You act like this kind of thing is unusual:

I wish that had been Bowles’ defense. “He’s a smart guy, I thought he’d figure it out on his own.”

Correct. In the beginning, I was just plain old Godzooks. Then Mr. Nick Denton said he wanted a 20% nicer Gawker, and I complied. When Gawker went the way of the dodo, I was free to be myself again, which is 25% meaner than I used to be, but the same amount mean as I had been.

Man, I just heard Dave Wannstedt yesterday morning (before anyone knew Salaam was dead) on the radio recalling a nice story about talking with him. One of the things Wanny said was that Salaam told him the downside to winning the Heisman trophy was that everyone expected you to then play more football. “The kid just…

“croaked by his own volition”

Possible, but I hate statements like that when people commit suicide in these situations. It almost implies that of course CTE is to blame, because a normal strong football player wouldn’t be depressed to the point of committing suicide.

It was interesting watching LBJ call a word foul on “posse” to avoid confronting the long-time (accurate) rumors that his friends are mooches who demand favors. Just shows that Phil isn’t the only one who can play games, heh.

Agreed. Posse isn’t racial, it’s outdated west coast slang held over from Western culture and revived with 80's rap. Guys Phil coached used to have a posse. Recently, those Entourage guys were a posse (and business partners). Anyway, LeBron travels with business associates sounds even more self serving than bringing…

And I just don’t understand that part of it, the word.

“It had to hurt when they lost LeBron,” Jackson said. “That was definitely a slap in the face. But there were a lot of little things that came out of that. When LeBron was playing with the Heat, they went to Cleveland, and he wanted to spend the night. They don’t do overnights. Teams just don’t. So now [coach Erik]…

I have an 8 year old that I routinely lock out of the router so she can’t watch shit-ass YouTube videos on her laptop.

“I can’t get to the Internet!”
“Yeah, I locked you out for being a dick.”
“Dad-DEEEE!”
“Eat shit, pumpkin. This is a House of Laws.”

You run out of water too soon with a glass full of ice. Then you end up sucking the ice for water droplets, like you’re dying of thirst in the Sahara or in coach on an airplane.

Yes, yes. But does he have a wife or a daughter or maybe even daughters? Otherwise, how can I trust that he won’t prioritize football wins over sexual assault?

I absolutely agree but while I am stranded here doing phone interviews I have to write something. That’s my job. So I did this. I’m certainly not planning a series on my coldness or my feelings.

For you, being trapped in a hotel in North Dakota during a blizzard in subzero temperatures will be a story you tell for the rest of your life. For midwesterners, it was Tuesday.

Somehow it is more heartwarming to see her double down on her racism than trot out some tired-ass excuse.

I think this may be the first time I’ve seen a woman use the word cuck un-ironically. I don’t like it.

She can be fired for expressing her opinions if her employer deems that such opinions reflect badly on the company and could cause its business to suffer. If the company believes she makes them look bad because she publicly espouses revolting viewpoints, then firing her to distance themselves from such viewpoints is a…