Also uniquely American: The number of straw-man arguments in this thread about goal differential when the issue that the majority of critics, and the one discussed in the actual post above, has way more to with how the USWNT, Rapinoe perhaps most egregiously, behaved after scoring some of those later goals.

This story has been a great reminder of why internet debate is often so awful.

I’m surprised the U.S. players haven’t responded to the criticism by just saying the same thing louder and slower.

Hell, if a team goes up 4-0 in a NHL regular season game, they don’t even raise their sticks.

God bless the USA!

All of that is true, but deep in our hearts we know that the Raptors are going to blow it. 

I just want to add that Petchesky is a little off with this:

I, for one, posit that the most Enterprising team won. 

You must gather your party before venturing forth.

Drake: I’m going to be the most dislikable courtside presence ever!

It’s time like this when Donald Sterling misses being a minority owner.

The Warriors won in 15 by beating a depleted Cavs team featuring LeBron and the Janitors from Quicken Loans Arena so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You make a good point about the story being a natural part of deadspins coverage. I think maybe we are both right. Deadspin should definitely cover this, but I also think there is definitely (and understandably) a personal angle. If that makes sense

That Paula Dean recipe is literally the default recipe for deviled eggs. Which are not fucking Southern no matter how hard you people keep trying to claim them. Its a damn dish that predates the United States. No one in my family is from the South. Most of them are from NY, a good chunk are French Canadians from…

People who are from Toronto get that I’m clearly joking. People from the states think I am being serious (which is fine). THEN we have other Canadians who are not from Toronto who are trying to turn this into a Sportsnet post about the Leafs on which they do nothing, but tell Toronto how important we think we are when…

if he keeps playing this brilliantly we’ll have to call him Fred Zeppelin

“I think after a drink or two everyone involved would admit it’s personal.”

I was at The Boat in Toronto in, maybe 2008, and the DJ dropped “Northern Touch.” As happens, everyone started yelling and stampeding the dance floor and grabbing and shaking each other. In the middle of the dancefloor was one American girl, who had been sent to Toronto for a few weeks to train at my work, who looked…

My wife makes fun of me every time I put this song on a playlist.

I am also shocked that a Boston team would have anything to do with a website that is basically what an online version of a New England WASP who can quote every Family Guy rape joke.