Did this justify a full article blasting Durant? I mean, I can’t believe Durant is going on so long about a PTI segment, but playing up that here seems to unintentionally fulfill the negative side of what Craggs wrote just this week:

How did he screw them over? He had a baseball injury and was rehabbing it — the drug lapse didn’t appear to interfere with that. The Angels originally signed him knowing the risks (including the limited ability to get out from under the contract should Hamilton underperform or experience off-the-field issues). The…

One would think someone has a copy of the 2013 Yankees marketing efforts, when A-Rod entered the season with 648 home runs. If the Yankees promoted it as a milestone then, it would presumably still be one, year-long suspension be damned.

Maybe the crazy thing is that an NBA team is playing 17 times in a month. The 1971-72 Lakers had a back-to-back-to-back stretch (and 5 games in 6 days) in December 1971 and still only played 16 games (16-0): http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1972…

I've found hotel bars to be perfect if you're in a city for business that you don't know your way around and you need to kill time. There's either no chit-chat or the type of "what are you in town for while we watch sports" shooting the shit that is a perfectly acceptable way to pass the time. Also, if you want to…

I don't fault people saying "leave of absence," but I think "suspended" is OK in this case — both usages leave room to indicate whether the time off is paid or unpaid. Unfortunately, I don't remember seeing any reporting that answered that question.

I don't fault people saying "leave of absence," but I think "suspended" is OK in this case — both usages leave room to indicate whether the time off is paid or unpaid. Unfortunately, I don't remember seeing any reporting that answered that question.

"Men At Work" was a really important book for me as a kid who loved baseball and really, really loved poring over baseball stats. I think what I take away from it still is an insight into how baseball people (at least, some of the very best) view their own game. It's a necessarily different viewpoint from how we look…

Tough luck for Dyer on that one, too. He was right for a while: Palmeiro only hit 47 HR in his first 2,234 PA across 5 seasons: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palm…

Also worth noting that this does not explain the Cubs winning no World Series (albeit losing a few) between 1909 and, say, the 1950s, when almost all games were in the day and they didn't have this problem.

This article's always stuck with me — while we're mythologizing the bar car (which I loved just because it was great/crazy it existed), there are a ton of crazy stories to be had from the carts inside Grand Central:http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/…

The calling him a "dark skinned guy" probably isn't your best opener.

Isn't this you weighing in on what Gary Smith would think, though?

Sounds like Gary Smith would advise showing, not telling. If you emailed him that comment, I imagine he might write back, "Why is it 'worse than death'? Why would I throw a digital piece in the garbage? It's clear in the piece that I offer insights as a fellow writer and colleague, so why would i meed to be an…

Still the perpetuation of link rot and the erasing of history, no matter how eloquently put. Also seems unnecessary — just disallow public access to the content, right?

Will have to take a longer look at Kohlberg. Thanks!

If we're talking empathy, I think it makes perfect sense, since empathy is about not only understanding, but also sharing someone's feelings, experiences, etc.

Agreed on the middle ground, though as you know, there's a little bit of a subplot with Cooper that's didn't exist with Kobe or Roethlisberger (because they didn't rape a teammate or a teammate's S.O., for example). Cooper may have needed redemption with his teammates, because his racial slurs could affect his ability…

Looks like they've pulled every story Knobler wrote and any evidence that he ever existed at the site. You'd think that's just a glitch, but who knows?

Let's start with a question: What do you mean by "better than anyone else"? Better at baseball? A better/superior human being? Thinks he's bigger than the rules — or real or unwritten? Not old/accomplished enough? Not white enough?