And wtf was that pursuit angle the safety took?!

I grew up Christian, but not going to church regularly, & have zero knowledge of that story whatsoever. Why would someone who didn’t even grow up in Christianity get the reference? We all learn something new everyday.

You alluded to it at the end, but he can definitely be blamed here. If he went in for a textbook sideline tackle wrapping up & driving through the ballcarrier’s thighs he wouldn’t have followed through the opposite end of the impact that way. That’s a big thing our linebackers & safeties coaches used to harp on in…

Love this. My partner & I recently began answering these three questions to each other before we get ready for bed:

Also the same guy who got scammed out of $9 million over a 6-year period by a jeweler who got him & his wife to “allocate funds into an alternative asset class of investment-grade diamonds and told us that he would use his connections and expertise to acquire them on our behalf at or below market value.” If it weren’t…

That’s a hell of a success story! Way to turn a shitty situation (I’m sure sometimes literally) into an opportunity for growth & upward movement.

Bama has an elite strength & conditioning program that gets guys NFL ready, especially can’t-miss guy that were likely to make it wherever they went, but I kind of agree with bits of both your and Dante3000's points.

So well written, Nate. This article is haunting. Barring a major injury I suffered going into my senior year of college ball that robbed me of the “courage” to fearlessly approach tackles & blocks like I used to, I would’ve had legitimate looks at being a fringe player at the next level, and my friends from home often…

Hell of an article. Thanks for putting the enormity of his talent and the ups & downs of his career into perspective. When he was on there were few others like him.

Oh man, this fucking sucks. So Deadspin is inevitably going to turn to shit by the end of the year?

This guy.

2016 Slam Dunk Contest.

Swarzak:

It wouldn’t work in the middle of the season because the players wouldn’t have the free time to participate in a Team USA training camp & get on the same page leading up to the tournament. There’s no way the NBA would tweak their schedule to allow players the time to do that either.

Professional athletes are often talked into bankrolling friends’ businesses under the guise of loyalty - “he was there for me before I made it, etc.” - without taking any type of disciplined look at whether the person still has your best interest at heart now that they know you’re a multimillionaire. It sounds like a…

Awesome article. Learned a ton & I’m sure I’ll always look at archery scenes in video games or movies differently going forward.

You said it yourself - your comparison is nothing like ESPN, a media company dedicated to talking about sports, a market that is inherently tied to politics. Everything about sports is related to politics: stadiums, owners, salaries, taxes, socioeconomic capital, racism. It’s impossible to talk about sports and never t…

Oh god, how did I not notice that on first read? Now I can’t unsee it. Make it stop.

Nothing about historical LBJ-Kawhi matchups proves that Kawhi’s able to stop LeBron from playing the way he wants. LBJ’s averaged 25-6-7 in 9 regular season games vs. him and 27-10-6 in 12 playoff games.