“Yeah, I mean Superman stopping that nuclear bomb looked cool and all, but, c’mon; it isn’t that amazing. He wasn’t going anywhere near as fast as the Flash can and we all know that nuclear bombs are waaaaay lighter today than when they originally came out. Yeah, sure; mad props to Supes for saving humanity and all,…

“I can’t get over how superheroic she looks in that above still.”

I am not sure if you’re being facetious or not. The “football = CTE” logic, while not unassailable, is supported by a lot of research from a variety of non-biased, reputable medical organizations. The “vaccines = autism” logic is supported by one faked study and years of anecdotal confirmation by emotional parents…

Aaaaaaah! Stranger Things makes sense now . . .

There are just so many days in which I feel like I’m working the graveyard shift at the antimatter factory . . .

Old tv shows had no “timeline” they worried about: back-to-back episodes may have occurred days apart or months later in the show’s timeline, but it didn’t matter because the show’s timeline was unimportant. The only shows that had timelines were soap operas, where daily events built on events from prior episodes.

Those pictures aren’t high quality; maybe the Pistons have an inordinate number of very square shouldered fans who wear only red or blue t-shirts?

Organized youth sports in America and Europe has existed for maybe a 100 years (probably less). Certain pockets of the country have taken high school sports waaaaaaay too seriously for a long time, but that is really caused by inbreeding in those areas. And, sure; there’s always been horrible Little League and Pop…

I’m a 49er fan who hates the Yorks’ management of the team. I think Jed York is as bad a Tommy-boy owner as there’s been. While his comments are “brave” in the context of the NFL’s fucked-up self-interest on the issue of player protests, he’s hardly staking out controversial ground here (say, the way Gregg Popovich…

Lone Wolf and Cub may someday be the “basis” of a great movie, but there is no way Hollywood could turn the comic into a movie without completely fucking up the comic. Particularly with an “essentially Japanese cast”.

Han Solo and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls? Probably not.

Star Wars: A Solo Story

I have a smart friend who is a huge soccer fan. He thinks the USMNT is on track (despite recent setbacks) with its plan to build through the MLS. He points to the Sounders drawing 40K+ as evidence that MLS is on the right path and that it will be able to provide Serie A or Ligue 1 level competition within a decade.

Maybe 20 years ago, I read an article that alleged that there had been a huge increase in the number of certified 300 games, which the article attributed to alley owners waxing the lanes to turn the ball into the center (the idea being that the publicity around a 300 game was good publicity for the alley).

I understand your point about sunk costs. I also understand that no one has seen Hundley or Callahan operate an NFL offense as much as McCarthy has, so you have to kind of assume he knows what he’s got better than we do. But does anyone truly believe Hundley/Callahan is remotely likely to replace Rodgers better than…

“A knock on top-level European prospects is that they’re harder to grade than their American counterparts since they aren’t tested by the best available competition. That’s laughably untrue in Dončić’s case[.]”

The “let’s have a character make a stupid decision so we can burn an episode without advancing the narrative at all” was a stupid decision to burn an episode without advancing the narrative at all.

Killa-nova is my new rap name.

Weah’s at PSG; Sargent will be at Werder Bremen. This is what US soccer needs; we can not wait for MLS to catch up to the world. Against T&T, a must win game, we started 3 European players, 2 Liga MX players, and 6 MLS players; we substituted 3 more MLS players (with two European players still sitting). While the…

Not to switch contexts too roughly, but this is exactly how the 49ers became the dominant team of the ‘80s: develop internally well, scout for solid trade values that other teams don’t recognize, create an attractive, winning atmosphere to attract free agents, and spend money to win.