It’s cool to offer a personal anecdote as a way of relating to and empathizing with someone’s own story, but then you have to step back and intentionally return the conversation to what the other person was talking about, which is where most people fall flat.

Way to bury the lede that John Bolton is now working for the Titans.

“Dumb question #2: Have I traveled back in time to Alternate Reality 1995 where Kevin Smith is a Blue Jays fan and is sitting in front of me?????”

I wouldn’t be surprised if Ranadive was under the impression that “for cause” means something like “I’m firing him ‘cause I want to.”

Goddam, thank you for that. I HATE hearing about people’s dreams. Hate it.

“The officer testified that when the runner reached to adjust the elastic waistband of her running shorts, he grew concerned that she was reaching for an AR-15 assault rifle, and shot her 9 times.”

Man, this is good stuff. And makes me realize that I am going to be first in line when the David Stern unauthorized biography comes out, because that thing is going to be GOOD.

I can imagine him reading 1 paragraph deep, making a wanking motion with his hand, and pitching the whole thing in the trash. I don’t see Popp reading 13 pages of this shit.

Poor analogy, because the basketball player can’t hire someone else to help him, say, hit 3's, whereas a GM can definitely hire someone else to run the talent evaluation part of the team.

I knew most of the guys he acquired, but primarily as “touted draft picks who never panned out.” So, I wasn’t too optimistic. Harkless being the classic example. But Neil knows his stuff, and you’re right that the team is much more fun to watch now, vs last year when it was basically get the ball to LMA and see what…

As a Portland fan, I was actually looking forward to this season, not because I thought the team would contend for anything other than a top 3 lottery pick, but because I was so glad to see them moving beyond their identity last year, which was basically Lillard + Aldridge scoring about 55-60 points per game and then…

The question I have is what happens when the inevitable conflict, most likely arising over one person being a complete clod and not treating a/the common area with respect, arises? In college you go talk to your RA, and he or she organizes a floor meeting and lays down the law based on a pre-existing set of rules, and…

“Sounds like a great pick!”—Gregg Easterbrook

The most likely scenario is that he’s the starting QB until the Browns take Jared Goff #2 overall, and then it’s “well, RG3 will most likely be the starter, but we’ll have to see how things shake out in the pre-season,” and then neither QB plays lights out but RG3 is maybe a bit better plus Goff is a rookie, so RG3…

Whenever I see that video (and others like it) I wonder if the people around him had any sense that they were literally watching an all time great meme happen right before their eyes.

Goddam, dude, her JOB was to get info from the coaches that she could use for her stories. He was her only source. If she got all “excuse me, but I am a decent woman, and resent your tone, sir!” with him, he would have shut her down, which he eventually did for much less. She was in no position to be blunt with him,…

Ok, I’ll amend that to “one of the biggest jerks of his generation” if it makes you feel better.

“One of the best and most welcome developments of the 2016 baseball season is Barry Bonds returning to the major leagues as a hitting coach with the Miami Marlins.”

I still have not gotten over my shock/dismay that they just straight up gave out her room number. Beyond the fact that she’s a celebrity (which they presumably knew about?), she’s a single woman traveling by herself, and they just tell some random dude what room she’s in *and* let him book next to her? Crazy.

I will grant a SLIGHT exemption to tape delay Olympics, but that’s it. Nothing worse than the friend who shows up at a party the night of a big game and loudly proclaims that he had to tape the game earlier, SO NOBODY TALK ABOUT IT, K?