Yeah, I’m shocked by the number of commenters on here who believe that you have to be 6'4 to dunk. If you’re 5'11, you’re going to be able to reach up to about 8' while standing. So you need about a 30" vertical to dunk a basketball ... while running. That’s not outrageous. Again, not a huge section of the population,…

Saying that Steph Curry can “barely” dunk is coloring the argument to the point of inaccuracy. Yes, he does not dunk often in games, but if you hand him a basketball and ask him to dunk it on an empty court without dribbling, he could do so easily. Easily. A quick Google search comes up with plenty of videos of it…

I think Crosby probably can dunk. This isn’t a good argument either way, as pro hockey players are going to be among the most elite athletes in the world.

If you watch batting practice before an MLB game or go to spring training and watch majors and minors guys hitting BP, there is a percentage of them who will NOT hit a homer. And these guys are the top, tiny percent of the world’s ability in this area.

Wait, so if the 14-year-old down the street mows my lawn, I should pay him the same as a professional lawn service company?

How do you measure the value of the contributors vs. the value of the infrastructure? Up front in the story, Laura, you point out that ad revenue took off when a specific exec came on board and lined up VC funding. So how do you compare the value of the written word vs. the value of the people selling ads, building…

Although I hate the Ravens, I agree with this. The issue isn’t with taking a kicker so high, the issue is with Aguayo personally (specifically, how he performed). Having a (literal) can’t-miss kicker is a huge advantage. Aguayo was can’t-miss in college, and — of all the positions — you’d think that kicker would be…

There are plenty of examples in the past 20 years of teams making huge turnarounds in 1-2 years off the strength of a superstar QB. The 2012 Colts. The 1999 Colts. The 2004 Steelers. The 1999 Rams. But, IIRC, the ‘99 Colts had several seasons of high picks waiting to support Manning; the ‘12 Colts were just a year…

From the clip, I’m trying to figure why the 6-year-old kid wasn’t given the ball by whomever DID get it ... seeing as how there were hardly any people in that section and those that I can see are adults. There’s a level of hell reserved for adults who steal foul balls away from little kids.

+1 TheNorthRemembers

I will defend that columnist to the death. The snack schedule is the scourge of youth sports. I have seen too many rec baseball/softball games where 85% of the kids move lethargically throughout the contest, only to light up and sprint like FloJo when the post-game feeding trough is served. The fat kid has been…

I think this is such an important point. The value of having teams in many cities is it motivates the market. If 26 markets know they never have a chance, there will be a lot of empty arenas and, over time, they’ll pick another sport to follow.

He’s saying that basketball fans tend to be NBA BASKETBALL fans -- someone in Charlotte will happily watch a November Celtics-Heat game. Baseball fans tend to be fans of their town’s team only — someone in Wisconsin will watch the Brewers, but they’ll never watch a random Angels-Mariners game.

Plus, keep in mind the question says “return serve in bounds” vs. “put ball in play”. If I hit a dribbler back to the mound against Chapman, that’s success in this scenario. With tennis, I’ve got to not only make contact, but hit it over the net and within the lines. I think that’s actually harder.

“Experts” like Simmons always want to just suggest that Netflix or HBO or whomever will move in to take over live sports. But I fail to see how Netflix’s situation wouldn’t be the same as ESPN’s if they were to buy the NFL rights. Netflix will spend $6 billion in content in 2017 ... which is second only to ESPN’s $7.6…

MAGIC: Kobe, I’m looking to find winners and rebuild our front office. You can have any role on the team you want.

Exactly. It seems to me that years ago, the autograph was a way to say “I met this person.” But in an age where everyone has a camera with them at all times, an autograph seems pointless. And even more pointless is BUYING a card or jersey with some scribble on it when you never met that celebrity.

Wait a second. In Oct. 2015, Simmons said that 10 episodes of his podcast alone were downloaded 4 million times.

Not to mention, HEARING someone puke (let alone seeing it or smelling it) can cause you to puke yourself. I’ve never heard/saw/smelled someone poop and felt the urge to drop a deuce.