"I don't always leave defenders in a lifeless heap, but when I do, I prefer Messi."

Baseball is even less. about 6-8 minutes of actual "stuff" happens for being at a ballpark 4+ hours. People who say nothing ever happens in soccer are laughably wrong: there is always something happening, you're just too caught up in the instant gratification "I want it and I want it now!" to appreciate the beautiful…

No word on whether the suspect, seen below, has been apprehended.

Ikimashou!

Exactly. The New VI looks and feels so artificial. S-E these days every so often lucks out and has amazing ideas that everyone can get behind but for the most part they couldn't be more tone deaf to their audience

I'm still holding out for Final Fantasy: Lightning Further Ruins the Franchise in More Unwanted Closure IV

I'm suprised Jozy didn't appear and redirect Bradley's perfectly placed shot from distance out of bounds.

Okay, maybe I shouldn't have said "most starting SG's" but my point is he has solid offensive output when he cares but is pretty much a one-way player at this stage in his career. You could argue that a guy like Tony Allen has more impact on the outcome of a single game as in the case with the OKC series than D-Wade…

You attribute his complete lack of effort to effort? Haha

I respect these kids though, they decided to do the right thing and win it for their hometown with their *ORIGINAL* team and *ORIGINAL* coach. They could've left for Miami.

Not entirely sure about that. I mean yeah, he has his moments, on offense, when he gives a fuck. But for the most part I think he has given up really giving a fuck because his knees are so shot. I like what Jurgen Klinsmann says about how we pamper our aging stars and let's be honest, at this stage Wade isn't able to…

Oh I assumed "home announcers" also implied nationality but you're right about Darke.

Okay, I start to see it. I'm also a soccer fan so I understand the buildup and out-of-your-seat excitement of a scoring chance when one finally does appear. Point taken, thread closed.

Damn right. Who cares about other countries and their unpatriotic media regulations? This is 'Merica dammit.

Very well put, I guess my fundamental question is: Is lacrosse-level scoring really such a bad thing for hockey?

Yeah, I'm a former player, I sat goal some in HS so I understand that padding is 100% necessary, I just think they take ridiculous liberties with the dimensions. The league doesn't mind that all pro GK's are just massive walls of pad but I think it does affect the game in a major way

I don't know, because there were moments last night as an impartial hockey fan were I was applauding crisp puck movement, creativity, and incredible set ups, only to be denied the finishing joy because the puck incidentally hit the lovehandle or the elephantitis-sized leg guard of one of these obese goal-creatures. I…

Says it doesn't exist..... OHHHHH shit wait. I see what you did there.

Speaking of Henny and Quick in this series.... I've had this revolutionary thought for a while that hockey would be that much better if the goalies weren't cartoonishly oversized padding fortresses with cartooonishly oversized gear that makes you basically twice as large as the fucking goal anyway. This leads to hard…

Almost always English. The Croatians were furious yesterday about the penalty call and they said afterwards "the referee couldn't even speak English" and therefore they couldn't debate it with him