At any level other than the absolute top, although it’s a problem there too, women rugby players tend to go into tackles much more upright than the men. Men usually go for the waist and legs. A good proportion of women go in head up chest to chest, then try to hug and pull down. As a result, there are an alarming…

Who are we supposed to sell to? Any chance you could publish a piece on another website entitled “Go buy someone’s beach house!” to get that ball rolling?

I don’t doubt that at all. But the narrative of “Wade Boggs could hit a double every time up” wears thin and doesn’t explain why he stuck out several hundred times and only slugged over .500 once in his career. He was a good enough hitter to not make shit up.

I don’t doubt that at all. But the narrative of “Wade Boggs could hit a double every time up” wears thin and doesn’t explain why he stuck out several hundred times and only slugged over .500 once in his career. He was a good enough hitter to not make shit up.

Ten days ago, O’Brien insisted that Matt Kalil was the Texans starting left tackle. Now he’s been released outright. And everyone else who was even in the discussion is off the team as well. Presumably Tunsil will have to be his own backup. Also, look for Romeo Crennel to unleash football’s first 2-6 defensive front.

This is Jerry Remy type stuff. Remy would state on nearly every broadcast, unrelated to anything actually going on in the game, that Wade Boggs (God rest his soul) could have hit a double or triple or homer or whatever he pleased in every at bat but didn’t because he wanted to advance the runner or give his teammates…

If the mascot doesn’t have a name beyond “Tiger,” that’s weak mascot game.

No reason to let his family’s ignorance or denial get in the way of a good lawsuit.

Scoring a point in an NBA game is by far the easiest.  If you even want to compare it to the other two, it should probably be score 5 points.

Then when the rule is enforced, someone complains that they were singled out while someone else got special treatment. Doesn’t that make it easy to see why the manager should enforce it universally?

He has significantly less of a vested interest doing an ad for an NFL sponsor than he does in his day to day work of reporting on the NFL.

I’m all for letting her try, but that video doesn’t do a lot to make me believe that she’s really a legitimate candidate. Most high school kickers and probably 99% of college kickers could make that kick under those circumstances, but I haven’t heard anyone suggesting they all deserve tryouts. I’d give her the nod…

No one has to study journalism in school, especially today when Twitter and news-entertainment sites like, y’know, Deadspin are prevalent.  While there’s a loosely defined set of ethics, there’s no license required or governing body. Reporters and play-by-play guys and sideline reporters and newscasters and your local…

Do they not let that relationship influence their reporting? There’s really no way to know, but they surely haven’t said that Amazon is deplorable and no one should accept their ads. People see a Bayer logoed binder clip at their doctor’s office and then decide that the only reason their doctor recommended taking a…

How is this substantively different than Dick Vitale or John Madden or any other number of people who’ve done the same thing for decades?  I get that there is a difference in players doing endorsements, although I'm not sure it really makes a difference. 

If you want good, bespoke coffee, why are you going to Starbucks?

Nothing’s inherently wrong with baseball. But the world has grown up around it, and baseball hasn’t really changed.

The ump gave him a shitload of leeway there, but I can’t imagine a world where throwing something at an umpire—nevermind hitting him in the face—doesn’t warrant an ejection.  

These studies show the exact opposite of that. It’s roughly akin to someone feeling chilly at 85 degrees, then saying “I have a really high tolerance to cold” because every office building they’ve ever been in has been just unbearably freezing. Meanwhile, someone else is in -20 degree weather and being told that the…

It’s the best we can do, and it’s worthless. Who’s tougher, or has a higher pain tolerance: someone who gets a flu shot and only cries a little even though they rate their pain a 9, or someone who has a broken leg and walks themselves to the ER even though their pain is only a 4? The answer of course, is neither of…