To be fair, his style didn’t fall apart so much as he failed to replace Lewandowski... Not that hiring a manager who struggles to replace his extraordinary talisman should be a particularly comfortable thought for Liverpool fans.

I’m the type who doesn’t put my faith in demagogues or nihilists, but does feed trolls.

Greg doesn’t write about soccer. He writes about the proper forms of worship of Ta-Nahisi Coates and how Jason Whitlock is too white.

WHERE IS THE FUCKING KLOPP POST, BILLY? THIS HAS BEEN BREWING SINCE MONDAY.

It’s been likened to insider trading, but that’s not quite right.

Greg Maddux and Pedro are kinda messed up. Maddux’s stuff is probably underestimated and Pedro’s craftiness is overestimated.

Fuck Winnepeg.

Yep, not pre-ordering. Even SimCity avoided networking issues for a hundred early access press. And I’m not buying the “It’s still in beta” apologists, either. This is a test of their marketing engine.

Here’s what doesn’t square: Whitlock had the “right” perspective on African American affairs for ESPN brass (that is, non-controversial), as well as “talented writers” paid and allegedly working for him. That doesn’t explain why there’s no fucking content.

That stern FTC warning is really working wonders, I see.

Some people eat steak. Others eat hamburgers.

There’s currently a burgeoning and very self-righteous movement that claims that the media “encourages mass shootings” by writing about the shooters or exploring their motives. But when those motives frequently include violent misogyny sometimes tied to untreated mental illness, how long are we supposed to turn a…

I know this thesis is unsupportable, because if Osama Bin Ladin had done anything to even remotely disrespect baseball, he would have been promptly beaned by Jonathan Papelbon.

What’s the racially insensitive context behind attempting to cover as much of yourself as possible in the single chosen color? We all agree there’s nothing inherently wrong (aside from the obvious stupidity and general grossness) with painting your face for sporting events.

Dyson broke, bought a Miele. Haven’t looked back.

Replay is an invaluable tool, and it’s underutilized in a vain attempt to keep game times manageable. Well, football games are already too long—so why not at least make sure they’re called correctly?

Why are we pretending that this is an obscure rule, though? Anyone who has played or watched football knows you can’t advance a fumble without recovering it, and that the defense doesn’t retain possession of a fumble it touches last but doesn’t possess. Watch a few games, and you quickly determine there’s an exception…

The replacement officials simply aren’t up to the caliber needed for a multibillion dollar game. Pay the real refs and bring them back ASAP, IMO.

Martial was a 59 in FIFA 13.

1. A loss to a Big 4 club in any other season you’ve already lost to West Ham at home sort of can’t be your most embarrassing loss. Except when it is, which is a knock on Chelsea for being a total clown town, not Arsenal.