Neat little fact: the “crosse” in “lacrosse” means the stick itself. In other words, lacrosse is French (or bastardized French-Canadian) for “the lacrosse stick.”

Jia why did you edit out the part where I said Deadspin is “furiously taking notes”

The solution to disproportionate responses by the government to persons of color is not to call for disproportionate responses by the government to white people. It’s to stop disproportionate responses against persons of color.

Party Tom? Excellent!

Norman, fresh off the win that moved Carolina to 14-0, said the game revealed who Beckham really is.

probably because of that big fuckin black shape in front of his face

If you drew a venn diagram of Americans who support Trump and Americans who like soccer, it’d pretty much be two separate circles.

If you’re a Buffalo-area exotic dancer, after last year, the last thing you want is reminders of what happens when a randy Orton appears outta nowhere.

Enjoy your practice squad cars and your practice squad beds and your practice squad apartments. After I’m done doing throws here I’m going to step inside the mouth of a whale and the whale will take me to my luxury condo out near the edge of the continental shelf where mermaids will be my bed. Do you get it? I am…

my son i know from experience that there is good kinja and great kinja and i’ve got to say this kinja is some great-ass kinja

Yeah, and if you throw out all test scores from the poorest school districts, our education would be higher rated too.

Greg Hardy: A beacon of moral light in an otherwise dark NFL world.

Most nights with my lady, the colors are reversed for me.

“ I’m also pretty sure as a thirty-eight year-old white guy, I can’t possibly understand all the angles from which your viewpoint is informed, so in general I try to just read with an open mind.”

“Well for one thing, he’s sober.”

As a lifelong Mariner fan in the midst of suffering through a season in which they’re 10 games back with 2 months to go, thanks for this late-season pick me up story.