You’re right about the infrastructure and the ice, but it’s impossible to know how to drive on snow without practice. And the South is very, very bad at it.

Impressive.

Ja, ja, es ist nicht gerecht. Tut mir leid, aber der Witz das Ding ist.

Of course the Austrians are going to just sit by and let Lord Brady take over.

The former makes sense; the latter is terrifying.

Well, WMATA shuts down at 11 pm tonight and is closed all weekend, so unless they were already there, getting Downtown would be a nightmare (or impossible) without buses or the Metro. There will surely be people out on cross-country skis, though; there always are.

The possibilities are amazing: tens of thousands of people milling around in a blizzard only to be stranded and stuck in DC for weeks.

Gawker Media should have someone in DC to cover The March for Life, which, according to its website, “WILL GO ON NO MATTER THE WEATHER”.

Pete Carroll blamed the grass.

Olive branch or subtle troll to kick Carroll while he’s down with a conspiracy theory barb?

Hardest round of “Dead or Canadian” ever.

God, TL;DR. After this, fine, you “win”. Enjoy your “victory” because I don’t have time for this.

You lucky bastards.

You’re right. He gouged holes in his shins with the grips on the bar because the bottom was the easy part. And the Undertaker is doing rack pulls to skip the easy part.

I absolutely and completely disagree, and so do The Beast’s bloody shins, and so does the Undertaker by doing rack pulls.

All absolutely true, but this is the other possibility, and it’s clean lift of more than a thousand pounds:

Just to be that guy: it’s impressive he’s doing reps, but that first foot he’s skipping is, by far, the hardest part of the lift.

That could be. I like Deadspin because I can get both the occasional longform thinkpiece or the “Dick Joke Jamboroo” or these really kind of minimal pieces about some absurdity that are posted just for the commentariat to mock. There’s a variety that contradicts the entire notion of a brand message (unless variety is…

Even though both stations have always (as far as I know) have broadcast over the air in their local markets, Turner’s TBS with the Braves and WGN with the Cubs demonstrated early the potential profit for nationally broadcasting major professional sports on cable.

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