You’ve got to be too young to remember Barry Bonds in his prime, right? He’s not “more famous for doing drugs than famous for his on-field acomplishments.” He’s Barry Fucking Bonds! He got intentionally walked with the bases loaded! In the bottom of the ninth with his team down two! And it was the right call!

we are all god’s children. some have lost sight of this. but death comes to us all, and on that day, we are all made equal as the day we were born.

But they’re black, so it’s OK.

Honestly, smuggling drugs in America is a job old white guys could definitely do better than Mexicans, for ... reasons.

Yes and no. Marshawn did come onto his (horrible, hacky ass) political show, so he’s not exactly Johnny on the spot. And I think there’s a time and a place to STFU about politics.

Good on you, mate: a much healthier attitude, certainly!

But speaking as a White guy?  I fucking HATE these assholes.

Good luck with the self hatred!
I am ashamed that you belong to the same race as I do as well, take pride in your heritage not all natives were angels nor did all deserve the scorn and segregation they got over the ages, I fully agree.
Even during the times of colonizing north America there were people who treated…

They are not mutually exclusive, but your response chastising him for not casting his single ballot and defending the other patronizing assholes is pretty stupid. When he is doing something worth 10,000 votes, how stupid is it that you are defending those criticizing him for not casting 1 single ballot? He has every…

Not voting is a 100% legitimate political choice. It doesn’t matter what you think of it.

This is what I like to see, something lacking a lot on io9 - unabashed fandom. Doesn’t mean you can’t criticize it, but I’m totally feeling you right now Chris. I too am stoked.

They weren’t even the Devil Rays anymore. 

yes, he signed and therefore they get nothing

He did sign, he’s just potentially choosing to walk away from the contract.

They would not get a compensatory pick,  but they would still control his rights when/if he ever returned to baseball.

A’s Agent: Kyler, I brought you adult diapers, a walker and ton of straws. You will need these after your NFL career is over. Any questions?

Because his brain and also the rest of him will not get turned into mush.

It isn’t that baffling. No site in the Gawkmodoverse is going to miss an opportunity to virtue signal, especially at the expense of someone of immense celebrity.

“but that doesn’t change the fact that Bohemian Rhapsody, a boilerplate, problematic Queen biopic”

One of the things that is both irritating and hilarious about this site in the past few months has been the constant hate-boner for Bohemian Rhapsody.

It reminds me of that goddamn Dave Eggers interview about not being a critic: “Do not dismiss a book until you have written one, and do not dismiss a movie until you have made one, and do not dismiss a person until you have met them.”