Everyone who speaks has an accent. Your accent, assuming you live where you grew up, is local. If you go to Britain, you accent is foreign, if somebody from Dublin comes to NY, their accent is foreign. It is all a matter of perspective.

There is no doubt in my mind that most, if not all of the sprinters in that final were using steroids. I know that Carl Lewis was a PED user, it is documented, which makes his whining about Johnson even more revolting.

“ I’m a left leaning moderate, and honestly couldn’t give a shit about a person’s “race” “ 

I would say it’s the exact opposite.

+1 Robert Prosky

Let me guess - you probably had a huge problem with Tommie Smith and John Carlos and the Black Power Salute in 1968. They were selfish as well, right?

I honestly think that he would be a great fit in Dallas from a pure football perspective. Sadly that won’t happen, for, ahem, other reasons.

What this baggage that you speak of? Kap is thoughtful, articulate and sincere and he seems to want to make the world a better place? How is this baggage?

+1 phonaesthetics

Federer is quite simply the most elegant athlete I have ever witnessed. The way he moves, his bearing, everything screams ELEGANCE.

+1 football move

or the Lions would have franchised him. That happens all the time as well.

+1 Periwinkle Blue

yep. The dialogue is absolutely terrific and the violence is first rate. The “Danny Boy” scene with Albert Finney is gold. Anybody who hasn’t watched this movie should do so immediately.

+1 APK

Vernon Maxwell was on that team and he was a walking time bomb.

so good. Watched it thrice.

Gian Ghomeshi is a fucking creep. Quite frankly I’m surprised to see you defend him. Surprised and saddened.

I spent almost 2 years living in Geneva, Switzerland. In order to golf at many courses you have to first pass a golf test, which includes proving that you know how to swing club, for instance you need to be able to hit a ball a minimum of 130 yards. Another aspect, perhaps more importantly, is that you must pass a…

I was going to say Bill Simmons, but yeah, same thing.