Exactly. It's fucking unbearable.

You're completely correct about the Pacers. I forgot them.

I hate when sports gets turned into some half-assed narrative, like Lebron "coming home" or someone "earning redemption."

Kind of a fair point, especially give that they really should have lost the second one, except for a miracle shot by a sub and some terrible play by Ginobli.

In real life I work with the NFL as a client, and just the Super Bowl alone puts them head and shoulders over all other entertainment — not just sporting events. They refer to themselves as the "premier entertainment brand in the world."

Yes, it's not a foregone conclusion, like 3 of the top 10 players in the league getting together to essentially guarantee themselves a championship.

Really? Do you think it's good for the competitive balance of a league if all the superstars get together in the offseason and decide to play together on one team? So it's easier to win a championship?

Fair points.

No. There are accounts from people who have dealt with him in real life, like agents and media people.

And that his championship run was manufactured during free agency for one of the most repulsive fan bases in all of sports: Miami.

Football is by far the most popular, baseball is a distant second, and b-ball is an even more distant third. Hockey is fourth, with like 10% of the audience of football.

It's not completely Lebron's fault, but all of this bullshit that goes on around him is just the absolute worst. I heard a reporter on ESPN Radio calling him "the chosen one, returning home to lead his fans to the promised land."

It was really good. And its well-deserved success has helped rekindle my faith in humanity just a tiny, tiny little bit as well.

You can probably skip Out of the Furnace. It's really just not very good at all. Made even more disappointing by the excellent cast that is given almost nothing to do.

Hey, why don't we all watch "Falling Skies", that show is ha… ha.. pretty cool… ha ha ha haa haaaa… and it's got… ha ha haa haa haa haaa

Then you, sir, are the problem.

C minus. You owe my buddy, you owe me….

You, sir, are the winner!

If you didn't see the first one, you're missing out. It was far better than you'd expect, even despite the unfortunate casting of Franco.

"Alive" is probably a more accurate way to phrase it.