There are a million examples of this but a recent one that's springing to mind is Sheldon Richardson. He was continually accused of underperforming, being lazy, and not liking football at Missouri and then he gets in the league and is a manimal.

I have been to games in this league. There are usually about 300-500 people at games, so you can guess how much the mascots are getting paid. That's a pretty fucked up thing to do actually.

Well as distasteful as I find both Cooper and Maddow, they at least have a sense of humor. I fully expect that I could sit in a room with Rachel Maddow for two hours and we would probably agree on nothing but could get along and have a good time. I think 10 minutes in a room with Piers Morgan, I'm going to want to…

You apparently didn't actually see any of this because she was actually very patient with Morgan the first time she was on. It's Morgan that has dragged this out into a month-long catfight because he's a coward that can't admit that he could possibly be wrong.

"Liberal" in the US means you don't talk about Jesus as much as you should. That's about it.

You may be right, but I also think they like Beckel because he's just as racist and sexist as everyone else at the country club. The idea of "liberal" and "conservative" or "Democrat" and "Republican" being honestly meaningful categories died out sometime in the Clinton era, possibly earlier.

There's also a decent percentage of Americans that will buy whatever you're selling if you namecheck Jesus a few times.

Sorry, but there are not enough Schiano man jokes in this thread, considering this is like the one fucking time it's appropriate.

Well speaking of Shattenkirk, he basically singlehandedly saved one right after the Dustin Brown goal. And speaking of the Blues, that Bouwmeester and Petrangelo look absolutely terrifying for Canada. Those guys look even worse to deal with on international ice.

The Czechs were banging down the door before two stellar plays by Backes. He's one of those guys who isn't the best at anything but is good at everything which means he'll pull BS like this out of nowhere at any time.

I'd rate it a 5 on a scale of 10. On neutral ice at even strength, I'd rate it a 1 or 2—very minor upset—probably as Finland mostly fields NHL players and has one of the best goalies in the world. But in Russia with the injuries that Finland had? I think it's nothing to sneeze at, Russia should have won this game but…

I wish Shannon Sharpe a lot of luck as he goes back to the beach of Easter Island with his family.

I sort of understand what you mean, but let me tell you, I've been to NHL shootouts where it goes 6 and it becomes a complete joke after the first three.

Tom Brady was behind Ryan Tannehill in jersey sales.

Wins aren't everything in marketing sports. Just ask Darren Rovell, it's all about braaaaands.

This is a bad analogy because Windows is not sold on the personalities of programmers, football jerseys are sold on the personalities of players.

Can someone give me one fucking reason why a "media circus" is so bad in real life if it doesn't revolve around say, an Aaron Hernandez situation? And of course with the Hernandez situation, the Patriots nullified being affected by that rather easily with one swipe of the pen.

At the pro level sports are so different from other levels. I totally agree with you but how can we sit and say that a unanimous All-American and co-SEC POY is a 3rd to 5th rounder?

Excuse me?

Sam has gained muscle mass every year with Mizzou and is still a pretty slim guy. Chances are good he could add another 20 pounds if teams are worried about his size. 6'2" is not spectacular, but let's be honest, we know know that pass rushing in the NFL is almost entirely about speed and agility rather than size.…