Jax is a town that would absolutely lose its mind if Kaep came here. There are 2 Navy bases here, and the military makes up a huge percentage of the populace. It’s also the deep South (more southern Georgia than Florida), so the God/Guns/Flag crew are very strong here. Note I’m all for Kaep and his mission, but this…

“Please show this text to your AD and have him give me a call” is the NCAA version of the middle school principal threatening to call your dad at his office if your behavior doesn’t improve. 

I’d always heard lottery had a 0.5 EV in aggregate. as in half the money taken in goes back out as prizes. Contrast 0.95 for honest blackjack and .995 for 9/6 Jacks or Better on the video machines (with video poker making it up in volume.)

Welcome to the Deadspin commentariat, Emmitt Smith!

Who is this Nik Stauskas you speak of? I only know of him by his legal name...

Fittingly, Mike McCoy just got fired right now (11:10 AM EST.) Excellent timing.

I’m sure there’s enough of us to make this one of the most-viewed articles on Deadspin today

This is a weird way to tell us you drafted David Johnson first for your fantasy team.

There’s still a shot but they’ll probably pass

20 years? By that time half the stadium will be filled by Rivers’ grandchildren. 

Mike Florio talked about this on PMT a bit, and his biggest gripe was that with sports betting becoming more mainstream, not putting out accurate injury reports can have big impacts. It was a little whiny, but overall, he’s right.

So, given that Russia, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are all massively oppressive despotic governments, how about *none* of them are cool places for athletes to let themselves be used as pawns in political public relations operations, rather than just say we shouldn’t attack anyone? They’re not “carrying on with their…

They are who we thought they were.

“you have to wonder what Butler’s end game is here?”

So, Americans who served in the military “own” the flag more than the rest of us. Got it.

You don’t speak for all veterans. Veterans do not get to decide what the flag/anthem mean to the citizens of this country.

You can repeat yourself as often as you like, and you’ll still be wrong.

he doesn’t have the shooting range for the modern game.

He helpfully illustrated her point for her.