“In ESPN, we were blessed to have a northeastern, primarily data-driven, leftish/apolitical sports monolith for as long as we have.”

“[F]or all his bigoted, dehumanizing, and just plain dumb opinions, Curt Schilling is a legendary retired ballplayer who needs to log off, not The Enemy...”

I will never understand this breathless anticipation over whether an obviously nearing-retirement player is going to retire.

Good point.

Responsible union leadership would’ve gotten guaranteed contracts years ago.

“Boil it down, if Bochy managed the Rays those years would he do better or worse.”

So what?

Why do people fixate on this?

Holy shit, man, you’re terrible when it comes to MMA and now this hot take.

Huh, thought I explained that pretty well.

People will rave about Damian Lillard, C.J. McCollum, Al-Farouq Aminu, Allen Crabbe and, to a lesser extent, Maurice Harkless and Ed Davis. Rightly so b/c those guys were certifiable nightmares.

Two things:

If it makes you feel better to pretend rich minorities are any more tolerable, go for it.

Refusing to pay artificially inflated prices does not make someone cheap.

[I definitely cheated by omitting specific mention of stars/superstars from the Eastern Conference b/c I really don’t know who I’d include. LeBron, Paul George, I think Giannis Antetokounmpo will get there, maybe Dwyane Wade even though he can only bring it in stretches these days, John Wall?, no Raptors, no Hawks, no…

Yeah, I was a little sloppy there.

Let’s see...Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Kawhi Leonard, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Damian Lillard, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Deandre Jordan, James Harden (who...ugh, but his offensive game plays against anyone), Dwight Howard, Dirk Nowitzki, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins and…

And we haven’t even covered the Warriors’ improvement, which means Cleveland will have to beat an even better version of last year’s champion or a team that just did.

“All of this comes on the heels of Cam Newton dancing and dabbing all over the NFL season while receiving almost universal praise (crazy moms from Tennessee aside) for it.”

“This isn’t last years Cavs.”