Afterwards, Gus had to call the play-by-play of a marathon just to cool off.

You shouldn’t, but you probably will.

I won’t grab packets that I already have (ketchup, mustard, mayo) but I’ll occasionally grab/ask for sauce packets for condiments I can’t (won’t be bother to) make myself, like tartar sauce packets from my local grocery’s cafe, or Zesty Suace when I’m at Burger King.

Whatever you…

Not That Complicated, Cliff Notes Version:

“If you’re going to continue to throw this extended tantrum and mislead easily- and willingly-confused Athletic columnists with nationalist grievance narratives, enjoy watching MarShon Brooks throw alley-oops to the Chairman, Yi Jianlian. That surely is far more enjoyable than…

Actually, picking Arsenal was supposed to show that I wasn’t a (total) bandwagonner when the easier option would’ve been to pick ManU. I guess I could’ve picked something like Wigan if I wanted to really show my bona fides.

That said, it’s been a hard 13+ years, with more than a few remotes and TVs suddenly retired…

Meanwhile this wet taint just sold the Kurds down the river as well as any prospect of knocking ISIS out (for now, anyway) just because he got out-maneuvered like an old lady in a mobility scooter with a dying battery by Erdogan. The Kurds are expendable, he later claimed, because they didn’t help us in World War II.

O…

Look, I know. I started rooting for Arsenal in 2006 because my friends all had their own EPL teams and I didn’t want to be that guy who rooted for ManU because I’m already a Yankees fan. 13 years later, I still yell at the TV every single time when we give up a hilariously defended goal.

That said, these are…

Nothing like rooting for a frontrunner, even 20-25 years later.

I was at first surprised that the Rockets are only the second-most popular team in China given the Yao Ming connection. But the #1 team is probably Lakers or Warriors, whichever team is doing better.

Meanwhile, some NBA teams are preparing for a scenario where the cap will go down by 10-15% because of the China kerfuffle:

(Kinja is kinjaing, so this is the link: https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-nba-teams-planning-for-scenario-in-which-salary-cap-would-drop-due-to-situation-with-china-003037770.html)

Note the PRC…

Agreed with you wholeheartedly that Vardon shouldn’t been the one to write the explainer on the Rockets-HK-China thing. The issue itself isn’t rocket science—someone who spent a few hours on background reading would have gotten a decent grasp of the history and issues at stake—but nothing Vardon has written in the…

I would get in shape so I could play as the starting small forward for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls. I would also let Rashida Jones know that I’ll get around to asking her out as soon as my schedule clears.

And I would dismiss whataboutism trolls who respond to thoughtful comments with a smarmy “’kay.”

Speaking of Israel-Palestine, the only way we can get out of this PRC-NBA mess is Jared Kushner.

When you see a furious debate about the one-child policy raging below a puffy profile of Al-Farouq Aminu, now you’ll know why.

Sorry, but that’s what happens when you claim your subscriber model is designed to make you “independent” from advertisers: people get mad if you shut them down just because Vardon was getting butthurt.

To be fair, some of the critical comments would be applicable to writers like Charania, who are not good.

Reached for comment, a spokesperson for The Athletic had this explanation.

Look, Michael Pollan had it right the first time: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

Tho if/when Popeye’s gets more chicken sandwiches, I might hoard more than a few.

And as I’ve responded to others with a similar critique yesterday, I don’t pretend that a lack of NBA basketball will prompt people into the streets to change the Chinese political system.

But against authoritarian bullies who only understand force—in this case, economic force—the NBA should use it to its advantage…

It’ll be interesting to see how Silver’s stance evolves; in his response to the cancellation of NBA games on CCTV, while Silver once again affirmed “freedom of speech of that asshole Morey who’s ruining everything for our wallets,” he also added, “there are consequences from his freedom of speech and we will have to…

But he later saved a baby trapped in a fire! Way more valuable than teenage Bill Simmons’s feelings.

True, but it’s amazing how some of those things can snowball and have an impact on the other areas of the experience

New restaurant in my small (20,000 people) hometown, making real bbq, which no one else is doing, and doing it well.