Who would have thought that Lonzo Ball would be the better shooter of those two? Other than LaVar, I mean.

So the final four start 3 career backups and Tom Brady. Nice.

I think the point is not that Gerrit Cole warrants Chris Sale-level return but that he definitely warrants more than Joe Musgrove and spare change. The Pirates just traded their ace for a bridge guy; that’s bad baseball.

“recreate my brand on and off the court”

“The Clippers have thrust Willie Reed into the starting lineup in Jordan’s place.”

I’m as good of an NFL GM as you are an MLB one. I said, publicly, that Marcus Allen was a product of the USC o-line, that Jerry Rice was afraid to go over the middle, and that the Patriots should have stuck with Matt Cassell after Brady came back from his injury. Now I don’t speak during games, I just drink quietly.

I’d like to believe this is just Lebron’s master plan to put Kyrie in his place: let the Celtics coast to the best record in the East, Kyrie believes he’s finally “the Man”, then Lebron and the Cavs beat them 3 straight by an average of 30 in an epic 1 v. 8 meltdown in which Kyrie averages 8 points and fakes a knee…

While the concept of race may be the foundational error in the creation of our country, racism is not the single biggest problem we face in trying to better society. Its Americans’ refusal to accept the complexity of the human condition that prevents us from moving forward. This controversy shows that (full…

My advice for lawyers and PR people involved in a situation that might be related to the country having “a moment”: don’t reference the moment. Just uncategorically deny the allegations and walk the fuck away. There is no benefit in taking on “the moment”.

Stephen Colbert pointed out that Trump’s public disclosure of meeting yesterday included a meeting the “Prime Minister of Normay”. Colbert speculated this is all part of the WH staff’s efforts to keep Trump from fucking things up: having him meet with imaginary leaders of imaginary countries. So it would make sense…

Jeff, you need to look at NCAA eligibility rules. I think you have 5 years to play 4, and the clock starts once you enroll in a college or JC (not once you’ve played a game). I hate to blow up your dreams, but you’re probably going to require special NCAA approval, which means you probably need to be looking at…

We had a similar situation play out in our local high school: a kid, who had a prior juvenile conviction, was credibly accused of a sexual assault on campus during the school day. The administrators slow-rolled the mandated disclosures and investigations and allowed the boy to remain on campus, claiming they were…

LaVar Ball: Those Were the Droids I Was Looking For, I Found Them, And Everything That Happened After That In Those Damn Movies Was Fake.

This is the boxscore line:

But the Marlins play 19 games per season against divisional rivals in markets nos. 1, 4, 7, and 10. Those 19 games can’t be televised because they’re basically Triple-A exhibition games; that’s a 12% reduction in available games. Accepting a 12% loss in value before a contract even begins to run is just bad business.

The value of sports franchises basically always goes up because there is always another rich asshole who thinks owning a sports team makes him look cool and that his success in (fill in the industry) means he will be inherently successful in everything and how hard can running a (fill in a sport) team be, really?

On the one hand, I feel bad for anyone who is denied a chance to achieve a sport’s goal to which they’ve devoted their life, so I feel bad for Ashley Wagner.

Is the consensus that LaMelo was destined for, at best, a mediocre college career but that LiAngelo was considered potentially as good (or better) than Lonzo?

I love these kind of responses to horror. We need more people with Otter’s perspective on the world:

Of all the major team sports, basketball is the most dependent on “fit”: its not the sum of talent as much as it is how the various parts work together.