They didn’t call him a “celebrity,” the screen literally says “famous people from Chicagoland.” Obviously the reason why he is considered famous is due to a tragedy, but that doesn’t make him any less famous or noteworthy. It’s a learning opportunity for people who don’t know to ask “hey, who is Emmett Till?” and be…

This is excellent work, but also this and all the other excellent pieces on Deadspin today have me really bummed out. Can we get a special edition Dick Joke Jambaroo from Magary to bring the mood up?

Stupid idea, yes, but to be fair about his theory that there would be an economic impact of Canadians coming to watch the team in Tampa but not a corresponding drain of Floridians going to watch the team in Canada....Tampa fans already complain about having to drive an hour to St. Pete to watch them now when they are…

tell me more about how socialism is totally going to work in America when there are lazy fucks like you who find it too much work to chop a clove of garlic.

“You would think the Marlins would be smart enough to”

I was about to give up on cooking chicken breast for good myself until I stumbled upon a life changing way to make them.

Haven’t tried the chicken strips because I prefer to cook with fresh meat but I will vouch for anything from Trader Joes’ frozen section, I’ve never disliked or had an issue with anything I’ve ever tried. They are the only place I will buy frozen food from because unlike any of the frozen crap you can get at Target or…

Exactly this. I’ve seen a lot of accusations that he is “into” her and I’m just not buying that. Cruz is the most unpopular politician in Congress; he is not even well liked in general terms on the right, yet here is still in office. Why? Because he is an opportunist and he is a virus. In addition to sucking up to who…

Boston fan here, which I’m only announcing to hopefully convince some of you that we aren’t ALL totally irredeemable, miserable assholes

The only usefulness I foresee this having is if it can suggest new and creative ways to create dick drawings in text form

Hey I only said partial credit for Ortiz - I make no pretense whatsoever about whether Boston developed him, we didn’t. But I think partial credit isn’t entirely unfair to acknowledge the work that they put in with him to encourage him to be the best version of the hitter he was born to be (a LH power pull hitter)…

Full disclosure: Sox fan here

Your C-list players:

What a handy acronym; BOS. Drop the middle letter and you’re left with an exact description of what it is.

and surely a country the size of Russia can’t be expected to have that many competent actors

I’ll leave one quick free plug and note that I worked for ERAC for a few years when I was in college and have nothing bad to say about them. Well-run, took care of their people (including being big on hiring from within), pay and hours were reasonable - in all, about as good as a company can be.

It actually works perfectly fine and very close to the way it was intended. The phrase you were looking for was “it doesn’t work the way I want it to.”

congrats on the sex, Fred

Not odd at all. Before “politics” became a hobby for yuppies with bachelor’s degrees to turn into a higher-brow version of professional wrestling, our founding fathers designed what’s called a bicameral legislature. A lawmaking body with one chamber designed to represent the popular whims of the people and the other…

The problem with the Sox re-signing Kimbrel is that they are within $4 or $5 million of the stiffest luxury tax penalties. Assuming they paid him the $17.5 MM AAV he’s looking for, the taxes they would owe on that would take the total cost of signing him for this year up to $29-$30 MM.