I liked Grantland but I think the reason I miss it is the same reason I miss the pizza place I went to in high school. That place served incredible food at really affordable prices and everyone wondered how they did it.

When the fuck is Simmons not being an insufferable jackass???

Meanwhile, over at USC ...

Opera, limestone and sex research.

Or three, this year.

Damn it, I want Crean there forever. It’s practically a guaranteed win (or two) for us every year.

“It’s great working for a group that, when I see a beautiful woman, I can call her a beautiful woman.”

If you have money and fame you’re not gross, you’re eccentric.

“Brent Musberger finally found a place where an old man can shamelessly announce that he’s aroused.”

Wisconsin can give any one of the Baltic States a run for its money in the drunkenness department

Seeing Lincoln Park or Wrigleyville on St. Patrick’s Day could make the most ardent secular hedonist consider Wahabbism as a viable belief system

[scrunches eyebrows together in confusion]

I want my reparations

I’m just amazed how long Syracuse got away with calling themselves “Orangemen” in a Catholic-heavy conference/market.

Not having the Red Wings and the Blackhawks in the same division is wrong on so many levels.

It’s what everyone wants.

Yup. Even if you consider Crosby a top tenner (like I do), the guy’s public persona is almost utter silence and bad Tim Hortons commercials.

You just don’t know when to shut your mouth, do ya Saxy boy?

The East would be fucked if LeBron was half asleep. Their best hope is him taking the fall for the Steve Sax killing spree in New York.

Well rest of the NBA’s Eastern Conference, LeBron’s in f-you mode now. You know what that means...