You know the NFL salary cap is too low when the Browns, of all teams, are up against it. Say what you will about the abyssmal teams of the NBA, but at least they are all closer to salary floor than the cap.

No, it’s actually called British English.

No, I’m pretty sure he meant British English.

Not just Screamer. This is the second dumb mistake I’ve seen in the past 10 minutes. Are Deadspin’s copy editors asleep?

The rule is a good benchmark, not an absolution.

My fan treatment for Civil War involves Cap and Tony both getting hit by a personality-altering ray that makes them think they’re 19th century gentlemen, and they get caught up in a very civil war indeed.

Are the two mutually exclusive? I always thought that most of what made spider bites dangerous to humans wasn’t the venom but the likelihood of infection resulting.

Caffeine is included in the list of prohibited stimulants, so yes Red Bull is banned. Creatine still isn’t, though.

Funny you mention marijuana, as cannabis is also a banned substance even though it’s basically the opposite of performance-enhancing. And that’s really the crux of the matter: every third thing is banned, so you can’t just go to the pharmacy and pick something up, you need a doctor to review everything on the label…

Vitamin C, man. You ever see a pro athlete with scurvy?

There are good players on the Eagles?

It’s been tried. Any time you try and have a dating site with an aura of exclusivity, it gets taken over by arrogant, egotistical people who think they deserve to be in. Any time you have a dating site that isn’t exclusive, the conventional, good looking people get all the attention.

Fanboys will buy his PPV fights anyway, that’s not the problem. The problem is the more casual fans that might spend their money and time elsewhere, and UFC can’t market McGregor as undefeated to them without telling people to disregard the results of this match, which basically means admitting they fucked up and they…

UFC loves to push “undefeated juggernaut” angles. There’s some justification for that - if titles change hands too often, it devalues them and the brand - but for various reasons MMA results are a lot more unpredictable than boxing, so you get fewer long, undefeated streaks. But promoting someone that’s 5-2 is a lot…

I could even cope with the general sense of negativity if there were something more to MLS reporting than “here are some kids that you may see on a World Cup roster at some point.” The Premier League got a three-part guide; the profile of Bournemouth, a team just up the Championship, was as long as this entire…

Tate may be more attractive (beauty, beholder, etc) but none of them can match Rousey for charisma. Part of what made Rousey an instant icon is that she’s fun to interview, which made her an appealing talk show guest, spokesperson, and actress. Looks are only a small part of that.

That’s precisely the point, actually. As long disempowered males and disempowered females waste energy fighting each other, those in power (irrespective of whether you call them Patriarchy, Alphas, Big <whatever>) get to stay in power. Divide and conquer

Yeah, but owners have been trying to push this since forever. Every once in a while the PL threatens to end its relegation arrangement with the Championship, there’s always some crap about special arrangements for the few superstar clubs in Europe, etc.

I always figured the NFL manufactured the scandal to keep football in the news (but not as pertains to any serious crimes) in the off-season. So, the timing of this doesn’t really surprise me.

Have you worked with local businesses before? A lot of them don’t have a website, or their website was last updated in 2008 (especially if the place is being shut down). Pretty much any discussion has to be done in person.