Big difference between “doxxing” and “outing”. “Outing” a certain venture capitalist is why Gawker went bankrupt. They learned that lesson a long time ago.

I don’t think it is fair to bash Emery for his time at PSG. He was good there, but it’s one of the hardest clubs in football to manage - a revolving door of high-profile players who have to all get playing time, with substantial roster changes every year. They can also sleep walk through most of their league games,…

It’s a huge stretch to say he’s the best goal scorer the NHL has ever seen. Don’t get me wrong - he’s an elite scorer and is 6th all time in goals per game average (and 2 of the guys ahead of him were born in the 1800s so those aren’t really comparable).

I would guess that Deadspin tried to hire PFT (PFT and Magary were very close and I’m sure he made overtures when PFT’s previous contract with SB Nation expired). But PFT probably got a better offer from Barstool and had talked to Big Cat about a creative partnership, which has proved to be really successful. I think…

Agreed. People act like PFT was a media superstar with financial flexibility and tons of career options when he joined Barstool. He was an obscure blogger writing a weekly column and scraping by on freelance work, with ~100K social media followers.

Agreed. All he can do is ask to stay out of this long-running feud and not have his name caught up in some Deadspin/Barstool internet battle. And he specifically asked his boss not to retaliate here:

I’m totally cool with the justification of “yeah, he doesn’t agree with everything his employer does, but he does not defend or condone anything his employer or co-workers do and just kind of does his own thing.” His defense of his employer is basically “it’s a big place with a wide variety of content and there’s a…

His schtick has evolved from being a parody of the commenters to a parody of the commentators (aka the hot take artists who get paid to run sports talk shows). It’s a subtle distinction but the current schtick is slightly less funny, but much easier to maintain and refresh over time. Even he used to say that the…

Fun fact - I first learned about PFT Commenter and started following him after reading about him on DEADSPIN in this fawning profile:

I’m not sure how you defend your point that the team “prefers” him to get into position on offense rather than playing defense.

Am I the only one who didn’t like this? The original song itself doesn’t fit the theme of the scene and the cover wasn’t particularly good (it stripped the song of its good parts and replaced it with a mediocre instrumental). I get it, a perfect song drop in the middle of a scene can be a great moment, but this…

I’m incredibly impressed by her commitment. Swimming probably requires more dedication than any other sport. It takes remarkable dedication for swimmers to put in the pool hours they put in every single day for years in order to compete at the highest level. That is obviously true of a lot of sports, but there is…

Honestly DC’s approach makes sense. After-hours metros should serve the purpose of helping people commute to work at odd hours, not ferrying people home from bars or taking people home from sporting events. Hate to be harsh about it, but subway systems are incredibly expensive to operate and maintain, and there are…

Pretty sure it’s not limited to America. Most major international airports have similar security procedures and an even more militarized police presence.

I’m not sure it’s really the “zenith” of analytics. Sure, the Rockets like analytics, but they are basically just playing up tempo basketball and shooting threes. You don’t need analytics to say that Harden is an MVP candidate or that he is efficient (scoring 30+ per game with 44-36-87 shooting percentages are pretty…

Skill set reminds me of Kevin Durant - forward height with guard skills (KD was a point guard who hit a growth spurt and kept the shots/handles).

Except that fiat currencies are backed by a government and you know who the government is. The term “full faith and credit” has real meaning. Governmental institutions are not perfect, but at least you know who the government is and can make an informed decision about whether to deal in that currency.

Illegal hands to the face by the Marmot on the left. Got right under the face mask and pushed the head back.

You’re really stretching to try to uphold your narrative when you say Duke “edged out” Syracuse by 16 points, 60-44.

Just eject anyone wearing a “Saturdays are for the boys” shirt and you’ll fix half of the issues.