If the trailer was just a black screen with "We updated the Net Code.... For real this time" printed across it in big bold letters, then I would probably buy it.

I took it the opposite way... It would have been very easy to keep a low profile for himself if he had taken Donovan. The narrative would've been "Donovan's last chance at glory." Instead, the narrative is "Klinnsman snubs Donovan."

This is one USMNT victory and an announcement that the Fittish experiment was an unmitigated disaster and will be shuttered post haste from being a great day.

As an Alabama Texas A&M Auburn fan, I can totally relate. At some point you just need to make up your own championship if you want to feel like a winner.

Zero chance a single player on the Selecao could touch Tom Brady.

No, he pointed out in the abstract the relationship between correlation and causation. If I failed to support my argument, I'm open to the counter-argument. But an abstract statement and two anecdotes are not a counter-argument.

Simply stating "correlation does not imply causation" and two anecdotes doesn't make an anti-causative argument either.

I didn't say Nike made Tiger Woods. I said Nike's sponsorship of Tiger Woods made golf cool at a time when the sport faced secular declines. Nike entering into golf opened the sport to people who care about Nike as a brand (of which there are plenty, believe it or not), which is good for the growth of just about every…

And the plural of anecdote is not data.

That's hipster revisionism; aside from being curiously consistent at the US Amateur, Tiger didn't really capture the public until he turned pro in 1996. He inked his Nike deal immediately.

Hey fuckstick, here's the data: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/17/the…

To be clear, that's a contractual nuance and it's your job to know that.

Because it's been forced upon us from the front page of Deadspin.

USATF probably has a contractual obligation to protect Nike's sponsorship rights. You could not have nitpicked a more meaningless point.

The idea that Nike's sponsorship of USATF hurt the athletes and the sport is complete nonsense. It might be a "bad deal," owing to the value Nike can extract from it as a branding engine, but it's certainly not a bad deal for the USATF or the athletes. There's no other company with the size and perception in the…

Is this a joke? You're crying about Nike suing to protect its sponsorship rights? This is like Samsung removing the Apple logo from an iPhone ad and slapping Samsung on it. Actually, it's not even Samsung; it's Kyocera.

Hot-wiring a car is a skill which is morally neutral, it can be used for good or evil. You can use it to start the car of your dreams or the car for Saturday night. It has nothing to do with "stealing" It's about learning the skill of automotive electrical wiring. It's about being able to start your car whether you…

I haven't seen the most recent rankings, but I'm pretty sure "not getting laid by someone who doesn't find me attractive" is way down in the quadruple digits of Things Feminists Complain About.

Look around: I'm clearly not defending PUA. But you should be very clear on thing: you got raped by a rapist, not a PUA. PUA is pathetic and childish, of dubious effectiveness and questionable acceptability, but teaching someone a juvenile approach to meeting women in bars is a far cry from teaching and advocating…

Pretty sure Wynalda managed a "Cath-zorla" in there, which I chalk up to Gus as much as anything. "Oh-zil" is worse... You might not get the German pronunciation, but "Err-zil" or "Air-zil" can at least get a participation trophy.