What is the “full calabash experience”?

I don't know what drugs that guy is on, but I don't want any

Europeans were first introduced to it at the 68 World Cup in Mexico.

Damnit, I miss Don Orsillo.

Good lord people.

THERE IS MORE AT STAKE THAN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!

And we should all be proud of Chris Berman, the first waterfoul to call a major sporting event.

Exactly. It’s a pretty textbook extractive state–who controls the oil gets rich when the prices are up, and when they go down everyone is screwed. And it is useful to point out that while there are piles of failed resource-focused economies on both the socialist and capitalist sides of the ledger, the two biggest…

At the very least, they could take him off MLS coverage. It’s like making Richard Dawkins your Vatican correspondent. We get it, you don’t like the league. And he’s awfully dismissive of any European club who aren’t in the elite.

Boom.

I was a Giffords intern, and all day I’ve been having flashbacks to the moment I heard she’d been shot.

I’m going to sound like the world’s most annoying hipster here, but part of the reason that Bowls have caught on is that the big chain places have bad tortillas. Real ones from a local tortilla factory, which aren’t loaded up with preservatives and thus have to be bought fresh, are at least as satisfying as whatever…

No problem, enjoy!

John Carney, you made one of the most beautiful movies ever, with a female lead who was compelling, fully realized, and stereotype-shattering.

Please, please don’t make me dislike you.

Yay, a fellow fan! That doesn’t happen often. It’s been a couple years for me too—I try to catch him every time he comes to town but I’ve been bad about checking schedules in time. Such an incredible live act too, even better than his sterling studio work.

How’d you come across him?

It’s in the intro to this one, which is one of my favorite TAL’s ever. Also includes the tale of the kid running away to go live with Piers Anthony.

I really liked Grayson as a politician, particularly during the early Obama years, when his role as a take-no-prisoners lefty bulldog who would call the Republicans on their bullshit was downright refreshing. (“The Republicans have finally unveiled their healthcare plan! One: Don’t get sick. Two: If you do get sick,…

There was the divorce lawyer, as mentioned on This American Life, who turned out to be the mystery man that his client’s wife was having an affair with.

They’ve also signed a new goalkeeper. He’s got incredible reach, although mobility might be an issue.

Penalty kicks result from fouls. Indirect free kicks result from non-foul rule violations, like the keeper picking up a backpass or a defender engaging in dangerous play (without actually touching the opposing player). On an indirect the ball is shot from wherever the foul occurred no matter what, but it can't be…

Indirect free kicks result from things that are rule violations but not fouls. The keeper picking up a backpass is common, but you’ll also see them called for dangerous play (say for instance, a defender slides with studs up or swings an elbow but misses the opposing player) or the strangeness with migniolet below.…