Before the game, the judges come up with a list of answers they'll accept for the ones or the board. If someone comes up with something borderline, they'll stop tape and debate it, then edit it back together.

And it makes Bill Simmons's relationship with The Mouse even more interesting, as he's said previously he'd follow the NBA.

I think you nailed it. Fundamentally, his love is with the NBA, and he'd go where the NBA goes. I could see a scenario where the NBA pays Bill Simmons, he pushes all the NBA stuff on nba.com, and billsimmons.com (or whatever URL) has the rest while sitting on an NBA-controlled server with the NBA managing advertising…

I think there's a flaw in this. A no-hitter implies a pitcher has allowed a base runner (otherwise it's a perfect game). Every base runner pushes the top of the lineup back into play (assuming there's no multi-out play to balance it out). If you give up two walks, your 28th and 29th batters (26th and 27th outs) will…

+1 "SEEEE-MOOOOORE!"

Your second point is the most interesting. What if he has lost Park Avenue, but not the owners? I mean, at this point, everyone in the NFL offices could tender their resignations at 4:59 PM, but as long as the owners believe (as that WSJ article from earlier in the week implied) that Goodell did nothing wrong, they're…

You're right: it's only $261.5 million.

The Detroit media has an annoying tendency to take any shot against the region as some sort of massive insult, to which they overreact, which causes people to suddenly take to whatever social media is available. Never mind that (a) that's pretty much what the large swaths of Detroit look like or (b) that it's just a…

Detroit: the city that can't accept the truth or a joke. But hey: we're gonna have a cool new hockey arena that only taps $300 million from the city coffers!

Yes. I'll bet LNwJF (who likely already had McDonald onboard) had to fight to convince Cross to do that song, because he knew without McDonald, it's just not there. So he's thinking "Shit, okay, let's get through this." Then magic happens.

And his initial reaction ("wtf is my keyboardist doing standing up and leaving") shifts to surprise ("Is that Michael?") and then to a pleasant acknowledgment of an old friend (McDonald's salute during his first line), before finally thinking "Okay, this is serious." I could hear the energy change after that moment,…

You are all exactly right: I misread the brackets. Last time I try doing that on my mobile while about to fall asleep.

My apologies.

Germany has not qualified. A loss to the US and they have to play the tiebreaker game (assuming no POR/GHA draw).

It's, of course, possible, but the disincentive is you could play your group mate in the quarters. Given the fact that Germany manhandled Portugal once, and they have both an extra day of rest plus not having to play in the sweatbox the US did, they would probably rather face them again then to face a USA team again…

It's hard to tell the first time, but the second time it looks like she's saying "Congratulations". Given her facial reaction and that she was staring at the field, I'm guessing that's what she was saying the first time. And when it was obvious Kershaw wanted no business with her, she went back to making sure no one…

(Warning: while I know a few, I am not a lawyer)
When you're pulled over for a traffic stop, the officer is detaining you for having probable cause of a violation. He's allowed to take a reasonable amount of time to determine whether that violation has occurred or not. The courts have ruled that dogs do not require…

But here is a fundamental flaw with horse racing as it stands currently. It is true that the three races that comprise the Triple Crown are legendary races in and of themselves. But in the eyes of the non-railbird, the Triple Crown stands larger than those three races. This creates a dilemma within horse racing. The…

Just because the base scenario is stupid doesn't mean the answer has to be.

Agreed: Drew fucked up. There's nothing illegal about seeing a police officer and then sprinting away. They have the legal grounds to detain you with the appropriate rights associated with it in your state (such as stop-and-identify) but assuming you followed the officers instructions as within your rights (and…

No, the rules were never such. However, if the goal is to finally get a triple crown winner, it's worth considering.