I think a focus on the runners as suggested could have been really engaging for the sport and distance running as a whole, specifically in the way Bill talks about it with the incremental time decreases. They still could have broken the record (on an unsanctioned course under ideal conditions with like no turns,…

“When someone runs sub-2 hours, let’s not remember the man but the brand as the record breaker.” - Darren Rovell

Johan Franzen scrambled his brain at the expense of one of the best and coolest playoff goal scoring runs in recent memory and capped it off with a Cup win, the least this team can do for him is let him collect a pay check for his efforts while he sits on LTIR and doesn’t even count against the damn cap. I’m sure his…

I’ll definitely give you that. I had forgotten what my explanation of benefits reports looked like when it comes to “allowable charges.”

Also I’ll give you that you mentioned it in your post. I have a bit of ADD and my reading comprehension suffers as I skim through things.

I’ll still rant about how awful these HSA…

There’s a reason Massachusetts is mentioned as rejecting raising the cap on charters: It has the best public schools in the nation.

That reminds me of an article in Politico about how it was kind of awkward that Penn/Wharton students loathed Trump too much for the school to brag about how he was soon going to be Bannon’s number two. One particularly spirited young woman complained eloquently that Trump was devaluing the worth of her Wharton degree.

No, but King is about two blocks from here.

And with that, please welcome Ryan Felton as our latest full-time addition to the Jalopnik staff! He’ll be our guy covering tech, transportation and the future of driving. For now he’s in Detroit but will be joining our NYC staff next year.

A men’s club in my town had an annual father-son banquet which featured some athlete to speak, sign autographs, et cetera. One year the guest was Ken Stabler, who after the banquet asked where the nearest bar was. So everybody followed the Snake to the only tavern out there—this is in very, very rural northwest…

OK, sorry, no one was wondering that.

Modest success: raising taxes on the wealthy (relative to Republican positions); overtime rule; and by last year, US incomes were rising in a (relatively) encouraging way:

It’s that look... like when you squeeze out a fart, but maybe shit yourself.

Please stay on topic in Jaguars Junction.

(Thankfully, the legislation is being temporarily blocked by a little-known provision of Michigan law stating that bills may not be considered by the Michigan Senate or House of Representatives if submitted in Comic Sans)

Personally, I’d love to send Deadspin back in time to cover the Pittsburgh Pirates drug trials. Who doesn’t want a Tim Marchman blog about Tim Raines sliding head first so as to not break his vile of coke?

Guess like 99.99% of the population, you’ve never been to Isle Royale. That’s ok, it makes it better for those of us who love it

I won’t speak for anybody else on staff, but for my beliefs at least, you’re mistaken in thinking they’re rooted in free market orthodoxy. I support some forms of corporate welfare if there is a legitimate argument that it benefits the public: the government pouring money into private companies that develop…

Damn man, opinions like that are why you didn’t get elected President.

Steven, come fight me.

I recognize that “Chris Paul stinks” has all the contours of a lousy opinion (COUNT THE RINGZZZZ!!), but I can’t make myself stop believing it. The personal numbers say he’s an all-time great point guard, but what other all-time great point guard has participated in so little team success? Iverson and Kidd both…