First can we talk about how brilliant of a name El Tráfico is for this rivalry?

The Poop Standard Selection Committee (me) has taken your point under advisement and determined it does not dole out participation trophies.

FWIW MTV begins in 1981; by 1985 50% of American households subscribed to cable; at its peak just under 70% of households, today it’s about 58%. Keep in mind also that you don’t need to subscribe to cable to watch it and I’d say that the author’s statement holds.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

For a tangentially related sports angle, here’s Mark Cuban working at a Dairy Queen in 2002.

The Detroit Lions are sore losers even in articles where they aren’t the topic. Now that’s on-point marketing for you.  You can’t buy bad publicity like that; you have to charge for it.

This is an incedibly bad take on your part. Its like saying “dont blame hitler for killing 6 million jews, because you have no idea if someone else may have come along and killed 10 million jews.”

Luck’s choice didn’t happen in a vacuum.  How the Colts handled/mishandled his injuries are relevant to his health and this choice.

Andrew Luck’s retirement will only increase the primal urgency of Football Men to find True Football Believers to play football, so that they don’t ever question their faith in it.

Dearest Mother,

6 seasons before I realized I didn’t like it, but then I kept going for 2 more in the hope that it would become an acquired taste.

So batters can see the ball being released better.

Did you eat the yellow Snow? That would leave a bad taste!

I’ve been hearing this since the 80s and it’s still incorrect today.  Luigi is the best character by far. 

They already beat Australia as well.

SHUT THE FUCK UP, BOOMER.

You have talked me off a ledge as a Lakers fan sir, thank you.

Can we please stop the trope of ‘I’ve never seen this thing but I’m going to write about it”  Ignorance is not instructive or charming.  Informed opinions are.

I loved this and now I’m super excited to see how this season goes. Hilarious first episode that set up everything well. And the cast is fantastic. My favorite sequence was when Judy’s husband said how regressive the Gemstone family was in how it keeps women off to the side in their place and then Jesse’s wife starts…

He’s great and he's perfect.