Counterpoint : I went out of my way to do someone a big favor, and she wrote me a very heartfelt thank you letter and told me how great of a friend I was. I now have that note tacked on the board next to my computer to give me a little pick me up now and then. Emails and texts don’t do that.

Orlando, Sacramento, LA Lakers, Atlanta, Brooklyn, Detroit, Dallas, Denver, Charlotte, Miami, Phoenix, Philadelphia = kind of a lot of teams.

Said this on another thread, but I think a big difference with the NBA now is there aren’t very many middle class teams. The NBA of the 90s had a lot of superstars spread out, so even if the Bulls won every year, at least the secondary games were fun to watch. Nowadays, at least a third of the league (maybe half) is…

I hate him even more precisely because it’s so obviously fake.

You have to take into account the massive ego that gets built up after having a national show for 18 years. Quite a slap in the face for your equal partner for so long suddenly gets a big promotion and you get cast aside as an afterthought.

As someone who has listened to them more than I care to admit over the past 16 years, I’d agree with this. I never felt they actually liked each other. With Greenie leaving, I’m sure Golic is both jealous and resentful.

I felt the movie was underrated. Come at me, bro

I was genuinely excited about Datome when he joined the Pistons.

I’d say it’s both. Too little talent in the league, and not distributed enough. The 90s saw a dominance of one team, but there was a strong middle class of teams that kept fan sign across the country engaged.

An area ESPN fails in that is rarely talked about is their approach to digital content. If Russell Westbrook has an amazing dunk, I can see it through 400 places on Twitter. If I try to see it through ESPN, I’m guaranteed to have to sit through a 30-second ad for a 10-second highlight. The highlight will be hidden…

“ Kevin Mchale, Yao Ming, or Zydrunas Ilgauskas”

...or maybe this is some kind of sick, extended native advertising campaign for Hormel?

Not only that, but the kid Carter used his new found fame to sell tshirts to a charity he cares about. This may have been the worst take ever published on deadspin.

I’m about one of the snarkiest contrarian assholes in the western part of the United States, and even I rolled my eyes a this post.

It’s too widely available and well known, therefore can no longer be good. It’s a craft beer law.

I’m surprised this wasn’t the Top (Cow) comment.

These two guys can’t go back to working with each other, right? If Hurley quits, I wonder if he could sue the company for creating a hostile work environment when all he did was take advantage of the company’s policy.

You could have still gotten your point across just as effectively without making it seem like US Bank Arena is some unused trash dump. The arena has been around since the 70s and given its location and it being one of the few indoor arenas around, it’s still very active.

A contrarian on the Internet who dislikes popular things? Now I’ve seen everything!

Old man rant from the greys : I really hate how Marvel has so many versions of the same character. Multiple Thors, Captain Americas, Spider-Men, Hulks, Ms. Marvels, Hawkeyes, Pheonixes, etc.