I’m a very intermittent hockey watcher, so can you explain to me how that is an example of something other than a regular hockey play? I feel like checks against the boards like that happen 50 times a game. Hockey is a contact sport, so sometimes guys get hurt. Do people really think those were dirty,…

“he’s one of the few people that deserves to be mentioned in the same rarefied air as Jordan.”

Or just sous vide those puppies and don’t worry about adding boring water to the middle of delicious meat.

This is the first time you’ve responded to me, so why are you prefacing this with “again”? And I said a few times that I thought the people claiming that ESPN’s problems are caused by politics are making silly claims. I was talking about how the author’s single minded focus on subscribers ignores the fact that ESPN’s…

I refuse to use my feet to make juice. Too dangerous.

I’m with you. I think the blaming it on the politics thing is silly- maybe SOME viewers tuned out because they think ESPN is liberal, but that number is likely small. But I do think it’s legit to claim that ESPN is suffering in part because of the type of programming it’s putting out. Sportscenter has become nearly…

And the thing is that Lebron actually had the leverage to make those business decisions. This was a guy who was getting nationally televised as a high school player. Everything about him (his game, his physique, his maturity, etc.) said that he was incredibly likely to be an NBA stud. Not a pretty good player- an…

“Why shouldn’t someone take on the Big Time Sneaker Brands, and their assumptions about who is marketable and how?”

Understood, but saying that the data they have supports their business decisions doesn’t necessarily mean they’re the right choices. That’s how most businesses operate- they look at the market and choose what they think will get the most support. Given that ESPN viewership seems to be down even more than…

I agree that these “it’s liberal programming that killed ESPN!” arguments are silly, but isn’t ESPN viewership down? From what I recall, subscribers are WAY down, but ratings for programming is down as well. So it seems that people who continue to have a cable subscription are also watching ESPN less, which must be…

“I think the team wants to know whether or not they will be able to use the player they are spending guaranteed money on.”

I get that, but again, you’re viewing their behavior as if they’re rational actors. There is a difference between wanting to know if he’s guilty/going to jail and hoping that he’s innocent so you can fulfill your primary interest, which is drafting a player you think will help your team. Teams take bets on players…

“The incentive is figure out if taking him on the team will result in them spending guaranteed money on a guy who will spend his contract in jail.”

Are you really arguing that the fact that people believe something is useful means that the thing must actually be useful? Lie detector tests have been around for a long time, and the general public incorrectly believes that they’re accurate. There are countless examples throughout history of people using completely…

What they did was chase him around and off campus, shout him down, force them to move from one venue to another, and physically assaulted another professor (who was there to challenge his work, and would therefore seem to have been someone they would have agreed with and supported). But sure, claiming they physically…

“I am happy to have a conversation with Charles Murray. I’m not interested in having a university invite him to give a lecture. The man’s life is cushy and filled with opportunities to speak and be heard. He’s not suffering.”

“We the people (present at that location) did not want to hear this clown speak, the same with the population of Berkeley rejecting those other two (Milo, and Coulter).”

Ugh, speaking of disingenuous arguments that people are sick of hearing, your entire point is a strawman. Nobody is saying we have to accept their positions and be tolerant of the intolerant. That’s just an absurd characterization of the argument you’re responding to.

No article about Rick Ankiel is complete until you insist that the reader look up some of his amazing throws as a center fielder. That guy had a cruise missile for an arm in the outfield.

“In a world where everyone is looking for magic, no one settles for hard work.”