Sure, absent context, “But maybe Belichick and Brady are messing with us” might be a decent excuse. But in this specific case, given the evidence O’Brien had and what his players were telling him, that just doesn’t work. It’s like watching the Pats drive the field, appearing to do everything they can to score, and…

Nothing escapes the chingularity.

“It’s not my job to do that!” may have worked at Penn State, but this is the NFL, Bill.

If you’re in a Dunkin Donuts in New England and you say you want a “regular” coffee, they’re going to add cream and sugar to it. So if you want it black, don’t use the word “regular” in your order, or better yet just specify “black”. I’ve asked for a “regular coffee” in Dunkies outside of New England and no one else…

Ninety percent of Belichick’s success is just showing up against guys like this, because the league is full of them.

“It’s not my job to do that,” O’Brien said...Except, yes. It 100 percent is. Any coach in this league worth his salt knows this, and calls that timeout. It is a situation that crops up pretty frequently—there’s a reason the Patriots were hustling to get the next play off...

“Smart move. You can cash in those unused timeouts at the end of the season for boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts.” - Andy Reid

the times and the rules change.  I also remember when you could take someone’s head off in football.  guess what?  that will get you thrown out today

“Wherever you happen to fall on Serena’s behavior Saturday night, I’m sure you agree with me that this is the umpire’s fault.”

Wait, what? Who are you talking about because it sure as hell isnt Serena. The coverage currently is flipping between she is the female tennis GOAT and she is the GOAT of all sports. No one has said anything remotely bad about her in over 10 years. The closest thing recently was her ducking drug testing which everyone…

I’ll admit I don’t watch as much tennis as I used to, so it’s hard for me to put the magnitude of the transgression(s) in perspective, whether the men really do get away with more. But even if we grant that, after that, Serena lost her cool, she threw a tantrum and broke a raquet, and that’s an objective penalty,…

Agreed. I think Serena is a remarkable athlete and the undeniable GOAT in tennis. But god... she can on occasion be an embarrassingly poor sport. It was quite noticeable that her issues with the ump wasn’t a thing until it became clear she was losing. Her invoking motherhood in order to win an argument was eyebrow…

You’re too good at sarcasm. Please stick a /s on the end of subsequent posts so people realize you are kidding.

Plus her coach admitted he was cheating in his post match interview. Serena was completely full of shit here. 

I mean, after the match, people were literally calling her THE MOST CLASSY ATHLETE OF ALL TIME. After throwing a tantrum at the ref and calling him a thief because he correctly penalized her. What fucking planet are we all living on? I mean, sure, she has been unfairly criticized, but is the way to solve that just…

It’s a point we all should bear in mind, but it’s harder to make when her adversary is not a white ponytailed American favourite, and when this happened in a match that she was already clearly losing. If she’d suffered an injustice, say, against Maria Sharapova in a tournament held in St. Petersburg, in a match in…

Counterpoint:

She is not unfairly criticized and has a history of abusing match officials.

2009 is a classic (start at the 14:20 mark), of course, but I am also partial to the 2011 variety:
“After what she thought was a controversial call against her, Williams went into a tirade against chair umpire Eva Asderaki, …

This is the only fair take. I’m guessing upon reflection Serena may admit the same, once she’s cooled off. She was getting beat, and didn’t like it.

She’s a once-in-a-lifetime talent, like Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, but she also goes wildly off the rails sometimes.  There was a documentary on her that I watched, that showed in equal parts her good/great sides and her giant downsides.  The part where she explained her threatening that poor lineswoman with an…

What you call balancing the scales I call flat out stupidity or delusion. She’s worshipped no matter what. Like Donald, she could have shot Osaka today and her fans would be mourning how poorly and unfairly poor baby adult parent Serena was treated. If she wasn’t cheating, btw, she probably wouldn’t have had a…