Careful friend, you’ll cut yourself on that edgy cynicism.

Well, that about wraps up the case, then! Good work, detective!

Are you accusing Lilly King of doping? That’s kind of a big deal if you are, especially with zero evidence to accompany it.

I don’t think it’s that they swim faster under water, but on turns the speed is generated from the push off of the wall. Once they start to decelerate is when they come up and start to swim their stroke.

Yeah, it was more like say jerking a three-run dong in the 5th inning of Game 7 of the World Series to take the lead, then your bullpen going 4 innings of no-hit ball to win. While the latter was no doubt the more impressive feat, people are going to remember the huge dong because it was the turning point of the game.

Now wrap your mind around Jason Lezak eight years ago swimming a 46.06 anchor leg to win gold.

Mmm, yes and no. Over the long haul, you’ll be faster at the surface swimming freestyle. There is more friction at the surface, but you are able to more efficiently use your arms. But off of the starting block or the wall, where you get to kick off, it’s unquestionably better to get in a really streamlined position to…

Drunk kinja is the 3rd best kinja*.

The Cardinals’ pen is pretty bad, too.

If it was, my swim career probably would have lasted longer.

The fact that a guy with a chest like that plays the same sport, at the same professional level, as Bartolo Colon is one of the funniest things I can think of.

But twenty years later, which would you rather have: Some batting gloves or a story about the time you got burned by a major leaguer?

“Gawrsh!” — Disney spokes-thing

It is more fun when favorites win in playoffs/tournaments than when underdogs do. In any sport. Yes, including NCAA men’s basketball.

Similarly, the BCS was a good system that worked really well for a long time

...and Cavs > Warriors 2016.

Dynasties are better than parity.

Probably about 60% of NBA conversations between me and my friend.

We all know the best Pokémon is whatever your favorite is. It also doesn’t reside in a Pokéball, because it lives in your heart.

Little league style would have been 4 consecutive 1 base errors.