To be fair, he lived in Seattle (as a player at UW) for just as long as most of these “die-hard” 12s have been fans of the team.

Or Jackie Robinson. Or Jesse Owens.

I wonder if they have Schilling’s termination press release already typed up and ready to go?

“There was a time when sports coverage and political coverage rarely intersected.”

Very true. Everyone just rolled through Cassius Clay/Mohammad Ali’s career with no questions or concerns.

I’ve been beating this drum for a while. Seahawks fans are gunning for Pats fans as the most insufferable in the league.

Right, because no player in Seattle’s history has ever been accused of taunting or lack of class....

Are Seahawks fans quickly becoming the #BestFansInBaseball of the NFL?

Johnson’s Restaurant

Johnson’s General Store

The Russian Tennis Racket.

Buzzfeed News is reporting this? I’m surprised it wasn’t posted as a list of gifs with the headline of “25 Reasons Why I Think Tennis Is Fixed.”

I’m not.

Surprised deadspin is offering no sort of coverage of the playoff game going on right now.

As a Packers fan, I would have liked to see them go for two. I mean if anyone could pull that off you think it would be Aaron Rodgers. But I also know that if they went for two and he blew it, people would be crucifying Maccarthy for that too. It’s a rock and a hard place.

Just after the major combat efforts in Iraq concluded, we flew numerous c-130s of US cash into Iraq. They measured the shrink wrapped $100 in tons, not dollars. We sent over $12billion in hundreds into Iraq and watched most of it vanish into the ether.

Stage IV implies it has spread to lymph nodes or other parts of his body. He’s in for a hell of a battle. But if he attacks this with the same dedication he’s shown to ESPN and the game of football, that cancer is in for a hell of a fight.

The worst part is that Adam Schefter told him

Cancer runs in my family and my Wife’s family. That’s what scares me more than anything. For anyone interested, here are the symptoms of throat cancer from the Mayo Clinic:

What about places like Minneapolis where they built Zygi a billion dollar stadium w/out a vote?

“Five letters here, just for everybody out there in Packer land: S-H-A-R-I-A.”