My dad and his buddies all played major college basketball in the 50's, then AAU basketball into the early 70's (when it was the next step down from the NBA - a long step, admittedly). Most of them coached at the HS, JC, or college level after college. They had many coaching and strategy arguments, but they all…

Dragonstone wasn’t empty for 20 years: Robert gave it to Stannis immediately after Daenerys and Viserys were whisked away. Stannis held it until he left for the North, 2-3 years ago. It looked suitably abandoned for a seaside volcanic island that has been sitting around for a couple years.

HRC represents everything wrong with the Democratic leadership before, during, and after the election.

Sean Doolittle was a solid human being, great clubhouse guy, and a decent reliever; he will be missed. I’m assuming the value for the A’s is the two minor-leaguers they got, but, jeez: a reliever with a minus WAR? Its hard enough for a reliever to generate WAR to any degree, but to be able to generate a recognizable…

With all due respect, what the fuck are you talking about? A team with two great point guards and a ball-stopping former great? How does that even work? What does 2017 Carmelo offer that is not already provided by Harden? I love me some Chris Paul, but Harden just had one of the most dominant point guard seasons…

Jesus Christ, three fucking teenagers just accomplished more for their community in 4 months than the entire Democratic Party leadership has accomplished in the past 30 years.

I for one am shocked that the combination of UFC and 21st-century boxing isn’t being handled with more dignity and class.

I think its fairly clear that the greatest running back of all time is Jim Brown and that the greatest wide receiver of all time is Jerry Rice; linebacker is probably the only other position where there is anything close to a consensus on the position’s GOAT. But in the next tier down from GOAT for RB and WR, the…

I watched Star Trek Beyond the other night for the first time and was on the verge of crying at the end when they raise a glass “to absent friends” and cut to Anton Yelchin. I don’t know the time-line of the post-filming editing process and if he had died prior to that, but it seemed liked an intentional moment. I…

EXACTLY! Well done.

I swear I saw an ESPN article a few weeks ago that Dolan was considering putting Thomas in charge again. God I hope that happens.

The Confederacy was an unlawful and traitorous act of rebellion whose sole intention was maintaining slavery. Any memorial of those who participated in that is a memorial to treason. Any supporter of any memorial to the Confederacy is memorializing treason.

“Hey, most of the German people and soldiers weren’t Nazis, so why should they be punished for the actions of a few bad apples.”

I’m sorry, did I miss a chance to see Purim! on Broadway?

I feel sorry for this kid. Its hard enough to be 19, coming into a premier NBA franchise as a savior, with artificially high expectations built on overpowering college kids. But having the biggest ass for a father in recent sports-history is going to manufacture a whole lot more haters than is reasonable. Sad.

I hate to be racist, but Japanese chicks are the worst.

HOLY SHIT!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!???

I have got to admit that, as a well-educated, highly-cultured sophisticate, I always looked with disdain on The Blue Man Group. How could a bunch vaudeville-level, prop-jokes be funny? (I asked myself, whilst sipping on a insouciant little cab from a tiny winery in the Willamette Valley of which you’ve probably never…

For those of those Americans like me constantly forced to refute moronic arguments that “soccer is gay!”, this isn’t helping.

In a world were Steph Curry gets $40M and is actually underpaid, Dirk at 40 for $5M (greatest player in franchise history and a former champion) is a bargain. The Kings just signed Vince Carter for $8M for one year in a good deal for the Kings; at this point, Dirk is easily worth 63% of Vince to the Mavericks.