yes, that was exactly my (and my mom's) point. I was *taught* better, before I ever did anything reaching the level of the fictitious child in the story

We're arguing about the assholeness of an asshole who lied (like an asshole) about doing an asshole thing to make himself seem like an even bigger asshole. So let's admit that we're all better people than this guy. That aside:

(I was paid as a freelancer by Gawker Media starting in 2006 and became a salaried worker in 2012; *David Attenborough voice* like many companies, Gawker uses a mix of permanent hires and outside freelancers.)

Goodell has a point in saying that it's unfair to keep bringing this incident up and sully this young man's reputation; if you stir the pot too much this will stick to Rice.

Ah, the ol' nature vs nurtah' debate

"the only other credible hypothesis is that the league doesn't care at all about domestic violence, or about even being perceived as caring about domestic violence,"

In a heartwarming moment, the woman's daughter then turned around and hugged the woman's sponsor.

Woo! Alright, guy's night! Let's do this! Excuse me miss can you please open this beer for me.

I shudder to think of the damage Steven Seagal could do with a ring that big.

If it's just Ballmer and his shiny pate coming to town, does it really matter if Sterling lost the clippers?

These are a couple of need-to-have features for any site:

Is it me, or is Modern Woo in a state of crisis? Has the centuries-old art and craft of flirting finally given up, sputtered and died? Are we witnessing the End of Gallantry? Please advise.

I feel comfortable saying that "BigBenRapedMeToo" was not my target audience

July can be an easy time for professional athletes to find themselves in bad situations

We're not advocating anybody harm the birds, and we're certainly not advocating anybody fuck the birds. We're not sure why you would even think about capturing the birds, caressing them softly, and trying to enter the birds' small, warm bodies. As a rule we here do not endorse holding a pigeon in one hand while using…

I guess it can't really hurt the Cavs, but I'm not sure that angrily launching Trevor Ariza into space would help either.

Well, you gotta choke up on it.

I'm surprised Kuwait has a team in the first place, I doubt the pigskin is halal.

PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER: The TinCaps offense, starting to fly, unlike this bird who was killed by a pitch, good fucking riddance, I can't stand birds, they're seriously useless and frankly the more of them we kill, in whatever manner, the better off I think society and really the whole world will be.

In between high-pitched giggles, Don Orsillo tried to make Remy put it back in