I understand what the intent is here, but I think there isn’t enough evidence to support it.

I am a bit embarrassed to have to spell this out so directly but maintaining separation between sales and editorial is a foundational tenet of journalistic ethics.

Wait, doesn’t France have pro/rel?

I have no idea if their business model will work, and Mather comes across a douchey, but if subscription model sites can allow writers to earn a living as we make the final transition away from print (with several exceptions) then I have to say The Athletic is a net positive.

Hopefully people read the entire article because there’s an all time simmons paragraph where he compares the people in the Patriots scandal to the characters in Almost Famous, which sounds like something you would make up if you were trying to parody a simmons article.

I’m going to add to this theory: what if Belichick is as salty as the ESPN gossip reports, and leaves the Patriots and Kraft/Brady?

I think you missed the real conspiracy theory, that Belichik traded Garoppolo to Brady’s childhood team out of spite to Brady. One last twist of the knife making Brady watch as Garoppolo goes on to great success with the team he grew up watching and likely always wanted to play for?

Twitter sucks extremely hard, but it’s nearly impossible to overstate the corrosive effect Facebook is having on public life, all the time, all around us.

He’s banned because it’s classified. That’s pretty standard. If you have a security clearance, you’re banned from talking about what you know outside of cleared facilities (with cleared people).

He’s probably just referring to earlier iterations of the program.

Someone, probably a white man, thought that image would resonate with black people and motivate them into getting out the vote. It’s as if black people were considering voting for the child molester until some brilliant strategist posited: “What if he was black, though?”

Yes, this is clearly a good piece of analysis and not some clickbait nonsense. Also, people who say great players are “butt” are generally smart and good and not intentionally saying something stupid. And finally, it’s great that Deadspin’s soccer coverage consists mostly of unedited blog posts about two men in Spain.

“One time I drank several too many Smithwick’s at a pub quiz, and the following morning had the worst beer shits in the history of mankind.”

I think the gist is that Kevin Durant decided to join a superteam in Golden State rather than deal with a pouty ass teammate in the heart of Red State, USA, and thus deserves scorn for everything he does from now until eternity.

Judging from that first tweet, there’s about an 85% chance the person running the Nuggets’ Twitter had just finished smoking a huge bowl while watching a nature documentary.

“Guys should treat women better!”

joe ricketts eat shit

What responsibility does journalism have to be sensitive to the shifting definitions and impact of certain words as it relates to those shifting definitions?

What? You’re an Arsenal fan and a Packers fan. You think that’s Purgatory?

He’s a rookie point guard and he is likely hurt. That’s kind of a recipe for disaster. I agree he should sit, but understand it’s clear that the Colangelo regime wants to win now and isn’t as patient as Hinkie. A lot of you asked for this.