The thing I love most about that tweet is that it suggests—correctly— that a cocktail waitress is as reliable a source as a sportswriter when it comes to verifying whether someone in a bar is Johnny Manziel.

I grew up in the Soviet Union and never heard of American football until I moved to the US, and it never ceases to amuse me that apparently American college football is now televised there. Particularly since when we moved here, the obsession with college athletics was very mystifying to us. It is really not a thing…

My God...this Kinja.....

Arsenal fans are the best.

We're the same, but different! Merry Christmas!

A few minutes later a pained look appeared on Schröder’s face.

Yea. Let’s all laugh at the brain damage he almost certainly suffered.

Deadspin Commenter: “C’mon, the big map of New Zealand gives...”
Billy H.: “New Zealand?! Slowly I turned...”

All y’all got it wrong. This is the prettiest thing I saw today.

According to the linked AP story, the kid recently had a thorough work up at the NIH in Bethesda. Conclusion was 1) ‘perfect health’; 2) his height is ‘just genetics’ (both parents are extremely tall athletes); and 3) ‘eat pasta’—the above meal plan is NIH-prescribed. A bigger concern: This Italian basketball…

With that schedule I think it's safe to say he isn't there to play school

I want to say Stockholm Syndrome, but Stockholm is at least a pleasant place to live.

“Alcoholism is a disease. But it’s the only one you can get yelled at for having. Dammit Otto, you are an alcoholic! Dammit Otto, you have Lupus! One of those two doesn’t sound right.”

You missed on one. Nazr Mohammed cannot be a Muslim, since his tenure in the NBA pre-dates the writing of the Koran.

Still, an undefeated 11-2 record is pretty respectable.

Technically it’s G-D-A-E on any violin

Live look at ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER:

you’re lucky that he can’t read this.

At first I thought that you had got the facts of his Toronto arrest wrong. http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/racea…