So, because the professional team was in Europe, do they still retain amateur status?

That sure looked like Tito’s Vodka... A-Town baby!

This is an accurate take. Behold... 

(Plinkett voice) OH MY GOD! What’s wrong with your face?

I think a lot of the success the UT defense had last year belongs to their kicker, Michael Dickson. He is such a bad-ass Aussie, that he left as a Junior. Seattle traded up to get him. He flipped the field in every game and constantly pinned teams deep. After Ehlinger threw a pick to lose the game against Okie State,…

The Griezmann dive did suck, but that was a crazy-bad hand ball that deserved a PK. It blocked a solid cross with Frenchies loaded in the box. Veteran defenders get their hands behind their back to prevent inadvertent hand balls in those situations for exactly this reason. But yeah, probably should have been 1-1 at…

AP said that was the quietest he has ever heard a stadium. That he could hear his footsteps as he rounded the bases. Classic. 

Um, what about the dudes constructing the entire situation?

Great article and quote, but you left out this... “After all, we have a wealth of evidence about coffee’s effects. Meta analyses have shown that coffee is associated with lower risks of liver cancer, and no increased risk of prostate cancer or breast cancer. When we look at cancer over all, it appears that coffee — if…

We got an Austin and a Franklin shout-out... As someone raised their whole 40+ year life in Austin, I sometimes wonder why other parts of the country are so hostile towards Texas. Then I look at the political leaders and understand... not a single state-wide office has had anything but a Republican since 1993. And…

It turned into a blowout because he had a big game. Nobody says “Tom Brady threw for 300+ yards and 4 touchdowns, but it was a blowout. Call me when he does it when it counts!”

Why would these administrators be such assholes? All that is left is to assist in the best possible way to restore the reputation of the school. Being a raging dick to child sexual assault victims is sooo the opposite of this approach.

After watching this as an adult with my kids, the opening scene has me aghast at how Robin Williams’ character can be seen as anything but a monster. Trashing the house: “we’re just having fun.” He’s awful. How Sally Fields doesn’t shoot him in the face at that moment is a miracle.

I absolutely agree. It’s common to hear that what the Marlins are doing is exactly what the Astros did several years back - and look how that turned out! But it’s a false equivalency; the Marlins got very little for those three guys.

Adler - nooo! Say it aint so... good luck.

There are too many headwinds right now to discuss this paradox shift, we’ll have to take this off-line.

And that’s really a confusing perspective, because these world-class athletes won at every level DESPITE being emotionally, psychologically, and physically abused. Just think how much more successful these young women could have been if they had actually been treated instead of abused.

Disagree that what the Marlins are doing is equal to what the ‘Stros and Cubs did a few years ago (and what the White Sox did last year). Those teams got pretty good to great value for the players they dealt. Stanton was traded for two ‘meh’ Single-A players (one is already 22) and Starlin Castro. Ownership’s…

Beltran shouldn’t be reduced or blamed for striking out against Wainwright. That bender was one of the greatest pitches every thrown.