive power suit. You just don't see anything…

I think we're all guilty, myself included, of trying to expect every artistic work to be perfect and often pretending we can't enjoy it at all when it falls short of that.

It's a really easy read.

r/badhistory has a good brief series of responses to Jared Diamond's most famous work:

I hate this redesign. With the team logos that big on the helmets, how will the NFL fit more than one or two of their corporate partners' logos on there?

I don't think anyone needs to die. If politicians and judges were getting swatted, and having people bust down their doors in pseudo-military equipment based on a phone call, I think you'd see change happen pretty quickly.