how did people in Seattle recognize NBA stars?

No way this can be considered a complete list without that Pete Thamel/Thayer Evans OK State multi-chapter trainwreck included on it.

Nice Haisley. Steal my post from the Klinsman thread, keep it in pending and make it your own. Sweet job at Deadspin.

I hate baseball's Selig-era divisional set ups and the baseball wildcard. Football should have divisions and wildcards because there's just not enough regular season games for everyone to play everyone else and still have home and homes with your rivals you care about. It's a necessary evil.

"Gang banger" costumes by office workers: racist.

I take it Albert is trying to wretch away Gregs crown for biggest pretensious asshole on Deadspin. It's no shorts rant but it's a contender.

Announcing that white folks freed the slaves (after enslaving them first) is a new one, though.

You don't understand it because you are sane.

Did Abdullah learn any lessons? "Stop before you drop."

But there is a point here, if put in a less insufferable manner. Why would anyone ever choose a team to "root for," if there wasn't some childhood connection? What's the motivation? Why not just enjoy the game? In other words, the devil's advocate in me says, not that the only true fans are hometown fans, but instead…