I don't see why Sony can't mediate this by simply bringing in another producer to work with Kesha while maintaining the economic arrangement under the existing contract. I get they'd rather have the whole thing just go away, but it's surprising if Kesha's team haven't even asked for something like this (and if…

Why is the UIGEA relevant for NCAA purposes? Doesn’t the NCAA have fairly wide latitude to determine its own eligibility rules and requirements?

That isn’t what “great” means.

I’m trying to imagine Sweyn Forkbeard holding out for more Danegeld and I just don’t see it going down like that.

Those three tracks were - by far - the most successful singles on Red, your preferences notwithstanding. So far, the most successful singles on 1989 are the product of the same collaboration. Taylor Swift almost certainly wrote everything on her pre-Red albums, as advertised, but it really isn't a coincidence that she…

It's fine, but if anybody is still listening to it a year from now, I'll eat my hat. Hell, if anyone's still listening to it a month from now, I'll be surprised.

I think Ticket to Ride takes too long and Carcassone is too abstract for newbies. Catan, for all its faults, is easy to grasp and plays fairly quickly. Another good one for newbies is Alhambra, although it gets boring quickly.

I think Ticket to Ride takes too long and Carcassone is too abstract for newbies. Catan, for all its faults, is easy…

Catan is a lot of things, but it is not a perfect board game. It’s probably the perfect gateway to so-called eurogames, though.

Catan is a lot of things, but it is not a perfect board game. It’s probably the perfect gateway to so-called…

“That’s God setting it up,” Wilson said, “to make it so dramatic, so rewarding, so special.”

BLM critics who pursue the “but what about black-on-black crime” line aren’t criticizing BLM so much as they’re underlining the very need for BLM. Nobody disputes that black-on-black violence is “bad” or that it should be addressed or whatever - the point (or at least one of them) of BLM is that the existence of…

More than anything, I think the wild applause for “My brother kept us safe” is evidence that, in the conservative mind, history began on September 11, 2001.

Draft Champions has represented about 90% of my Madden 16 playing. The actual game of digital football is such a slog that this is the only way to make it work for me. Then I realized I should have just saved the $60 and put that into Hearthstone packs.

Islanders have no legacy in this neighborhood - I think you’re overestimating the likelihood of fans (esp those from Suffolk County) purchasing season ticket packages. The Islanders may be tempted to adopt the branding of Brooklyn’s existing, cool (if they’re still cool, IDK) team to generate buzz. Which is exactly…

They basically did, ten years ago in the Season 9 premiere.

But people play football without pads all the time and don’t die, mostly because you’re incentivized to play intelligently when you’re not wearing body armor.

Is Bruno Mars still not a “huge-huge name?” Maybe my parents don’t know who he is, but just about everyone else I interact with on a regular basis does.

Jeez, there are more people in the announcer’s booth than in those stands.

Not all N... oh, whatever.

I believe Bill and Ted had already settled this in their pre-show monologue at the end of Bogus Journey.

No. Jesus.