We once had a bachelor party for Bonds. He ate the entire cake before we could tell him there was a stripper in it.

Chris Henry wasn't suspended for long. Eventually he fell out of the truck.

Compared to what they did to Jim Irsay, the NFL's punishment of Rice is pretty severe.

This commenter - Jason - does not believe that dragging a person by their hair in/out of an elevator is wrong. Just trying to contextualize for the productive discussion that is sure to follow.

Or being gay.

Having worked with Stone in the past on a beer festival—and setting aside for a moment the quality of their product, which is OK—all I can say is, this doesn't surprise me. Because they're a bunch of arrogant bastards.

They shouldn't have been worried about his skin color, they should have been worried about hiring a coach who consistently under performed with stacked teams.

heh heh, you fell for it

Oh, here we go with this again. The First Amendment only applies to the government restricting free speech. It has nothing to do with private employers, particularly in at-will employment situations. While I agree that terminating Dungy, who is usually a pretty thoughtful, well-spoken analyst (unlike 90% of the…

All of this is garbage. All of it.

Hey Mike Vick might have slaughtered innocent puppies with his bare hands but at least he didn't love another human being.

Why do I get the feeling that Seahawks fans are about to become football's version of St. Louis Cardinal fans?

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We should be eating horse meat. Hell, in WWII, Horse Meat was the only meat not severely rationed by the OPA.

Hospitaliano.

I would add that another reason sportswriters enable or ignore this behavior is that our culture as a whole still treats violence toward women less seriously than other forms of violence. (Look at the current controversy over rape reportage on college campuses, for example.)

Would be much cooler if it was only done for current players who have won a title. So, you know, you don't get the right to a gold "mark" just because your team won it 30 years ago.

I read it. Turns out they just excerpted a bit of Burneko's recipe for a grilled cheese sandwich.

Tip 1: don't hire out an expensive hotel to hold something like this.