It’s probably a confluence of factors - players tired of his abuse, other teams adapting to Chelsea’s style, loss of the hunger for titles. It falls almost entirely on Mourinho because, until he’s getting secret commands from the owner to make bad decisions, it’s the manager’s job to train and motivate the team. If…

I don’t understand how people being willing to sleep with you says anything about people being willing to sleep with me.

He’s also assuming that rule changes meant to prevent dangerous tackles actually succeed. It’s possible that (for example, I don’t have data to back this up) fear of violating rules about helmet contact discourages wrap tackles and encourages hard hits.

many of whom would be more than willing to fall into bed with you

The London Codswallops

It doesn’t help that football has the most Byzantine rule system of any major sport, possibly barring cricket.

I live in Europe and it’s pretty surprising how often I run into people who randomly follow American football. There are obviously the expats and people who went on an exchange in high school or college, but some are just random, indistinguishable from blue-collar football fans in the US. A couple years back I met a…

I don’t agree with your take on college football. If the NFL opens up its own minor league, there will be more competition for talent, but history has shown that colleges are ruthless when it comes to winning games, especially against big rivals. They’d keep inventing loopholes to sweeten the deal for top prospects to…

Hey, I don’t eat pussy anymore, either. It’s not like I have a choice, but still...

Oh come on. Jordan benefited enormously from refs not calling traveling. No chance he’s as dominant a play as he was without that.

Priceless expression.

To be honest, I am uncomfortable with the idea of them being forced to change because the government selectively revokes offensive trademarks. It would just turn them into martyrs against the government and used as a symbol by everyone from DC statehood partisans to Tea Party lunatics.

More importantly, who on Earth thought it was a good look to compare your brand to these and say, in court, “Hey, we’re just as fine as these perfectly valid trademarks!”

Oh right - Dan Snyder.

Mourinho got them into this mess, he should be responsible for getting them out.

“Real hunters” are like 0.1% of the population, though, even among Republicans. What he wants to do is appeal to the culture warrior types, for whom the gun is a symbol of the “right” (i.e. right-wing) kind of values. It’s the same reason people like Dick Cheney wear cowboy boots.

They’re just having an off century. They and Royal Engineers are gonna be back soon, just you wait!

On the other hand, if you wanted to launch an animated series to target the same demographic as Powerpuff Girls, My Little Pony, and Adventure Time, wouldn’t Squirrel Girl be an ideal property to use?

You do ten things every day that appropriate culture that isn’t your own. STFU.

The ones that are getting their contracts honored probably have Simmons to thank for that. ESPN could have let everybody go, but that would give them them the chance to work for Simmons’ inchoate unnamed project and potentially drain audience away from ESPN. Their jobs are by no means secure, but they at least get to…

That joke predates Always Sunny by about 15 years.