I’m going to take the “did she ask for money” portion narrowly and assume you meant “did she ask him for a cash payment in exchange for not filing the case?” So, to answer your point there, from a legal standpoint it makes exactly zero difference. Parties negotiate settlements pre-suit all the time, and sign confidenti…

Ride-share drivers who slow down/stop in the middle of streets and lanes with active traffic while they fiddle with their apps, when they could very easily pull over to the side of the road a couple car-lengths up. I’m sure this happens in many cities, but with Boston being chock full of narrow one-ways, it’s…

Maybe this year he’ll actually get to experience the playoffs he thinks are a joke and everyone makes but he missed last year.

Probably not the first kicker ever to have that honor. Lou Groza and George Blanda come to mind, as they were first-ballot, but they both played multiple positions and Blanda was the longest-tenured pro player of all time then - which, I think Vinatieri is now. Beyond that, the guy whose other kicking records…

Banner Society is now its own Vox property, with everyone from EDSBS going there. Spencer’s still around. I think Jon is, too.

*raucous applause*

I don’t think it’s just analytics. I think it’s also the disassociation of winning from profit. Gargantuan TV rights deals have essentially guaranteed huge amounts of money for ball clubs in the NFL, NBA, and MLB, whether they’re great teams or total dogshit. We’ve always assumed that the natural drive should be to…

I’m not 100% clear on the rules here, but I think you may have just been hired as an Editor-at-Large at Deadspin. Paul Maidment is here to unlock your phone.

Does baseball include a provision that requires a percentage of revenue to be shared with the players, similar to NFL/NBA? I honestly don’t know the answer to this question.

You’re ascribing an awful lot of power to Marchand’s tongue.

My cousins live there. Apparently, if you’re an actual Vegas resident, the Strip basically doesn’t exist except as a nice photo backdrop.

The new layout is going to cause a lot of people to skip this blurb, and thus miss your absolute genius. What a crime.

Do we count the tumor?

I think Harris’ point is that this isn’t an apples-to-apples situation for 99% of other labor issues. Antonio Brown is one of the 3 best people in the entire world at what he does, so it’s not really comparable to most other labor disputes, and that’s why he gets the different set of rules. If you want transcendence,…

This, frankly, is still a successful relationship, if shorter than anticipated. DD got the ring that eluded him in Detroit. The Red Sox had the most dominant season in their history and won another ring in ‘18. The benefit of being a rich* team in a rabid market is that they will have the resources to restock the farm…

I think somewhat recently a famous lucha wrestler (he was in WCW for a while, too, I can’t remember his name) was wrestling in Mexico, fell into the front row seats - set up like courtside seats at a basketball game - and had a fan try to pull of his mask. He cold-cocked the fan and kept wrestling.

Ultimate Warrior cutting a promo voice.

Because inside is probably cooler and air conditioned? I don’t really pull that one out as a problem, here.

Roth, I'm 32 and Seinfeld was inescapable in my youth. Unless Greenwell was born in the late '90s, she's not on the right side of that.

I’m open to hearing the logic, but not sure anyone can salumi on it.