This is perfect. Rose could use a change of scenery and I think the low pressure environment of NY will be perfect for him.

Spades sounds intense. But not as intense as Dominoes played in a Caribbean household.

Reddick Boye

NFL players are definitely more intimidating looking. But, I think you’re underestimating hockey players’ fighting skills. It’s an integral part of the game that some players actually work on in training.

Agreed. It makes me want to get jiggy with it. Or even, dare I say, drop it like it’s hot.

In the catagory of “Cowardly Sports” I would also include Curling (i.e. old man hockey) and Polo (i.e. 2 dimensional Quidditch)

Chris Christie?

I notice that I forgot baseball... Let’s lump it in with racket sports, shall we?

I’d be interested in the rest of your rankings. For me, the list of athletes I’d least like to fight goes something like this:

The way these playoffs are going, I’m afraid that Deadspin will run out of clever ways to describe being whacked in the johnson. For when you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel later in the series, may I suggest the following:

Sports, especially track and field, are dominated by those with extreme physical gifts. It makes no sense for naturally occurring testosterone to be the one physical gift that is penalized. Should we bar the freakishly tall from competing in basketball? Or those with unusually high fast-twitch muscle composition from…

“and a literal extra-terrestrial will be elected as US President”

I can’t wait to see Adams vs Biyombo, in what would be the worst possible end of an excellent year for the NBA.

I have a couple takes to contribute. I don’t know if they’re hot takes, or just luke warm, but here we go: 1) Curry might have the best handles in the league, and 2) His handles might be more impressive than his shooting ability.