Pop got tossed because he made fun of the official for having a number on his back. To be fair, that is pretty ridiculous.

The universe is a cold and mostly empty place, and all its movements are guided by nothing more than the indifferent leftover energy of a large explosion, and sometimes that energy randomly sends a speeding baseball directly into your crotch.

Basketball also needs an advantage play like soccer. If a guy can dribble through midcourt despite getting hacked and go on to score, thereby not stopping the clock and not allowing for the possibility that he might miss a free throw, that has to be a good thing.

Barnes came to Univ of Texas graduation in 2017 to see TJ Ford graduate. Ford last played for Barnes in 2003. I’d say that’s a +1 for Barnes in the good person column.

Clearly the common denominator is communism. Except for A-A. Who is probably a secret communist. It all makes sense.

The Championship is also the tenth highest, by average, attended soccer league in the world. Which is just nuts, considering it’s not even the top league in its country.

I’m only here to applaud the use of “lookie-loos.” Don’t know why, but that word (word? phrase? adjectival noun?) always makes me smile.

Messi is the best because he’s both the best #9 and the best #10 in the world. If he solely played as a playmaker we’d marvel (even) more at his passing, like that to Suarez yesterday, or the many through-balls Higuain has tossed in the trash for Argentina in big games. Ronaldo is unfathomably good, but no matter how…

If Purdue loses in the first weekend, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if the Boilers make it to the Final Four, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kiss you.

I will consider it, but not until after siesta. And probably not then, either.

If I had extra money and knew how to place a bet and also there was a place closer that 1500 miles away to place that bet I would’ve put it on ZZ coaching Juventus next season. It makes sense, considering it’s time for Allegri to move on and Ronaldo is still there. More sense than going back to Florentino’s dog & pony…

Back in the ‘70s, Ed Ratliff used to workout at my YMCA when he played for the Rockets.

Let’s be honest. You just cut & pasted a list of recent QBs from Texas & Oklahoma. That’s kind of cheating or something.

Anything that makes Neymar cry and swear is a good thing. Long live VAR! Even if it did fuck my Roma. Goddammit.

PSG-ManU or Porto-Roma? Why not both? That’s why God invented cheap televisions. Sometimes I wish he hadn’t though, because this sad ManU-hating, Roma-loving loser had to witness two nightmares in one sitting. Goddammit and fuck me sideways.

I have no idea who you are, but as a lakers fan I feel there it is must to call you an absolute dumbass.

Who can possibly be against giving out hand jobs?

Kruk looks pretty good there.

Yeah, my dad was a high school swimming official for three decades and...no one ever complained or ever said anything other than “thanks for working our swimming meet, Mr. Wonsley.” He felt really bad whenever he had to disqualify a kid, and made sure to explain exactly why he had to do so to the kid and the coach.

Crazy thing is that the toxic environment of player power, plus their constant turnover of managers, hasn’t prevented them from being extremely successful. They’ve won the league four times, a few League Cups, the Europa League, and won one of the two Champions League finals they’ve appeared in. If this a club rotting…