Okay, so what’s a good solution, then? Just to keep envisioning all characters as white males and pretend that’s good enough?

This is excellent advice, quite thoughtful. Thank you so much for your perspective and insight!

I was a grad student at the University in Denver. My cousin and I, we sat in the student section with our $5 student tickets and our $7 20oz Molsons. It was electric. There was something in the air when Wisconsin came to town; they used to be good at hockey. Brian Elliott had just been a Hobey finalist. He’d…

Pretty much everything negative you guys say about Simmons is true. Pretty much everything negative everyone says about Simmons is true.

Yet I still love the guy, love reading & watching his stuff, and devour it completely. And I hate myself for it. I can’t control it. I just love him. The worst thing about him (for…

Will we seriously not be able to wear our teams colors and sit next to each other? I’m all for good natured ribbing, but am I going to get stuff thrown at me or something?

I could agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong. You might want to read up on what No True Scotsman is again, because this ain’t it.

Oh a panties insult! You’re so clever and charming.

That’s actually just proving my point. The word faggot is useless without the necessary context of it being a slur against gay people. Call your friend a refrigerator. Is that funny? How about calling him a shoebox. Is that funny? Okay now call him a faggot. Why is that funny or amusing or endearing? It’s because of…

Immediate star for being a good sport. Thanks for an actually amusing and playful response to my asshole-y overgeneralization.

No, it’s not. It’s not how guys talk to each other. It’s how insecure MMA-loving flat-billed hat wearing dudebros talk to each other. Most of us have read a book or talked with someone different from us or read two books and come to our conclusion that that sort of shit just isn’t funny.

The UFC. So, one, but it’s a huge, huuuuuge bag.

How common is shit like this anymore? I’m a Liverpool fan, and my girlfriend is an Everton fan. We’re planning on taking a trip across the pond for Derby in the fall, but I feel like I still see/hear/read about these little bits of hooliganism way more than I should. Now, there’s bound to be a bit of George Gerbner’s…

Not really. The headline did. But your general point is totally valid.

How is it that “nearly 300 horsepower” and “only...285 horsepower” are any different? Like I get it, one’s coming from 4, the other from 6. But this feels written in a way to make me think, “Wow! What an upgrade in Horsepower!” When it’s....not. The real upgrade is in weight and efficiency, and that only warrants an…

Will you pissants (I’m talking to the commentariat, not you Jason, sorry) stop whining about the name? You’re like little children. Just stop it.

Wait. So if I just have a kid and name him something asinine, will he automatically become a hockey player?

And does he necessary have a fallback career as a Lax Midi?

How is this a tough call? In what situation is a guy bowling over a goaltender, and preventing him from making a save, a tough call?

Yeah it’s really not a tough call. “What else was Pavelski supposed to do?” doesn’t make this a tough call. If the only option ahead of you is bowling over a goalie, you still bowled over the goalie and interfered with his ability to make a save. He made almost no effort to slow or stop. Can’t blame the guy for…

I used to run a variation of that play all the time against my dad in NHL ‘94. Take a winger w/ possession and head full tilt at the netminder. Just before contact, pass back for your center trailing, or look for the other winger at the opposite faceoff dot. Then W1 clears out the goalie and whomever you passed it to…

Ah yes! It’s inferior because they don’t let all of the teams who weren’t as good as the best team all year long have a chance to win. You know, like all those other superior sports systems. Where you can be just average, and still have a shot at the title.