What a bunch of chickenshits. The issue at play here is singular and simple: the criminal justice system that is the foundation of America’s civil rights is allegedly biased against Americans of color. If you believe that to be true, you can protest it in some way or choose not to protest. This isn’t Thanksgiving…

I love how the GOP consistently goes from low-key hate to apocalyptic over-reaction in about 2 seconds. Ending prohibitions on same-sex marriage = mandatory bestiality. Ending trans-discrimination = mandatory rape of cheerleaders. Ending unconstitutional vote suppression laws = mandatory annihilation by Death Star.

They were protesting Ryan Lochte? Yeah, that’s a good use of your time.

Jesus, Trent Dilfer; have some self-respect. If there is any sport that has demonstrated zero respect for its participants, its football (and I mean at all levels, from pee-wee up to the NFL). Play football because it pays your salary, pays for your education, you’re really good at it and the praise you get makes you…

I think you are correct in your prediction that the NFL’s continued-laissez faire attitude has long-term repercussions for the sport as a whole. Like it or not, the NFL sets the tone for all football, including the most pee-wee, touch football leagues. If the NFL, with all its money and resources, can’t figure out a…

Lauer: “Is the plan you’ve been hiding this whole time asking someone else for your plan?”

Wenger leaves when Wenger wants to leave. He’s in Sir Alex territory now (except with “runner-up” titles instead of “championship” titles).

Whenever I go to a movie and realize the theater is practically empty, I rush out to the ticket booth and buy all the remaining tickets, just to avoid the slightest chance Jose Mourinho were to come in and try to sit by me.

The reason it takes so long is that the professional leagues don’t want the WC (or any other competition that isn’t them), but since it exists, they accommodate it by setting aside short breaks in their seasons. Given that UEFA has 55 countries, CAF has 56, AFC has 47, and CONCACAF has 41, that’s a lot of games to…

I was going to say, doesn’t Venezuela need to score 10 goals to everyone of Argentina’s to equal a tie, but you’ve made the point more succinctly. Nice work, Joey_Barton.

In the geographical area covered by the Pac-12 and particularly in California, an Alabamans testicles are only worth a half. Verdict: appropriate.

Sadly, I think you are wrong. I think that hate is just a much stronger motivator than anything else (i.e., logic, love, rational governance theory, economics, compassion for your fellow man, etc.)

I find it unseemly to dance on the graves of your opponents, but what the hell, I’ve got 3 daughters:

With all due respect, I think you might be painting with too broad a brush as well. There are plenty of impoverished, high-crime areas of the country that are overwhelmingly white and yet police still arrest a disproportionately high number of African-Americans. Case in point: Delaware County, IN, meth capitol of…

And you, good sir or madam, are a rhetorical titan.

Your experiences are belied by the experiences of many others. The statistics demonstrate that our criminal justice system handles interactions with people of color than it does whites. The only possible conclusions that can be logically drawn from those statistics is either (1) people of color are inherently criminal…

What a fucking reductionist argument: unless you are being actively oppressed, you can not complain about oppression. I’m as white as white gets and I have the right and obligation to protest when I see injustice, even when that injustice is directed against others. Finebaum’s logic is why the Nazi’s got away with the…

While I have no proof this is true, I’m firmly of the belief that most fund managers are privy to illegal inside information. That information is shared with only a select few of their clients and used to grease the palms for more inside information. If you can become one of those “select few” clients, having your…

In 2001, “support the troops” became “worship the military” AND “criticism of the war = treason”.

“it’s been extraordinary to see so many people reveal themselves as unsophisticated thinkers”