College basketball is mostly clean.

No one should be commended for having anything to do with the Susan G. Komen foundation. Like WWE’s whitewashed Warrior tributes, their public face is based on conveniently neglecting to mention all the mercenary things they do to further their own brand instead of funding research (including suing other, smaller…

Honestly? I doubt they follow up on any of them. This is the equivalent of writing a letter to the editor of your local paper.

Wait, Megyn Kelly is a corrupt, useless stooge for the political and media establishment? Since when?

The US Olympic Committee training facilities are in Colorado Springs, so obviously it’s some important runner for Team USA that they’re covering for.

I’m in favor of declaring Barry Bonds’ record unofficial just of out spite because he’s an asshole. Him using PEDs is just a very convenient pretext. I normally hate everything about the HOF election process and the hide-bound, traditionalist dickishness of the BBWAA, but this is one thing where I hope they do the…

The Basques got more out of Franco dying and young king not being a complete dick, you mean.

Yes, it is easy to say. Part of maturity is being able to stop yourself from doing something that have negative consequences just because you feel like it.

I think that was always the point. The independence movement may have energy, but the majority of Catalans have always, then and now, favored unity with Spain (though for various reasons, they tended to vote for secessionist parties anyway). The only way to win a referendum on independence would be to provoke…

The Milky Way galaxy has between 200 and 400 billion stars. Even if only 0.01% of them have features of interest, we are still talking on the order of tens of millions. Even with a Yoda-level lifespan, you couldn’t visit all of them. Our Sun isn’t even in one of the main spiral arms of the Milky Way, so if you’re…

It’s not columbusing if we do it.

Is it really far-fetched that there are two chubby asian guys in New York City?

Throwing shade is only of relevance for the petty, status-obsessed celebrities and those in their immediate orbit. Not knowing how to do it speaks well of your character.

If you are willing to go 3+ years without your team playing one minute of actually watchable basketball because it means you might have a slightly better chance of winning at some point in the future, what does that say about your approach to politics?

“The” Economist once made the case for French, since it’s experiencing rapid growth in places (mostly Africa) where people are unlikely to learn a more common or popular language.

I don’t know what the fuck sport you’re talking about, but in baseball Johnny Dickshot was a damn fine player.

I mean, we really need to look at this through two different lenses. The first is, has Barry been playing professionally for the past 10 years or not? If yes, then Tom numbers are probably accurate, and I’d say 58 is maybe even too early. Early 60s is my guess. If not, then I think Bisbee is probably closer to the…

Cycling, as a business, is extremely profitable. Being a cyclist? Much less so. The top guys bring in a few million a year, while the domestiques at the middle and bottom bring in a few hundred thousand. Not a bad salary, but a tiny fraction of the money they generate for sponsors, organizers, and so on, and the…

Nah, it’s more because child porn is the moral panic du jour and no one wants to be seen as soft on it, they prosecute everyone they possibly can.

One-on-one? Absolutely. I think any reasonably healthy and aware adult could do that (note how dogs require a ton of training to effectively immobilize humans). Thing is, wolves don’t usually come in single servings. Realistically, you’d be dealing with something between two and twelve on one, and those are not good…