In Beijing, LeBron just trademarked “Tacko Tuesday” at the (Chinese) National Intellectual Property Administration and filed a complaint against the Knicks for tampering.

“Tom said he might play as Leicester on Fifa now, though,” Mike added.

It was probably NOLA until this year, thanks to the Saints’ Mickey Loomis staffing the medical and training staff with football people. Since football is definitely the same sport as basketball and requires similar types physical movement and training, the Pelicans regularly featured a ton of people injured (including…

Is that a new Avatar? I like it!

(If not, I still like it)

Harden got whistled for at least two offensive fouls on push-offs, but I still thought the refs gave him a few calls.

But the Bucks offense still didn’t look great in many spots: Bledsoe and Matthews are not known for their vision. If the Bucks are going to need George Hill to play 31 minutes a night just to get some…

Tim Burke needs to do a Sam Darnold + Mizzou Moar Than An Athlete mashup.

I think your comparison with the Two-Phone Joe Pistons is mostly on the mark, but to be fair Steph/Klay/Draymond are all much better relatively than their analogues on the Pistons were, with the exception of Wallace who was a monster back then. But your point about superteam fragility is well-taken, and I personally…

I can definitely believe this; the three McD’s around me only have their machines working like 13% of the time.

Wendy’s and DQ never have this issue; is it because their machines are easier to clean or they just do so much soft-serve business that it’s worth it?  If it’s the former, McD’s really needs to get on this…

Since the Warriors are trash thanks to their crappy drafting the past few years and have ditched their roots in Oakland, I don’t have much to say about them getting their butts kicked.

So my comment is this: what’s up with the video quality/tone/framerate? It looks like footage from a rock band bio-doc from the 1970s.…

I used to think that cable companies, property management firms, and airlines had the worst people in the world, but I’m starting to think that Salty letter writers now belong on that Mount Rushmore of Jerks.

My experience with texted reservations confirmations is that they are usually phrased in such a way where if you don’t confirm, you will lose your table. That’s pretty cut and dry.

But if the restaurant sends you a text day-of, just confirm once. We could all use a bit more reciprocity in the world. But after that…

Playoffs?

“The larger issue between the U.S. and China has absolutely nothing to do with the NBA.”

Luhnow’s just afraid that if he fingers the responsible individuals, he’ll spark a cival war in his front office and then the umpires will have to get involved.

Awesome, thanks for this!  I’m sure more than a few Americans in this generation felt this way with all the Japanese investment coming into the States, but it’s good to actually have a specific incident explored in detail.

Spent some time in the area myself and know quite a bit of Honda history, first I’ve heard of this. Which town is this?

Oh, good call on the ridge cut!

Also, let’s talk about breading: Flour, panko, or cornmeal? I prefer flour for my onions rings, but for chips they seem a little dense (maybe because there’s no hole in them like in onion rings). Panko works best for pickles, I think.

But at MSG, you can skedaddle out of there on a Chinatown/Bolt bus to either Boston/Philly if you want to watch a better team play, or Washington, if you want to commiserate with fellow losers.

Not surprising that he chose life lessons from working at the plant of a car marque that, like the Bulls, is now just a shell of what it used to be.

Boylen and his Saturine face needs the Pontiac and Oldsmobile treatment.

Chips all the way. If you’re going to fry something, you might as well maximize the fried surface area. Plus, spears are multi-bite, so you’re radically increasing the likelihood of pickle-breading separation. Which would be sad and illegal in 12 states.