The scary thing is, I do think he really really wants it not to be.

Having been through a number of Gawker Media molting seasons, I'm relatively sanguine about the long-term prospects of Kinja. But right now, it's a problem. Everyone knows it. The shitty thing is seeing the issues of format turn into issues of content. We've lost a lot of good commenters, and my guess is it's because…

Not that much! Less because of any "I miss the old Deadspin nostalgia!" and more because I honestly cannot figure out how to use it most of the time. The other day I got in an argument with some guy about Yasiel Puig, and trying to navigate the conversation made me feel like I was inside of an Escher drawing.

sergio escalona? So you aren't even going to try to mask the fact that you had to use google to come up with your rebuttal?

It's like my Grandma used to say, "Carmello, if you go out looking for trouble you're bound to find it."

Anybody who has ever stood, or walked, or experienced... I dunno, "physics"... understands that IS a flop, because light pressure on the back of your knee doesn't make your arms fly up in the air.

Don't forget

Normally, I'd feel kinda bad, but since it's Tortorella: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

a hacker is sending out tweets from my account - @elkpga

"Smells like Russian heir."—visitors to Ipatiev House, 1918

Wait. Hold up.

"American hockey fans: bummed about the loss.

And even if it doesn't get the goalie out of position, it forces him to move laterally in his crease as Oshie approaches. Since Oshie can get a shot off so quickly, he often catches the goalie flatfooted, moving the wrong direction. That's how he manages so many five-hole goals.

What a disaster. You would think Russia, of all places, would know that a Bloody Mary is the best way to clear the morning fog.

...making the shooting portion of biathlon impossible, and snowboarding downright dangerous.

One of them's Steve Elkington, but I've never seen the other two.

Player A Hole, however, has been known for quite a while in this case

"Grossly intoxicated" is a little misleading considering she only drank 142 beers.

Alternate translation: *sad trombone*