“an overtime game that threatened to be the most disappointing Christmas tie since millions of suburban dads opening poorly-wrapped gifts from their kids.”

I have no idea.

Well, now I’m really confused.

I don’t really understand your point. This isn’t a discussion about where people are trained, it’s a discussion about where people were born.

I agree with your main argument, but just wanted to point out that Tim Duncan and everybody else born in the US Virgin Islands is considered a US citizen from birth.

Obviously, taking on foreigners will help our chances, but I think we could do it “on our own.”

Whoa. That’s dark!

I can’t seem to work up an outrage-boner for this.

But that’s not all Wainwright did. Not by a long shot.

I’m a Yankee fan, which means that I’m my own special kind of asshole and that I don’t really give a shit about the Cards or any NL team.

Unfortunately, as a Canadian citizen, Neil Peart cannot hold office in Kentucky.

Never trust a big butt and a smile.

Never not a good time for this. One of the internet’s first viral videos.

How is offering somebody a job “sleazy and disrespectful?” I mean, I guess it makes sense if you think adult actresses are trashy, but otherwise, I don’t see the problem.

Presumably, the Bloods are not big into surfing, so maybe one of the pun-makers/gang bangers in the commentariat can explain this?

Anybody know how “Leo really, really wants an Oscar” became accepted truth?

I always thought it was a celebrity gossip site for people who thought they were too good to read celebrity gossip sites.

Point taken about the impossible expectations for how writers have to engage online, but Clover is a straight up mean-girl, bully.

I know Wisconsin’s the Dairy State, but he should wait until he’s in the locker room to determinedly milk himself.

What you’re saying is absolutely reasonable, and I certainly don’t have any special insight, but I could imagine Wisconsin doing the math and deciding the potential harm of a scandal was higher than the cost of letting an old coach retire early.