"Tom. You couldn't have waited 3 more seconds to put your hands up on the touchdown? Christ. This is worse than dinner last night. No, no, no, you know what I'm talking about. George said he wasn't ready for appetizers just yet, and what did you do? You ordered the boneless wings anyway, didn't you? Why couldn't you…

Oh dear god no.

Take It Off > Shake It Off

In fairness to Taylor, it is still preseason.

This is already tracked by a number of different agencies. Municipalities and states track it, as well as groups like the National Law Enforcement Officers Fund, which reported that 2013 had the fewest officer fatalities in 54 years.

Unlike civilian deaths by cop, death in the line of duty are tracked by several groups . (odmp.org)

More like SMUGshot, right you guys?

FIFA will host a conference on sporting ethics, and, simultaneously and unadvertised, a conference on sporting irony.

"So we figured, hey, let's draw attention to racial inequalities in America by walking hand-in-hand out from this inflatable thing with a purple injun on it."

The tear gas element of the tribute, however, seems a bit too on-the-nose for me.

The Patriot Act certainly accelerated the process, but the modern militarization of police really started during the Nixon administration's war on crime with the authorization of no-knock warrants, the creation of SWAT teams (who are admittedly necessary in rare circumstances, but are now used for everything, all the…

Greg Howard wrote a really insightful article about this on The Concourse:

If by sniper, you mean a guy that can make a head shot from 100 yards or more, then no.