Two words: vulture capitalism.

That June 2nd thing is some seriously stupid bullshit.

It’s right there. Someone has to market the league and keep people checking in on a 162 game schedule that likely has about 100 interesting games in total for the whole season.

Sportswriters need to learn the lesson that video game journalists need to learn as well. They are, for the most part (I’d say about 99%), just a part of the entertainment hype machine. They are there to market a product, and there are rarely any stories they will write which are not in service of selling that…

You are absolutely correct. I was somewhat skeptical when he first signed for so much money because how would a defender be able to justify that much money? Well, he has, he did on Saturday night and he has had just as much of a positive effect on Liverpool (he and Allison, I’d wager) as Messi had on Barca, or Ronaldo…

You’d also have to note that after the ball strikes his chest and is going towards his arm, he starts to put his arm down (clearly to try to get his arm the fuck out of the way of the ball). That causes his arm to hit the ball. I’m sure he wasn’t TRYING to hit the ball with his arm, but that deliberate motion striking…

I think it was pretty clear that neither Kane nor Firmino were healthy, and if this weren’t a Champions League final, they wouldn’t have been anywhere near the pitch at the start. It was a drab game, mostly because that early goal gave Liverpool no reason to get crazy and leave gaps at the back for guys like Trippier…

I’m guessing Emery isn’t going to have much choice beyond youth anyway. He’s a decent manager - he turned Valencia around in his time there. He seems to wear out his welcome quickly with management, though I’m not sure why.

I think you are seriously underrating Wolves. I’d take Conner Coady and Wily Boly over Arsenal’s defense easily, and their wingbacks are better too. Their midfield of Joao Moutinho and Neves are better than Xhaka and more experienced than Ghendouzi. I also think Wolves owners may be more willing to put in the funds…

Don’t forget their best central defender is a 33-year old with the fragility of a Fabrege egg, their keeper (the one that didn’t retire) is the more expensive version of Loris Karius and their best player on the pitch last night was probably Granit Xhaka, but only because he restrained himself from scything a dude’s…

He’s not wrong, though.

Fuck’s sake, was the name of the stadium The Flop House?

AB just can’t stop throwing Pittsburgh shade, even if it is only at knee level.

It makes plenty of financial sense when you grasp the concept that the difference in TV revenue between a losing franchise and a winning one is negligible.

That’s just the AT&T business model. Nothing new there.

I don’t know what happened to Werder. Their last “big-time” player was Marin (who promptly fizzled after Chelsea bought him) and before that Ozil. When I first started watching football in 06-07 season, they were churning out some serious talent (Klose, Ozil, Diego) and challenging Bayern. And then suddenly, they just…

Dortmund choked on the title largely because their defense turned into a fucking circus. As good as he is, having to play Julian Weigel at center back for more than an odd game or two here and there is a recipe for disaster. He’s just not played there enough to count on. Every single player on their normal back 4 was…

I think just the idea that an utter, smooth-brained dullard could become President offends most Americans who oppose impeachment. It is the ultimate blow to the idea of American Exceptionalism that enough of Americans willingly voted for a Naugahyde-skinned racist twatwaffler that he won the most powerful position in…

Quick answer: I do not watch ESPN for anything other than live sports, and when I do, it’s almost always DVR’ed with commercials being skipped. I also do not view ESPN through a cable package, but on YoutubeTV because fuck cable. Also, fuck ESPN because what I HAVE seen of their non-live sports programmer is utter…

Worst ball park promotional night ever.