Nah. Just train yourself to say “nibble” or “nugget.”

I cannot imagine ratings actually being affected by this, I think just as many would tune in for it as would tune out because of it (and the number either way is going to be relatively tiny regardless). It seems much more likely ratings are down simply because they should be down in a world with this many TV options,…

Oh PLEASE, assholes. PLEASE leave when someone kneels for the anthem. Games will be so much better without you.

He didn’t win the 3rd, and he didn’t win the 11th. You can give him the 10th to make up for it if you want, but Golovkin out-threw and out-landed him in the 11th. But this points to the bigger issue: Other than the 1st and 2nd, the only other rounds you’d give to Canelo are ones he may have won on narrow interpretive…

15 PATRIOTIC completions on 27 ‘MURICA attempts for 99 BLUE LIVES MATTERS yards

You always start by addressing the biggest problem though. The red-headed stepchild, if you will.

I hate being an internet pedant, but you pretty badly misspelled “Golden State Warriors,” here.

Fun fact: they’ve hit more home runs over this streak (38) than their opponents have scored runs (35).

Apparently they also did it without playing the Dodgers 21 times in a row.

They are now the Cleveland Ham Fighters. If we all believe hard enough, we can make it happen.

Sorry man. One day the Yankees’ ship will come in.

I don’t fucking get it. Just change it. It gives you a chance to rebrand, sell a ton of new merchandise, and come out looking better than Dan Snyder. It’s a win-win. And from a fan stand point, it’s not like if the logo changes that there will be a ban on wearing old gear you bought with the Wahoo on it. You can still…

if he dies, he dies

So Tiger was driving a $200,000 Mercedes Benzodiazepine?

It was about 3 am. I’m on my eighth cup of tea. The BBC cut to Maidenhead. I’m going dizzy trying to do the electoral maths in my head. Theresa May ghouls her way up to the podium. I do not see Lord Buckethead. The returning officer begins to read the results. One by one. And then I hear his name. Then I see him. Then…

This year is the LeBron’s shot at the Phoenix Suns.

I’m glad to finally see someone else in the Deadspin comments point out that Jordan didn’t play that great of teams, especially in the Finals. Everyone seems to want to pretend he was beating the ‘85 Lakers throughout his career. But as you point out, most of the teams he played were old (LA, Detroit, Boston, Utah),…

Scroll up and you will see that LeBron has actually shot better in the end of playoff game shots than Jordan. The problem is LeBron is competing with the myth of Jordan, not the player.

Also Jordan’s higher FG% is completely a function of shooting less 3s.

When his career is over, I think the best argument for LeBron will be that he was the smartest player ever. He’s basically the player-coach on that team, and his team is actually better-off for it. He actually takes Lue’s gameplans and adjusts them.

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LeBron is already the best. In any other sport we’d be excited to see someone take the throne as the best of all time (which happened for LeBron roughly 50 weeks ago). In basketball we try to fight it.