I spent the first half of my life liking char-burnt hot dogs because my grandfather cooked them that way (his culinary talents were very limited) and I grew up eating them that way. One day I learned that you’re supposed to eat red meat no more done than medium, tried it, and never went back. But I could totally see…

But not the limited range of what he’ll feed to others, apparently.

I think the masseuse gets mad when you edge.

Yeah probably the latter. They likely weren’t paying much attention to the lead content.

This is good, Ray, but if you’re going to put John Madden in that pantheon of coaches (and I would), you cannot forget Tom Flores.

Who let the stoolies out of the grays?

Thank you for doing this.

Dell Demps deciding to mess with the Lakers chemistry on purpose WAS petty, but it was the kind of petty we can only aspire to be. It might hurt him later with other FOs, but I applaud it, and you are correct. The Pelicans had every right here to react the way they did, and I don’t know why Deadspin, of all places, is…

None of those guys had free agency, and I’d be willing to bet everything I’ve ever owned and will ever own that at least 75% of the superstars you remember would have tried to engineer moves like that if they had the leverage.

Fucking Grady Little, man.

I guess I just don’t look at that as an adjustment, because they didn’t need to change to address New England’s approach, and it’s also a very, very basic hallmark of football strategy. I take your point, though.

There was no adjustment to make in the second half, really, unless you mean that Kyle Shanahan should have “adjusted” to running the ball with a 25-point lead. Atlanta lost that game because their defense was gassed at halftime.

Many of us could do far worse than to be Cliff Clavin.

Such certain other authors would have phrased this as somehow proof that MLS is terrible and will never be a real league, too, rather than presenting several nuanced points on the relevance of this move to the league’s development, as Luis did.

I know people who viciously and achingly hate both Giants, and I know plenty of people who hate the Blackhawks, too.

The piglet thing is awful, but the House Rules seem fine. No Cubs fans - sort of a local nod, cool, whatever, probably not fun for Cubs fans but without that horse in the race, not sure what the problem is. No Trump supporters - that makes me very much want to visit this bar. And then about 13 rules that are basically…

Yeah but why the other 18 minutes?

Every NBA Finals matchup between 1980-1989 involved either the Boston Celtics or the LA Lakers. 3/10 involved both teams. Of the remaining 7, LA won 3, and Boston 2, leaving 2 (TWO) championships in the 1980s won by a team that was not the Celtics or the Lakers. That was the Pistons in ‘89, and the Sixers in ‘83. And,…

Danny Woodhead went to Chadron State.

In spite of it. Most certainly in spite of it.