I completely disagree, and I’m not sure how else to phrase it other than I already have. You’re narrowing the scope in theory in a way that makes the work and posts, in the context of how Deadspin would present them, completely meaningless to most readers. We cover fantasy sports projections when we can (I commission…

Right, but in this case, the gambling writers are not writing about how well specific gamblers did, they are giving advice about how to gamble in the immediate future. Poker writing, for example, is largely retrospective, and when it isn’t the analysis is done by people who are competent at the game. But writing…

People ask this here a lot. The short answer is that almost all gambling coverage is bullshit. It’s written by people who do not gamble for a living, handing out advice that sounds actionable, but is really just funneling business to bookies in the hands of readers who will not use it to gain a sustainable edge. The…

This is the most overlooked star in the league. This guy was drafted in the same draft class as Toews, one spot below him, has 160 more assists than him and over 70 more point for his career, and yet somehow Toews has been to FOUR all-star games to Backstroms ZERO...also Backstrom has a 100 point season on his resume…

Wow so many people didn’t get the joke and felt like they needed to reassert their virility. So sad...

A unicorn and a women’s orgasm...Two of the most mythical tales together in the same room.

I actually bought more games after the update. :P To each their own.

Crawford has mostly been a rockstar against Minnesota, and The Blackhawks stars always come up big when it counts (just in the last two games, you have goals by Toews, Sharp and Kane, with Hossa back-checking and creating turnovers like a madman), but the real star of the playoffs has been Duncan Keith. He’s so far…

This is why I thought that Toronto primarily used the camera angle directly over the goal line for these calls. Any other angle would cause parallax issues.

They signed that contract, they made their bed. Why shouldn’t they have to sleep in it?

I don’t see Cashman offering to give back the World Series trophy that Rodriguez contributed quite handily to...

I don’t think that is what Tyson is saying at all. Muhammed Ali (who Mayweather was being compare to by the interviewer) could take his kids to school and walk amongst the people unmolested because he had their respect, not because he could beat them up. I think that is the analogy Tyson is trying to make (whether he…

And that is why you got fired, Mr. Oates.

You clearly haven’t watched him play this season.

This would be like Tiger Woods urging you not to cheat on your wife.

Not sure the video will be much help, but glad he took a stab at it.

Hasn’t it essentially been established by now that, for what his job actually entails, Goodell is mostly doing a *good* job? Taking grenades for owners? Spewing empty, PR-motivated tough talk that placates advertisers? Isn’t that just about the whole gig?

I’d also like to see it in super-slow-mo, with the forward/reverse thing going on, and lines drawn in, etc. From what I can tell is that Kronwall’s height wasn’t any different just before the hit as it was prior, and as a commenter above noted only one of his feet is off the ground at the exact moment of impact.

You just compared Kronwall’s hits to Scott Stevens’? Anything else you say is immediately invalidated by that hilarious comparison. The only reason Stevens was never suspended for any of his hits (but definitely suspended for a couple other things) was because the department of player safety did not exist when he…