Ref has still a good bit of leeway though (in union anyways), and I can see a pissed off official after seeing a man almost get decapitated figuring that, yeah, sure, he “probably” woulda gotten in.

Rugby does this, the “penalty try,” and it really helps clean up play near the try line.

“Hello, friends, and welcome to the Super Bowl, which just over one year ago was played under a cloud of suspicion centered around Tom Brady...and...and....Augusta is just around the corner when all will be right and good again....and...”

Newsted quitting Metallica basically the second they enrolled in fucking “band therapy” is one of my favorite memories of that band. Dude kept it real.

“In her eyes”

Same goal in MLS: Butt Goalkeeping, Shit Defending, Lucky Shot Combine for Embarrassing Clusterfuck

Are you sure that’s Paul Allen over there?

This would seem to run counter to Deadspin’s whole “ALL-STAR GAMES ARE DUMB AND POINTLESS AND MEANINGLESS AND STUPID AND IT’S HILAAARRRRIOUS THAT A FUCKING GOON WHO HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR CHECKS TO THE HEAD AND SUCKERPUNCHES MADE IT TO THE NHL ONE OVER SOMEONE ACTUALLY DESERVING”....thing.

@PFTCommenter?!

Alves one is a victimless crime. Dismissed.

Not even to a court appearance?

Are you able to find the specific comment that got me banished back to the grays?

Clearly.

I’m an NHL fan, and I simply cannot bring myself to give a shit about this entire story, from the “lol bacon sriracha Bill Murray”-esque campaign to have a goon IRONICALLY be named an All-Star, to the NHL’s perceived meddling, etc. I just don’t care about this one in any meaningful way.

“Note the pesudotouristy picture that I took in this weird, wild, forsaken, barren wasteland that’s home to hundreds of thousands of human beings!”

Just looked it up so nobody else has to: she’s 44.

Ooooohhhhhh. That makes perfect sense. Now I’m curious if that rule’s changed as well...

Am I still allowed to enjoy Deadspin if I think that guys like Kobe and Balotelli are not “just the best,” but, rather, “weirdo assholes”?

Does the ball have to hit the ground after the kicker boots it on an onside kick, or I am making that up? Like normally the idea is to basically top it, because it has to go into the ground before the kicking team can play it?

I saw some former kickers/writers saying on Twitter yesterday that the positioning of the ball’s laces is on the snapper, not the holder. How the hell is that even possible?