It’s hard to tell with the video and the yellow shoes, but it kind of seems like a travel? But also way too cool to call travelling on. 

Also, just from a technical standpoint, the holder faking and passing is a *terrible* fake play. The key to any tricky fake play is catching the defense by surprise and *quickly* executing something they weren’t expecting. Snapping it to the holder and waiting for them to stand up is really the worst possible option.…

I am an Indians fan, and all throughout this off season I keep hoping Bauer gets traded instead of Kluber as rumored. Not for his on field work - although he was terrible in the postseason. He was, until he took a line drive to the shin, a legit Cy Young candidate (leading in both fWAR and bWAR at the time, even over…

I don’t get it either, no amount of spending or trading is going to get them above the Cubs/Cardinals/Brewers this year. Their very best bet would be to let bad contracts expire and collect the prospects that come with being bad. Instead they’re shipping out prospects. They could still flip Puig or Wood at the…

I would guess that the voters who don’t submit to the tracker are likely the more old-school conservative types. Which is troubling news for Edgar. It likely also sinks any possibility of Bonds/Clemens. It also likely means that those folk are exactly the type to overlook the transgressions of Schilling. 

With the exception of very large cities (MSA pop >4m at least), hockey shouldn’t be trying to be in the same place basketball is. They have such similar schedules, they’d be competing for sponsors and attention/attendance. That’s why hockey won’t and probably shouldn’t come to Portland, Cleveland, Indianapolis,…

The supper Nintendo cover doesn't have the Blue outline/stroke, but the later Sega CD version seems to. Possible they painted the stroke after the first, more iconic photo was taken?

For what it’s worth, I don’t actually think he’s wrong. Giving Todd Haley the reigns to the offense was a terrible decision. And if they were really going to buy the “you gave me no players” argument and let him continue after 1-31, he should have been running the offense. But this is Jimmy Haslam as owner, a man…

No love for the Penumbra series?

I want to preemptively say that any Boston fan using the argument “we suck... but the *players are so damn fun*” can go right to hell. Every team has fun players. The Indians have Lindor and Ramirez. The Astros have Altuve and Verlander. You all know that you’re the worst fans in the world and feel the need to try and…

Gilbert has no other ex-coaches on his payroll. Blatt’s contract ran out after last season. Before that it was Mike Brown and Byron Scott, neither of which was on that long of a contract. It’s also pretty much common to an ex coach on payroll, as coaches generally aren’t allowed to see their contract expire so as not…

This umpiring crew had Crawford *and* Joe West? That’s... horrifying. That’s like putting CB Bucknor, Laz Diaz and Angel Hernandez on the same crew.

I’m an Indians fan so I’m bitter today, and reading this article I see tons of moves the Indians made to also *try*, that simply didn’t work (Donaldson, Hand, Miller, etc.). What strikes me is also that three of those *hits* were in the Indians organization before. Jesus Aguilar was developed here before forced out by…

Referees make mistakes and I’m not made about it, even though this is “my team” getting screwed by these bad calls. This is the Browns, they find new and inventive ways to lose pretty routinely. I’m pretty dead to it after that Kick-6 against the Ravens. 

Just as the media somehow is to blame for Trump, right? Weak take, get out of here.

The Steelers have looked terrible all year, and unless they have some magic play like benching an old and terrible looking Roethlisberger (is Rudolph any good?), they’re effectively toast as is. They really should, from a rational self interest point of view, just trade him for a pick and be done with it.

Does everyone in the Hochuli family have unnecessarily large arms?

Butler to the Cavs to be a poor man’s LeBron James would be terrible for his career. As a Cavs fan I want the current team to finish imploding, Butler would just stall that. I’m sure they’d want some combo of Sexton, Hood, Osman, Nance and Zizic and without them that team will be dreadful to watch. Butler/Love... JR…

I’m a Browns fan and I thought it was the right call, based on the crap they’ve been calling for this rule all preseason. I’ll just take the cold comfort of knowing Roethlisberger didn’t get another win in Cleveland Browns Stadium, where he is currently the all time wins leader, a fact that should bring great shame to…