You say that she readily admitted it and you have your head-cannon for why she did, but neglect to appreciate that that is so far from common that it borders on the absurd. Nearly every doping suspension is riddled with “tainted supplement” claims, and “I don’t know how this happened” claims, and “the lab must have…

I mean I’m all for skepticism but Derek Carr was going to get MVP votes until he got injured at the end of last season. He has to be on the list.

In my experience, no. Dunkin mobile orders are ready almost invariably when I get there even if I order just a few minutes before, and I get to feel great about all the people backed up in the drive through and at the counter lines.

It’s funny because even though I’ve read most of the Gawkmodo media world for years... I always enjoyed my occasional forrays over to A.V. Club because of how much better designed the site was. It just looked and felt nicer.

At least they’re not hiding all of you in the grays

Wait.... did y’all have downvotes?! 

As someone who lived through the original Kinjacolypse, I’m really, really sad I didn’t see this term in use back then before we all got desensitized to it....

Source interview definitely does not say “will not die in the books,” it says have not died in the books. Which is not surprising since we’re two seasons past the books. He just says they’ll appear in TWOW, which.... no shit, half of them have to be in the Sept of Baelor, and then we have to kill off people in Essos,…

That looks like an absolute nightmare to clean if you’re using any ingredient that isn’t completely water soluble.

That looks like an absolute nightmare to clean if you’re using any ingredient that isn’t completely water soluble.

I think it’s sport-by-sport dependent in a lot of ways. When you watch Biles, whether she’s performing alone on instagram or whether she’s about to dominate other world class gymnasts, you get a performance either way. Gymnastics is such an art form on top of being a feat of athleticism, that it’s beautiful regardless…

There’s no question it was a lesser of two evils decision—an actuarial settlement decision like that almost always is. But let’s not presume they would have lost their case, even with South Dakota’s lower standard for libel. I am a little surprised they got stuck in state court; I guess they may have sued an ABC local…

Except legally, had a jury returned a special answer that the term “pink slime” was defamatory, it almost certainly would have been overturned on directed verdict or appeal. Reporting someone’s actual quote cannot be libel; the truth of your reporting, if you can prove it, is an absolute defense, and they had the term…

You do realize that this is not a court decision they’re reporting on, right? It’s ABC’s decision not to expose themselves to the risk of a jury verdict, which is also not a court decision.

I died. That was wonderful.

I would have loved to have been in the room for those settlement negotiations, but given that ABC didn’t retract any of the reporting, I guarantee that $177M was not the only offer on the table. There’s a very good chance there was an offer along the lines of $50M and a retraction of the story—i.e., an admission of…

I actually would guess, and I admit this is a full guess, that it came from the prosecutor’s office. If he/she firmly believed that Elliot was guilty and wanted Elliot to face some penalty despite not having the evidence to bring charges, he/she might have turned over the entire file to the NFL. I’m sure the NFL asked…

Years later, I’d realize that this also served the darker purpose of militarizing us to defend Israel no matter what, with the unspoken understanding that this meant ignoring the violence and discrimination inflicted on Palestinians.

HOW DARE YOU. JOHN MCKITTY IS AN AMERICAN ICON.

How could you forget the valiant fight our beloved furry soldier put up when captured? This is no Cardinals cat, this is a P.O.W. in need of our respect, support, and faith.

Having never been a highly successfully professional athlete, I can’t tell you exactly what the players would think is better. But there’s a case to be made for the short term deals. Look at what, for example, guys like LeBron and KD are doing in the NBA—almost all of the biggest stars are doing opt outs and short…