It is also important to remember that there are far, far more people playing rugby worldwide than American Football (approximately 4.5 million vs, 1.5 million at most, being generous). Also, most of the American Football players are playing at high school and college level whereas there are many, many adult,…

Watch these hits:

Seriously? That is a pile of shite. Although when the ball goes out the back line in Rugby, the tackles tend to be more oblique (as they are also as a matter of fact in American Football once you go beyond the line of scrimmage), I watched 3 six-nations games last weekend and when the forwards hit each other close to…

Arjen Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo are the two reasons I stopped watching soccer regularly. Two great, talented players who couldn’t help cheating at every opportunity and got lauded for it.

Not many scousers in inner-city Dublin. Funny thing how many Irish people are die-hard supporters of English teams when in every other aspect of our lives we’re supposed to hate them.

Because Christ, can he not be a normal emotional human being for one second? He just won a superbowl in what was probably his last game and he still slipped in the plug.

That isn’t an argument for looser gun laws. It’s an argument for stronger. The guns used in that massacre were legally obtained as are the majority of guns used in such shootings. If you can't get the guns, you can't do the shooting.

After Hungerford, the private posession of semi-automatic rifles was essentially banned in the UK. After Dunblane the same was done for the private possession of handguns. Since then there has been one mass shooting in the UK (over a 20 year period).

Yes, because a bunch of criminals shooting each other is exactly the same as a crazy person being able to walk into a shop and buy a gun to shoot up the neighborhood school/church/mall/college/movie theater etc etc.

It should be said that his support for Newt was more predicated on the fact that he would be the candidate most likely to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age. There may have been some corporate influence issues too but I think it’s less likely.

Haven't they done enough?? Seriously though, that wouldn't make any sense. Any injected oxygen would be used up almost immediately.

Crap, we have a live one here. Quick, kill it before anyone notices. [sarcasm]

You can’t do a D+C on a 24 week pregnancy. It implies that there is a very small amount of fetal tissue there.

I have no problem with public financing of stadiums once the public gets to keep all of the revenue from their investment. It is the idea that the public pays and the owners reap any and all profits that is absolutely ridiculous

I wonder how this might affect current lawsuits - it’s almost like a tacit admission that the current situation is not safe. Although they are generally shielded from liability, this must be a consideration.

Whatever about the blown offsides call, UNC drove a final nail in their own coffin by challenging the recovery by Clemson in the next kickoff ensuring that they could not have enough time to score even if they got a 3 and out. Crazy decision.

I wear the same pants until my wife tells me to stop. I just don’t care enough and hate laundry too much to change more often. Underwear and socks - never more than one day. Pants can get a whole work week if there are no new stains.

You’d hope that there is nothing underlying it. Weird for the femur in particular to fracture like that.

Only about 25% of the money comes from ticket sales and it’s not like the stadium will be empty. Some fans might even appreciate the fact that this will mean their franchise quarterback is not going to get killed.

That assumes that they will be happy paying him that much money year after year not to play. He will get paid and he won’t get injured. It’s a win win for him because regardless of how long he holds out, there is always going to be someone willing to give him a contract at the end.