Word is Vedvik’s father was killed by a flurry of arrows from Zimmer’s men, and Vedvik has only agreed to join the Vikings so that he can distinguish himself in battle and, one day, challenge Zimmer to a duel to the death and have his vengeance...though that might just be the plot to Vinland Saga...

Can't hurt, might help.

Two former Pro Bowlers, Blair Walsh and Sebastian Janikowski, were available though I guess the Vikings were wise to avoid another wide left experience.

Kaare Vedvik? Daniel Carlson? The Vikings know they don’t have to pick actual vikings, right?

I’ll never understand how people who make such a big deal about criminalizing abortion can turn a blind eye to people who are actually alive.

Baby boomers weren’t old enough to vote until the 1968 election so I’m going to go ahead and guess they had nothing to do with the 1964 Civil Rights Act that was passed when the oldest boomers were in high school.

Also, everybody knows he was on a break from promoting equality when he scheduled the Trump fundraiser.

Yeah, you should hire people who you trust will carry out your vision effectively without needing to be harangued all the time, not just to have them act as your eyes, ears, and limbs with constant oversight.

Nothing gets peak physical performance out of a professional athlete like constantly waking him up in the middle of the night with whatever meaningless insight you gathered from your 17th hour straight of watching video.

Fuck Pompei for acting like this is a normal, good thing & fuck Gase for being THAT asshole boss who doesn’t leave his employees alone ever. The fact that he’s a mediocre coach just adds the cherry on the shit sundae.

Well said. I was rounding in the hospital when this dropped. That morning, they called a cardiac arrest at our pediatric Emergency Department (building has been open almost 9 years, I have been on staff for 12 and NEVER heard it called overhead like that... I’m not a pediatrician but doing critical care for a living…

Hey Trump. Remember how you talked about the mental health crisis in the US?

We have mounted police in the city where I live and they primarily work downtown, festivals, and outdoor concerts. I have seen them make arrests (they loved to hang out around the park we skated in), and when following procedure, they do like bike cops do and call a car to come transport whomever it is they picked up,…

Dylan Roof got Burger King after mowing down a black church.

-NY Times front page tomorrow.

Criminal trespass - this isn’t even breaking and entering - it’s barely a crime. It could be as simple as being in someone’s yard.

Man it sure is strange how cops find it very easy to mistreat, humiliate, or even kill people of color in astonishingly racist ways. But they can bring in a dude who shot up a Wal-Mart with nary a scratch and with his dignity intact. Almost as if they’re-- nah it couldn’t be.

Wizard Cat gives this writer: Five Wands

What made Deadspin *work* the first four or five years was Chandler. For every risqué post or pot shot at a dumb athlete, Rick would be in the post immediately thereafter, with a smart and clever perspective that grounded this silly blog. He really embodied “life’s rich pageant” or “whimsy” if he didn’t create those…

Rick was too good, too kind for what the internet became.