“Sending away a franchise killer.” You answered your own question. This is a great trade for the Hawks.

Hit .224 and not be able to make a throw to home plate from the outfield.

So the Lakers traded the 2nd pick in the draft from two years ago for the 27th pick and salary relief? Watch out Warriors!

Tragic loss for his family and friends. Capes are bad:

Rest assured, if there is any organization on Earth capable of and willing to stand up to Russian strong-arming, it is FIFA. This will be perfect, I’m sure.

I have a few conservative family members and FB friends. Whenever I cite an article from CNN, any network other than Fox, any newspaper other than the WSJ, I get the “you’re falling for liberal MSM spin on facts” argument (that, of course, never prevents them from bringing up the most insane faux-news cites from Fox,…

I can’t really understand what you expect Oregon St and the Pac-12 to do on this. I’m presuming OSU was not aware of Heimlich’s (presumably) juvenile conviction (I’m not sure how Oregon criminal law looks at this situation; in California, certain types of more severe sexual assaults committed by minors become public…

I think you miss Albert’s point: the Warriors appear to be on another level from the Cavaliers. While this was also the case last year at this point, two things render last year moot: (1) last year was the greatest comeback in 70 years of NBA championships and “greatest” anythings generally don’t happen two years in…

Nice work by McEnroe; I am 100% in agreement with him on the importance of sexuality in tennis (or any sport). I’m also basically on the same page with him on the renaming issue: let’s not rush into this without thinking it through.

Where is Crazy Crab?

That’s a good one. My preference is that the team pinch-hit for the next batter with a scrub, who then, regardless of the pitch, just wings his bat at the pitcher.

I was really hoping Wenger would accept the FA Cup and gracefully stroll off into the sunset (or Monaco). Then the next guy could have a year of diminished expectations (Europa League? Yeaaaaah, no) to get the club’s shit together. Oh well.

If any city is going to host the Olympics on its own, L.A. is that city. It will be cheaper to do it there than anywhere else, given that (as you point out) it already has a good many of the venues. A decent transit system is the only thing missing.

Adam, your article relies heavily on a source named “Dr. Billy Goldberg”. How do you expect us to take seriously anything except suggested LSD dosages for groovy experiences from a “Dr. Billy”?

If a tree falls in the woods and Curt Schilling is not there to hear it, it didn’t fall UNLESS that tree is a patriot that believes in all the white things - excuse me, you misunderstood me - “right things” like ‘Murica, guns, men being men, Hillary being a crook, tax reduction, etc. In that case, the tree did fall…

I love baseball and my wife hates it. She thinks baseball players are the stupidest pro athletes (we don’t watch hockey and she doesn’t follow international soccer, so she doesn’t realize her data set is non-representative). Its nice, therefore, for me to hear a player be thoughtful and clear on an important topic.

Its become very clear over the past few seasons that the NBA has become a three-tiered league. The bottom rung are the eternally hopeless franchises like the Kings, the 76ers, the Knicks, the Nets, the Hornets, plus whatever mid-level teams that are going through a rough patch. The mid-level are the teams that are…

“the NBA has a higher concentration of awful team nicknames than any other pro sport”

The biggest dagger in the heart of the “Jeets was all about winning” argument is his refusal to slide over to 3rd when A-Rod showed up. He forced the greatest shortstop of all time* and arguably the greatest player of all time* to change positions so he could maintain his self-delusion of being a great shortstop. …

I don’t think NCAA rules allow schools to cover medical costs of their - ahem - “student athletes.” Its part of the fiction they use to avoid paying them as employees (which they absolutely are in all ways except pay): unless the school offers complete medical coverage for injuries suffered by any student during a…