The irony is that his bottom-up style got him the Daily Double on the first question of the first round, so he could only max out at $1000. And Emma hit both DD in the 2nd round. That’s where James did most of his damage - he started the game blitzing the high-value questions and controlling the board until he found…

For real. Ken Jennings is just more charming and was the first super-champion, but he’s the Kareem of this MJ/LBJ equation.

For years to come, when people discuss this winning streak, most people will answer “Who is James Holzhauer”, but will anyone ask “How is James Holzhauer?”

Never forget their sacrifice

This honors my nephew who did two tours of duty with Enterprise. Came back with lead in his finger from a broken pencil tip. He still wakes up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat from nightmares about large families demanding immediate upgrades. I do my part to honor them by being vigilant and reporting…

AND I’D SURELY STAND UP! NEXT TO YOU AND SAVE ON MY NEXT RENTAL.

OMG these guys are still around?!?!? I haven’t lived in Michigan in years and I remember this being a thing. 

I just hate that the logic they use is money will be spent. Like some guy in the suburbs says: “I was going to go to a ball game but there is not a new stadium so I will just set fire to $200 in my back yard instead of spending it locally”

He wasn’t held hostage. He signed a contract to be the highest paid received in the league. And they made the playoffs the year before he retired and the year after he left - to the extent that this matters (I say he lost any basis of that argument when he signed the 8-year extension).

Exactly my intent. And on the off chance there are still some optimistic folks out there who are just planning for their mortgage payment, I hope to set them on the right path! 

I don’t think the Bruins view Barstool as to toxic to talk about. They more likely view Deadspin as too toxic a venue in which to explain their arrangement with Barstool. (Note: I do not agree with this.)

There isn’t a single active guard 34 or older currently in the league.

As an American living on Toronto and in an office full of nice Raptors fans, “we are like a college sports team” still has to be the most definitively Canadian sports brag I’ve ever heard.

“He doesn’t, obviously, have the touch to produce all the time,”

“We need to move this large rock. What should we do?”

Just stop calling them back. If they don’t leave a message, it’s not worth calling about.

Manny Machado: good-natured scamp.

There was a kid where I lived growing up named Trapper Hunter Fisher. That’s gotta be up there too.

I’m not sure if “Hunter Mayo” is the whitest name ever, but it has to be in the top 5.

So until they get more money, they’re boycotting one league that already went out of business due to lack of fan interest or funding, and another perpetually teetering on the brink “with a lengthy history of financial hardship.” I’m not sure what their leverage is supposed to be.