Administrators at Mount Saint Joseph High School bailed earlier this week, citing St. Frances’ dependence on transfers and out-of-town students as a violation of the “spirit” of league rules, and Loyola Blakefield, after last season’s 65-0 whupping by St. Frances, claimed “safety” concerns inspired its withdrawal…

In the moment, the refs on the floor—the only people whose opinion matters—disagreed on whether this was a charge or a block. It is reasonable to suppose that some portion of that disagreement was based on uncertainty of LeBron’s positioning relative to the restricted area.

Starring for the as-yet-unseen moniker for our Dotard in Chief, which caused me to dig up old German lessons to translate it.

“After much deliberation, there is significant agreement that St. Frances has moved their program to a level that we are not interested in competing at or with,” read the Mount Saint Joseph statement. “If their goal is to be a national power competing against like schools, we wish them success, but that is not our…

Yeah I’m right there with you. Love her routine shutdown of any misogynist bullshit, but oy vey she sexualizes pre-pubescent teendom in a way I wouldn’t want teen relatives to emulate. Not just because it’s icky, but logistically my teen relatives don’t have the resources to combat pedophiles like she surely does.

You’re spot-on, these kids have rich parents. One of the news articles mentioned they live nearby, and that is a very wealthy part of Tampa. Historic mansion wealthy.

They have rich parents. One news story mentioned they live nearby the accident scene, and that’s one of the wealthiest parts of Tampa.

One of the linked news stories mentioned all three of the arrested youths live within minutes of the crash scene. That means they live in a very wealthy part of Tampa—we’re talking mansions in the million-dollar-plus range—so I’m sure the parents are real thrilled with their investments right about now.

You seem to be speaking out of ignorance which I hope you don’t take as an insult. There’s more to it than simply “Don’t wheel a baby on a busy street.”

Dumb owners, dumb rule, dumb league, dumb fucking sport.

Totally agree. Setting aside physical attributes, Kizer is in a functional organization and will be watching an all-time great first-hand. He’ll even get some run in blowouts or Aaron’s inevitable mid-season injury, playing for a team (if not a coach) that generally has a fucking clue.

This was another one of Patrick’s talking points, although it’s unclear how exactly single parenthood leads to gun violence. “We have families that are broken apart, no fathers at home,” he said on CNN; again on ABC, he said “the breakup of families” has been cause of “devalu[ing] life” in the U.S. What he won’t say…

Your point is simple because your thought process is simplistic.

I’m not saying anything should or shouldn’t be the case. (EDIT: In fairness I initially called your idea dumb. I haven’t actually moved past that, but I’d think you’d agree that since then I’ve been civil in asking you to elaborate.) I’m asking you, the policymaker here, to outline the logistical framework signaling…

The question does not imply that except in your own mind. But since we’re going down that rabbithole let’s keep it going: what will working parents do with their children while they are at work? (And specifically: parents who cannot afford some sort of in-home care.)

Now you have me intrigued that you consider this a valid policy idea and I want to hear more. So let’s educate children online. Where—literally and physically—will the children be when this takes place? Follow-on question: when (during the course of a day/week) will this take place?

I have a short story for everyone:

Are you suggesting we educate kids online? That’s a dumb idea.

...the Warriors know more ways to score than standing around like fucking idiots while their Designated Ball User dribbles a Morse Code War and Peace into the hardwood in 22-second chapters.

Thank you for posting this. My thoughts exactly.