Its a small thing, but I, for one, am glad that we live in a society in which there is no clear motive for hacking someone to death with a large-edged weapon.

Apparently his brother is a huge homophobic, misogynist Vine star, so my kids were texting about this story. Not knowing who the hell “Nash Grier” was, I looked him up. Turns out, they have a sister named “Skylynn”. Given he has siblings named Nash and Skylynn, I’m thinking Will Grier didn’t receive much intelligent…

You’re missing Petchesky’s point: yes, Utley practically tackled Tejada rather than try to slide into second, but that exact same play happens once a week (or more) during the season and as long as no one ends up injured, nothing happens. MLB either has to announce a new strict interpretation of the rule and start…

You don’t make a statement by changing how a rule is interpreted, you do it by changing the rule. That is entirely within MLB’s power. This is clearly a case where the interpretation of the rule depended on the post-play fallout.

Damn it, nerds! You had one job.

Shocked, I say; I am shocked! Harumph!

In the picture at the top, Jeff Withey could not look more white. “Hey, hey there! What’s all this now?”

Shouldn’t this be like the no pass interference when the throw is uncatchable? The Seahawks didn’t benefit from the play, and he could have just fallen on it.

I believe most people consider the Japanese League to be equivalent to AAAA level (basically between Triple A and MLB), so its hard to compare across the leagues, but for what its worth, he has 4,213 total hits in his professional career, which is more than Cobb and within striking distance of Rose. If Ichiro comes…

I think his haircut is exactly the kind of “no, fuck you!” any Raider fan would have if he suddenly woke up at age 55 worth $500 million.

To whom does one direct an email saying: “Hey ESPN, if Schilling is on the show, I’m not watching it.”

I’m not 100% certain, but I’m pretty sure Smith said Nelson was “an officer and a gentleman!” Apparently, Steve Smith, Sr. hates officers and gentlemen.

I’m giving TheDoubleEntAndres a pass on this one because I understood his original point to be the weakness of the retort, not the racism of it.

Apparently, Davis believes it is she, not Rowan County, that licenses marriage. The next argument in the Right’s war on gays is that if a Christian holds a governmental office, their sincerely held religious beliefs means they individually usurp the government’s sanctioning powers. “I, the Reverend President Mike…

I’m an attorney who frowns on “stunt” litigation tactics, but I think the National Abortion Federation should call Carly Fiorina as a witness with knowledge (or at least seek her deposition) of the truth of CMP’s videos. Also call all other Republican officials who have repeated these claims. The CMP’s lawyers will…

Remember that Ralph Nader provided us with George W. Bush.

Made me laugh, but still not as funny as the adorable baby bunny released back into the wild:

Division III sports are the last vestige of what all the bullshitting talking heads on ESPN and the networks talk about as “student-athletes.” In high school there was a kid a year ahead of me who was brilliant; he went to CalTech. Stewart was a very skinny 6’5” and loved basketball. Unfortunately, he wasn’t very…

I have to believe the two hardest things in sports are drafting QBs and NBA big men. If you are a GM sitting on a top 5 draft pick and your NFL team needs a QB or your NBA team needs a 4 or a 5, you must live in fear that there will be a “can’t miss” prospect in college that year. As Barry Petchesky points out, the…

I thought the announcers did a fairly good job excusing the kid for the hit (while also being clear that penalty was the correct call). They pointed out that EWU was still in the game, but with time running down, were obviously trying to force a fumble on every UO play. They also pointed out that Adams has an…