Oh, I agree, it’s totally nonsensical to rage at the refs like somehow they’re the devil’s spawn. But crazy idiots do that to their own players who fuck up, too. Assholes are going to be assholes.

Yes — and I’m with you to a point — but the problem with this analysis is that unlike playing/coaching fuckups, refereeing fuckups have nothing to do with determining who is better or worse at the game, which, y’know, is the whole point of sports.

the Bruins probably deserved to lose anyway

Whoosh.

My #1 takeaway from this comment is that you have a shitty bartender.

Totally agreed on Jennings’s accomplishments. He’s amazing. And you make some fair points, although I would quibble on one thing, which is that the point of the game is winning as much money as you can.

Plus, if you’re not already familiar with it, allow me to present Coryat Scores.

Yeah, he beat him in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions and the Battle of the Decades (plus “Team Brad” beat “Team Ken” in that weird All-Star team thing they did recently). It’s true that Ken had a higher score than Brad in the Watson matchup, but I kind of throw that out because they were both so dominated by the…

Rutter has made more total money playing Jeopardy than Jennings — and won the Million Dollar Masters Tournament before Jennings ever played on Jeopardy — so I’m not sure why Jennings would be less motivated to win than Rutter.

I would totally buy Topps Jeopardy cards, especially if they had detailed stats on the back.

The All-Star Game analogy is a tempting one, but it fails when you consider that the big tournaments at which they’ve competed are for huge money and played by the same rules as the regular game. They’re not mailing it in. Obviously we can’t know how long a streak Rutter would have gone on, but we do know that he…

Agreed, Holzhauer is the GOAT, but the real MJ/LeBron arguments are between him and Brad Rutter, not him and Jennings. Rutter routinely beats Jennings in tournaments and has been the clear GOAT until now, with Jennings as easily #2. No third player has even come close, which is why it’s going to be awesome when all…

The irony of WWE shitting themselves so badly recently is that they pretty much inarguably are enjoying their biggest talent boom ever. Seriously, when has the roster ever been this loaded? Is Generico even one of the 10 best talents in the company? It’s an embarrassment of riches.

I think what I’m most excited for is whatever the next Tournament of the Decades/Champions vs. Champions throughout eras thing they do. For a long while now, Rutter and Jennings have been the clear #1 and #2 with a rotating cast of bronze medalists. I can’t wait to see Holzhauer at the third podium in that group.

There’s an ass-ist pun in here somewhere...

Holy shit.

Except for the whole kicking people off their planes for being Muslim thing.

Not a week goes by that I don’t mourn FJM’s passing.

I want to know what fucking dark magic David Griffin practices. The guy wins three lotteries in four years at Cleveland and now wins another a month after joining the Pelicans?

What kind of monster tells a story like this without naming names?