If you believe that the world women experience is profoundly different from the world men experience, then it’s not hard to see that it may be difficult for some men to empathize with a life experience so different from their own.

Do you have any evidence that it’s anywhere close to “most” people? Or do you not like it, and you’ve seen that some people agree with you?

Funny how you attempt to dismiss one semantic argument - the definition of sport - with an equally semantic argument - the definition of traditional.

Tonya Harding was an incredible athlete! It’s too bad she couldn’t have been in the Body Issue. I guess we’ll never be able to appreciate her physique without the spandex and sequins...

Because they have more in common with dance than other sports? Performing your sport to music introduces an artistic element absent in more traditional sports.

A friendly reminder that children who molest other children have frequently been molested themselves.

It’s both. It’s human nature to define your value by what your society values - holier than thou, fitter than thou, harder working than thou. But it’s Capitalism that sets up the dynamic of “I’m a good person because I sacrifice the meaningful things in my own life to create value for shareholders.”

This play seems pretty gritty to me. You would think Pedroia of all people would appreciate that level of grit. And hustle!

Does anyone not realize that it’s both?

If you could switch spots with Marcus, you would. But you can’t, because you’re not as good at anything as Marcus Smart is at his job. That’s why he gets paid what he does.

Excellent post, I agree with almost everything you said.

The subject doesn’t end at Tribal, though. It’s going to inform decisions and be a subject of conversation in the game echoing forward. It would have been possible to take a weird hatchet to everything, leave the whole audience thinking “WTF was that?”, and then have the people on the show just tell the truth about it…

Varner’s apology is pretty good. No deflection, no passive voice, just a pretty simple “I was wrong, and I understand the depth of my mistake.”

And having practical strangers ask you about your genitals must never stop being weird.

Say you don’t show it. Do you just show up to that point in Tribal, then flash a big “VARNER GONE” and roll credits?

Because talent assessment and roster building are complicated.

If by “being shoved down our throats” you mean “I have to scroll past”, I’m right there with you.

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As far as the eye can see, comments from people who haven’t read the study who are sure that the study must be flawed somehow. Most likely in some curiously obvious way that somebody who’s only been thinking about the problem for five minutes could anticipate.

Right, but if I have had a problem with funerals since my mother died, then my attendance is going to cost me more than they’ll gain.