Because most people don’t care about sailing at the Olympics.

But you would have to spend time in Newcastle. (Just kidding...never been there.)

Because these are players under contract. Instead of thinking about it as a trade for another player(s), think about it as a trade for money. So just like a trade, the team holding the contract is going to go with the best offer. The only difference is that the player’s contract has to be renegotiated.

<beer snob> Eh...Michelob Ultra is a “premium beer?” </beer snob>

Same thing.

Next year NYE is on Saturday so the options are more limited. On Sunday, there will be NFL football. The Rose and Sugar will be on January 2.

They could care less about spreading out the Olympics. They care about bribery and graft. That’s harder to do with existing facilities in place.

It’s not just D1 either. I have a friend who owns a niche graphics company that he was trying to find a way to shut down about five years ago. Through some connections he moved into this business at the D2 and D3 level, and he now has more work than ever.

Barry picked his own successor. He was AD already when he left coaching.

The theory about giving Gard time doesn’t make a lot of sense when you think that he gave him just a few hours notice that he was taking over. I mean I guess it is possible that after losing to in-state schools UWM and Marquette, he woke up on Sunday and said “you know what? I’m done.” But that still doesn’t answer…

I wouldn’t doubt it. But the talk is that this devolved into a potential legal issue which is why his attorneys were involved and the Deputy AD that is a retired law professor.

There has been speculation over on various Wisconsin message boards, and on the comments from the Wisconsin State Journal article which have since been suspended. I’ll just say that this speculation is suggesting an inappropriate workplace relationship.

He took the Cubs offer because they offered a series of player options after three years. If he has some big years, he can opt out and hit free agency again. If not, he can sit back on the Cubs’ money for another five years.

The citizens of Wisconsin are not voiceless. They have every opportunity to vote out the people that went against their will. But they won’t. Politicians know this. They know the majority of people don’t care, and usually won’t hold it against them. Miller Park was a long, arduous process. Most people didn’t want it.…

Ray Ratto is a gem. Probably a miserable guy to hang out with, but his writing is really good.

I love Verne. I miss Ron “sweetheart” Franklin and of course Keith Jackson.

Let’s remember that one of those managers had cancer and died while the other was the caretaker when he was on leave. Furthermore the article’s point was about the lack of consistency in the style of play that Real’s managers have brought while Barca has been pretty stable in that regard.

I know a fairly decent number of people who have been successful and become point-one percenters who could retire whenever they want. But they like working. Putting 60 hours in week after week is what they enjoy doing. Yeah some of these people have semi-retired for six months or so, but they get bored and want back…

First the Miami Miracle, then he gets the two-for-one discount at the funeral home. Some people have all the luck.

Relativism is always going to exist. Soccer fans go on and on about the 96 Liverpool fans who died at Hillsborough 25+ years ago, but think nothing of the 2,000+ that were trampled in Mecca as part of the Hajj earlier this year.