I think there’s some confusion on this point because of the attention paid to Jill Ellis as the first coach to win back-to-back titles in the Women’s World Cup. Germany’s back-to-back occurred under different coaches (Theune and Neid), obvs.

I’ve tried being civil but goddamnit you are so fucking stupid.

Can you give three examples of Laura being a “terrible person” and three examples of her lacking “intellectual honesty”?

Ever been in a “synergy” meeting as part of acquisition targeting or post-closing corporate messaging? No one ever really talks about the clothes ideas afterward. It’s always about SI-branded medical clinic-type ones.

Prostate examination days are for the girls!

“Business does what’s best for business...”

This is so close and quite good, but believability is still just out of reach.

While I agree, I think the league’s officiating issues are deeper than just replay. For example, I feel like it’s been impossible to celebrate (or bemoan) any punt or kick return of material length in real time for nearly two decades.

The entire edifice is over-officiated. Eliminating (or further restricting) replay…

Is there a particular critic who generally believes in poptimism but doesn’t actually critique pop music (or gives it all a pass)? Your fifth paragraph seems to suggest there are several, but I can’t really think of any.

But what if Mr. Ratburn makes the final?

But what if Mr. Ratburn makes the final?

“Cares about” and “take seriously” are, to me, quite different concepts, and I was disputing the latter.

City might win the title and a few more to come, but it doesn’t feel like anyone really takes them seriously in England.

That’s interesting for what it’s worth, but it doesn’t say anything about Eggers’ and Jaynes’ racial bias (or lack thereof).

Can you expand on the idea that Eggers’ and Jaynes’ coverage of the Jail Blazers had more to do with Portland’s population size than racial bias? Smith does a good job of arguing exactly the opposite here.

Don’t forget...

You can’t really use MSA size for the Bay Area mostly because the Census considers SF/Oak and San Jose separate MSAs. You should really look at CSA rankings, which put the Bay Area at #5 after NYC, LA, Chicago and DC/Balt.

“The NFL is the biggest offender.”

I was thinking it would be nice for Nathan Peterman to have a Nick Mullens Thursday night type game so that he can have at least one nice NFL moment, but then I remembered that if you’re that quarterback you really need to play against the Raiders for that to happen.

If the court has any inkling that she needed the forensic accountant because of shady behaviour on his part, then he will ultimately pay a significant portion of the cost of that forensic accountant.