I assume the back surgery is an exploratory procedure in which they’ll be looking for something resembling a spine.  

Is “familiar” a new dogwhistle term for “white”?

Everybody in the UK is required to play soccer and is stuck in regimented divisions; failure to comply results in a mandated visit to Room 101*. Deadspin will cover any developments that happen in the 6th to 498th divisions.

Why does that CSN tweet call Hayward a “familiar face”? I get that he played for Stevens at Butler, but how does that make him a familiar face to anyone else?

You’d think a guy named Crowder could deal with extra personnel around.

Who else is also relieved that, upon further inspection, Isiah Thomas is not actually having another moment?

http://nfl-arrests.pointafter.com/d/a/Cincinnati-Bengals There you go.

Take it easy on the guy. I’ve heard he’s got a lot of personal ghosts to deal with.

That’s a good panda.

I don’t know. I think he’s saying once you hit 35 your dick goes limp and you start shitting on people’s chests.

Your joke gets a sad trombone. A sad, rusty trombone.

Swing and a miss.

Roy Hudson: “OH, HO, HO! I DON’T BELIEVE MY EYES! ALCÁNTARA BOOTS A LUMP O’ COAL OVER TO SANTA FLYING UP THE WING, BUT THE NORTH POLE MAN’S ALL PIXELS AND NO PRESENTS...”

All in all it’s just another brick by the Wall.

yeah so sell the two players that give the team the best chance of winning something. makes sense

Or Blake Bortles.

Yeah, watching that game he clearly had nothing in the ninth. Going back and checking the pitch tracker is hilarious, though, because Chapman’s version of “nothing” is 98 mph fastballs and 85 mph sliders.

Shouldn’t we distinguish the increased use/high leverage stuff between regular and postseason? Neither Francona or Maddon would’ve managed like that before October.

Were those Tampa teams supremely talented?

Not “hot” so much as “supremely stupid,” in my opinion.