You know the “Magical Negro” trope in movies? Jimmer Fredette is that character for midwestern, white basketball fans.

LaVar will spin this as keeping all this in the family. LiAngelo will just be making Lonzo’s shoes in a Chinese work camp.

I remember a long time ago that SI or Sporting News had an article that showed that teams that played Monday night had a worse record in the game following than they would have be expected to playing a “normal” schedule. I believe they even suggested that there was at least an increase in injuries in games following…

That’s amazing and those kids Maple Grove will win every “Well, once when I was in high school . . .” contests at future cocktail parties.

Not to be a dick, but I think that’s on you.

I am not a supertaster, but I fucking hate IPAs. My hatred is a combination of my feeling that the brew is too hoppy (I really like hearty brown and Scotch ales, porters, and stouts) and my rage that every fucking beer on the shelf that isn’t shitty Budweiser is a fucking IPA. “Hey, Don; I read that millennials like…

Christianity.

There is a lot of context missing here. Admittedly, I haven’t followed this situation closely since it happened, but I hadn’t heard that Mirotic was a cancer or shitty teammate before this happened. Mirotic seemed like a better than average NBA player entering his 4th season, while Portis was pretty bad in his first…

God, I would so love for Pitino to get taken down for this and for that to be the straw that breaks the NCAA camel’s back. But the NCAA and each of its member institutions have so many firewalls baked into the system, I know that the odds of Pitino being penalized beyond his recent firing are exceedingly tiny and…

I have long resisted the “They’re just stupid” analysis of situations involving groups with different opinions than mine. I’ve usually been able to understand at least the general outline of and foundation for the “other side’s” arguments. The first time this outlook failed me was during the 2004 Presidential…

I was talking to my son about this tonight. I think Halladay is at least a borderline HOFer (I’m a small Hall guy and not particularly a fan of Halladay, the Jays, or the Phillies) and I think its so sad when a guy gets into the Hall after they’ve passed away. If Halladay was going in, it was going to be sooner than…

I don’t want to play the blame game, but I blame LaVar.

Yeah, I was going to say the Nuggets social media guy is a little sassy, but stoned seems more on point.

I “watched” the end of the Colts/Texans game on my ESPN Gamecast app. It looked like Savage was finally getting it together as the Texans went 73 yards with a nice combo of runs and mid-range passes; they had a first down on the Colts 7 with 30 seconds to go. Then I got called away and I missed the end, seeing that…

“the pain is considerable as is the difficulty in getting around, including flying”

I watched some hilariously horrible quarterbacking today on NFL Red Zone. I’ve also watched almost every one of Kaepernick’s games. Unless he’s gained 50 lbs of fat and developed a serious drinking problem over the past 9 months, there is no way he’s not better than 25% of the QBs starting in the league right now.

When I read the lead-in to this, I just assumed that the receiver had run into all the underneath coverage space that would naturally be available in this situation, then outran the coverage. But, sheeeee-it! This was a screen pass. Woods just ran.

I’m a dad to three daughters, two in their 20s and one a senior in high school (I also have a son in the middle). Emily’s statement “[b]ecause however surprisingly grown up she looks, she’s his little girl” brought tears to my eyes. Being a parent is a series of failures because its the one thing in any otherwise…

Ahhh; I didn’t know the backstory and didn’t remember some of that. The idea of Billy as Upside-Down-Will in original conception makes a lot of sense.

Kevin, good luck with raising your son. He has an advantage over a lot of 3 year olds because his dad thinks about parenting; even today, most parents (particularly most dads) parent ad hoc.