He’s no young phenom anymore. Dude is 27. At some point we need to stop waiting for him to get his mind and body right and have that transcendent season we’ve been waiting for. He is what he is, a freakishly talented player capable of stretches of brilliance, but also a guy who simply is terrible at handling adversity…

Meh. I can’t bring myself to give a shit about any of this. The last few years, Neymar’s ratio of off-the-field drama to on-field excitement has been overwhelmingly tilted in the wrong direction. Some of that hasn’t been his fault, some of it has. I just don’t care anymore. I don’t care where he plays or what bullshit…

Perfect face for that absurd level hyperbole. Here’s a second one that also deserves that face: 

The result of the Neymar Sweepstakes could very well determine the next half-decade of European soccer.

Here’s what still baffles me: you should only buy Neymar if you’re set to build your entire team around his talents. It’s what makes sense. It’s what makes him happiest. It’s what Brazil’s national team had to do. He’s not one of Destiny’s Child. He’s Beyonce. This is why he had to leave Barcelona; because Barca were…

Looks like it’s curtains for this guy.

At least in Canada, outside of the completely idiotic law that bears that name, we haven’t referred to them by that word since like, the 1970's? Because it’s a name that was given to them by a guy who literally thought he was somewhere else and doesn’t reflect their standing as having been here for a few thousand…

As a fan of the Cleveland Baseball Club, I endorse this take.

I’m actually not. Nor am I looking for an “apology”. Or trying to promote myself. I’m saying that if the broadcasters for my local professional baseball team can do it, maybe Deadspin could, too? Especially after they have made such a big deal about the now-defunct logo for said team?

FIFY

We are not racist and for us the absence of black players is just an important tradition, emphasizing the identity of the school and nothing more. -Adolf Rupp

So it’s essentially heritage, not hate? No wonder the Republicans fell in love with Russia.

And cost everyone else $370 while also soaking 60 other innocent people. Well played, sir.

Sure he got doused in beer but that probably saved him like $40 

I’m surprised it’s got dust on it.

My first thought was “WTF were they thinking?!”

NBA officials initially believed that the falling bricks were seismic in origin, but corrected themselves and were able to shut RJ Barrett down before any further injury to the spectators.

our crew reacted, well, as any one of us would if we were in the middle of an earthquake

In short: “Indian” is an archaic usage, although “American Indian”, i.e., is still in common usage.

yup.