Trump should be hiring sports agents for his legal advisers; those guys have years of experience with clients who say things they shouldn’t say. If I’m Kyrie’s agent, I’m calling him right now to remind him that “the first rule of Being the Man Club is you don’t talk about Being the Man Club.” If Irving had an iota…

I think there’s a good chance he can make a negative difference on a good team. Whatever Melo was or might have been, the only version of Melo that matters is the 2017 version. That guy is a me-first, ball-stopper who is a sub-nominal defender. In the 2017 NBA, which relies heavily upon ball-movement and smart…

There is a negative correlation between athletic ability and financial success: if you can prove the size of your dick on the field, you aren’t incentivized to prove it other places like school. So I’m not real convinced by a rich guy’s claims that another rich guy is good at sports.

Because, Brandon, the NFL isn’t about football, its about television contracts and jersey sales. I don’t care if God took Johnny Unitas and Joe Montana and combined them into the perfect QB, the chances of that guy playing in the NFL approaches zero if God put that talent into a Muslim named Mahmoud al-Rahman who was…

Yes, I have to agree with The Jews.* Mr. Danger, you are conflating athletic performance with athletic knowledge and “coaching”. There is a reason that the list of “great players who became great coaches/executives” is basically Jerry West and no one else (maybe Larry Bird, maybe Elway). Just because a marriage…

Why would an NFL owner, making millions of dollars just by showing up - and often making said millions even by doing idiotic football things (see, Jones, Jerry) - take the risk of being considered a communist, traitor, or, worse, an attacker of The Shield? For competitive football reasons? The days of Al Davis are…

Generally, you are allowed to redact information that is not legally relevant* to the issues involved and are personally identifying; FOIA does not trump privacy concerns, particularly for those of uninvolved individuals. It would be completely appropriate for Freeze to redact the phone numbers of calls he made to…

“Pornhub publicist” has got to be the most depressing business card ever.

Market value is always defined relative to how much others are willing to pay for similar goods. Quality isn’t important, quantity is. Unless and until there’s a whole bunch of great QBs available (or even an ability to reliably identify potentially great QBs), QBs will be paid a whole lot more than they’re…

You miss Burt Allen’s point: it’s such a privilege to play in the NFL that players should just take whatever money is offered.

He’s not Chris Paul, I agree. I don’t see him as as awkward as you do, but agree there is something hitchy about his play (even excluding his shot). There is a saying in boxing that you don’t want to fight or spar awkward boxers; boxing relies upon anticipation of next moves and awkward guys don’t do what is…

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…