While I was rooting for that underdog story with Italy, the way the game went felt almost inevitable. Italy just doesn’t have that background in athletic training and I thought they just ran out of gas hitting that second half, which in turn meant that their defence couldn’t pressure the Dutch midfield like they had…

If you are using Trump’s definition of best then yes, yes you are. 

Frank from Delaware... ICE COLD. 

Putting aside that she was asked a question and answered it honestly, if they don’t win the World Cup, she will no longer really have much of a platform to take this stand, so it kind of makes sense that she would take this stand now. 

Are we sure Hope Solo isn’t on the Trump train?

She was asked the question, and it makes sense for her to use her platform to attack the bigots in the white house when the opportunity arises. It was effective and exposes his weakness. Better than even odds that he would call them losers no matter what Rapinoe said.

It’s not really her fault; some idiot asked her about it. It’s not like she “chose to take this stance” by scheduling a press conference to announce she wouldn’t go. Someone interviewing her asked her a question, and she answered the question presented to her.

I agree with her, but I think it’s unfortunate that she chose to take this stance before actually winning the Cup.  Now, if they lose, Trump can say “what a bunch of losers, maybe the should have spent more time practicing and less time planning their disrespect of the country” or something.  Whereas if she said, “I…

Wow!  I thought I was the only one that was wondering this.  The suspense is killing me!

I think the USWNT should send Hope Solo to the White House as the team’s representative.  She’d probably knock some sense into that orange goblin.

So, and this is completely hypothetical here. If the Women’s Soccer Team wins the World Cup do you think Megan Rapinoe will go to the White House? Completely hypothetically speaking of course.

Like I said, this could all go to shit!

As a heat fan I have to say this isn’t without precedent. I remember when we had maybe only flash and chalmers and Beasely under contract. It can work.

Well, we did say some of this. And Pelinka really did come close to screwing up the Anthony Davis trade in a way that would’ve kicked the Lakers out of the Kawhi sweepstakes. And this might all still go to shit!

Wait, I thought the Lakers were incompetent and got fleeced and didn’t understand the salary cap and were doomed forever despite having the best player of all-time at the end of his prime and the best player of his generation on the same team.

In St. Pete’s case, they made darn sure to include that clause in order to avoid getting even more egg on their already egg covered face. They’d already taken lot of heat for going ahead with building the dome to begin with (their own Madman Theory gamble which eventually paid off...barely). They absolutely could not a…

Because typically you have staff lawyers from the City Attorney’s office negotiating with very expensive, very experienced big-firm lawyers who work for the owner. That’s a mismatch, and you can add to it the fact that the mayor/city council/whoever is calling up the lawyers every week wanting to be sure they don’t do…

1. Agreed. And I’m feeling a little bad for the lawyer on the Rays’ side who flagged this as a potential issue in the negotiation and got steamrolled by the business people who were so bullish on the market that they figured it wouldn’t possibly be an issue.

I think it makes sense if you imagine it from his perspective. He could rehab with the pressure of knowing that his entire future depends on how well the rehab goes (and that if he re-injures the Achilles while he’s rehabbing, he may well never sign another contract), or he could rehab knowing he’s already secure for…

because it reminds me of TMNT and I sing the theme in my head every time.