#sochiproblems

I, for one, applaud FIFA for trying this out with someone sensible. The NBA has been trying out the same suit on someone with ADD.

It's a problem for construction when the firms are coming from the South of Brazil, yes. I don't know why you think I'm disputing that when I had it in my original post.

Most people: Capable of reading beyond the first sentence.

It's a little misleading that they won as the 8 seed. IIRC they were the best team in hockey after the trade deadline, and Top 3 or 4 after they made their coaching change. Both the Kings and Devils were much better than their seeds indicated in that Finals.

"Shit. Looks like it's back to the drawing board."

I'd agree the money shouldn't be spent on a stadium in a city with no top level team to fill it after the World Cup is over, but just spending money to build roads around there is easier said than done. The Amazon is massive and not exactly cheap to put in a causeway or something over all of the wetlands.

...which is exactly what I said in the second half of my post.

How is it not mentioned that the exact same thing has happened- all on the same net, too- three or four times between the last 5 minutes of Game 3 and all of Game 4?

Well, it is a little disingenuous to act like it's just "out in the middle of the Amazon" like some jungle village as a lot of people have implied. Manaus and its metro area are significantly more populated than cities like Denver, Indianapolis, Austin, Vancouver, Charlotte or Orlando. It's just cut off ground…

Half of the asshat "Jerseyans" that are supposedly our stereotype are actually New Yorkers, too.

No joke, I was actually listening to the radio the other day and heard Renegade, and immediately thought "I'd probably really enjoy if Justin Timberlake did the vocals on this". JT wouldn't just get through Styx Night with his dignity, he'd go up a notch in everyone's book and win the whole damn competition because of…

I hate Heyman as much as the next guy, but I don't see anyone (well, at least him) claiming he doesn't/shouldn't have the right to appeal.

The Rangers were also pretty fortunate for the new playoff format forcing the Bruins to face the only team in the East that causes them headaches before getting New York. The B's would have dumped them in 4 or 5 again if they had gotten past Montreal.

Being true to its name, Super Bowl LI will have the gaudiest, most obnoxious logo of all Super Bowl logos.

Actual games occurring within the confines of Madison Square Garden during the month of June is incredibly rare. We're talking about a franchise in the biggest market in the league that has had one whole Cup in 3/4 of a century.

And their entire TV channel that the M's own is about as self-critical and journalistically independent as North Korean State TV.

There are worse places to put your face during an AFC game.

Except that would require an expansion franchise, and the NBA would be a much more entertaining with contraction of about 4 teams. Hell, the NFL, MLB and NHL would be better with contraction, too.

Montreal was pretty much the only team in the East that gave the B's problems over the last two years. Nightmare matchup for them. If they had come out of Game 7, they already would have dispatched the Rangers and obviously can play with the best of the West. Instead the East winner is going to get smoked in the…