Dembele didn’t show up late at practice, he arrived early for the game.

If Messi insisted on taking a free kick instead of a penalty against Iceland, Argentina would have won the World Cup.

TSN Insiders (McKenzie, Dreger) spoke last week about the possibility of the NHL ending up in Austin. This means that Columbus is going to lose another pro sports team.

More important than Seattle matching Vegas in performance is that their mascot has to be as good as Gritty.

It shouldn’t come as a shock that someone is happier to play on a team with Paulo Dybala than Sergio Ramos.

I was following and agreeing with everything Walton said, but he totally lost me when he declared that Terrapin Station kicks ass over Aoxomoxoa.

The shriek is “BALL DON’T LIE” condensed and tweaked at a higher frequency.

Ronaldo’s sisters also didn’t celebrate with Bale’s sisters after they won all their Champions League titles together.

I wonder if Ralph Krüger sacked Mark Hughes over Skype. 

Now that Toronto media is finally done incessantly talking about the Leafs signing Nylander they can get to the more annoying task of incessantly talking about how Nylander’s signing helps the Leafs.

We both know the real reason is because Pronger slept with a reporter.

I’m all over this as Wu-Tang is my favourite group of all time and Sacha Jenkins co-founded ego trip which remains my favourite magazine of all time. 

I don’t think the “gentleman’s agreement” is keeping other GMs from offer sheets as much as the prospect of losing all those draft picks. In a hard cap league, an ill-advised big contract signing for the fourth best player on a team coupled with the loss of multiple first, second and third rounders can really screw…

Simple math also suggests that Shaq is the fifth best panelist on Inside the NBA.

Listen up pigeon, it’s hard to chirp with rubber in your mouth.

I thought that SB Nation would be happy with wider online exposure.

If Scott Stevens played hockey in Sweden he would be tried as a war criminal. 

If this is the chess equivalent of the Chicago Bulls losing game 5 of the 1996 NBA Finals on purpose then Magnus Carlsen is going to end his career by officially retiring and then un-retiring just so that he can stunt on Kwame Brown.

I voted for “Pick-Up Hoops Player” even though I disagree with the classification of him as an Athlete.

Always thought that Sloppy Joe’s work better in a hotdog bun because it’s easier to contain while eating.