You’re surprised that they’re claiming BVI citizenship? After they Leeward the county into funding a new stadium that’s a Tortola boondoogle on the taxpayers?

Image 21 is brilliant: “Cobos: An ignoramous from Mexico or Cuba or somewhere. Good arm, fair runner, ordinary hitter. He has no sense.”

Are we really still arguing about this? They’re both great players. I happen to enjoy watching the brilliance of one of them and hate-watch the brilliance of the other.

well... it worked!

Those were two ridiculous goals today though.

With whom did Fowler “make out” in his first at-bat, Barry? And did getting to first base at least count towards his OBP?

What you’re missing is that the characteristics that get CR7 - did I mention that he has his own brand? - dinged for things that Messi gets a pass for are the same things that lead to the same differential treatment on things like that article. You’ve got the causality all confused.

Fair point, but I also didn’t say it was proven, just that the rest of his public image led to no one batting an eyelash at the chance it might be true, contra Messi.

Can’t imagine it has to do with the fact that one of them, in his public persona at least, is a relatively humble, bearded, upstanding (if tax-evading) citizen, while the other is a gelled-up, preening, camera-greedy apparent jerk against whom entirely believable allegations of sexual misconduct were made.

The MSU player on the inbounder sluffed off well for the initial double-team but then wtf was she doing going back to the inbounder after the ball went in to Ogunbowale? Not only did she not defend the shot, she basically blocked off her own teammate from being able to contest it.

How did he even find time for this during tax season?!?!

To be precise, Deadspin reports on and posts about NOTY, but is not involved in organizing or running it.

Didn’t really seem worth the effort.

If there’s one thing you can say about this guy, it’s that he plays with Seoul. If there’s a second thing, it’s that if he gets an Incheon a defender, he’s unstoppable. And if there’s a third, it’s that there’s the chance of something special happening every time he puts his Busan.

And now I’ve taken all the puns.

“Savvidis’s ire was piqued after PAOK appeared to score a game-winning goal right at the end of the match”

Why does everything always have to be about Barcelona, Billy?

It’s Judge Kiya Matsumoto, not Kiyato Matsum, fwiw.

I don’t know where this guy lives, but as a fellow New Yorker, if he’s looking for a new place, I’d love for him to move in next door, just so I can see whether it’s true that good fencers make good neighbors.

The Germans have a word for that, too.

Doesn’t some langauge have a word for feeling joy at others’ failure?

I believe the German word is “Saskatchewan.”

Malkovich? Malkovich.